<br><blockquote><i>TAIPEI, TAIWAN (1 st March, 2005) –TulTM today introduces the three latest PowerColor AGP GameFX series, which includes the native and bridge AGP solutions targeting at the enthusiast and mainstream markets.<p>
<strong>The PowerColor X850 (AGP) series -The worlds fastest graphics card</strong><p>
The PowerColor X850 series is a new, complete native AGP8X based graphics card that requires no external bridge for compatibility with AGP systems. The PowerColor X850 Series enables ATI’s RADEON ® X850 series VPU, core/memory clock speed up to 540/590 MHz and memory up to 256MB/256 bit GDDR3 SDRAM, along with its sophisticated board design, featuring a host of technologies that brings high definition gaming to new heights. The PowerColor X850 series delivers frame rates that surpass any previous AGP graphics card, making it the world’s most powerful and unleash the hidden visual effects performance from your favorite game.<p>
The key features of the PowerColor X850 series include the AGP8X bus interface design, DVI, VIVO and HDTV supports, 16 pixel pipelines architecture, 6 vertex pipelines, dual 400MHz DACs and dual 165MHz TMDS tansmitters. Moreover, it offers the SMARTSHADER TM HD featuring Direct®X 9.0 and long shader support, as well as the latest technologies of 3DcTM image enhancement technology, SMOOTHVISION TM HD, HYPER ZTM HD and VIDEOSHADERTM HD to enhance image and quality.<p>
Three main models that Tul integrates the latest technology are: the PowerColor X850 XT Platinum Edition, X850 XT, X850 PRO, ready to be released before the end of the first quarter, 2005.<p>
<strong>The PowerColor X800 (AGP) series- The first PCI Express to AGP bridge graphics cards</strong><p>
Since the AGP-based system remains a significant portion of market, the PowerColor X800 series enables the currently PCI Express-native RADEON ® X800 series with the newest “PCI Express-to-AGP Bridgeâ€