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Sapphire Toxic X800 PRO VIVO (2004)
July 29, 2004
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Sapphire's TOXIC X800 PRO VIVO merges Arctic Cooling's near silent, copper-based VGA Silencer 4 with the X800 PRO VPU. But that's not all, on top of this, Sapphire adds VIVO and built-in overclocking via their Automated Performance Enhancement (APE) utility. All this adds up to one unique X800 PRO card that should deliver superior performance. See how it fares in today's review!

Description:
(ATI RADEON™ X800 PRO Chipset)

Experience Intoxicating Features Without the Hangover!

Developed for the enthusiast, Sapphire believes in empowering our family of hardcore tweak addicts by including a built-in calculated performance enhancements with the inclusion of the A.P.E. , TMR and Lethal Cooling technologies . The Automated Performance Enhancement (A.P.E.) allows for the optional increase of memory clock speed to pre-tested levels while maintaining the hardware's health. Ensuring the life expectancy of the hardware is of utmost importance and as such Sapphire has taken great measures to keep your investment safe with it's T.M.R hardware technology. Temperature Monitoring Ready Technology is comprised of hardware connects located on the Toxic that allow for the display of temperature readings. (Display not included). The innovative Lethal cooler designed with ramsinks and copper plates built with the overclocker in mind adds extra insurance for your hardware investment!

Touting support for the latest in HD gaming with SMARTSHADER™ HD and SMOOTHVISION™ HD technology and boasting a robust 256MB of onboard GDDR3 memory the TOXIC X800 PRO VIVO edition illiminates all of today's performance pitfalls.

Features:

A.P.E. Extends memory operating frequency to pre-tested levels that far surpass the competition
TMR-Temperature Monitoring Ready Technology allows for output to display (not included) of TOXIC cards temperatures
Lethal Cooling provides the definitive cooling solution for the overclocker while remaining quiet
256MB of 'Xtreme performance GDDR3 memory accelerates the latest cutting edge 3D applications
256-bit quad-channel GDDR3 memory interface
Twelve 'Xtreme parallel pixel pipelines
Supports the AGP 8X and AGP 4x standard, providing a high-speed link between the graphics board and the rest of the PC
Six programmable vertex shader pipelines
Full support for DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality
New SMARTSHADER™ HD technology allows for support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware as well as OpenGL® via extensions.
SMOOTHVISION™ HD technology provides enhanced image quality by removing jagged edges and bringing out fine texture detail, without compromising performance
3Dc™ High quality 4:1 Normal Map Compression delivers beautiful scenes without the performance hit.
Unique VIDEOSHADER™ HD engine uses programmable pixel shaders to accelerate video processing and provide better-looking visuals
HYPER Z™ HD is optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions.
ViVo - Video capture and Video Output to big screen TV's
ADDITIONAL POWER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS
The RADEON™ X800 PRO must be connected to the computer? power supply to meet its performance and high-speed memory requirements.
In order to supply the ATI Graphics Accelerator card with the necessary power, we have included the Power Extension Cable.
Use the Power Extension Cable to connect the Radeon X800 PRO to the computer? hard Drive power connector.

1. Remove the power cable from the hard drive.
2. Connect the 4-pin connector of the Power Extension Cable to the RADEON™ X800 PRO power connector.
3. Connect the Power Extension Cable to the power supply connector.
4. Connect the Power Extension Cable to the Hard Drive connector.


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...what excited me the most about the Toxic edition of Sapphire's X800 Pro VIVO was the pre-tested and guaranteed by warranty overclocked memory frequency. --[Bjorn3D]

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Manufacturer:
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Hardware Type:
Video Cards: ATI AGP

Hardware Sub-Type:
X800 Series

Year Released: 2004

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