Con il comunicato stampa di seguito allegato SAPPHIRE Technology ha lanciato la scheda grafica SAPPHIRE HD 3850 AGP: in accordo alla denominazione utilizzata dal produttore, siamo di fronte ad una soluzione che può estendere ai sistemi hardware dotati di una connettività di tipo AGP per il controller grafico le nuove feature e le funzionalità che ATI ha implementato con la linea di gpu HD 3800.

Il processore grafico della SAPPHIRE HD 3850 AGP include 320 stream processor ed opera ad una frequenza pari a 702MHz; il costruttore taiwanense ha scelto per questa scheda una dotazione di memoria on board, peraltro in tecnologia G-DDR3, pari a 512Mb ed una frequenza di clock reale pari a 846MHz. La SAPPHIRE HD 3850 AGP è già pronta per eseguire i prossimi game che utilizzano DirectX 10.1 mentre la versione di Shader Model supportata è la 4.0; forte della tecnologia ATI Avivo HD, questa scheda grafica è in grado di effettuare in hardware la decodifica del contenuto dei dischi Blu-ray e HD DVD, elaborato attraverso VC-1 e/o H.264.

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SAPPHIRE Technology, industry leader in graphics solutions, has just announced support for legacy PC systems using the AGP graphics bus with a new product in its HD 3000 series which brings the latest graphics architectures and features to this industry standard platform.

The SAPPHIRE HD 3850 AGP is available with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, running at 846MHz (1.7GHz effective) and has a core clock speed of 700MHz. It is a standard ATX format card, compatible with the industry standard AGP interface and with its slim fan assisted cooler the card occupies only a single expansion slot in the PC.

The SAPPHIRE HD 3850 AGP shares the 320 stream processors and 512-bit internal ring bus memory controller of the latest PCI-Express models together with multiple rendering units and a programmable tessellation unit. This new product’s unified shader architecture with support for Shader Model 4.0 and the forthcoming DirectX 10.1 combine to deliver the most outstanding graphics performance ever available to AGP users.

Now manufactured in a new 55nm process technology, the GPU in the HD 3000 series delivers high performance with lower power consumption than previous generations. A new feature known as ATI PowerPlay actively reduces power consumption depending on loading. On the AGP model, additional power is required via the 8-pin PCI-Express connector fitted, which can be provided from a standard power supply with an adapter cable (supplied).

The SAPPHIRE HD 3850 AGP incorporates the latest Technology for enhanced Video display and features a built in UVD (Unified Video decoder) for the hardware accelerated decoding of Blu-ray and HD DVD content for both VC-1 and H.264 codecs, considerably reducing CPU loading. Two independent display output controllers provide support for two dual link DVI displays as well as TV-out and HD TV options. HDCP is supported.

SAPPHIRE HD 3000 series graphics cards are Microsoft Windows Vista Premium certified and supported by the ATI Catalyst suite of software, ensuring customers have ongoing access to software updates for performance, stability and added features.

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