Sapphire Introduces Hd 2600 X2 Dual Gpu Card

SAPPHIRE INTRODUCES HD 2600 X2 DUAL GPU CARD

SAPPHIRE Technology – the leading manufacturer of ATI Radeon™ based graphics solutions is now introducing a new DUAL graphics accelerator based on the HD 2600 XT.

SAPPHIRE’s HD 2600 X2 can be configured with memory options of 512MB or 1GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 800MHz (1600MHz effective) and each GPU core is clocked at 800MHz. Development is complete and the card is available now to order by OEMs and to integrators building special projects requiring multiple display configurations. Retail availability will be planned according to regional demand.

The new HD 2600 X2 has four Dual Link DVI outputs that with CrossFire™ disabled can be used to drive four separate high resolution displays at up to 2560 x 1600, or with CrossFire™ enabled will drive a single display with considerably enhanced performance. It is HDCP ready and has TV Output compatible with the latest High Definition displays. Like other HD 2600 series products it also supports HDMI over the DVI interface with the correct HDMI Adapter.

The card is physically slightly taller than the standard ATX format. The HD 2600 X2 is compatible with platforms based on AMD 580X CrossFire, AMD CrossFire Express 3200, Intel 975X Express, Intel P965 Express and Intel P35 Express motherboard chipsets.

All SAPPHIRE's current graphics cards are Microsoft Windows Vista™ ready and supported by the ATI Catalyst™ suite of software, ensuring customers have easy and ongoing access to software updates for performance, stability and added features.

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Editors – for further information please contact Bill Donnelly, Global PR Director, SAPPHIRE Technology – [email protected] SAPPHIRE HD 2600 X2 Specification Summary

Chipset HD 2600 XT x2

Engine clock 800MHz

Steam processors 120 x2

RAMDAC 400MHz x4

Memory clock 1600 MHz GDDR3

Memory interface 128-bit

Memory Support 2x 256 MB or 2x 512MB

Cooling Active dual slot cooling

Bus Interface PCI-Express x16

Variable display outputs DVI-I x4, TV out, HDMI via adapter

2560x1600 (dual-link DVI) Max 3D resolution 1024 x 768 (TV out)

DirectX® 10 Hardware Features ShaderModel 4.0

Software Feature ATI AvivoTM

NB. Information provided is accurate at time of writing. SAPPHIRE reserves the right to make changes in specifications without notice.