Tech Shout!

Sapphire Technology, leading manufacturers of ATI-based graphics cards has announced the launch of two new graphic card families to its vast product line. The Sapphire X1550 Series and the Sapphire X1050 Series are the two new additions to Sapphire’s product line, to offer its customers new performance options as well as value for money.

The Sapphire X1550 and X1050 Series of video cards support the latest high-definition formats, and offer a flexible and flawless visual experience to technology enthusiasts. Whether it comes using the PC for playing games, or for work, playing DVD movies, editing home videos or even sharing digital photos, Sapphire’s X1550 and X1050 Series of graphic cards manage to deliver crisp and vibrant digital images, as well as smooth video playback and excellent color display quality.

The Sapphire X1550 graphic card is a range of cost effective and value for money graphic cards that feature 4 pixel shader units. The Sapphire X1550 Series of graphic/video cards operate with a core clock speed of 550MHz and a memory clock speed of 800MHz. The graphic cards that belong to the Sapphire X1550 Series include versions that are fully equipped with 256MB of 64-bit DDR2 memory, and versions that support Hypermemory, as well as output options that include VGA, TV-Out, and DVI-I.

The Sapphire X1050 graphic card is basically a new entry level range with 4 pixel shader units, and a core clock speed of 400MHz. The X1050 Series offers many performance options, that provide a choice of active or passive cooling, and different memory configurations that include 128MB 64-bit DDR2 666MHz with active cooling, 256MB 128-bit DDR 400 MHz with passive cooling, and a 256MB 128-bit DDR2 666MHz with active cooling. All the above mentioned models of the sapphire X1050 Series provide VGA, TV-Out and DVI-I.

Both the Sapphire X1550 and X1050 Series of graphic cards are Microsoft Windows Vista ready, and are supported by the ATI Catalyst Software Suite. This ensures that customers have easy access to software updates relating to performance, stability as well as added features.

The Sapphire X1550 and X1050 Series of graphic cards have been manufactured according to the latest lead-free standards. Moreover, like all of Sapphire’s products, the X1550 and X1050 Series are fully RoHS compliant.

The Sapphire X1550 and X1050 Series of graphic cards are scheduled to ship from January 17, 2007 onwards.