The Sapphire HD 4830 is packaged in a
stunning Sapphire Blue and black box, with the ever present and
alluring "femme fatale" just asking us poor weak gamers to sucumb to
her enchantment and buy the box .... I mean card!! lol Where was I ...
oh yeah the front looks great as always, sporting the Sapphire logo,
card name and two ATI badges. The back of course lists many features
and details, along with yet another picture of our "femme fetale." I
must say, (not that it means anything), that this box was smaller than
I expected measuring a mere 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" ... had me thinking of a
box of
Cracker Jacks ... with eye candy to boot!! lol
Redefine HD Gaming
The ATI Radeon HD 4830 Series GPUs deliver a cinematic gaming
experience with unprecedented performance. The powerful new TeraScale
graphics will propel you deep into your gameplay with seamless frame
rates and high resolutions. Enhanced anti-aliasing (AA) and anisotropic
filtering create striking graphics with unparalleled realism so you can
max out the settings of the most demanding next-generation games or
revitalize your favorite titles. Play today while preparing for
tomorrow with tessellation, support for DirectX® 10.1 and scalable ATI
CrossFireX™ technology.
- TeraScale Graphics Engine
The powerful new TeraScale graphics engine features deliver high resolutions and fast frame rates.
- Enhanced Anti-Aliasing & Anisotropic Filtering
High
performance anisotropic filtering and 24x custom filter anti-aliasing
(CFAA) smooth jagged edges and create true-to-life graphics, for
everything from grass to facial features.
- DirectX 10.1
Play today while preparing for tomorrow with state-of-the-art DirectX 10.1 graphics capabilities.
- ATI CrossFireX™ Technology
ATI CrossFireX™
technology with up to quad GPU support offers superior scalability so
your system is ready to level up when you are.
- PCI Express 2.0
Support for PCI Express 2.0 will prepare you for bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications.
- Power to Spare
This GPU has the brute
processing power needed for physics, artificial intelligence, stream
computing and ray tracing calculations.
Go Beyond HD Video
Add an ATI Radeon HD 4830 Series GPU to your PC and watch the latest
Blu-ray and HD movies play with incredible fidelity –upscale to nearly
twice the display resolution of HD content.* Take full advantage of
Blu-ray functionality with dual-stream, picture in picture (PIP)
capabilities. Sophisticated new features within ATI Avivo™ HD
technology provide a truly responsive experience. Support for the
latest audio visual interconnects ensures you can take advantage of the
latest display technology.
- Unified Video Decoder 2
Unified Video Decoder
2 frees up your CPU for other tasks so you get The Ultimate Visual
Experience™ for even the most processing-intensive content, including
VC-1, H.264 and now MPEG-2. Also, take full advantage of Blu-ray
functionality with dual-stream, picture in picture (PIP) capabilities.
- Upscale Beyond 1080p
Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies or other HD content at full 1080p display resolution and beyond.
- On-chip HDCP
On-chip HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) makes life easier by allowing you to playback HDCP protected content.**
- HDMI
Enjoy the latest audio technologies using
HDMI with 7.1 digital surround sound support. Also, xvYCC support
allows the user to enjoy a wider range of color when connected to a
capable HDTV.
*Note: HD capable monitor required
** Note: Playing HDCP content requires additional HDCP ready
components, including but not limited to an HDCP ready monitor, Blu-ray
or HD DVD disc drive, multimedia application and computer operating
system.
Break-through Efficiency
Like its predecessors, the ATI Radeon HD 4830 Series GPUs offer
optimal performance and break-through efficiency with
platform-independent intelligent power management. ATI PowerPlay™
delivers the power needed to blaze through even the most intense games
while intuitively conserving energy at idle or when demand is low.
- ATI PowerPlay™ Technology
ATI PowerPlay™
Technology delivers high performance when needed and conserves power
when the demand on the graphics processor is low.
- Energy Efficient Manufacturing Process
Second generation 55nm chip uses the industry?s most energy efficient manufacturing process.
SAPPHIRE HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E: System Requirements
System Requirements:
–PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
–450 Watt or greater power supply with 75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express®
power connector recommended (550 Watt and two 6-pin connectors for ATI
CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
–Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSUfor a list of Certified products
–1GB of system memory
–Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
–DVD playback requires DVD drive
–Blu-ray™ / HD DVD playback requires Blu-ray / HD DVD drive
–For a complete ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 4830
graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI
CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per board (included) are required.
