Abit annuncia la Radeon X800-Guru

[Staff]

<br><blockquote><i>December 01, 2004 – For years, ABIT has been leading the PC hardware industry with new, innovative technologies that deliver unmatched performance, convenience, and reliability for the end user. Today, ABIT is proud to announce the RX800-Guru Graphics Card. With ABIT's award-winning vGuru™ technology, the RX800-Guru delivers performance gains upwards of 30% over regular cards!<p>

With 12 pixel pipelines, 256MB of GDDR3 memory, a PCI-Express X16 interface, and ABIT's vGuru technology, the ABIT RX800-Guru graphics card delivers impressive graphics performance and unprecedented value.<p>

Based on ABIT's renowned µGuru™ motherboard technology, ABIT's vGuru™ places unprecedented graphics power and control into the hands of the user. vGuru takes OC Guru™ overclocking, Fan EQ™ fan control, and BlackBox™ diagnostic technologies, and applies them to ABIT's graphics card lineup with an easy-to-use Windows-based interface. With vGuru, users are able to harness the raw potential of ABIT's graphics cards and walk the path of enlightened stability and performance.<p>

OC Guru™ gives the user more control over their graphics cards than ever before. Exclusively on vGuru-enabled ABIT graphics cards, OC Guru not only allows the user to adjust VPU and memory operating frequencies but VPU and memory operating voltages as well. With voltage settings enabled, users can finally seek the maximum overclock, without having to be held back by voltage inadequacies. OC Guru's user-friendly interface also acts as a VGA card monitor, displaying core and memory frequencies, voltages and temperatures, along with fan speeds. OC Guru is simply the most comprehensive graphics card overclocking technology available.<p>

Fan EQ™ smart fan technology adapts to the temperature of your VPU and adjusts the cooling fan accordingly. With it, users can set the high, medium, and low temperature thresholds for Fan EQ to respond to. If the temperature reaches your preset limits, Fan EQ automatically adjusts the fan speeds accordingly. This allows the user to enjoy the best of both worlds - silent computing when the VPU is under load, and high-powered cooling during intense 3D games.<p>

vGuru takes the hassle out of traditional technical support with BlackBox™. BlackBox technology automatically detects system information which can be sent directly to ABIT Tech Support via e-mail for processing. No more filling out forms and looking up lengthy model numbers. BlackBox does it all quickly and easily with a click of the mouse, allowing you to get fast and friendly support if the need arises.<p>

vGuru also allows the RX800-Guru to interact with ABIT's renowned Guru Clock peripheral. With Guru Clock and a µGuru-equipped motherboard, users can monitor the status of their VGA card at all times, including temperatures, fan speeds and voltages. Only ABIT delivers this level of motherboard and graphics card integration.<p>

For ultimate reliability, the RX800-Guru includes ABIT's Dual BIOS technology. ABIT's Dual BIOS configuration on the graphics card acts as a backup solution. Should one BIOS become corrupted for any reason, the second one kicks in, allowing the user to re-flash the other one. Now that's BulletProof Technology.<p>

At the heart of the ABIT RX800-Guru is the ATI RADEON™ X800 VPU, which offers the latest ATI graphics technologies designed to bring forth a new era of high-definition gaming. The 3Dc™ is a new compression technology allows game developers to pack more detail into real time 3D images than ever before, improving image quality without sacrificing performance. ATI SMARTSHADER™ technology enables advanced visual effects such as depth of field and detailed hair rendering that help bring graphics to life. ATI SMOOTHVISION™ improves anti-aliasing performance and smoothes out jagged edges in the rendered frame. HYPER Z™ provides lossless Z-Buffer compression at ratios of up to 48:1, allowing for real-time shadow rendering. Along with VIDEOSHADER™ technology that delivers seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time, the ABIT RX800-Guru is the most robust graphics solutions available today. What's more, the RX800-Guru comes with Dual DVI output, and video in/out (VIVO) functionality, turning it into an ideal video editing platform.</i></blockquote><p>