sapphire radeon x1950 pro dual

The ATI partner company sapphire technology, was characterized at the international show CES 2007 by the demonstration of completely curious product - Sapphire x1950 pro dual on the base of two chips radeon x1950 pro (RV570). Action did not limit to the demonstration of new card in the public - on this case was released the press release, which designates the official announcement Of sapphire x1950 pro dual. This is not the first reference about the dual chip Radeon x1950 pro. Not so long time ago, after the release of 80- nm chip RV570, sapphire company hinted at the possibility of appearance of two-chip video card. However, until now there was no confidence, the development of the final stage will end by the release of commercial product.

Sapphire x1950 pro dual personifies in itself the idea of multichip rendering ATI crossFire to scale one video card. This means that the motherboard with graphic slot PCI-Express x16 and not originally intended for CrossFire, can use two graphic chips. More than that, the pair of similar video card, installed in the system with two graphic interfaces PCI-Express, offers the possibility of organizing the configuration quad-CrossFire, if the proper support from the side of drivers appears.

At the disposal of two chips radeon x1950 pro there are 1 Gb video memory GDDR 3- 512 mb to each GPU. The interface of memory - 256 bit, what is standard for the single card RV570. Frequency Of sapphire x1950 pro dual is 580/700 (1400) MHz for the chips and the memory respectively. this card have 36 shader processors and 12 textural blocks for each GPU. For the hardware compatability such card has DirectX 9.0c (Shader model 3.0, HDR) so the new card from Sapphire has all functionality of RV570. From the interfaces there are two connector DVI and connector for TV. It was discussed about the support to the technology of protection HD-content HDCP. According to the information of producer, two-chip card is expected in sale during February this year on the price from $350 to $400.

Because of the qualitative photographs, published , it is possible to estimate the exterior Of sapphire x1950 pro dual.The Cooling is dimensional with one fan and four thermal tubes .there is also presence of microcircuit PLX- bridge, familiar on the two-chip card geCube gemini 2 on the base of two Radeon x1650 pro (RV560). The microcircuit ATI rage theater speaks about the presence into Sapphire x1950 pro dual function VIVO.

Take attention to the compact arrangement of memory chips , which were grouped around the GPU. The most probable reason for this is the desire of developers to reduce the length of conductors. . Separate radiator is occupied by the heat removal from the power chains. I

Sapphire radeon x1950 pro dual

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO DUAL