Diamond Multimedia X550 User Manual

Stealth X550

Cinematic 2D/3D Graphics Card

Featuring: RADEONTM X550
Memory: 256MB DDR
Slot Type: PCI Express
With:  SVGA & DVI/TV-Out

Overview

Get the most from your gaming, digital
photography, video editing and web
surfing experiences with the Stealth
X550, an affordable graphics upgrade
featuring ATI’s industry-leading
performance, technology and support.
The Stealth X550 fully supports the PCI
Express
standard for delivering maximum real­time performance for your graphics­intensive software applications.

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bus, the newest PC industry

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X550

*Radeon X550 128MB 128-bit compared with GeForceTM 6200 with 256MB TurboCacheTM and GeForce 6200TM 256MB. Test system:
 Intel Pentium 4, 3.4GHz, 512 MB RAM. Graphics settings: 1024x768. Drivers: ATI 8.121rc1, NVIDIA 71.84.

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Stealth® X550 128MB, 128bit GeForceTM 6200 256MB GeForceTM 6200 TurboCache

Final Fantasy XI

Benchmark 3 v1.00

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AquaMark3 v1.0

(default=4xAF)

Tomb Raider v49 PS2.0

Half-Life 2 Prison Time

demo 1024x768

Far Cry v1.3

Training Level

3DMark05 build 110

(defaults & DST enabled)

0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60

Copyright 2005, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI, RADEON, CATALYST, HyperMemory, SMARTSHADER, FULLSTREAM and
VIDEOSHADER are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are
trademarks of their respective owners. Features, performance and specifications may vary by operating environment and are subject
to change without notice.

256MB

LATEST TECHNOLOGIES

Takes advantage of the latest 0.11 micron process to bring the fastest performing programmable
shaders into the mainstream.

NATIVE PCI EXPRESS

Enables unprecedented flexibility for new applications and enhanced performance. Full 16 lane
support with 8GB/sec bidirectional peak bandwidth support (vs. bridged AGP bottleneck).

4 FULL PRECISION PIPELINES

Over double what other graphics technologies can offer to provide over 2 GigaPixels/sec of unmatched
shader power

2 FAST GEOMETRY ENGINES

With each engine capable of delivering two times the output over those available in competing
technologies

SMARTSHADER & VIDEOSHADER

Provides superior programmability and performance by implementing Microsoft DirectX 9.0-level
shaders at full precision at all times. Includes: Four advanced programmable shaders; full precision,
full speed all the time; MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, Windows Media 9, and Real Media hardware
acceleration; adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing, dynamically selected for every pixel.

DUAL MONITOR SUPPORT

Drive two monitors simultaneously – great for IT staff, engineers, designers and anyone who
frequently moves back and forth between productivity applications. At home, use the Stealth X550
to play a DVD on your TV while you work seperately on your VGA or DVI monitor.

Diamond, Diamond Multimedia and Stealth are registered trademarks of Diamond Multimedia. ATI, Graphics by ATI, and Radeon are trademarks
of ATI Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. © 2005 Diamond Multimedia. All rights reserved.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

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Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD®Athlon® 64 FX CPU's

•CPU running at 2.4 GHz or higher

•420 Watt power supply or higher

•Super VGA or DVI-I compatible monitor

•Microsoft Windows® XP, 2000, MCE

•PCI Express X16 compliant slot

•CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

•64MB system RAM

•150MB available hard disk space

SPECIFICATIONS:

•GPU: Radeon X550

•Bus Type: PCI-Express x16

•Memory: 256MB DDR – 128bit

•Core Clock: 400 MHz

•RAMDACS: Dual 400 MHz

• API Support: DirectX® 9.0, OpenGL 2.0

•Output: DVI, VGA, TV-Out

•Supports for Hardware and Transform 
 and Lighting (T&L)

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