Diamond Multimedia Viper X1600 Pro - Manual

X1600 PRO
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Featuring: RADEON TM X1600 PRO
Memory: 256MB/512MB
Slot Type: AGP or PCI Express
With: Dual DVI / TV-Out / HDTV
Viper X1600 Pro
Cinematic 2D/3D Graphics Card
Overview
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LATEST TECHNOLOGIES
Takes advantage of the revolutionary new Avivo video and display technology platform to enable High-Definition visual experience
and enhance digital video, gaming and photos.
CROSSFIRE
• Combined Multi-GPU power for a new dimension
of graphics capability
• High-performance processor sharing
• High compatibility with games, graphics cards,
motherboards, and third party component
AVIVO
• Video and Display Perfection
• True-to-Life Image Reproduction
• Sharp video and photos, smooth video playback
• Universal connectivity for TVs and display
*Crossfire not available with AGP version
*Crossfire not available with HyperMemory TM
*Crossfire only availble on motherboards that support dual PCI Express x16 slots
Features
• 157 million transistors on 90nm fabrication process
• Dual-link DVI
– Twelve pixel shader processors
– Five vertex shader processors
– 128-bit 4-channel DDR/DDR2/GDDR3 memory interface
– Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
- AGP 8x configurations also supported with AGP-PCI-E external bridge chip
– Dynamic Voltage Control
Ring Bus Memory Controller
• 256-bit internal ring bus for memory reads
• Programmable intelligent arbitration logic
• Fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs
• Hierarchical Z-buffer with Early Z test
• Lossless Z Compression (up to 48:1)
• Fast Z-Buffer Clear
• Z/stencil cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering
Advanced Image Quality Features
• 64-bit floating point HDR rendering supported throughout the pipeline
– Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing
• 32-bit integer HDR (10:10:10:2) format supported throughout the
pipeline
– Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing
• 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes
– Multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction, programmable
sparse sample patterns, and centroid sampling
– New Adaptive Anti-Aliasing feature with Performance and
Quality modes
– Temporal Anti-Aliasing mode
– Lossless Color Compression (up to 6:1) at all resolutions,
including widescreen HDTV resolutions
• 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes
– Up to 128-tap texture filtering
– Adaptive algorithm with Performance and Quality options
• High resolution texture support (up to 4k x 4k)