Permidia 3
3dlabs.com
3Dlabs® continues to strengthen its leadership position in
the 3D graphics revolution with the announcement of
PERMEDIA 3, the most recent product in 3Dlabs' line of
powerful, mainstream graphics processors for games and
corporate desktop graphics acceleration.
Combining a powerful 250 million texel/sec dual-textured fill
rate, full DirectX 6 and OpenGL 3D feature set and fast
AGP2X support, the 128-bit PERMEDIA 3 graphics
processor delivers breathtakingly realistic 3D, ultra fast 2D
and cutting edge DVD playback and video integration.
PERMEDIA 3's unique 3D core has been designed for full-on single-cycle operations that enable 3D realism and image quality to be cranked up to the max while sustaining high frame rates. Advanced visual effects such as tri-linear mipmapping, bump mapping with a surface texture,
and multiple texture blending are all applied in a single pass, without any performance degradation.
With an unrivaled feature set, PERMEDIA 3 is aggressively positioned in the mainstream PC market, enabling PC OEMs, developers and end-users alike to experience awesome, fully-integrated graphics performance at mainstream prices.
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The gap is closing in on 3dfx and Nvidia. Those specs surpass
the .35 silicon TNT, the .25 TNT should be coming in a few months,
I will try to find out when.
NextGen "video chip" wars are going to be fierce. GOOD for the GAMER!
hee ! Investors, hedge your bets.
Pirate |
