Tech Shout!

Tul Corp., the official provider of all PowerColor brand of graphic cards, has announced the PowerColor X1950 PRO 256/512 MB with Arctic Cooling. PowerColor’s latest graphic card features the first GPU manufactured at 80 nm fabrication process along with the new CrossFire Bridge Interconnect and Arctic Cooling Accelero X2.

“Gamers have longed for a graphics card that runs graphic-intensive games with quiet cooling at a reasonable price. We are able to deliver this with the PowerColor X1950 PRO.” Chen added, “We are also very please with the fact that WCG is using this model for the finals in Italy,”Ted Chen, CEO of Tul Corp said.

Magnus Huber, Managing Director R&D of Arctic Cooling said, “We are pleased to have found a partner to bundle our silent coolers with high performance graphic cards. Both fans of ARCTIC COOLING and PowerColor are sure to be excited.”

The new CrossFire connection offers enhanced performance and scalability with a 24 bit (2 x 12 bit) connection for speeds of up to 350 MHz. There is no necessity of a master card any longer and the new set-up will work on all CrossFire ready motherboards.

The ARCTIC COOLING Accelero X2 compliments the X1950 PRO by simultaneously cooling the GPU and memory. Even when the board is overclocked, the Accelero X2 minimizes noise level with a high air flow, a unique cooling performance with extra heat pipes and patented vibration absorption.

PowerColor X1950 PRO supports dual-link DVI with High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). HDCP, a digital right content protection technology for transmitting and receiving digital entertainment, makes it possible for users to future-proof their hardware that offers compatibility with the likes of Blu-ray and HD-DVD applications at 1080p for HDTV resolution.

The World Cyber Games (WCG) has decided to use the PowerColor X1950 PRO with ARCTIC COOLING’s Accelero X2 for the Grand Finals in Monza (Italy). It is one of the selected the graphics card (along side the PowerColor X1650 PRO and others) at the tournament.

Key features of the PowerColor X1950 PRO:

First GPU manufactured under 80 nm fabrication process

First ATI dual-graphic solution with CrossFire Bridge Interconnect

Arctic Cooling Accelero X2 for quiet cooling and lower temperatures

Video-in/Video-out (VIVO)

Simultaneous Anti-Aliasing with HDR for smooth graphics

Support for DirectX 9c, Open GL 2.0 and Shader Model 3.0

Support for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)

H.264 playback with ATI’s Avivo Video- and Display Engine

Windows Vista ready