Introduction Hightech Information Systems (HIS) has made quite a name for themselves over the last year or so as makers of quality video cards using ATi's graphics processors. HIS has also come out with a few of their own innovations, such as the iCooler and IceQ heatsinks on some of their cards. Today I'll be looking at the HIS Excalibur 9550 VIVO Edition video card. This card has 256MB of RAM and full video-in/video out capabilities. I'd like to thank Peter at HIS for providing the sample for this review.
Specifications Before we get started, let's take a look at the Excalibur 9550's specifications, as reported on HIS' website:
Features At-a-Glance Features ATI's TRUFORM™2.0, SMARTSHADER™2.0 and SMOOTHVISION™2.1, and HYPER™Z III+ technologies SMARTSHAER™2.0 technology supports DirectX®9.0 and enables more complex and realistic lighting effects Sharper-looking 3D graphics with ATI SMOOTHVISION™2.1 technology TRUFORM™2.0 technology that makes the outlines of 3D characters and objects look smoother and more natural than ever before AGP 8X Support Dual display support with HYDRAVISION™ Integrated TV-Out support up to 1024 x 768 resolution Integrated DVI-compliant TMDS transmitter Revolutionary New Video with ViVO Features High quality TV-OUT - The RAGE THEATER provides video encoder converts video image of computer to TV with high quality TV signals from graphics display modes ranging from 320x200 to 800x600 (depends on TV resolution) High quality Video-in - The RAGE THEATER's adaptive comb filter ensures that Composite and S-Video analog inputs in NTSC and PAL format are converted into high quality, low noise digital video for a sharper image FULLSTREAM Hardware accelerated de-blocking of Internet video streams Video VIDEOSHADER ™ deliver industry-leading DVD playback
Specifications Graphics Processor Powered by ATI RADEON™ 9550 Visual Processing Unit 250MHz Graphics Engine Clock ATI RAGE THEATER High Quality TV and Video Memory Configuration 64/128/256MB DDR memory 128-bit memory interface 400MHz memory clock RAMDAC Dual integrated 10-bit per channel palette DACs operating at up to 400MHz Bus Interface AGP 8X / 4X Connectors On board 15-pin VGA connector for CRTmonitor On board S-Video connector for TV-Out On board DVI-I connector for Digital Flat Panel External DVI-I to VGA adapter for Secondary CRT monitor Independent resolutions and refresh rates for any two connected displays Drivers Included Windows®XP Windows®2000 System Requirement Intel®Pentium®4/III/II, Celeron™, AMD®K6/Athlon™or compatible with AGP 8X / 4X slot 128MB of system memory Installation software requires CD-ROM drive DVD playback requires DVD drive
Specifications are subject to change without prior notice due to technology update.
Pretty standard stuff for a VIVO-capable graphics card. Let's move on to see what HIS has included in the package.
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