RADEON 9700 Series - Secondary: 3D graphics performance, coupled with sophisticated real-time visual effects, crisp image quality and cutting-edge video features. 3D graphics performance, coupled with sophisticated real-time visual effects, crisp image quality and cutting-edge video features. First to fully support DirectX® 9.0 First 8-pixel pipeline architecture. 256-bit DDR memory interface. Support for AGP 8X specification. First to use pixel shaders to accelerate video.