Introduction

ASUS is a name mainly known for motherboards, but over the past few years they have expanded their product link to include video cards, monitor's, laptops, and other consumer electronic devices. Today we will be looking at one of their video cards the EAX1950 Pro. The card features ATI's X1950 Pro GPU, 256MB of GDDR3, CrossFire Support, and HDCP support. We will be testing it against the recently reviewed Sapphire X1900 XT video card. Let's get this review started!

ASUS Exclusive Innovations

Exclusive powerful fansink module with one heatpipe embedded

HDCP Compliant:
Allow playback of HD DVD, Blu-Ray Disc and other protected content at full HD resolutions

Built for Microsoft Windows Vista

ASUS Splendid:
Watching movies on PC is as good as on Top-of-the-line consumer television

ASUS Video Security Online:
Keep an eye on your home at all times no matter where you are

ASUS Game LiveShow: Stream live gaming action onto the internet and share with other gaming enthusiast

ASUS Game Replay:
Recording gaming action and strategy into MPEG4 files to share with other gaming enthusiast

ASUS Game FaceMessenger:
Easy IM and live game conference in any PC games

ASUS OnScreenDisplay:
Adjust the fame settings and enhance gaming experience without leaving the game

Graphics GPU Features

- Powered by the world's most powerful GPU- ATI Radeon X1950PRO
- Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine-Support for Microsift Direct X9.0 Shader Model 3.0
- Avivo Video and Display Engine
- Over one billion more colors than competing graphics solutions
- High quality HD video playback with HDCP support

Packaging

The EAX1950 Pro comes in its retail packaging. On the front there is a picture of a girl and on the back there is a list of features, ASUS exclusives, and system requirements.

Opening up the box everything inside is nicely protected. Getting everything out of the retail box we have the following items: The EAX1950 Pro video card, 6 pin PCI-E power adapter, DVI to VGA adapter, HDTV out adapter, ASUS CD wallet, driver CD, manual CD, and speed setup guide.

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