***ATI New Product Announcements
--3D RAGE II--
On Sept. 3, ATI announced the next-generation 3D RAGE II chip. Compared to
its predecessor, RAGE II improves 2D performance by 20%, doubles the 3D
performance and adds support for MPEG2 playback. Specs for the chip
include:
Performance: 26M perspectively correct texture-mapped pixels/sec
3D acceleration: double buffering, 16-bit z-buffer, perspectively
correct mip-mapped texturing, bi- and tri-linear texture filtering,
alpha blending, fog, video textures, and 8/16bpp dithering support
Supported APIs: Direct3D, Renderware, BRender, QuickDraw3D RAVE,
OpenGL, Heidi, and ATI's own API
General: 3D screen resolutions up to 1280x1024, support for DRAM, EDO,
SDRAM and SGRAM
The 3D RAGE II has just entered volume production, and is available for
$30 in quantities of 10,000. ATI has also announced that over 50 gaming
titles will support the 3D RAGE family by Christmas.
--ImpacTV--
ATI has also introduced the ImpacTV chip as a companion chip for the 3D
RAGE II. It offers video out capabilities that will allow users to connect
their PC's video output to a regular large-screen TV. With support for a
PAL or NTSC TV, the chip can generate display modes from 320x200 up to
800x600, and uses techniques for scaling, flicker removal and artifact
suppression for higher quality images. The chip has just entered volume
production, and is available for $15 in quantities of 10,000 for
integration with a RAGE II chip on either an add-on accelerator card or on
the motherboard.
Contact: http://www.atitech.ca
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