Finally it seems the rumours have come to an end. Gigabyte is the first manufacturer to officially announce a Radeon 8500 XT. Though the company offers no detailed information on what the XT stands for we believe that this is just a higher clocked version of standard Radeon 8500 GPUs similiar to Nvidia's ultra variants of chips. In this case previous reports let us conclude that the Gigabyte AP128D-H3 will be clocked at 300/300Mhz. Read more for specs and a picture of the card!
AP128D-H3
ATi Radeon 8500XT Graphics Accelerator
Graphics controller RADEON? 8500XT graphics processing unit (GPU)
Memory configuration 128MB of double data rate memory (DDR)
Unique Features of MAYA V-Tuner Tweaker supported, can overclock your GPU and Memory speed.
3D Features Features ATI's innovative TRUFORM? technology ATI's new SMARTSHADER? technology Supports DirectX® 8.1 and OpenGL® 1.3 features SMOOTHVISION? anti-aliasing ATI's HYPER Z? II technology conserves memory bandwidth for improved performance CHARISMA ENGINE? II supports full Transformation, Clipping and Lighting (T&L) PIXEL TAPESTRY? II Integrated Transformation, Clipping and Lighting Twin Cache Architecture SuperScalar Rendering Single-Pass Multi-texturing True Color Rendering Specular Highlights Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping Z-buffering and Double-buffering
Industry leading DVD playback ATI's VIDEO IMMERSION? II technology enables integration of industry-leading digital video features, including advanced de-interlacing algorithms for unprecedented video quality and integrated digital TV decode capability Includes programmable gamma for the overlay and Frame Rate Conversion (Temporal Filtering) Hardware DVD saves the expense of buying a separate MPEG-2/DVD decoder card and motion compensation allows for DVD decoding with minimum CPU usage
Output D-Sub , S-Video , DVI-I
Input Support Video-in Function
Bundle Software PowerDirector Pro 2.1 CyberLink PowerDVD XP Serious Sam (Game CD) Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 (Game CD) Rune (Game CD) Motocross Mania (Game CD) 4X4 EVO and Oni (in 1 CD, Lite version)
AP128D-H3
ATi Radeon 8500XT Graphics Accelerator
Graphics controller RADEON? 8500XT graphics processing unit (GPU)
Memory configuration 128MB of double data rate memory (DDR)
Unique Features of MAYA V-Tuner Tweaker supported, can overclock your GPU and Memory speed.
3D Features Features ATI's innovative TRUFORM? technology ATI's new SMARTSHADER? technology Supports DirectX® 8.1 and OpenGL® 1.3 features SMOOTHVISION? anti-aliasing ATI's HYPER Z? II technology conserves memory bandwidth for improved performance CHARISMA ENGINE? II supports full Transformation, Clipping and Lighting (T&L) PIXEL TAPESTRY? II Integrated Transformation, Clipping and Lighting Twin Cache Architecture SuperScalar Rendering Single-Pass Multi-texturing True Color Rendering Specular Highlights Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping Z-buffering and Double-buffering
Industry leading DVD playback ATI's VIDEO IMMERSION? II technology enables integration of industry-leading digital video features, including advanced de-interlacing algorithms for unprecedented video quality and integrated digital TV decode capability Includes programmable gamma for the overlay and Frame Rate Conversion (Temporal Filtering) Hardware DVD saves the expense of buying a separate MPEG-2/DVD decoder card and motion compensation allows for DVD decoding with minimum CPU usage
Output D-Sub , S-Video , DVI-I
Input Support Video-in Function
Bundle Software PowerDirector Pro 2.1 CyberLink PowerDVD XP Serious Sam (Game CD) Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 (Game CD) Rune (Game CD) Motocross Mania (Game CD) 4X4 EVO and Oni (in 1 CD, Lite version)
