The VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 Graphics enable you to experience the power of HD with 3D processing designed for ultimate gaming.  Advance to the next generation of DirectX 10.1 compatible HD game performance and life-like realism with dual ATI Radeon HD 3870 GPUs working in exquisite precision to produce over 1 teraFLOPS of GPU compute power.  And with ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU upgradeability, you can scale your  performance to greater heights.  Watch the latest Blu-ray and HD-DVD videos in full 1080p HD - and upscale beyond - without placing huge demands on your CPU.  Enjoy breakthrough efficiency with more processing performance per watt and energy-saving features that can help save you money.

HD Video Beyond 1080p

The latest Blu-ray and HD DVD movies play smoothly at full 1080p and your CPU is unbound for other tasks thanks to the Unified Video Decoder. Enjoy ultimate image quality with resolutions upscaled beyond1080p for the most processing-intensive content. And with a choice of digital outputs, you have more options when enjoying your digital entertainment.

• Unified Video Decoder - Enjoy the latest Blu-ray and HD DVD movies with a dedicated hardware video decoder that leaves your CPU unbound to do other tasks.
• Ultimate Image Quality - Performance that rivals high end HD-DVD and Blu-ray players on displays with resolutions that exceed 1080p - up to 2560x1600.
• Integrated Digital Outputs - Enjoy all your digital content the way you want to, with built-in HDMI and DVI output capability.

Break-through Efficiency

ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series graphics processors have breakthrough efficiency, with up to twice the processing performance per watt than previous generations of AMD GPUs.  Take advantage of the latest graphics features that can help drive productivity at an extraordinary price. Runs cool and quiet - With a smaller chip designed to use less power, your system can take advantage of high-end Windows Vista features while running more efficiently and quieter than ever

Ultimate HD Gaming

Advance to ultimate HD gaming with incredible performance, life-like graphics and support for Microsoft DirectX 10.1. With dual ATI Radeon HD 3870 GPUs working in exquisite precision, you?re ready to dominate the battlefield from over one teraFLOPS of GPU compute power.  And thanks to plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX upgradeability, you can scale your performance to even greater heights.

ATI Avivo HD Technology

The ATI Radeon HD 3870 GPU features ATI Avivo HD technology with advanced audio, video processing, display and connectivity capabilities for high definition entertainment solutions

• 1. Introducing a breakthrough for the playback of Blu-ray and HD DVD discs
• 2. UVD (Unified Video Decoder) is a new HD video processor that provides hardware decoding of Blu-ray and HD DVD
• 3. UVD is designed to enable a cool, quiet media PC with low GPU and CPU power requirements
• 4. ATI Avivo HD technology includes fully integrated HD audio capabilities and supports playback of multi-channel (5.1) audio streams.  When combined with the integrated HDCP copy protection, ATI Avivo HD enables a one-cable HDMI connectivity solution to high definition home theaters

ATI Unified Video Decoder Technology

Connect your PC to your home theater and start watching HD content from your computer using new ATI Radeon HD 3800 series graphics cards. The ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series is designed to decode and playback Blu-ray and HD DVD formats using dedicated hardware within the GPU. This technology, known as UVD or Unified Video Decoding, is part of ATI Avivo HD, the new collection of technologies that are designed to improve the visual and connectivity capabilities of ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series GPUs. The new and improved UVD offloads the intensive process of HD video decoding and playback from the CPU while improving the visual quality. This means you can get smooth, high quality HD video playback at full HD 1080p from most entry level PCs, or free up the CPU for other tasks while you enjoy the movie. And with HDCP built into the GPU, the new cards easily enable playback of HDCP protected content.

Specifications:

Key Features

• Powered by ATI Radeon HD3870 X2
• 1GB High speed GDDR3 memory
• Superscalar unified shader architecture
• 320 x2  stream processing units
• 256-bit memory x2 interface
• DirectX 10.1 / Shader Model 4.1 support
• PCI Express 2.0 support
• ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance
• Use up to four GPUs with an AMD 790FX based motherboard
• High-speed 128-bit HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering
• Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
• ATI Avivo HD video and display technology
• Built-in HDMI and 5.1 surround audio
• Support for the ATI Radeon DVI to HDMI adapter
• Unified Video Decoder (UVD) for Blu-ray and HD DVD
• ATI PowerPlay energy conserving technology
• Dynamic geometry acceleration
• Game physics processing capability

Box Contents

• VisionTek ATI Radeon 1GB HD3870x2 graphics card
• DVI-I to VGA adapter
• DVI to HDMI adapter (supports audio and video)
• Crossfire bridge interconnect
• S-Video/composite adapter
• Component HDTV connection

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows Vista (all versions)
• Windows XP
• Windows XP Media Center Edition

System Requirements

• Intel Pentium 4, Celeron, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon XP, Sempron or compatible
• PCI Express based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
• 550 Watt or greater power supply with two 2x3-pin PCIe power connectors required (750 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for dual ATI CrossFireX).
• For enhanced performance with ATI Overdrive, a power supply with one 2x3- in and one 2x4-pin PCIe power connector is required
• Certified power supplies are recommended.  
• 1GB of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
• DVD playback requires DVD drive
• Blu-ray / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
• For a complete ATI CrossFireX system, a second ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per board (included) are required