Advanced Micro Devices, Inc - 100-437106

• CATALYST

• 4 parallel pixel pipelines
• 2 programmable vertex shader pipelines

SMARTSHADER 2.0:

• Support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware
• DirectX 9.0 Vertex Shaders:

• Vertex programs up to 65,280 instructions with flow control

• DirectX 9.0 Pixel Shaders:

• Up to 1,536 instructions and 16 textures per rendering pass
• 32 temporary and constant registers
• 128-bit, 64-bit & 32-bit per pixel floating point color formats
• Multiple Render Target (MRT) support

SMOOTHVISION 2.1:

• 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes:

• Sparse multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction, programmable sample patterns, and centroid sampling
• Lossless Color Compression (up to6:1)at all resolutions
• Temporal Anti-Aliasing

• 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes:

• Up to 128-tap texture filtering
• Adaptive algorithm with bilinear (performance) and trilinear (quality) options

HYPER Z III:

• Hierarchical Z-Buffer with Early Z Test
• Lossless Z-Buffer Compression (up to 48:1)
• Fast Z-Buffer Clear
• Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering

The RADEON 9550 delivers an exceptional visual experience for the value minded gamer and PC enthusiast. With 128 bit and DDR memory and impressive processor speed of its innovative .13micron visual processing unit (VPU), the RADEON 9550 takes you to a world of lush graphics with a stutter free experience. Its 4 pixel rendering pipelines with a fill rate of 1.0 giga-pixels per second combine to deliver dramatic image detail which adds to great 3D game play and a immersive video playback experience!