Diamond Multimedia’s Viper X1900XTX claims the fastest, crispest video and graphics performance of any 3D card on market. It would say that of course because it’s based on ATI’s Radeon X1900 GPU.

The Viper X1900XTX is based on ATI’s Radeon chip, so supports DirectX 9.0 and state-of-the-art Shader Model 3.0 architecture.

It’s also equipped with ATI’s Avivo video and display platform, which enables a High-Definition visual experience, and allows for universal connectivity to various digital devices, including home theater systems, LCD monitors, HDTVs, projectors and laptop.

With resolution as high as 2560x1600 pixels (used in Apple Cinema, for example), the Viper X1900XTX is powerful enough to drive two LCD displays while maintaining clarity.

Avivo offers sharper display for video and photos compared with conventional cards, as well as ‘universal display connectivity’ - which eliminates the long-standing barrier of being able to display PC graphics on a variety of consumer electronics devices, including big-screen televisions.

Yet another breakthrough is the Viper X1900XTX’s support of High Dynamic Range (HDR) with full post-processing capabilities, including anti-aliasing. The Viper X1900XTX uses the Radeon X1900 GPU, with a 256MB interface using the PCI Express data bus.

The Radeon’s Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine will handle up to 128 threads at once, as well as up to 48 simultaneous shader processors, featuring a 3-to-1 shader-to-texture ratio.

The connectors included are DVI, VGA, TV-Out/HDTV and VIVO. Minimum system requirements for the card are an Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 FX CPU running at a minimum of 2.4GHz, PCI Express slot, 128MB system RAM, 200MB available hard disk space, CD- or DVD-ROM drive, and an ATX 2.0 420-Watt power supply or higher.

Also needed is a Super VGA or DVI-I compatible monitor. The Viper X190 XTX will run under Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows XP 64 and Windows XP Media Center environments.

The Viper X1900 also comes with extensive software, including ATI’s Catalyst Control Center. Catalyst automatically configures optimal settings for your system, and is packed with features that go far beyond traditional driver configuration software.

The Viper X1900XTX is available now for $599 (£345).

[Best Graphics Card Pricing UK]
[Best Graphics Card Pricing US]

Got this product? Got a camcorder/mic? Let us post YOUR video/podcast review!

BIOS, Mar 07, 06 | Print | Send | Comments (0) | Posted In Graphics card