ATI Radeon(TM) HD 2900 XT Sets New Performance Record In 3DMARK(R)05 Benchmark.Enthusiast Marcus Hultin at NordicHardware.com Breaks 30,000 Points With Futuremark 3DMark[R]05 Benchmark Using the ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. Radeon(TM) HD 2900 XT SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AMD) today announced that enthusiast Marcus Hultin (alias Kinc) of NordicHardware.com used the ATI Radeon[TM] HD 2900 XT GPU GPU: see secret police. (Graphics Processing Unit) A specialized logic chip devoted to rendering 2D or 3D images. Display adapters contain one or more GPUs for fast graphics rendering. to successfully set a new single card record in Futuremark 3DMark[R]05, with a score of 30,092. Hultin's system was operating an ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT tuned to 1144 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. engine clock and 999 MHz memory clock at a temperature below freezing. This leaves the previous top 3DMark 05 single card record of 29,686 in the dust. "Futuremark is all about testing how to push your system to the limits," said Oliver Baltuch, VP Sales and Marketing, Futuremark Corporation. "It's awesome that someone has broken the 3DMark05 record with an AMD graphics card running on drivers which have been fully tested and approved by Futuremark--it shows a remarkable level of performance." AMD introduced the ATI Radeon HD(TM) 2000 series on May 14th, 2007, a top-to-bottom line of ten discrete graphics processors (GPUs) for both desktop and mobile platforms. This family of GPUs delivers The Ultimate Visual Experience[TM] through best-in-class immersive high-definition gaming and high-definition multimedia playback. The ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT features a customized version of TSMC's 80 nm HS process, delivering higher clock speeds and greater performance tuning capabilities. Available immediately, the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT is priced at an incredible USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $399 MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) and comes bundled with an offer for three free software titles from Valve (Team Fortress 2, Portal, and Half-Life 2: Episode Two). For more information visit www.ati.amd.com. (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, Radeon, The Ultimate Visual Experience and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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