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Introducing Radeon™ Xpress
200 for Intel® Processors (View Demo)
ATI’s Radeon™ Xpress 200 chipset for Intel® Pentium®
4 processors and Intel® Celeron™ processors is built for
the PCI Express® architecture and delivers leading graphics
performance, bandwidth, and advanced functionality. With a built-in
graphics processor derived from the Radeon X300, this chipset
provides
full support for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition and
offers high-performance graphics designed for value-oriented
desktop PCs
for the mainstream PC user.
The digital home entertainment solution
Radeon™ Xpress 200 offers full support for Windows Media Center
Edition 2005, making your desktop PC a complete home entertainment center
and the hub for all multimedia devices in your home. Radeon™ Xpress
200 is optimized for ATI’s acclaimed Theater 550 PRO video processor
on ATI’s TV WONDER™ ELITE card, a combination providing the
highest quality home entertainment experience rivaling expensive home
theater systems. The combined system guarantees the best video quality
maintained across the whole video pipeline – from when video enters
the PC to when it reaches the screen, improving the overall experience
with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
Radeon™ Xpress 200 delivers the ideal multimedia solution for media-intensive
applications and digital content creation, viewing, and editing. Crisp images
and smooth DVD playback are assisted by integrated video processing and motion
compensation acceleration, including ATI’s VideoShader™ and FullStream™ technologies
for improving video display. A graphics core derived from ATI’s successful
Radeon™ X300 architecture incorporates SmartShader and SmoothVision support,
providing compatibility with the latest game titles.
Full support for Intel technologies and features
Radeon™ Xpress 200 delivers full support for advanced Intel technologies
enabling enhanced system flexibility and longevity. Support for Intel’s
Hyper-Threading™ technology increases system performance under demanding
loads, and Execute Disable (XD) support protects against many common viruses.
Excessive power consumption, fan noise, and heat are reduced with Enhanced
Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) support. An Intel-based desktop system
with a Radeon™ Xpress 200 chipset delivers the ideal balance of performance,
expandability, and reliability.
Best-in-class PCI Express performance
The Radeon™ Xpress 200 incorporates an architecture built around the
new PCI Express standard. The PCI Express interface for graphics delivers
double the bandwidth of AGP 8X. A dual channel system memory interface supporting
DDR or DDR2 memory at speeds up to DDR2-667 ensures best-in-class system
performance. The addition of a discrete Radeon™ PCI Express graphics
card allows Radeon™ Xpress 200 platforms to scale to even higher graphics
performance for the most demanding multimedia and digital entertainment
applications.
Universal connectivity for the home and office
Radeon™ Xpress 200 fulfills the promise of universal PC connectivity,
making your PC the hub for a multitude of peripheral devices. Support for
advanced PCI Express-based Gigabit Ethernet dissolves connectivity barriers.
The integrated Serial ATA controller facilitates high-speed data transfers
for each of 4 ports and allows easier hard drive upgrades and expansion for
new SATA optical storage drives. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 support connects digital
cameras, CD drives, DVD burners, scanners, printers, and more. Radeon™ Xpress
200 enables multiple layers of desktop workspace and dual-display management.
With the addition of a discrete Radeon graphics card ATI's unique SurroundView™ feature
activates triple-display management. Radeon™ Xpress 200 offers visual
productivity and features unavailable from any other chipset technology,
making it easy to configure and scale your system performance to meet
your individual needs.
Reliable, stable, and future-proof
Radeon™ Xpress 200 includes ATI's critically acclaimed ATI Catalyst™ software
suite offering feature-rich and stable 3D acceleration control. Catalyst
comes with Catalyst Control Center - ATI’s brand new user interface
that allows users to easily configure and increase their productivity when
using an ATI graphics accelerator. Radeon™ Xpress 200 supports Intel’s
EM64T technology, bridging the transition from today’s 32-bit computing
to tomorrow’s 64-bit computing and making it the ideal future-proof
choice for pleasure and productivity and the secure foundation for
your digital home.
