Shader Technology
- Support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware.
- Shader Model 3.0 vertex and pixel shader support.
- Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL 2.0.

3Dc+™ Advanced Texture Compression
- High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and luminance maps.
- Works with any single-channel or two-channel data format.

New Ring Bus Memory Controller
- Programmable arbitration logic maximizes memory efficiency, software upgradeable.
- New fully associative texture, color, and Z cache design.
- Hierarchical Z-Buffer with Early Z Test.
- Fast Z-Buffer Clear.
- Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering.
- Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, up to and including widescreen HDTV.

CrossFire™ Support
- Multi-GPU technology ready.
- Four modes of operation.