Sapphire stellt Radeon 9250 vor

Die Karte wird in einer 64Bit und in einer 128Bit Version zu haben sein und mit bis zu 256Mbyte RAM bestückt sein. Die GPU wird 240Mhz getaktet sein und der Speicher mit 200Mhz (400Mhz DDR). Die Karte wird DX 9 unterstützen sowie AGP 8x. Pressemitteilung Rendering Digital Realms on a Budget..! July, 2004 , CA USA: Sapphire Technology LTD introduces RADEON™ 9250 : An innovative solution provider and leading manufacturer of ATI-based graphics products is proud to announce the newest member of its value-oriented product family, the SAPPHIRE RADEON™ 9250. The SAPPHIRE RADEON 9250 converts your PC into a portal for all that your entertainment appetite desires. Outfitted with up to 256MB of 400 MHz DDR memory with either a 64-bit or 128-bit data interface, AGP 8X support, and a broad range of features, the SAPPHIRE RADEON 9250 is the tool to empower your creativity! Empowering your creative element is what Sapphire does best and the SAPPHIRE RADEON 9250 continues this commitment with an advanced relationship between hardware and software! Fueled by the industry’s leading technology in the ATI RADEON™ 9250 core operating at 240 MHz, the SAPPHIRE RADEON 9250 comes fully loaded with its four pixel shader pipeline, SMARTSHADER™ technology, full hardware support for Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 and DX9 compliance. The latest addition to the Sapphire family offers a full compliment of support for the hottest gaming titles available and still remains flexible enough to meet all of your multimedia needs with features such as VIDEO IMMERSION™ and FULLSTREAM™ technologies which provide for amazing video playback quality. Sapphire continues to illustrate further its commitment to meet the demands of an expanding market by fusing the highest of quality components with the industry’s most stable unified graphics software in the CATALYST driver suite. Sapphire will commence shipments of the RADEON™ 9250 to both retail customers and distributors in July where it will join the acclaimed RADEON X800 PRO and RADEON X600 XT, as well as Sapphire’s other equally strong retail products in stores and via online E-Tailers.