TUL Corp has announced the PowerColor X1950 SCS3, touted as the world's fastest silent graphic card.

This graphic card runs passively, at the same time, maintaining its original specifications, including: 575MHz core engine, 1380MHz effective memory speed, 256MB GDDR3, and 36 pixel processors. The X1950 SCS3 comes with VIVO, HDCP, and is Windows Vista ready.

PowerColor has partnered with Arctic Cooling to provide a noiseless cooling solution. The specially designed silent cooler features 4 heat pipes, special voltage regulator heat sink, memory cooling, and taller fins.

As such, the noise level reaches 0 sone (measure of loudness), as compared to the origianl stock cooler's 2.5 sone. Temperature level also dips to 63C, vs the original stock cooler's 67C.

The PowerColor X1950 supports dual-link DVI with High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), a digital right content protection technology for transmitting and receiving digital entertainment.

Ted Chen, CEO of TUL, said, "Once again, we are looking for ways to meet the demands of the toughest critics. With the PowerColor X1950 PRO SCS3, we're satisfying the need for a graphics card with excellent performance, great price, and silent."

Of the card, V C Tran, GM of Arctic Cooling, said, "An excellent Quad-heatpipe passive cooling solution from a cooler expert on a high performance graphic card of PowerColor is the perfect bundle for every power user and silent enthusiast."

Key specifications of the PowerColor X1950 SCS3 are: Passive cooler designed by Arctic Cooling; Video-in/Video-out (VIVO); Support for DirectX 9c, Open GL 2.0, and Shader Model 3.0; high bandwidth Digital Content Protection HDCP) ready; H.264 playback with ATI's Avivo Video and Display Engine; and Windows Vista ready.