The latest product from the RADEON™ family, RADEON™ 8500, now powered by 128MB of DDR memory delivers groundbreaking 3D gaming and performance.

• Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc.
• Groundbreaking 3D gaming and graphics for your PC
• Now with more memory: 128MB DDR for lightning-fast performance
• Features TRUFORM™, SMARTSHADER™, SMOOTHVISION™ and HYPER Z™ II technologies for advanced graphics performance
• Dual monitor and video output support
• Digital flat panel support
• Featuring CATALYST™ - ATI's industry-leading software suite with frequently scheduled free updates providing additional features and performance over the product's lifetime

features

Groundbreaking graphics performance

• Powered by ATI’s latest and most powerful RADEON™ 8500 GPU
• 128MB DDR memory provides lightning-fast 3D graphics
• Features TRUFORM™ technology to make characters and objects more rounded and natural
• HYPER Z™ II technology conserves memory bandwidth for improved performance in demanding applications
• SMOOTHVISION™, ATI’s most advanced anti-aliasing, eliminates distracting visual artifacts for smoother looking images
• High resolution 32-bit 3D gaming up to 2048x1536

Most advanced visual effects

• SMARTSHADER™ technology takes advantage of the DirectX® 8.1 features to enable more complex and realistic lighting effects
• Support for DirectX® 8.1 and OpenGL® 1.3 applications
• CHARISMA ENGINE™ II supports Transformation, Clipping and Lighting (T&L) at 68.7 million triangles/second peak processing capability
• PIXEL TAPESTRY™ II, 3D rendering engine, powers an incredible 2.4 gigatexels/second for high fill rates in 32-bit at high resolutions

Dual monitor support and DVD playback

• Leading-edge HYDRAVISION™ technology supports traditional CRT monitors, flat panel displays and TVs
• VIDEO IMMERSION™ II technology enables integration of industry-leading digital video features, including advanced de-interlacing algorithms for unprecedented video quality
• Connect to digital flat panel to enjoy crisper images and true flat screen, significantly reduce eyestrain and save space on your desk
• Use video-out to connect your PC to TV or VCR for recording

Products designed and built by ATI offer:

• ATI warranty coverage
• Reliable customer service
• Driver updates from ATI.com
• Exclusive ATI software for optimized performance

System requirements

• Pentium® 4/III/II/Celeron™, AMD® K6/Athlon® or compatible with AGP 2X or AGP 2X/4X universal slot
• 64MB of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
• DVD playback requires DVD drive

Graphics controller

• RADEON™ 8500 graphics processing unit (GPU)

Memory configuration

• 128MB of double data rate memory

Operating systems support

• Windows® 98/98SE
• Windows® Me
• Windows® 2000
• Windows® XP

Monitor support

• CRT Monitor: 15-pin VGA connector
• TV and VCR: s-video or composite connector
• DVI-I (flat panel display) connector

Display support

• Register compatible with VGA
• BIOS compatible with VESA for super VGA
• DDC1/2b/2b+ monitor support
• VESA Display Power Management Support
• Separate horizontal and vertical synchronization at TTL levels

Features

• TRUFORM™
• SMARTSHADER™
• DirectX® 8.1 support
• OpenGL® 1.3
• SMOOTHVISION™ anti-aliasing
• HYPER Z™ II
• CHARISMA ENGINE™ II
• PIXEL TAPESTRY™ II
• VIDEO IMMERSION™ II
• High Performance Memory Support
• Dual Display Support
• Integrated Transformation, Clipping and Lighting
• Twin Cache Architecture
• SuperScalar Rendering
• Single-Pass Multi-texturing
• True Color Rendering
• Triangle Setup Engine
• Texture Cache
• Bilinear/Trilinear Filtering
• Line & Edge Anti-aliasing
• Full-Screen Anti-aliasing
• Texture Compositing
• Texture Decompression
• Specular Highlights
• Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping
• Mip-Mapping
• Z-buffering and Double-buffering
• Emboss, Dot Product 3 and Environment bump mapping
• Spherical, Dual-Paraboloid and Cubic environment mapping
• Fog effects, texture lighting, video textures, reflections, shadows, spotlights, LOD biasing and texture morphing

Warranty

• 3-year limited warranty

2D display modes: resolutions, colors and maximum refresh rates (Hz) in 256, 65K or 16.7M colors

Maximum 3D resolutions