ASUS v6800 Geforce256 DDR Deluxe Review - Page II By Michael "Hughesey" Hughes THE CARD & ITS SPECIFICATIONS The ASUS AGP V6800 Deluxe As you can see, this card varies slightly varies from the reference design, but only for the better. Now...onto the exact features... Key Features (Courtesy of Asus and Anandtech) Powered with GeForce 256 DDR- The world's first double data rate GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) Built-in 32MB Frame Buffer (DDR SGRAM)- Provides more resolutions and color depths Smart Doctor Technologies- Smart cooling, dynamic overclocking, overheat protection, fan speed monitoring, AGP power level monitoring VR 3D Glasses- D3D games and stereo picture viewing ASUS LIVE Capture Driver- 704x480 real time 30 fps video capture Large Screen TV-Out (800x600)- S-Video and Composite connectors Video-In Support- Video capture, video editing, video conference... ASUS DVD/SW Player Bundled- DVD, VCD, MP3, SVCD... playback Unlead VideoStudio 3.0 + MPEG-II Color Encoder Bundled- Video editing, MPEG/II encoding and real time capture 3D Games Bundled- DRAKAN (full version), ROLLCAGE (full version), and 12 other game titles Other Key Benefits of AGP-V6800 Series- QuadPipe Rendering, Transforming & Lighting, and AGP 4X with Fast Writes, etc... Quad Engine Architecture Four independent pipelined engines 15M triangles/second Sustained DMA, transform/clip/light, setup, and render rate >70% of the chip active at all times Up to 6 triangles "in flight" at a time (typically 1-3) Very low latency between engines ASUS Smart Doctor Technologies Provides the best system safety SmartCooling Technology Dynamic overclocking Over-heat protection Fan RPM monitoring AGP power level Monitoring ASUS Video Security Features The auto-notification system serves as your private security or reception system Detects and monitors any environmental deviation from the user-configurable norm Users can define the response procedures once any unusual condition is detected Capture the detected unusual condition in a high quality AVI file Take a single/multiple snapshot(s) of the detected object Send a warning e-mail with photo to the user-defined address Make a phone call to the user-defined phone number Execute other security control programs Full digital technology used is better than VCR-type video security systems AGP-V8600 Takes Interactive PC Graphics to More Realistic and Detailed Levels Full frame rate DVD to 1080 resolution Full precision subpixel accuracy to 1/16 pixel 5 horizontal, 3 vertical taps 8:1 up/down scaling Independent hue, saturation and brightness controls in hardware Optimized for the latest DirectX 7 and OpenGL features Transform and lighting (T&L) Cube environment mapping Vertex blending Protective textures Texture compression Superior 2D Performance 256-bit 2D rendering pipeline 4 pixels per clock on all scaled and indexed image operations 1 GB/s CPU-to-GPU memory via AGP 4X with Fast Writes AGP 4X with Fast Write Enables CPU to send data directly to GPU System memory bus free to perform other functions Balanced design increases overall system performance High Quality Video Playback: DVD Acceleration Full frame rate DVD to 1080i resolution Full precision subpixel accuracy to 1/16 pixel High Quality Video Playback: Video Overlay 5 horizontal, 3 vertical taps 8:1 up/down scaling Independent hue, saturation, and brightness controls in hardware 3D Stereoscopic Features Turns D3D games into virtual reality gaming world VR Viewer software bundled for 3D pictures viewing Stereo TV software bundled for TV/VCR stereoscopic video playing and cable TV Real time onscreen display (OSD) control panel for VR settings Video Features for Video-in Complete S-VHS and Composite video-input ports support ASUS Live driver supports 704x480 real time video capture (for Windows 95/98 only) Video Features for TV-out Digital video output by integrated NTSC/PAL encoders Complete S-VHS and Composite video-input ports support High quality TV-out supports 800x600 resolutions Please proceed to driver info... PREV NEXT

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