ATi makes it first with its manufacturing process. It is first to 65nm manufacturing for its cards and they are first with a 512 bits memory interface. UVD is also introduced as a new means of reducing CPU load in processing high definition videos.

The Radeon HD 2000 series hopes to deliver the best DX10 gaming experience at every price point with technological advancements.

The desktop cards come in 3 different flavours. The

HD 2900 Series for the Enthusiast
HD 2600 Series for the performance
HD 2400 Series for value

This new series brings about new advancements in technology. they include high clock speeds of up to 800MHz and beyond. High transistor density of up to 700Million transistors and lower power consumption for the mobile.

It also uses the 320 stream processeing units on the HD 2900XT optimised for dynamic game computing and accerlerated stream processing. DX10 support gives it massive shader and geometry processing performance and enables next generation of visual effects.

Advanced AA and texture filtering techniques, better HDR and programmable tesselation unit are introduced for cutting edge image quality.

ATi AVIVO HD Technology are updated to support better HD experience through the use of a new DVI-HDMI interface which delivers audio.

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