Radeon 9700

ATI revolutionizes the world of graphics technology with the RADEON® 9700 Visual Processing Unit (VPU). Featuring fast 3D graphics performance, coupled with sophisticated real-time visual effects, unsurpassed image quality and cutting-edge video features, RADEON® 9700 provides you with an amazing PC entertainment experience.

 

§         First to fully support DirectX® 9.0
With its new SMARTSHADER™ 2.0 technology, RADEON® 9700 supports DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality to give developers the freedom to create more complicated and realistic visual effects than ever before.

§         First 8-pixel pipeline architecture
RADEON® 9700 is the first graphics technology capable of processing 8 pixels simultaneously - twice as many compared to any existing product. This highly optimized design provides top 3D performance for both Direct3D® and OpenGL® games and applications.

§         256-bit DDR memory interface
The high-bandwidth memory interface of the RADEON® 9700, utilizing the latest HYPER Z™ III bandwidth-conserving technology, removes a key performance bottleneck and provides end users with faster graphics performance.

§         Support for AGP 8X specification
RADEON® 9700 supports the new AGP 8X standard, which allows large volumes of texture and vertex data to be transferred faster from system memory to the chip (2.0 GB/sec).

§         First to use pixel shaders to accelerate video
With ATI's new VIDEOSHADER™ technology, RADEON® 9700 continues the tradition of providing industry-leading video and DVD playback. RADEON® 9700 also offers FULLSTREAM™ - a new technology that removes blocky artifacts from video and provides sharper image quality.