The ULTIMATE Silent Home Entertainment Solution!

Reduce the decibel level of your home entertainment system without sacrifice performance. Fusing the worlds of Gaming, TV and Video together into one gripping multimedia tool for all occasions, SAPPHIRE enthusiastically delivers the extreme in creative power, while remaining silent with THE BEAST RADEON 9800 PRO ULTIMATE Edition! With features such as: TV-ON-DEMAND™, THRUVIEW™, VIDEOSOAP™, support for DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL, the BEAST series encapsulates all that your demanding media oriented intellect desires out of your graphics card!

Features:

Powered by the RADEON™ 9800 PRO visual processing unit

Unparalleled TV and DVD features: TV-ON-DEMAND™, Gemstar GUIDE Plus+™, mulTView™, VIDEOSOAP™, THRUVIEW™ and much more

Easily edit video into your own creations: Video CD and DVD Authoring

Radio frequency wireless remote for your PC provides a hand held 30-foot user interface. Control your mouse and PC applications at the click of a button.

Stereo TV tuner with 125 channels

Intelligent Teletext on your PC

Zoom & pan - zoom in on the action on-screen and choose your own close-ups

128MB DDR memory accelerates the latest 3D games

256-bit memory interface removes hardware performance bottleneck and provides end users with faster 3D graphics

Industry's only 8-pipeline graphics solution in its 2nd generation, providing twice the rendering power of any currently competing product.

Supports the new AGP 8X standard, providing a high-speed link between the graphics board and the rest of the PC (2.0 GB/sec)

First to fully support DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality

New SMARTSHADER™ 2.1 technology allows users to experience complex, movie-quality effects in next-generation 3D games and applications

SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 technology enhances image quality by removing jagged edges and bringing out fine texture detail, without compromising performance

128-bit floating-point color precision allows for a greater range of colors and brightness

Unique VIDEOSHADER™ engine uses programmable pixel shaders to accelerate video processing and provide better-looking visuals

ATI's new FULLSTREAM™ technology removes blocky artifacts from Streaming and Internet video and provides sharper image quality

ADDITIONAL POWER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS

The Radeon 9800 Pro AIW 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 9800Pro 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 9800 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.

Available in both FULL Retail and Lite Retail Versions

Full retail indicates that the package contains the entire bundle including the Game software bundle and utilities. The Lite retail versions do not come bundled with the software bundle and are packaged with the neccessities needed to enjoy the pinnacle in performance from Sapphire alone.