Radeon AT008, User Manual

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Overview
I. AT008 Card
RADEON™ 8500 is a powerful and versatile graphic solution. 64MB
of powerful DDR memory along with the RADEON™ 8500 GPU
provides high performance acceleration of today’s demanding 3D
graphic applications. Industry leading DVD playback, support for dual
independent displays.
Features:
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Powered by the RADEON
TM
8500 graphics processing unit
(GPU)
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Supports DirectX 8.0® and OpenGL®; also, 3D resolutions
(32-bit color) up to 2048x1536
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AGP universal bus (for AGP 2X/4X systems)
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Features ATI’s innovative TRUFORM™ technology that makes
the outlines of 3D characters and objects look smoother and
more natural than ever before
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SMARTSHADER™ technology takes advantage of the
DirectX
®
8.1 features to enable more complex and realistic
texture and lighting effects
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SMOOTHVISION™ anti-aliasing – the most advanced anti-
aliasing to eliminate distracting visual artifacts for smoother
looking images and without serious performance compromise
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CHARISMA ENGINE™ II supports full Transformation,
Clipping and Lighting (T&L) at 75 million triangles/second peak
processing capability
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HYPER Z™ II technology conserves memory bandwidth for
improved in demanding applications and boosts effective
bandwidth by over 25%
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