The SAPPHIRE HD 5550 family of graphics cards are available in a wide array of configurations to suit different performance, budget, feature set and output configuration requirements. Every board in the HD5550 range packs 320 Stream processors and is fully compliant with Microsoft's DirectX 11 API, enabling the highest quality effects available on the PC platform today, as well as accelerating ATI Stream compatible applications including a variety of video transcoders and media players to ensure the best possible media viewing experience.
Built on an ultra low power 40nm core technology, no additional power connection is required, making the HD5550 series ideal for system upgrades or mainstream PCs that do not have expensive, high end power supplies.
Features:
1. Microsoft DirectX 11 Support
2. ATI Eyefinity Technology, supports up to 3 displays*.
3. ATI Stream technology**
4. 40nm Process Technology
5. Advanced GDDR5 Memory Technology
6. Microsoft Windows 7® Support
7. ATI CrossFireX™ Technology***
8. Enhanced Anisotropic Filtering
9. Accelerated Video Transcoding
10. Display Flexibility
11. HDMI 1.3
12. PCI Express® 2.1 support
13. Dolby® TrueHD and DTSHD Master Audio TM Support
14. ATI Avivo™ Technology Enhanced Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2)
15. Supports OpenGL 3.2
*To enable a third display, a monitor supporting DisplayPort or an active DisplayPort to DVI or VGA dongle is required. Only board configurations including a native DisplayPort output support Eyefinity.
**Requires application support for ATI Stream technology.
System Requirements:
– PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
– 400 Watt or greater power supply recommended (500 Watt for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
– Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
– Minimum 1GB of system memory
– Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
– DVD playback requires DVD drive
– Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive
– For an ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 5550 graphics card, an ATI
CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card are required.
NOTE: If the CrossFireX gold finger connectors are not present on the board design, an ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable is not required to enable ATI CrossFireX™ technology in Software CrossFireX mode.
Operating System Support:
Windows XP(32Bit/64Bit); Windows Vista(32Bit/64Bit); Windows Media Center Edition 2005, Windows 7
Maximum Display Resolution:
D-Dub(VGA): 2048 x 1536 @85 Hz.
DL-DVI-I: 2560 x 1600@60Hz
HDMI:1080P
Display Port: 2560 x 1600@60Hz
Eyefinity: 4800x900@60Hz*
*Grouped with 3 monitors supporting resolutions at 1600x900 with one of them supporting Display Port input.
