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- 65x's more thermally conductive then water-cooled options
- 10 degrees cooler then Artic Cooling solution
- 25% more silent then standard ATI solution
- Eliminates the need to refill water-cooleded options
- Compact on-card cooler eliminates large footprint demand of water-cooled devices
- 256MB of GDDR3 memory
- 256-bit quad-channel GDDR3 memory interface
- 16 parallel pixel pipelines
- PCI Express x16 lane native support
- 6 parallel vertex processing engines
- Digital DUO™ technology allows for DUAL DVI connections for multiple flat panel use
- Dual integrated 400MHz DAC's
- 2048x1536 @ 85Hz Maximum Resolution
- YPrPB component HDTV output
- Full support for DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality
- New SMARTSHADER™ HD technology allows for support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware as well as OpenGL® via extensions.
- SMOOTHVISION™ HD technology provides enhanced image quality by removing jagged edges and bringing out fine texture detail, without compromising performance
- 3Dc™ High quality 4:1 Normal Map Compression delivers beautiful scenes without the performance hit.
- Unique VIDEOSHADER™ HD engine uses programmable pixel shaders to accelerate video processing and provide better-looking visuals
- HYPER Z™ HD is optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions.