GigaCube mit Radeon 9600-Grafikkarte

Pressemitteilung GigaCube® Announces GC-R9600 PRO 3D Graphics Accelerator with Powerful ATi Radeon 9600 PRO VPU 15th, May-2003 Taipei, Taiwan. GigaXcube is delighted to announce the latest members of its award-winning AGP 8X Game Buster family : GC-R9600 PRO series, powered by ATI's RADEON™ 9600 PRO. The GC-9600 PRO series is the most visually advanced 3D performer on the planet. With its 4-pipeline graphics technology, it generates the power to deliver real-time, Hollywood caliber graphics for the most demanding next-generation games. GC-9600 PRO series support future-proof 3D architecture, enabling full hardware acceleration of the latest APIs (Application Program Interfaces) - Microsoft's DirectX 9 - for a new level of realism in current and future games. Driven by an advanced four-pipe architecture, GC-R9600 PRO series supports the AGP 8X standard, doubling the bandwidth of competing products and enabling more engaging characters and animation. The boards based on ATI's most recent 3D innovations employing SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 technology to delivers the sharpest, clearest textures, removes jaggies and brings out fine texture details without sacrificing frame rates . It supports SMARTSHADER™ 2.0 technology to supports the latest MicrosoftR DirectXR 9.0 feature sets, enabling more complex and cinematic-quality lighting effects. Featuring 128-bit full floating point precision feature, it enables billions of color variations to render the same lighting and effects as Hollywood studios. Both GC-9600 and 9600 Pro offer cutting-edge video and multimedia support, thanks to advanced hardware technology and PowerDVD 4.0XP, which also comes bundled with the boards. Separate VGA, DVI-I and TV outputs, combined with VIDEOSHADER™ technology, enable enhanced DVD playback on CRT and flat panel monitors or a TV set. Moreover, FULLSTREAM™ features provide superior Internet video streaming, while HYDRAVISION™ allows for easy dual-screen display on any combination of outputs. The GC-9600 series is designed for unparalleled high-end mainstream performance, generating extremely high frame rates with optimal fluidity in geometrically and texture-heavy games. Plus, thanks to CATALYST™ drivers, gamers can look forward to stable, high-speed performance with regular updates and improvements. The boards come with the supports of 64MB or 128MB of DDR memory for today's demanding games, applications, effects and animation.