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There’s just over a week left to enter the prize draw to win a Bose SoundDock speaker system, courtesy of AMD and Sapphire.
Sapphire Technology has just introduced the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 – a new dual GP graphics accelerator based on the highly acclaimed Radeon HD 4870 technology from AMD/ATI and delivering the highest levels of graphics and gaming performance ever.
The Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 comprises two complete HD 4870 graphics systems on a single PCI-Express card connected by an on-board PCI Express Gen 2 bridge chip. Each GPU has 1GB of GDDR5 memory, making a total of 2GB on-board memory. Two Dual Link DVI outputs are provided as well as TV-Out.
3D applications such as games use both on-board GPU’s together in CrossFire mode to deliver a single accelerated output on the Primary display only. In this mode, the new Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 delivers performance as good or better than two HD 4870 cards in CrossFire mode, making it the fastest performing single card available.
The Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 is implemented on a single ATX format PCI-Express card, with a fan assisted cooler making it a standard dual-slot configuration. This solution will have immediate appeal to performance users with only a single PCI-Express slot available.
On a suitable PCI Express Gen 2.0 CrossFireX mainboard it is also possible to use two Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 cards in.
The Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 incorporates the latest ATI Avivo HD Technology for enhanced Video display and features a second generation 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, as well as MPEG files, reducing CPU loading to a minimum.
The Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 is HDCP ready and is compatible with the latest high definition displays. Like other HD 4800 series products it also supports HDMI over the DVI interface with the correct HDMI Adapter.
All Sapphire’s current graphics cards are Microsoft Windows Vista certified and supported by the ATI Catalyst suite of software, ensuring customers have easy and ongoing access to software updates for performance, stability and added features.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize is answer the following three questions about the latest generation of high-performance graphics…
Question One
What is the name of the fastest performing single graphics card available today?
Question Two
What technology is it based on?
Question Three
What is the name of the enhanced video display it supports?
Send your answers to pcretailcompetition@intentmedia.co.uk
