14 DAY TRIAL // Continuing the TOXIC series tradition, Sapphire announced the addition of two new liquid cooled video cards: TOXIC X1950XTX and TOXIC X1950 CrossFire Edition. These cards are aimed towards extreme performance enthusiasts and modders. The new X1950 models replace the standard ATI red cooler with customized Thermaltake Tidewater cooling systems. This solution has a variable speed fan that has two modes of operation: quiet and higher efficiency. Quiet mode produces only 18 dBA @ 2100 RPM, while performance setting allows the fan to spin at 2500 RPM @ 26 dBA.
The TOXIC Edition X1950 cards come overclocked straight from the factory. ATI's standard 650 Mhz core clock has been pushed to 695 MHZ, but memory speeds remain at 1 Ghz. The cards also incorporate dual-link DVI and HDCP compliance to support the arriving high definition HD-DVD and Blu-ray content.
Other special features:
-384 million transistors on 90nm fabrication process -Up to 48 pixel shader processors 8 vertex shader processors -256-bit 8-channel 512 MB GDDR4 memory interface -Native PCI Express x16 bus interface.
The cards will be available in a couple of weeks and are expected to cost around $549. TOXIC X1950 CrossFire Edition will have limited availability and it will take up only two slots.
In addition, Sapphire is holding a Halloween contest. The prize is a Sapphire PURE CrossFire 3200 motherboard, TOXIC X1950XTX and TOXIC X1950 CrossFire Edition graphics cards.