HIS - Hightech Information System Limited
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HIS – Hightech Information System Limited est. 1987 , is a HK graphics card company that produces ATI
Radeon
video cards. Since the first quarter of 2007, HIS has won over 600 awards with its ATI based graphics solutions from major media worldwide. Its headquarters are in Hong Kong, with additional sales offices and distribution networks in Europe, the Middle East, North America and Asia Pacific Regions. It is being recognized as a provider of performance leading and award-winning products: IceQ, iCooler, iFan, TURBO Edition, VIVO Edition, AIW Edition, Dual DVI Edition. The current distributor in Hong Kong is B.I.F. TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
. The current version of IceQ is the IceQ4, which has two heatpipes which covers the GPU, MEM and power module.
The HD4850 IceQ4 TurboX claims to be the fastest Radeon HD4850 card in the world.
The cooler is designed to expel air out of slots in the back of the card to prevent hot air from accumulating in the computer's case. IceQ 4 coolers allow clearance for a Crossfire bridge.
ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc. was a semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. Founded in 1985 as Array Technologies Inc., the company was listed publicly in 1993 and was acquired by Advanced Micro...
Radeon
Radeon
Radeon is a brand of graphics processing units and random access memory produced by Advanced Micro Devices , first launched in 2000 by ATI Technologies, which was acquired by AMD in 2006. Radeon is the successor to the Rage line. There are four different groups, which can be differentiated by...
video cards. Since the first quarter of 2007, HIS has won over 600 awards with its ATI based graphics solutions from major media worldwide. Its headquarters are in Hong Kong, with additional sales offices and distribution networks in Europe, the Middle East, North America and Asia Pacific Regions. It is being recognized as a provider of performance leading and award-winning products: IceQ, iCooler, iFan, TURBO Edition, VIVO Edition, AIW Edition, Dual DVI Edition. The current distributor in Hong Kong is B.I.F. TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Products
HIS manufactures and sells ATI Radeon series video cards. Recently, they released their versions of the Radeon R700Radeon R700
The Radeon R700 is the engineering codename for a graphics processing unit series developed by Advanced Micro Devices under the ATI brand name. The foundation chip, codenamed RV770, was announced and demonstrated on June 16, 2008 as part of the FireStream 9250 and Cinema 2.0 initiative launch media...
. The current version of IceQ is the IceQ4, which has two heatpipes which covers the GPU, MEM and power module.
4800 Series
| Model | Year Year A year is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun. For an observer on Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the zodiac along the ecliptic.... |
Code name Code name A code name or cryptonym is a word or name used clandestinely to refer to another name or word. Code names are often used for military purposes, or in espionage... |
Fab (nm) | Bus Computer bus In computer architecture, a bus is a subsystem that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.Early computer buses were literally parallel electrical wires with multiple connections, but the term is now used for any physical arrangement that provides the same... interface |
Transistor count Transistor count The transistor count of a device is the number of transistors in the device.Transistor count is the most common measure of integrated circuit complexity. According to Moore's Law, the transistor count of the integrated circuits doubles every two years... (Millions) |
Memory max (MiB Mebibyte The mebibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The binary prefix mebi means 220, therefore 1 mebibyte is . The unit symbol for the mebibyte is MiB. The unit was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission in 2000 and has been accepted for use by all major... ) |
Reference clock rate | Memory | Graphics library support (version) | Maximum Resolution | IceQ4 Cooling System | Notes | ||||
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Memory (MHz Hertz The hertz is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of the sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications.... ) |
Type | Bus Width (Bit Bit A bit is the basic unit of information in computing and telecommunications; it is the amount of information stored by a digital device or other physical system that exists in one of two possible distinct states... ) |
DirectX DirectX Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay,... |
Shader Model | OpenGL OpenGL OpenGL is a standard specification defining a cross-language, cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 2D and 3D computer graphics. The interface consists of over 250 different function calls which can be used to draw complex three-dimensional scenes from simple primitives. OpenGL... |
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| HIS HD4850 (512MB) | June 2008 | RV770 PRO | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 956 | 512 | 625 | 993 / 1986 | GDDR3 GDDR3 Graphics Double Data Rate 3 is a graphics card-specific memory technology, designed by ATI Technologies with the collaboration of JEDEC.It has much the same technological base as DDR2, but the power and heat dispersal requirements have been reduced somewhat, allowing for higher performance memory... |
256 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | Two x 2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) | No | UVD 2, PowerPlay |
| HIS HD4850 IceQ 4 (512MB / 1024MB) | August 2008 | RV770 PRO | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 956 | 512 / 1024 | 625 | 993 / 1986 | GDDR3 GDDR3 Graphics Double Data Rate 3 is a graphics card-specific memory technology, designed by ATI Technologies with the collaboration of JEDEC.It has much the same technological base as DDR2, but the power and heat dispersal requirements have been reduced somewhat, allowing for higher performance memory... |
256 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | Two x 2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) | Yes | UVD 2, PowerPlay |
| HIS HD4850 IceQ 4 Turbo (512MB) | August 2008 | RV770 PRO | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 956 | 512 | 650 | 1000 / 2000 | GDDR3 GDDR3 Graphics Double Data Rate 3 is a graphics card-specific memory technology, designed by ATI Technologies with the collaboration of JEDEC.It has much the same technological base as DDR2, but the power and heat dispersal requirements have been reduced somewhat, allowing for higher performance memory... |
256 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | Two x 2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) | Yes | UVD 2, PowerPlay |
| HIS HD4850 IceQ 4 TurboX (512MB) | TBA | RV770 PRO | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 956 | 512 | 685 | 1100 / 2200 | GDDR3 GDDR3 Graphics Double Data Rate 3 is a graphics card-specific memory technology, designed by ATI Technologies with the collaboration of JEDEC.It has much the same technological base as DDR2, but the power and heat dispersal requirements have been reduced somewhat, allowing for higher performance memory... |
256 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | Two x 2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) | Yes | UVD 2, PowerPlay |
| HIS HD4870 (512MB/1024MB) | June 2008 | RV770 XT | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 956 | 512 / 1024 | 750 | 900 / 3600 | GDDR5 GDDR5 GDDR5 SDRAM is a type of high performance DRAM graphics card memory designed for computer applications requiring high bandwidth... |
256 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | Two x 2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) | No | UVD 2, PowerPlay |
| HIS HD 4870 Turbo (512MB) | TBA | RV770 XT | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 956 | 512 | 780 | 1000 / 4000 | GDDR5 GDDR5 GDDR5 SDRAM is a type of high performance DRAM graphics card memory designed for computer applications requiring high bandwidth... |
256 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | Two x 2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) | No | UVD 2, PowerPlay |
| HIS HD 4870 X2 (2GB) | TBA | RV770 XT | 55 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 956 | 2048 | 750 | 900 / 3600 | GDDR5 GDDR5 GDDR5 SDRAM is a type of high performance DRAM graphics card memory designed for computer applications requiring high bandwidth... |
2x256 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | Two x 2560*1600 (Dual dual-link) | No | UVD 2, PowerPlay |
The HD4850 IceQ4 TurboX claims to be the fastest Radeon HD4850 card in the world.
IceQ Cooling System
HIS IceQ 4 is the 4th generation of HIS's cooling technology. Featuring double-slot fans and a larger heatsink surface area, IceQ 4 can effectively dissipate more heat from the GPU, thus allowing higher levels of performance.The cooler is designed to expel air out of slots in the back of the card to prevent hot air from accumulating in the computer's case. IceQ 4 coolers allow clearance for a Crossfire bridge.