SAPPHIRE HD 5550 1GB DDR3 HDMI

The SAPPHIRE HD 5550 graphic card is perfect for playing the latest generation games with full DirectX11 and completing Windows 7 experience. 1 With SAPPHIRE HD 5550 series you get a multi-purpose graphics solution for maximum versatility. Gain more system performance in an energy efficient and quiet SAPPHIRE HD 5550 graphic card. The power consumption is less than 45 watts under full load. 2 Footnotes: 1. Windows 7 capable system required 2. As of January,2010 AMD Radeon HD 5500 Series Graphics cards are the only graphics cards under 45 Watts at full load to provide full support for DirectX 11, AMD Eyefinity technology and AMD Stream technology.

specification
1 x D-Sub(VGA) Output 1 x Dual-Link DVI 1 x HDMI 550 MHz Core Clock GPU 40 nm Chip 1024 MB Size Video Memory 128 -bit DDR3 1600 MHz Effective Dimension Software 168(W) x 69(H) x 16(D) mm Size. Driver CD

System reuirement

PCI Express based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard. Certified power supplies are recommended. Please refer to: http://support.amd.com/us/certified/powersupplies/Pages/listing.aspx 1024MBMinimum 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. 400 Watt Power Supply is required. For best cooling performance, a chassis installed with at least one 120mm or 90mm fan is required. 550WattPower Supply is recommended for CrossFireX System

Overview
D-Sub(VGA) The 15-pin VGA connector is common to most monitors and high definition television.You can connect your LCD or CRT monitor / TV with D-sub VGA connector.

Dual-Link DVI Equipped with the most popular Dual Link DVI (Digital Visual Interface), this card is able to display ultra high resolutions of up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz.

HDMI Turn your PC into a home entertainment centre with HDMI. Simply connect the graphics card to an LCD TV with an HDMI input and you will be able to enjoy watching HD videos with audio in the living room.

40nm Process Technology Cutting edge manufacturing process allows for efficient, high performance parts which use less power than their predecessors.

Hyper Memory Support Up to 2.8 GB Memory Support with Hyper Memory Enjoy the big memory frame buffer with Hyper Memory Technology. Hyper Memory Support Matrix Under Windows Vista and Windows 7.
System Memory Graphics Memory 64 MB 128 MB

1 GB HyperMemory 320 MB 384 MB 512 MB 768 MB 1280 MB 2304 MB

2 GB HyperMemory 832 MB 896 MB 1024 MB 1280 MB 1792 MB 2816 MB

3 GB HyperMemory 1280 MB 1344 MB 1536 MB 1792 MB 2304 MB 3328 MB

4 GB HyperMemory 1792 MB 1856 MB 2048 MB 2304 MB 2816 MB 3840 MB

256 MB 512 MB 1024 MB 2048 MB

Note:Not All Model Support HyperMemory.

AMD Stream Technology Accelerate the most demanding applications with AMD Stream technology and do more with your PC. AMD Stream Technology allows you to use the teraflops of compute power locked up in your graphics processer on tasks other than traditional graphics such as video encoding, at which the graphics processor is many, many times faster than using the CPU alone.

AMD Avivo HD (DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray Playback) Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies or other HD content at full 1080p display resolution and beyond and enjoy a more feature rich experience with enhanced Unified Video Decoder(UVD)

AMD CrossFireX Multi-GPU Technology Triple or Quadruple gaming power with AMD CrossFireX Multi-GPU Technology.AMD CrossFireX technology supports up to four graphics cards to be used in a single system.

PCI-Express 2.0 The latest PCI-Express 2.0 specification doubles data throughput from 2.5Gbps to 5Gbps allowing you to exploit the full performance potential of your graphics card.

Microsoft DirectX 11 Get intense gaming performance and unrivalled image quality with stunning 3D visual effects, realistic lighting and lifelike imagery with SAPPHIRE graphics cards supporting DirectX11. New features in DirectX11 such as Hardware Tesselation, HDR Texture Compression, Multi-threading support and DirectCompute bring lifelike gaming and an experience never possible on a PC before.

OpenGL 3.1 and 3.2 Supports the latest OpenGL API (Application Programming Interface) to accelerate performance of applications outside of DirectX, i.e. Adobe Autodesk 2D/3D graphic design.

OpenGL 3.2 Driver support scheduled for release in 2010

Shader Model 5.0 Supports the latest Shader Model 5.0 feature set including VTF (Vertex Texture Fetch) which is a key feature used extensively in many of the games that ship today. Without support for this feature the game will fall back to a lesser shader path resulting in the loss of cool, lifelike effects made possible by Shader Model 5.0

AMD Catalyst Control Center The AMD Catalyst Control Center software application gives you complete control over the performance and visual quality of your SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon based graphics card allowing for the best experience on your PC.

Accelerated Video Transcoding Massively parallel architecture and support for common shader transcoding instructions accelerates video encoding / transcoding way beyond what was possible with the CPU only. (Requires application support for AMD Stream technology and Digital rights management restrictions may apply)

Dolby TrueHD and DTSHD Master Audio Support Support for copy protected, high bandwidth, 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI. Get a fully immersive, high definition audio experience with the latest Blu-ray movies. (Requires a DVI to HDMI dongle on some models, an HD capable monitor and a Blu-ray drive)

Anti-aliasing features Supports advanced AA (Anti-aliasing) features to maximise your enjoyment of high definition gaming.

Multi-sample anti-aliasing (2, 4 or 8 samples per pixel) Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for superior quality Adaptive super-sampling and multi-sampling Gamma correct Super AA (AMD CrossFireXconfigurations only)

All anti-aliasing features compatible with HDR rendering

Physics processing support Accelerates the performance of Fluid Dynamics, Cloth Simulation, Soft or Rigid Body Dynamics, Universal Collision Detection, Hair Simulation and Finite Element Analysis for the most lifelike gaming experience.

AMD PowerPlay Dynamically manage power efficiency and take control of your performance with AMDs revolutionary AMD PowerPlay TM power management technology delivering high performance features when needed and conserving power when the demand on the graphics processor is low. This seemless technology dramatically reduces the overall power consumption allowing for break-through energy efficiency.

Windows 7 support WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) Certified drivers and logos are available for all SAPPHIRE HD2000, HD3000, HD4000 and HD5000 series cards ensuring compatibility and reliability with Microsoft Windows 7.