High overclock available

Oct 18, 2006 07:00 GMT  ·  By

HIS launched X1950 Pro IceQ 3 Turbo 2x Dual Link DVI + VIVO card, and they say it delivers even faster, cooler and quieter, high-definition entertainment experience to the enthusiast gamers. This card features extra turbo speeding and is equipped with the latest IceQ 3 cooling solution. HIS X1950 Pro IceQ 3 Turbo delivers high-definition entertainment with strikingly fast gaming performance, industry-leading image quality and crystal clear digital video, said the manufacturer.

As always, HIS (Hightech Information System Limited) is counting on three things. They say the board is: Faster: Turbo boosts the card to next level gaming experience. Cooler: IceQ 3 cools down the core temperature dramatically, at least 11?C lower than original cooler. Quieter: IceQ 3 operates with lower noise than original cooler.

Also, HIS IceQ 3 is said to have the best air cooling solution, being the 3rd generation of IceQ cooling technology which is endorsed by worldwide media. HIS IceQ 3 innovative design doubles the strength to its predecessor. An innovative design significantly improves cooling performance and lowers weight. Heatpipe with sintered powder wicks guarantees the heat is rapidly transferred from the core area reducing the GPU temperature. Isolated heatsinks mean that memory and GPU heatsinks are completely separated, preventing any heat transfer from GPU to memory. Bi-directional air in-take channels makes it possible for cool air to be drawn from both sides of the fan, improving air flow and ensuring effective cooling even for CrossFire platform. An ultra silent and durable fan significantly reduces noise level and extended service lift. And the dual-slot cooling design directly exhausts hot air out of PC case.

Furthemore, the producer says that the HIS X1950 Pro IceQ 3 Turbo?s Avivo video and display technology delivers a better quality home theater viewing experience than the majority of today?s best consumer electronic brands. With an exclusive set of image quality features like simultaneous HDR with adaptive anti-aliasing and over one billion colors, the HIS X1950 Pro IceQ 3 Turbo will let you get the most out of your gaming experiences. Easily upgrade now or later, with ATI?s easy-to-use ?plug-and-play? CrossFire configuration. By adding a second HIS X1950 Pro graphics card you can achieve professional grade gaming performance.

All IceQ series come with both Turbo and Standard editions. You might want to check the box for a label that identifies the card as a ?Turbo? and is marked with the guaranteed overclocking speed in core and memory.

Here are some chipset features: RV570; 36 Pixel Shader Processors; Vertex and Pixel Shader 3.0; 10bit Native Display Quality; Dynamic Flow Control; 128-bit FP32 Processing; 1024 instruction slots Shaders; 128-way Ultra-threaded dispatch processor; 512-bit Ring Bus; High Dymanic Range rendering; All stage Trilinear (16X) Anisotropic Filtering; Full (HQ) Anisotropic Filtering; 12X Temporal Max. MSAA; 6X Adaptive AA; Parallax Occlusion Mapping; 12-tap error-free Dynamic Soft Shadows; RMX/RMC; H.264 Accelerated; Dual DL-DVI + VIVO; CrossFire support;

HIS X1950 Pro IceQ3 Turbo Dual DL-DVI VIVO 256MB PCIe has the next specs: Powered by ATI Radeon X1950Pro - 620MHz (Turbo); 256MB-256bit 8 channel GDDR3 memory - 1.48GHz (Turbo); 36 Pixel shader processor; 8 Vertex shader processor; 8 Geometry Pipelines; Ultra-threaded SM 3.0 Engine; 512-bit Ring-bus; ATI Avivo; High Precision Architecture; CrossFire Support; PCI Express x16 lane native support;

Here are the bundled items: FlatOut; Microsoft Dungeon Siege Full; CyberLink PowerDVD 7; CyberLink PowerDirector 5 SE Plus; CyberLink Power2Go 5 ? CD; CyberLink Medi@Show 3; GameShadow; ATI bonus content; VIVO Cable; HDTV Output cable; DVI to VGA Dongle x 2.