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1. Introduction
The NVIDIA graphics-processing unit (GPU) shakes up the gaming industry with
unprecedented visual effects and sizzling frame rates—injecting life into the
previously artificial world of computer-generated graphics. Powered by the new
NVIDIA new nfiniteFX
TM
engine and the Lightspeed Memory Architecture
TM
, the
GPU enables users to look into a rich environment instead of just a computer screen.
3D scenes have ambiance with the GPU because textures appear photo-realistic and
custom lighting heightens the drama. Characters and living creatures have organic
imperfections and unique expressions—you can see their personality.
Programmability and performance combine to provide the catalyst for this graphics
revolution.
NVIDIA's patented High-Resolution Antialiasing (HRAA) generates high-
performance samples at nearly four times the rate of new graphics, while delivering
the industry's best visual quality. The GPU delivers more than 960 billion operations
(BOPS)—more than twice the raw performance available to consumers in today's
GPUs. For more complex scenes and visuals, the new GPU advantage grows to as
much as a seven-fold increase in delivered performance.
1.1 Feature
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AGP 3.0 support for 8X and 4X and AGP 2.0 support for 4X, 2X, 1X.
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New nfiniteFX™ Engine for full programmability.
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256-bit 3D and 2D graphics accelerator.
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512K/1M Flash-ROM on board.
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Integrated hardware transform engine.
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Increases memory bandwidth efficiency for unmatched performance.
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Accuview Antialiasing™ technology.
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Full-compliant professional OpenGL 1.3 support. For Windows Operating system
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Drivers for Windows NT/9X/ME/2000/XP.
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MPEG-2 hardware decode, including Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform (IDCT)
and motion compensation.
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DirectX and S3TC texture compression.
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Integrated second-generation transform and lighting (T&L) engines
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300 MHz pixel clock supports HDTV resolutions, such as 1920 x 1080 x 60 Hz or
1280 x 720 x 60 Hz.
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Integrated NTSC/PAL TV encoder supporting resolutions up to 1024 X 768.
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Integrated Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) transmitter for
Digital Visual Interface (DVI) support with scaling and filtering for flat panels up
to 1280 X 1024.
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DVD-ready and HDTV-ready MPEG-2 decoding up to 1920 X 1080i Advanced
Television System Committee (ATSC) format.
