Sapphire Radeon 9250

[Staff]

<br>Sapphire Tech ha annunciato la nuova scheda video basata sulla GPU Ati Radeon 9250 e destinata alla fascia low end del mercato. Il nuovo modello di chip grafico, derivato dal 9200 ma con clock inferiore (240MHz), offre supporto alle DirectX 8.1 di Microsoft ed è disponibile anche con 256MB di ram DDR.<p>
<blockquote><i>Sapphire Technology Limited, the leading supplier of ATI-powered graphics solutions, has just
introduced a new model in its range of competitively priced AGP products aimed at bringing new
levels of graphics performance into the budget system sector.<p>
The Sapphire RADEON 9250 is the latest addition to the company’s product range based on the ATI
RADEON™ 9200 series of graphics products. Designed to support up to 256MB of DDR memory and
with a core clock speed of 240MHz, this new visual processing unit provides the ultimate value
graphics upgrade for AGP8x-based desktop systems. Both home and business users will benefit from
the broad range of features and powerful performance of the new Sapphire RADEON 9250 family.<p>
The Sapphire RADEON 9250 VPU features a four-pixel shader pipeline architecture with full hardware
support for Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 and with DX9 compliance. It satisfies the high demand for
seamless fast action transitions in a wide range of gaming and video applications. It also offers
support for ATI’s innovative SMARTSHADER™ technology which provides more image realism for
maximum visual benefits with today’s advanced 3D games.<p>
Superior video performance is now delivered even to budget systems with the Sapphire RADEON
9250 with the inclusion of ATI’s VIDEO IMMERSION™ and FULLSTREAM™ technologies, enhancing
the user’s DVD, video and video streaming experience with better resolutions and richer detail. Users
also benefit from the industry’s most stable unified graphics software, ATI’s CATALYST suite.<p>
The Sapphire RADEON 9250 supports a complete range of VGA and DVI monitor configurations for
total user flexibility. Sapphire will begin shipments in July to both systems integrators and to
distribution channels for the retail market.</i></blockquote><p>

[thrantir]

domanda, secondo voi ha senso l'uscita di questa skeda?

[jaber]

probabilmente serve solo ad abbattere ulteriormente i prezzi per i pc uso ufficio nei quali si vogliono evitare chip grafici integrati.cmq ha pochissimo senso in quanto non penso che costeranno molto meno delle 9200