Sapphire har i dag udsendt en pressemeddelelse hvori de offentliggør lanceringen af deres TOXIC X1900XTX. Toxic kort fra Sapphire har vi tidligere set hos blandt andet X800 kortet, som blev leveret med en ret stor men lydløs køler.
X1900XTX kortet kommer da også med en anderledes køler, men denne gang er der tale om vandkøling. Udover vandkøling er kortet overclocket fra fabrik, og har følgende specifikationer:
TOXIC Liquid Cooling System
Pure Copper Water Block for superior heat conductivity
Pure Copper Radiator for great heat dissipation
Speed adjustable transparent blue LED fan (18/26dBA at 2000/2500RPM)
RADEON? X1900 XTX core (675MHz)
512MB GDDR3 onboard memory (1600MHz)
PCI Express x16
Dual DVI
Video-In and Video-Out
2 Sapphire Select Unlock keys
"April 20th , 2006 - Today Sapphire announced that the upcoming special edition liquid cooled Radeon X1900XTX previewed as Blizzard will now become the new ?Sapphire TOXIC X1900XTX?. By using this name Sapphire will reinforce the successful ?TOXIC? product range while building on the strong established brand and ?must have? for gamers. The TOXIC series will continue as the Top of the Range in graphics performance with unparalleled innovative cooling solutions and overclockability.
The newest member to the family will ship with the same enhanced features as previewed, such as the award-winning water-cooled solution and remains? :
?? the best single card solution with guaranteed frequencies? ? - Toms Hardware Guide, April 11th 2006
And will continue to deliver performance that is ?:
?? faster than a stock Radeon X1900 XTX in every benchmark we ran. ? higher core and memory clocks also gave it an edge over the GeForce 7900 GTX ?? - HotHardware, April 10th 2006
SAPPHIRE appreciates the support from the community in our introduction of the new TOXIC X1900XTX, and encourages any enquiries into our latest award-winning enthusiast offering.
About Sapphire Technology Ltd
Sapphire Technology Ltd designs, manufactures and distributes the most complete range of ATI based video graphics accelerators worldwide. Additionally Sapphire produces mainboards based on ATI?s newest IGP chipset technology. Sapphire is based in Hong Kong with two ISO9001 and ISO14001 manufacturing facilities in Dongguan, China. The factories have a total capacity of 1.8 million graphic boards per month. Sapphire currently employs over 3000 employees worldwide with local representation in North America, Europe, South Africa and Asia. "
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