Should games really be made to look more lifelike? The developers of the Radeon X800 family of graphics cards certainly seem to think they should, and came up with their most powerful family of VPUs to date, especially to give a more realistic visual experience for gamers.
Big brother of the acclaimed and successful Radeon 9800 PRO, the X800 graphics technology delivers up to two times the performance. With frame rates that surpass any prior graphics processor, the Radeon X800 provides an exceptionally smooth, responsive high-definition gaming experience, putting capable gamers in complete control of even the most complex games.
The new addition to the family, the 512MB Powercolour Radeon X800 XL presents several upgrades to the standard X800, including a PCI bus and upgraded output that includes HDTV (High Definition TV).
With the latest graphics technology the Radeon X800 range defines 'high-definition gaming'. If gamers could possibly be drawn deeper into the virtual world, this is how. The card maximises gaming performance and improves image quality with higher resolution and greater detail.
ATI Technology's new and revolutionary 3Dc image enhancement technology enables considerable improvement to the image detail of character art, bringing characters to life while adding greater realism to scenery. Giving increased performance for lower memory usage, the 3Dc is expected to become the benchmark for the industry.
The Radeon X800 brings together extreme data rates and incredible acceleration in a quiet and cool single-slot solution.
On top of the gaming experience, the unit includes a sophisticated video processing, filtering and acceleration feature, significantly improving the quality and speed of multimedia applications. It supports the latest high-definition and wide display formats, that doesn't only benefit gaming, but Internet use and movies too.
Sahara Computers is the proud distributor of the Radeon X800 XL.
Says Atul Gupta, MD of Sahara Computers: "Video card technology is dynamic and constantly changing with the introduction of greater levels of functionality and improved performance, but whether it is used for gaming or business applications or by the home user, Sahara aims to make the latest and best hardware solutions available."
The Radeon X800 XL retails at R4 116.83.
Technical specs for Radeon X800 XL
* Support memory/memory bus width: XP has 512MB quad channel GDDR3 memory
* Core / memory speed: 475/450MHz
* Connectors: VGA; TV-Out; DVI-I, D-Sub and dual DVI and HDTV output; YPrPb component output
* Transform rate: 712.5 million vertices/sec
* Memory bandwidth: 28.8GBps
* Pixel pipelines: XP has 16 pixel pipelines
* Pixel fill rate: 5.7 Gigapixels /sec
* DirectX support: 9.0
* OpenGL support: 2.0
* RAMDACs: 400MHz DACs
* Bus: PCI
* 3D Architecture: Smartshader HD is the world's most advanced pixel shader engine with up to 16 parallel pixel pipelines capable of 6 gigapixels/second fill rate in full precision. It features six programmable vertex shader pipelines, capable of up to 700 million vertices per second and an overall capability of over 200 billion floating point operations per second (Gigaflops)
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Established in 1997, Sahara Computers assembles and markets PCs and peripherals through a global distribution network that covers both established and emerging markets. The company is based in Midrand and is the official distributor and original equipment manufacturer for a variety of top international vendors, including AMD, Creative, Delta, Epson, Intel, Lexmark, Maxtor, Microsoft, MSI, Samsung, SMC Networks and Symantec. An accredited member of the Proudly South African campaign and SAVANT international brand awareness initiative, the Sahara business network stretches across SA to include Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth. The company has established presence in key African countries like Kenya and Botswana, and is focused on an aggressive strategy to expand into this growing market.
For more information on Sahara Computers, its products and services, visit www.sahara.co.za.
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