The ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 graphics processor delivers a remarkable combination of Microsoft® DirectX® 10 gaming performance, hardware-processed 1080p video playback, and potent graphics power for a premium Windows Vista™ experience. Connect to big-screen TVs with built-in HDMI and multi-channel 5.1 surround audio for immersive gaming visuals and HD entertainment. Home theater aficionados will be mesmerized by ATI Avivo™ HD technology that delivers sharp images and vibrant color fidelity from 1080p playback of Blu-ray™ and HD DVD movies.

The graphics performance of the ATI Radeon HD 2600 GPU unleashes the HD visual effects of Microsoft DirectX 10 and enhances the stunning Windows Aero™ user interface. Certified for Windows Vista, the ATI Catalyst™ graphics management software enables quick setup of graphics, video, and multiple displays, and automatically configures optimal system settings for gaming and video playback. Easily scale up graphics performance with Plug-n-play CrossFire™ upgradeability, accelerating graphics performance with dual-GPU power for all your games, and boosting your competitive gaming edge with tomorrow’s demanding titles.

ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 Feature Summary

• 390 million transistors on 65nm fabrication process
• 128-bit DDR2/GDDR3/GDDR4 memory interface
• Ring Bus Memory Controller
• Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture
• Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10.0
  o Shader Model 4.0
  o Geometry Shaders
  o Stream Output
  o Integer and Bitwise Operations
  o Alpha to Coverage
  o Constant Buffers
  o State Objects
  o Texture Arrays
  o Geometry Instancing
• Anti-aliasing features
• Texture filtering features
• CrossFire™ Multi-GPU Technology
  o Scale up rendering performance and image quality with 2 or more GPUs
  o Integrated compositing engine
  o High performance dual channel interconnect
  o Asymmetric GPU support
• ATI Avivo™ HD Video and Display Platform
  o Two independent display controllers
  o Two integrated dual-link DVI display outputs
  o Two integrated 400 MHz 30-bit RAMDACs
  o HDMI output support
  o Integrated AMD Xilleon™ HDTV encoder
  o High definition H.264/AVC, VC-1, DivX and MPEG-2 decode acceleration
  o MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264/AVC encoding and transcoding
  o Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
  o VGA mode support on all display outputs
• PCI Express x16 bus interface
• OpenGL 2.0 support