The SAPPHIRE RADEON 9550 delivers unprecedented realism and visual quality to the enthusiast with true support for Microsoft DirectX 9 technology. Utilizing next generation VPU technology the SAPPHIRE RADEON 9550 offers more then just blistering frame-rates and fluid graphics with realistic and dynamic lighting, the RADEON 9550 is also capable of superior DVD/HDTV decoding while keeping the CPU free to work in the background on other tasks! The RADEON 9550 increases expectations of what a mainstream product should be!