Liberating the Minds Eye with Creativity & Versatility!

Melding the digital mediums of Gaming, TV and Video together into one engaging multimedia tool for all occasions, SAPPHIRE enthusiastically delivers the pinnacle in creative empowerment, THE BEAST RADEON 9800SE! With features such as: TV-ON-DEMAND™, THRUVIEW™, VIDEOSOAP™, support for DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL, the BEAST series encapsulates all that your demanding media oriented intellect desires out of your graphics card!

Features:

Powered by the RADEON™ 9800SE visual processing unit

Unparalleled TV and DVD features: TV-ON-DEMAND™, Gemstar GUIDE Plus+™, mulTView™, VIDEOSOAP™, THRUVIEW™ and much more

Easily edit video into your own creations: Video CD and DVD Authoring

Radio frequency wireless remote for your PC provides a hand held 30-foot user interface. Control your mouse and PC applications at the click of a button.

Stereo TV tuner with 125 channels

Intelligent Teletext on your PC

Zoom & pan - zoom in on the action on-screen and choose your own close-ups

128MB DDR memory accelerates the latest 3D games

256-bit memory interface removes hardware performance bottleneck and vides end users with faster 3D graphics

4-pipeline VPU in its 2nd generation.

Supports the new AGP 8X standard, providing a high-speed link between the graphics board and the rest of the PC (2.0 GB/sec)

Full support for DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality

New SMARTSHADER™ 2.1 technology allows users to experience complex, movie-quality effects in next-generation 3D games and applications

SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 technology enhances image quality by removing jagged edges and bringing out fine texture detail, without commising performance

Unique VIDEOSHADER™ engine uses grammable pixel shaders to accelerate video cessing and vide better-looking visuals

ATI's new FULLSTREAM™ technology removes blocky artifacts from Streaming and Internet video and vides sharper image quality

ADDITIONAL POWER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS

The Radeon 9800SE must be connected to the computer power supply to meet its performance and high-speed memory requirements.
In order to supply the ATI Graphics Accelerator card with the necessary power, we have included the Power Extension Cable.
Use the Power Extension Cable to connect the Radeon 9800 to the computer hard Drive power connector.

1. Remove the power cable from the hard drive.
2. Connect the 4-pin connector of the Power Extension Cable to the Radeon 9800 power connector.
3. Connect the Power Extension Cable to the power supply connector.
4. Connect the Power Extension Cable to the Hard Drive connector.