RADEON™ 9600 technology is available in two product configurations
built by ATI: RADEON™ 9600 and RADEON™ 9600 PRO.
For more details on differentiating features of the two products,
please see the product comparison. Explore stunning
new worlds of cinematic gameplay with the unprecedented combination
of power, performance, and Microsoft® DirectX® 9 optimized
support featured in RADEON™ 9600 family of visual processors.
Maximize your long-term entertainment value with its Quad-pipe
architecture and high precision cinematic shaders that will
upgrade expectations for devoted gamers and casual fans alike
– and push the most compelling next-generation games
to their limit.
- 4 parallel rendering pipelines
- 2 parallel geometry engines
- 128-bit DDR memory interface
- AGP 8X support
- SMARTSHADER™ 2.0
- Programmable pixel and vertex shaders
- 16 textures per pass
- Pixel shaders up to 160 instructions with 128-bit
floating point precision
- Vertex shaders up to 1024 instructions with flow control
- Multiple render target support
- Shadow volume rendering acceleration
- High precision 10-bit per channel frame buffer support
- Supports DirectX® 9.0 and the latest version of
OpenGL®
- SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1
- 2x/4x/6x full scene anti-aliasing modes
- Adaptive algorithm with programmable sample patterns
- 2x/4x/8x/16x anisotropic filtering modes
- Adaptive algorithm with bi-linear (performance) and
tri-linear (quality) options
- HYPER Z™ III+
- 3-level Hierarchical Z-Buffer with early Z test
- Lossless Z-Buffer compression (up to 24:1)
- Fast Z-Buffer Clear
- TRUFORM™ 2.0
- 2nd generation N-Patch higher order surface support
- Discrete and continuous tessellation levels per polygon
- Displacement mapping
- VIDEOSHADER™
- Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video
- FULLSTREAM™ video de-blocking technology
- Noise removal filtering for captured video
- MPEG-2 decoding with motion compensation, iDCT and color
space conversion
- All-format DTV/HDTV decoding
- YPrPb component output*
- Adaptive de-interlacing and frame rate conversion
- Dual integrated display controllers
- Dual integrated 10-bit per channel 400 MHz DACs
- Integrated 165 MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI 1.0 compliant)
- Integrated TV Output support up to 1024x768 resolution
- Optimized for Pentium® 4 SSE2 and AMD Athlon™
3Dnow!
- PC 2002 compliant
Get in the Game:
- Quad-Pipe architecture delivers
real-time cinematic rendering and animation
- SMARTSHADER™ 2.0 technology supports Microsoft®
DirectX® 9 feature sets, enabling more complex and cinematic-quality
lighting effects
- SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 technology delivers the sharpest,
clearest textures without sacrificing frame rates
- 128-bit full floating point precision enables billions
of color variations to render the same lighting and effects
as Hollywood studios
- Full AGP 8X support doubles available bandwidth for the
most engaging gameplay in its class
Microsoft® DirectX® 9 support:
- Enjoy better performance
and 3D imagery in multimedia, games and applications with
Microsoft® DirectX® 9 optimized architecture
- DirectPlay of the Microsoft® DirectX® 9 brings
improved multiplayer access to groups connecting over LANs
and the Internet
- Supported by CATALYST™, the industry's most stable
3D acceleration software
- Also supporting the latest OpenGL® functionality and
feature sets
Extra Life :
- Optimized to run the most
demanding 2D and 3D next-generation games and applications
without putting extra strain on the CPU
- FULLSTREAM™ removes blocky artifacts from streaming
Internet video to deliver smoother looking, higher quality
online content
- VIDEO IMMERSION™ integrates features to provide
unprecedented support for digital and high definition video
- Enjoy long-term compatibility with the hottest Microsoft®
DirectX® 9 gaming releases and backwards-compatibility
with your favorite titles
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