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Home arrow HardWare arrow Asus Launches Stand-alone Color Processor with Modularized Graphics Card
Asus Launches Stand-alone Color Processor with Modularized Graphics Card PDF Print
Written by Sanjin Maneslovic   
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
ImageAsus launched the world’s first stand-alone color processor with a modularized graphics card – the Asus Splendid MA3850M, which combines a video enhance card with the ASUS Splendid HD processor and a modularized VGA card. The ASUS Splendid HD processor increases image quality to deliver sharper, more vividly colored visual outputs without increasing CPU loadings.

 

On par with generic ATI Radeon HD 3850 VGA cards in terms of 3DMark performance, the Splendid MA3850M is able to reduce power consumption for more energy savings. Additionally, the overall length of the Splendid MA3850M is 27% shorter than generic ATI Radeon HD 3850 graphics cards.

The Asus Splendid HD processor utilizes the new generation of Splendid video intelligence technology. This provides vibrant and fine-tuned images in conditions most favorable to the human eye, without any increase in CPU loading. Watching movies on PC monitors can now be as good as watching them on top-of-the-line consumer televisions, all thanks to the 7-region color enhancement, 12-bit gamma correction, real-time 2D peaking and dynamic contrast engine of this powerful chip.

Specifications:
* Video & Graphics Engine: ASUS Splendid HD & ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
* Video Memory: 512MB DDR3
* Engine Clock: 668 MHz
* Memory Clock: 1.65GHz (828MHz DDR3)
* Memory Interface: 256-bit
* DVI Max. Resolution: 2560
* 1600 ( via DVI-I port )
* Bus Standard: PCI Express
* DVI Output: one DVI-D ( supporting Splendid ) and one DVI-I
* HDCP compliant: Yes
* D-Sub Output: YES, via DVI-I to D-Sub adaptor
* HDTV Output: YES, via HDTV Out cable
* HDMI Output: YES, via DVI-D to HDMI adaptor
* Adaptor/Cable Bundled: DVI-I to-D-Sub adapter, HDTV-out cable, DVI-D to-HDMI adaptor, Internal USB Cable
* Software Bundled: ASUS Utilities & Driver, PowerDVD
 
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