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• These are New Top Windows 2D/3D video accelerators

• You knew Voodoo,Voodoo2 but what about Banshee, TNT, Savage, MGA-G200

• Banshee from 3Dfx specifications include:
  
  • .35-micron
  • 128-bit processor under both DOS and Windows (Most video cards use a 32 or 64-bit processor)
  • 4-16MB SGRAM/SDRAM
  • 100/125MHz Pixel and Memory Clock
  • Up to 1900x1200/24-bit screen resolution
  • Integrated 230/250MHz RAMDAC
  • AGP 1x DMA or PCI bus (AGP 2x w/sidebands sans DME later on this year)
  • VMI Video Port for MPEG-II decoder or Video encoder
  • Hardware acceleration of Windows GDI functions (no software emulation) with hardware polygon support, 256 raster operations, and blockwrite support for SGRAM
  • Internal 32-bits-per-pixel pipeline
  • 16-bit floating-point Z-buffer
  • Full-frame DVD
  • Dynamic environment mapping
  • Bump-mapping
  • Bi/Trilinear MIP-mapping
  • Full-scene "order independent" edge anti-aliasing
  • Up to 2K x 2K textures
  • API support for DirectX/Direct3D, OpenGL ICD, and Glide
  • Fully integrated 128-bit 2D engine
  • 100Mpixel/sec and 4M triangles/sec
  • High-precision, 16-bit floating point Z-buffer
  • Alpha blending on source and destination pixels
  • Compatibility with all games developed for Voodoo technology

• RIVA TNT from nVidia specifications include:
  
  • 128-bit wide graphics engine and frame buffer
  • Massive 3.2GB/sec frame buffer bandwidth architecture supporting up to 200MHz memory
  • 250Mpixel/sec fill rate
  • 8M million triangles/sec peak
  • Large 12K on-chip cache
  • 10 GFLOPS floating point geometry processor
  • 40 Billion Operations/sec pixel processing pipeline
  • 7M transistors
  • Integrated 250MHz Palette-DAC supporting up to 1600x1200x24@85Hz
  • 452 PBGA
  • Optimized Direct3D acceleration
  • Complete DX5 and DX6 support
  • Twin texel (TNT) 32-bit graphics pipeline
  • Per pixel perspective correct texture mapping
  • 24-bit or 16-bit HW Z buffer (floating point or integer)
  • 8-bit stencil buffer
  • Anti-aliasing: full scene, order independent
  • 100% HW Triangle setup
  • Mainstream feature support
  • High performance 128-bit 2D Acceleration
  • Fast 32-bit VGA/SVGA support
  • 16MB, 8MB and 4MB frame buffer configurations
  • Video Support
  • Video Acceleration for DirectShow, MPEG-1/2 and Indeo
  • NTSC and PAL TV output
  • CCIR-656 video capture port
  • IComprehensive AGP2X support (532MB/sec with side band addressing and pipelining)
  • Bus mastering DMA PCI interface
  • Designed to WHQL compatibility standards
  • Windows NT 3.5, 4.0 and 5.0 display drivers
  • Windows 95 and 98 Display Driver, DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectVideo, ActiveX
  • Windows 3.x display drivers
  • OpenGL ICD for Windows 95 and NT (passes compliance tests)
    
• Savage3D from S3 specifications include:
  
