The Sapphire Radeon R7 250 is powered by the AMD Radeon R7 250 GPU, the latest AMD graphics technology that delivers evolved performance and power consumption at a budget-friendly price. The Radeon R7 250 is based on AMD generation 28nm GCN architecture, and comes with support for DirectX 11.2 for improved graphics in the hottest games. AMD App Acceleration boosts your everyday applications, such as surfing, video editing, format conversion, and even Windows 7/8 operation. And with VGA/DVI/HDMI connectors, you can build multi-monitor environments for enhanced viewing and productivity. GCN ARCHITECTURE. Designed from the ground up for extraordinary performance with the most demanding games, this is the pinnacle of desktop graphics technology. DIRECTX 11.2. The tessellation performance on the AMD Radeon R7/R9 series is up to tow times faster than the previous generation, and DirectCompute performance is also faster to accelerate advanced post-processing, filtering, and anti-aliasing techniques. Direct X11 games have never looked this good!.MANTLE. There's optimization, and then there's Mantle. Games enabled with Mantle speak the language of GCN architecture to unlock revolutionary performance and image quality. It's a game-changing innovation developed by AMD. AMD POWERTUNE TECHNOLOGY. AMD PowerTune is a breakthrough technology that sets an entirely new direction for maximum performance at TDP. It allows the GPU to be designed with higher engine clock speeds, which can be applied on the broad set of applications that have thermal headroom. AMD STREAM TECHNOLOGY. Accelerate the most demanding applications with AMD Stream technology to do more with your PC. AMD Stream Technology allows you to use the computing power locked up in your graphics processor on tasks other than traditional graphics, such as video encoding, at which the graphics processor is many, many times faster than using the CPU alone. AMD HD3D TECHNOLOGY. Enjoy the most immersive experience possible with full support for High Definition Stereoscopic 3D, a technique that presents 2D images (movies, games, photos) in a format that creates the illusion of three-dimensional depth when using compatible 3D displays/glasses/software.