overview

RADEON™ 9200 technology is available in two product configurations built by ATI: RADEON™ 9200, and RADEON™ 9200 PRO. For more details on differentiating features of the two products, please see the product comparison.

Highly evolved and extremely programmable, RADEON™ 9200 Series opens a stunning new world of immersive gameplay for PC enthusiasts. Powered by high-performance features including a Quad-pipe architecture, the future-friendly RADEON™ 9200 Series of visual processors delivers a dazzling visual experience optimized to support the most compelling next-generation 3D gaming environments of today and tomorrow.

At-a-glance

• High performance architecture is supported by finely tuned features and extra horsepower to deliver barrier-free entertainment.
• Enjoy new levels for visual realism in graphics and video content courtesy of SMARTSHADER™, SMOOTHVISION™, FULLSTREAM™ and VIDEO IMMERSION™ technologies.
• Choose your own RADEON™ 9200 adventure with highly customizable and expandable display features.
• Featuring CATALYST™, the industry's most stable 3D acceleration software.

features

High Octane Pixel Power

• Four rendering pipelines for the fastest 3D gaming performance in its class.
• Full support for the AGP 8X standard doubles available bandwidth for more engaging characters and environments.
• 128MB of DDR memory
• Support for a 128MB frame buffer ensures long-term support for next-generation games and applications.
   

Redefining Realism

• SMARTSHADER™ supports Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 feature sets, enhancing in-game performance and enabling more complex and realistic lighting effects.
• SMOOTHVISION™ delivers the sharpest, clearest textures without sacrificing frame rates.
• FULLSTREAM™ produces smoother-looking, higher quality streaming Internet content without putting extra strain on the CPU.
• VIDEO IMMERSION™ integrates features to provide unprecedented support for digital and high definition video.
   

Versatile Display Management

• HYDRAVISION™, ATI's multi-monitor management software, effortlessly organizes and controls display configurations for CRTs, screens and flat panel displays.
• Integrated display controllers to drive two monitors simultaneously.
• Enhance the gaming experience by utilizing independent resolutions and refresh rates.
• Featuring video output support
   

Only Products designed and built by ATI offer:

• Hassle-free manufacturers warranty
• Responsive and knowledgeable Customer Service Team
• Extensive online user resources and updates through ATI.com
• Feature-rich, frequently updated, ATI designed CATALYST™ software
   

System Requirements

• Intel® Pentium® 4/III/II/Celeron™, AMD® K6/Duron™/Athlon®/Athlon XP® or compatible with AGP 2X (3.3V), 4X (1.5V), 8X (0.8v) or Universal AGP 3.0 bus configuration (2X/4X/8X).
• 64MB of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
• DVD playback requires DVD drive
   

Graphics technology

• RADEON™ 9200 or RADEON™ 9200 PRO graphics technology

Memory configuration

• 128MB of DDR memory

Operating system support

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

Monitor support

• CRT monitor: 15-pin VGA connector
• RADEON™ 9200 PRO – DVI/VGA/Video-out
• RADEON™ 9200 – VGA/RCA/S-video

Display support

• Register compatible with VGA
• Supports VESA PnP compatible displays
• 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

• CHARISMA ENGINE™ II
  • Four parallel rendering pipelines process up to 1.1 billion pixels per second
  • High performance 2nd generation hardware transform & lighting engine
  • Advanced vertex shader support for the latest programmable effects
• SMARTSHADER™ technology
   
  • Full support for DirectX ® 8.1 programmable pixel and vertex shaders in hardware
  • 1.4 pixel shaders support up to 22 instructions and up to 6 textures per rendering pass
  • 1.1 vertex shaders support vertex programs up to 128 instructions
  • Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL ® via extensions
  • Programmable shaders provide enhanced 3D effects in over 100 existing and upcoming game titles
     
• SMOOTHVISION™
  • Image quality enhancement features for Direct3D™ and OpenGL ® applications
  • Programmable full-scene anti-aliasing supports 2 to 6 samples with user selectable performance and quality modes
  • Advanced anisotropic filtering supports 2 to 16 samples for high quality texture rendering with minimal performance impact
     
• HYPER Z™ II
  • Lossless Z-Buffer Compression and Fast Z-Buffer Clear reduce memory bandwidth by up to 25%
• VIDEO FEATURES
  • FULLSTREAM™ Hardware accelerated de-blocking of Internet video streams
  • VIDEO IMMERSION™ II delivers industry-leading DVD playback
  • Integrated MPEG-2 decode including iDCT and motion compensation for top quality DVD with lowest CPU usage
  • Unique Adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing feature combines the best elements of the "bob" and "add-field" (weave) techniques
  • YUV to RGB color space conversion
  • Back-end scaler delivers top quality playback
  • 4-tap horizontal and vertical filtering
  • Upscaling and downscaling
  • Filtered display of images up to 1920 pixels wide
  • Hardware mirroring for flipping video images in video conferencing systems
  • Supports 8-bit alpha blending and video keying for effective overlay of video and graphics
     
• DISPLAY FEATURES
  • Dual integrated display controllers to drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh rates
  • HYDRAVISION™ software provides complete control over multi-display configurations with a user-friendly interface
  • 400MHz Dual integrated DACs with 10-bit per channel palette
  • Integrated DVI-compliant 165MHz TMDS transmitter
  • Integrated TV-Out support up to 1024x768 resolution
     
• GENERAL FEATURES
  • Comprehensive 4X and 8X AGP support
  • Windows® Logo Program compliant
  • Optimized for Pentium ® 4 SSE2 and AMD Athlon™ 3Dnow! processor instructions
  • Highly optimized 128-bit 2D engine with support for new Windows® XP GDI extensions
     

Warranty

• 3-year limited warranty

Maximum 3D resolutions: