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RADEON^TM

• Powered by the ATI RADEON^TM graphics processing unit (GPU)
• 64MB of powerful double data rate (DDR) memory
• Featuring ATI's CHARISMA ENGINE^TM and PIXEL TAPESTRY^TM technologies
• The most robust integrated Transformation and Lighting (T&L)
• Accelerates all of today's top 3D games
• Industry best DVD playback
• Video capture and TV/VCR-output support (retail version)
• Optional video capture and TV/VCR-output support (non-retail versions)
• Supports 3D resolutions (32-bit color) up to 2048x1536
• AGP Universal bus (for AGP 2X/4X systems)

Highest Quality Performance

• RADEON^TM comes powered by 64MB of DDR memory to accelerate all of today's hottest 3D games
• With DDR memory you get twice the memory bandwidth for the highest data transfer rates through the pipeline
• Delivers immersive, realistic 32-bit true color 3D graphics at the fastest possible framerates
• Features ATI's HyperZ^TM technology that improves memory bandwidth without the added cost of embedded or proprietary memory.

Ultimate 3D Game Support

• The most complete implementation of the DirectX® feature set
• RADEON^TM supports more features of DirectX® 8.0 than any other graphics board on the market
• Instant superior 3D game support right out of the box with full acceleration for today's hottest 3D games
• Full support and compliance for powerful and demanding DirectX® andL games and applications

Best Visual Reality

• RADEON^TM graphics boards feature the leading-edge technology of the RADEON^TM GPU
• The RADEON^TM CHARISMA ENGINE^TM supports full transformation, clipping and lighting (T&L) at 30 million/second processing capability for a 10-fold improvement in 3D details
• 3D game characters are brought to life with the CHARISMA ENGINE^TM support for other cutting-edge character animation such as vertex skinning and key frame interpolation
• PIXEL TAPESTRY^TM, the RADEON^TM 3D rendering engine, powers up to an incredible 1.5 Gigatexels per second for unsurpassed graphics performance

Industry Best DVD Playback

• Process full-frame rate, full-screen DVD or MPEG-2 video
• Hardware DVD saves the expense of buying a separate MPEG-2/DVD decoder card
• Integrated iDCT and motion compensation allows for DVD decoding with minimum CPU usage
• HDTV ready

Video Capture and TV/VCR-output support (Optional features)``

• RADEON^TM uses the ATI RAGE THEATRE^TM companion chip for high quality video encoding and decoding
• Full motion video capture (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2) and still image capture
• Use video-out to connect your PC to TV or VCR for recording
  

System Requirements

• Pentium® III/II/Celeron, AMD K6®/Athlon or compatible with AGP 2X or AGP 2X/4X universal slot
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
• DVD playback requires DVD drive

• ATI RADEON^TM graphics processing unit (GPU)