Press Release
http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/pressfiles/35_reg1.doc
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SAPPHIRE FIRST WITH HDMI ON LATEST GRAPHICS ARCHITECTURE
CeBit debut for new product available in April
Leading graphics supplier Sapphire Technology has just confirmed it will be the first company to offer HDMI compatible versions in its latest series of graphics accelerators to be previewed at CeBit 2006. The Sapphire Radeon X1600Pro HDMI card is scheduled for availability in April and will deliver both audio and video to HDMI compliant displays and televisions.
The X1600 series has been designed to deliver high efficiency, high performance in Shader Model 3.0 and enhanced image quality. The architecture also supports AvivoTM delivering vibrant high fidelity images and video playback to the latest High Definition (HD) video standards. The new HDMI version is a low profile PCI Express card which supports HDCP and delivers exciting new levels of display performance and quality over this new industry standard connection interface. Two versions provide for either an external SPDIF or internal cable to be connected so that the audio signal is delivered over the HDMI cable.
The Sapphire RADEON X1600Pro with its 12 Pixel pipelines provides the highest graphics performance in its class even for shader intensive gaming. Equipped with 128MB of GDDR3 memory, this model features clock speeds of 500MHz (core) and 800MHz (memory).
Retail versions of these new Sapphire graphics accelerators will ship with multimedia software including PowerDVD and Sapphire Select, the exciting new way to deliver a choice of games to the end user. Each card is bundled with a DVD containing a selection of top games from several leading software houses. The end customer can play each of the games for a one hour trial before choosing which titles he or she wants to keep and using the activation codes for those titles.
Sapphire?s RADEON X1000 series now delivers the best graphics and video performance in the industry. For more details please visit
www.sapphiretech.com
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Specification Summary
Chipset RADEON
X1600 Pro HDMI
Engine clock 500 MHz
Shader units 12
Memory clock 800 MHz GDDR3
Memory interface 128-bit
Memory Support 128MB
Bus Interface PCI Express
Variable display outputs VGA / HDMI
Max 3D resolution 1920x1080 (HDMI)
2048 x1536 (VGA)
Hardware Features DirectX® 9
ShaderModel 3.0
Software Feature AvivoTM
About Sapphire Technology Ltd
Sapphire Technology Ltd designs, manufactures and distributes the most complete range of ATI based video graphics accelerators worldwide. Additionally Sapphire produces mainboards based on ATI?s newest IGP chipset technology. Sapphire is based in Hong Kong with two ISO9001 and ISO14001 manufacturing facilities in Dongguan, China. The factories have a total capacity of 1.8 million graphic boards per month. Sapphire currently employs over 3000 employees worldwide with local representation in North America, Europe, South Africa and Asia.
For further information please visit
www.sapphiretech.com
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