Hardware Functional Overview
Integrated Savage4 2D/3D/Video Accelerator
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Optimized Shared Memory Architecture (SMA)
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8 to 32 MB frame buffer using system memory
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Floating point triangle setup engine
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Single cycle 128-bit 3D architecture
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8M triangles/second setup engine
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140M pixels/second trilinear fill rate
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Full internal AGP4X performance
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S3 DX7 texture compression (S3TC™)
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Next generation, 128-bit 2D graphics engine
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High quality DVD video playback
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Flat panel monitor support
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2D/3D resolutions up to 1920x1440
3D Rendering Features
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Single pass multiple textures
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8-bit stencil buffer
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32-bit true color rendering
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Specular lighting and diffuse shading
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Alpha blending modes
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Massive 2K x 2K textures
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MPEG-2 video textures
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Vertex and table fog
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16 or 24-bit Z-buffering
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Sprite anti-aliasing, reflection mapping, texture morphing, shadows, procedural textures
and atmospheric effects
Motion Video Architecture
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High quality up/down scalar
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Planar to packed format conversion
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Motion compensation for full speed DVD playback
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Hardware subpicture blending and highlights
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Multiple video windows for video conferencing
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Contrast, hue, saturation, brightness and gamma controls
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Digital port for NTSC/PAL TV encoders
Advanced System Power Management Support
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Dynamic power down of SDRAM
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Independent clock stop controls for CPU/SDRAM, AGP and PCI bus
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Low-leakage I/O pads
Full Software Support
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Drivers for major operating systems and APIs
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North Bridge/Chipset and Video BIOS support
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