Wednesday, October 18, 2006

ATI Technologies has launched its mid-range Radeon X1950 Pro graphics card.

The company says that the Radeon X1950 Pro is the first graphics card to make use of new native CrossFire technology, simplifying the multi-GPU experience by eliminating the need for a branded CrossFire Edition card.
The Radeon X1950 Pro is also ATI's first 80nm graphics core, and features 36 pixel shaders, 8 vertex shaders, and 12 texture processing units.
In a statement, Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager at PC Business, ATI Technologies, said, "The Radeon X1950 Pro has an incredibly good value, which shows that ATI is taking gamers feedback to heart with the introduction of new native CrossFire technology to make it easier than ever for gamers to get up and get running with a CrossFire set-up."
The Radeon X1950 Pro offers the same image quality as ATI's flagship Radeon X1950 XTX, including the ability to enable FP16 High Dynamic Range effects with anti-aliasing at the same time.
The graphics card provides exceptional video quality while playing today's high-definition media formats, displaying one billion colors, or 10-bit throughout the graphics pipeline. The new card is also HDCP-compliant, including a built-in EEPROM and HDCP key. In addition, the card is ready for Windows Vista.
The Radeon X1950 Pro is shipping at an estimated street price (ESP) of $199 (Rs 9,154).