Visiontek Radeon HD 3870 X2 Graphics Card - 900209 Visiontek ATI Radeon 3870 X2 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-E 2.0 Dual DVI CrossFireX Supported Video Card

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Mfg Part#: 900209
Buy.com Sku: 206820994
UPC: 784090022356
UPC 14: 00784090022356
Buy.com Sales Rank: 77459
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The VisionTek ATI Radeon™ HD 3870 X2 Graphics enable you to experience the power of HD with 3D processing designed for ultimate gaming. Advance to the next generation of DirectX® 10.1 compatible HD game performance and life-like realism with dual ATI Radeon™ HD 3870 GPUs working in exquisite precision to produce over 1 teraFLOPS of GPU compute power. And with ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU upgradeability, you can scale your performance to greater heights. Watch the latest Blu-ray and HD-DVD videos in full 1080p HD – and upscale beyond - without placing huge demands on your CPU. Enjoy breakthrough efficiency with more processing performance per watt and energy-saving features that can help save you money.

HD Video Beyond 1080p

  • The latest Blu-ray and HD DVD movies play smoothly at full 1080p and your CPU is unbound for other tasks thanks to the Unified Video Decoder. Enjoy ultimate image quality with resolutions upscaled beyond1080p for the most processing-intensive content. And with a choice of digital outputs, you have more options when enjoying your digital entertainment.

    Break-through Efficiency

  • ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series graphics processors have breakthrough efficiency, with up to twice the processing performance per watt than previous generations of AMD GPUs. Take advantage of the latest graphics features that can help drive productivity at an extraordinary price. Runs cool and quiet – With a smaller chip designed to use less power, your system can take advantage of high-end Windows Vista® features while running more efficiently and quieter than ever.

    Ultimate HD Gaming

  • Advance to ultimate HD gaming with incredible performance, life-like graphics and support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1. With dual ATI Radeon™ HD 3870 GPUs working in exquisite precision, you’re ready to dominate the battlefield from over one teraFLOPS of GPU compute power. And thanks to plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX™ upgradeability, you can scale your performance to even greater heights.

    ATI Unified Video Decoder Technology

  • Connect your PC to your home theater and start watching HD content from your computer using new ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series graphics cards. The ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series is designed to decode and playback Blu-ray and HD DVD formats using dedicated hardware within the GPU. This technology, known as UVD or Unified Video Decoding, is part of ATI Avivo™ HD, the new collection of technologies that are designed to improve the visual and connectivity capabilities of ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series GPUs. The new and improved UVD offloads the intensive process of HD video decoding and playback from the CPU while improving the visual quality. This means you can get smooth, high quality HD video playback at full HD 1080p from most entry level PCs, or free up the CPU for other tasks while you enjoy the movie. And with HDCP* built into the GPU, the new cards easily enable playback of HDCP protected content.
  • Features
    Video Features Specifications
    Video Features Powered by ATI Radeon™ HD3870 X2
    Video Features 1GB High speed GDDR3 memory
    Video Features Superscalar unified shader architecture
    Video Features 320 x2 stream processing units
    Video Features 256-bit memory x2 interface
    Video Features DirectX® 10.1 / Shader Model 4.1 support
    Video Features PCI Express® 2.0 support
    Video Features ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance
    Video Features Use up to four GPUs with an AMD 790FX based motherboard
    Video Features High-speed 128-bit HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering
    Video Features Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
    Video Features ATI Avivo™ HD video and display technology
    Video Features Built-in HDMI and 5.1 surround audio
    Video Features Support for the ATI Radeon™ DVI to HDMI adapter
    Video Features Unified Video Decoder (UVD) for Blu-ray™ and HD DVD
    Video Features ATI PowerPlay™ energy conserving technology
    Video Features Dynamic geometry acceleration
    Video Features Game physics processing capability

    Video Features Box Contents
    Video Features VisionTek ATI Radeon 1GB HD3870x2 graphics card
    Video Features DVI-I to VGA adapter
    Video Features DVI to HDMI adapter (supports audio and video)
    Video Features Crossfire bridge interconnect
    Video Features S-Video/composite adapter
    Video Features Component HDTV connection

    Video Features Supported Operating Systems
    Video Features Windows Vista (all versions)
    Video Features Windows XP
    Video Features Windows XP Media Center Edition

    Video Features System Requirements
    Video Features Intel® Pentium® 4, Celeron, AMD™ Athlon™ 64, AMD™ Athlon XP™, Sempron or compatible
    Video Features PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
    Video Features 550 Watt or greater power supply with two 2x3-pin PCIe® power connectors required (750 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for dual ATI CrossFireX™) .
    Video Features For enhanced performance with ATI Overdrive™, a power supply with one 2x3- pin and one 2x4-pin PCIe® power connector is required
    Video Features Certified power supplies are recommended.
    Video Features 1GB of system memory
    Video Features Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
    Video Features DVD playback requires DVD drive
    Video Features Blu-ray™ / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
    Tech Specs
    Tech Specs Interfaces/Ports 2 x DVI Video
    1 x TV Out
    Tech Specs Brand Name Visiontek
    Tech Specs Product Model HD 3870 X2
    Tech Specs Manufacturer Part Number 900209
    Tech Specs Product Name Radeon HD 3870 X2 Graphics Card
    Tech Specs Manufacturer Website Address www.visiontek.com
    Tech Specs Product Series HD 3800
    Tech Specs Manufacturer VisionTek Products, LLC
    Tech Specs Product Type Graphics Card
    Tech Specs Package Type Retail
    Tech Specs Bus Width 512 bit
    Tech Specs Standard Memory 1 GB
    Tech Specs Memory Technology GDDR3 SDRAM
    Tech Specs System Requirements
  • Intel Pentium 4, Celeron, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon XP, Sempron or compatible
  • PCI Express based PC is required with one x16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
  • 550 Watt or greater power supply with two 2x3-pin PCIe power connectors required (750 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for dual ATI CrossFireX)
  • For enhanced performance with ATI Overdrive, a power supply with one 2x3 - pin and one 2x4 -pin PCIe power connector is required
  • Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
  • 1GB of system memory
  • Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
  • DVD playback requires DVD drive
  • Blu-ray / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
  • For a complete ATI CrossFireX system, a second ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per board are required
  • Operating System:

  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
  • Tech Specs Additional Information

  • PCI Express 2.0 support
  • 320 x 2 Stream Processing Units
  • 256-bit x2 memory interface
  • 512 MB x 2 Memory Size
  • Tech Specs Platform Support PC
    Tech Specs Chipset Manufacturer ATi
    Tech Specs Number of Stream Processors 640
    Tech Specs Chipset Model Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Tech Specs Dual Link DVI Support Yes
    Tech Specs API Support DirectX 10.1
    OpenGL 2.0
    Tech Specs RAMDAC Speed 400 MHz
    Tech Specs Shader Model 4.1
    Tech Specs Digital Signal Yes
    Tech Specs HDCP Support Yes
    Tech Specs Maximum Resolution 2560 x 1600
    Tech Specs Host Interface PCI Express x16
    Tech Specs Multi-GPU Technology CrossFireX
    Tech Specs Standard Warranty 1 Year Limited
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