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.
Features:
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
Warranty
1 Year limited Warranty
Technical Information:
Graphics Technology
RADEON™ 9600 or RADEON™ 9600 PRO Visual Processing Unit (VPU)
Memory Configuration
128MB of double data rate SDRAM
Operating Systems Support
Windows® XP
Windows® 2000
Windows® Me
Display Support
VGA connector for analog CRT
S-video connector for TV / VCR 1
DVI-I connector for digital flat panel 2
Independent resolutions and refresh rates for any two connected displays
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
System Requirements:
Intel® Pentium® 4/III/II/Celeron™, AMD® K6/Duron™/Athlon®/Athlon XP® compatible AGP 4X (1.5V), 8X (0.8v) or Universal AGP 3.0 bus configuration (4X/8X). 128MB of system memory Installation software requires CD-ROM drive DVD playback requires DVD drive
