I hope that future naming schemes will be even simpler. Ever since the 9800 series it's been too difficult to figure out the difference between two ATI products.
Shader Model 3.0 Radeon X2000 Series - Shader Model 4.0 Radeon HD. Actually, the Intel HD Graphics supports shader model 4.0, this is enabled after you install the latest graphics driver. I glad to see that AMD is renaming ATI products. Each video card model series features a specific pixel shader, or shader model. But the X1050 is still a value card in every sense of the word. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz Memory: 2 MB RAM Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB. However, bear in mind that the X1050 cards will be based on technology that it two generations old and that doesn't support Shader Model 3.0, something which all the other X1k series cards do. The new code allows games developers to compress. Instead, ATI believes that its 3Dc technology will prove of more use to games developers and games players alike. ATI released the successor to the R500 series with the R600 series on May 14, 2007. And, as anticipated, the Radeon X800 Pro, which ATI launched today, does not support DirectX 9's Pixel Shader 3.0 - unlike its rival, the GeForce 6800, unveiled by Nvidia last month. The Radeon X1000 series using the core was introduced on October 5, 2005, and competed primarily against Nvidias GeForce 7000 series. Expect the X1050 to be available by the end of the month. It is ATIs first major architectural overhaul since the R300 and is highly optimized for Shader Model 3.0.
The X1050 is still a value card in every sense of the wordAll this update requires on ATI's part is a BIOS update and changing the packaging and literature. Four pixel shaders and two vertex shaders.These will be merged into a single product line - the X1050. Next for a name change are the "value oriented" Radeon X300, X550 and X600 (which are based on ATI's RV370 integrated graphics engine) products. Video Card: 512 Mb, Shader Model 3.0, c support for DirectX 9.0c Sound Card. AMD continues to rebrand existing ATI products to simplify ATI's naming convention (while at the same time making them sound better). Video Card: Shader Model 3.0 and 256MB RAM (ATI Radeon X1600/nVidia GeForce.