256-BIT ADVANCED MEMORY INTERFACE

• Wider memory data path with next-generation controller technology for superior throughput

NVIDIA CINEFX 2.0 ENGINE

• Advanced pixel shaders deliver 2x the floating-point pixel shader performance of previous generations
• Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 (DX9) pixel shader 2.0+
• Support for DX9 vertex shader 2.0+
• Long pixel programs up to 1,024 instructions
• Long vertex programs up to 256 static instructions with up to 65,536 instructions executed
• Dynamic, conditional execution and flow control
• Architected for Cg and Microsoft HLSL for maximum compatibility with next-generation content
• 128-bit, studio-quality, floating-point precision computation through the entire rendering pipeline
• Native hardware support for 32-bpp, 64-bpp and 128-bpp rendering modes
• Up to 16 textures per rendering pass
• Support for sRGB texture format for gamma textures
• DirectX and S3TC texture compression
  Optimized for 32-bpp, 24-bpp, 16-bpp, 15-bpp, and 8-bpp modes
• True-color, 64x64 hardware cursor alpha
• Multibuffering (double, triple, or quad) for smooth animation and video playback
  

INTELLISAMPLE HCT

• Increased visual quality at higher resolutions through advances in compression, anisotropic filtering, and antialiasing technology
• Blistering-fast antialiasing and compression performance
• Support for advanced lossless compression algorithms for both color, texture, and z-data at even higher resolutions and frame rates
• Fast z-clear

ULTRASHADOW TECHNOLOGY

• Accelerates shadow volumes for next-generation games
• Accurately maintains shadows while discarding non-useful information

ADVANCED DISPLAY PIPELINE WITH FULL NVIDIA NVIEW CAPABILITIES

• Integrated NTSC/PAL TV encoder supporting resolutions up to 1024x768 without the need for panning with built-in Macrovision
  copy protection
• DVD and HDTV-ready MPEG-2 decoding up to 1920x1080i resolutions
• Dual, integrated 400MHz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048x1536@85Hz
• Dual DVO ports for interfacing to external TMDS transmitters
• Internal TV support
• VIP 1.1 interface support for video-in function
• Microsoft Video Mixing Renderer (VMR) support for multiple video windows with full video quality and features in each window

NVIDIA DIGITAL VIBRANCE CONTROL (DVC) 3.0

• Image sharpening controls
• Color controls

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

• AGP 8X including Fast Writes and sideband addressing
• 0.13 micron process technology for higher levels of integration and higher operating clock speeds
• Advanced thermal management and thermal monitoring
• 40mmx40mm, BGA 1309 flip-chip package

BROAD OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT

• Microsoft Windows® XP
• Windows Me
• Windows 2000
• Windows 9x
• Macintosh

API SUPPORT

• Comprehensive Microsoft DirectX 9.0 (and earlier) support
• OpenGL 1.5 (and earlier) support
  

COMPATIBILITY

• NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
• Fully compliant professional OpenGL 1.5 API with NVIDIA extensions, on all Linux and Windows operating systems
• WHQL-certified for Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000
• Complete Linux Xfree86 drivers