  • New Single Cycle 3D Architecture
  • 5M triangles/second Triangle Setup Engine
  • 128-bit Dual Rendering Pipeline
  • 125M pixels/sec Trilinear Fill Rate
  • Full AGP 2X Implementation including Sideband Addressing and AGP Execute Mode
  • Single Cycle Trilinear Filtering
  • S3^® Texture Compression
  • True Color Rendering
  • Void and Cluster Dithering for 16-bit Modes
  • Specular Lighting and Diffuse Shading
  • Alpha Blending Modes
  • MPEG-2 Video Textures
  • Edge Anti-Aliasing
  • Vertex and Table Fog
  • 16- or 24-bit Z-buffering
  • Sprite Anti-Aliasing, Reflection and Environment Mapping, Texture Morphing, Shadows, Procedural Textures, and Atmospheric Effects
  • Highly Optimized 128 bit Graphics Engine
  • Full Featured 2D Engine for acceleration of Bitblt, Rectangle Fill, Line Draw, Polygon Fill, Panning/Scolling and HW Cursor
  • 8, 16, and 32 bpp Mode Acceleration
  • 125MHz SDR SGRAM with Block Write
  • 64-bit Synchronous Memory Bus
  • 2-, 4-, or 8MB Frame Buffer
  • SDRAM for cost savings
  • SO-DIMM Memory Upgrade
  • 512Kx32 or 256Kx32 Memory Parts
  • High Quality Up/Down Scalar
  • Motion Compensation
  • Subpicture Blending and Highlights
  • Optimized Software DVD Decoders
  • Streams Processor^TM for on-the-fly stretching and blending of multiple video streams
  • Multiple Video Windows
  • Brightness, Hue, and Saturation Controls
  • 60MHz VIP Video Port allows HDTV Resolutions
  • Glueless Interface for HW MPEG-2 Decoders and Video Digitizers
  • Integrated NTSC/PAL Encoder
  • Optional Macrovision^® 7.1 Support
  • Programmable 3-tap Flicker Filter
  • Vertical Overscan Compensation
  • Simultaneous CRT and TV Display
  • WHQL Certified Drivers
  • Windows^® 95 and 98 Display Drivers
  • Windows NT 3.5, 4.0, and 5.0 Display Drivers
  • Windows 3.X and OS/2^® 2.1/3.0 Display Drivers
  • Direct3D^TM, DirectDraw^TM, and DirectVideo^TM
  • OpenGL^TM ICD for Windows 9X and NT
  • Comprehensive SDK, Utilities and ISV Tools
  • 33MHz PCI 2.1 Bus Support
  • 250MHz RAMDAC with Gamma Correction
  • PCI Power Management
  • DDC Monitor Communications
  • 256-pin, 27x27mm PBGA
    
• Millennium G200 from Matrox Graphics specifications include:
  
  • Support for 16 MB of memory
  • new Vibrant Color Quality feature
  • Supports true 24-bit color at resolutions up to 1920 x 1200
  • Powerful 3D rendering and setup engine accelerates Direct 3D and OpenGL
  • full AGP 2X support
  • MGA-G200 offers software DVD (MPEG-2) video acceleration
  • Supported 3D effects include: advanced alpha-blending,
  • bi-linear filtering,
  • tri-linear MIP-mapping,
  • fogging,
  • anti-aliasing and specular highlights
    
• i740 from intel specifications include:
  
  • 1.1 M Triangles/Second Peak
  • 425-500K Triangles/Second
  • 45-55 M Pixels/Second
  • Per Pixel Perspective Correct Texture Mapping
  • Texture Sizes from 1 x 1 to 1024 x 1024 Pixels Rectangle or Square
  • Texture Formats :
    —Palletized 1-, 2-, 4- or 8-bit
    —RGBA 1555, 565, 4444
    —Compressed 4:2:2, 555, 1544
    
  • Texture Color Keying
  • Texture Chroma Keying
  • Integrated Hardware Palette
  • Flat and Gouraud Shading
  • MIP-Mapping with Bilinear Filtering
  • Color Alpha Blending for Transparency
  • Real-Time Texture Paging and Video Texturing
  • Fogging and Atmospheric Effects
  • Specular Lighting
  • Edge Anti-Aliasing
  • Stippling or "Screen Door" Transparency
  • Full Bi-Directional VMI CCIR601 Video Port
  • Supports TV Out and Supports TV In
  • Supports Video Capture
    

• Alliance Announces New 3D Accelerator :You knew them as the 2D side of 3Dfx' Voodoo Rush architecture, but now Alliance Semiconductor is striking out on its own with a new 128-bit 2D/3D accelerator: the AGP 1X Paladin LT, and the AGP 2X.Paladin EX. Paladin LT and Paladin EX are pin-compatible, and allow manufacturers to address different market segments and price points with a common motherboard or add-in card. The feature sets include:
  
  • On board triangle set-up engine
  • A 260MHz RAMDAC
  • Enhanced 2D, and video acceleration capabilities
  • Supports EDO, SDRAM, and SGRAM up to 16MB configurations
  • 128-bit 2D engine will provide optimized GUI acceleration.
  • Full MIP map support
  • Bi-linear filtering
  • Full and compressed Z-buffer support
  • Gouraud shading, alpha blending, colored fog
  • Colored lighting
  • True divide-per-pixel perspective correction, video textures and on-chip D3D texture palette
  • Resolutions up to 1600x1200 at 85Hz-refresh rate (via an integrated 260MHz DAC)