User Manual

Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing an ASUS

Radeon™ 9800XT Graphics Card!

With this purchase, you join the elite crowd of new generation graphics

enthusiasts.

Radeon™ 9800XT visual processing unit (VPU), this

graphics card provides excellent cinematic resolutions, powerful graphics

acceleration, and sophisticated real-time visual effects to deliver leading-

edge graphics performance. The card incorporates state-of-the-art

technologies and a wide stream of ASUS innovations, making it your best

choice to experience dynamic exquisite 3D graphics!

Key Features

• ATI

Radeon™ 9800XT VPU

• SMARTSHADER™ 2.1 provides hardware-accelerated support for DirectX

9.0

programmable vertex and pixel shaders to enable realistic texture and lighting

effects

• SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 generates the sharpest and clearest images through full

scene anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering modes

• VIDEOSHADER™ integrates shader features to support digital and

high-definition video

• FULLSTREAM™ removes blocky artifacts from streaming Internet video

• HYDRAVISION™ provides flexible and user-friendly interface for multiple display

settings

• ASUS Digital VCR transforms your PC into a TV and VCR in one

• ASUS SmartDoctor provides power and fan monitoring, memory and chipset

overheating protection, and dynamic overclocking feature

• ASUS GameFace allows real-time video/audio communication for enhanced

interactive gaming and point-to-point conferencing

• ASUS VideoSecurity II allows setting up a customized security system

• ASUS SmartCooling automatically adjusts the card’s power consumption

• Built-in 128MB Double Data Rate frame buffer provides more resolutions and

color depths of up to 2048x1536 @ 85Hz

• 128-bit, 64-bit/32-bit per pixel floating point color formats

• AGP 8X support maximizes the 2.1GB/s AGP 8X bandwidth for more realistic

graphics

• High-quality TV output for big screen gaming or presentations

• Video input supports real time video capture, high quality video compression,

and video editing

• DVI, Dual VGA, DVI+VGA, DVI+TV-Out ports for diversified display

connectivity

• Microsoft

DirectX

9.0 and OpenGL

1.4 support