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To: DiViT who wrote (33371)	5/23/1998 9:16:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Graphics cards. Matrox and a Diamond i740 card.................................. techweb.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Cards: You'll Like What You See By With video cards, seeing is believing. That's certainly true of the current crop of advanced video accelerators, which let you create and experience cutting-edge multimedia content on your desktop. Because these cards incorporate the latest graphics technology, like AGP and 3D, you'll definitely like what you see. Matrox Productiva G100 For superb display quality for all your 2D, 3D and video needs, the Matrox Productiva G100 features the company's new MGA-G100 processor. The card's 8MB SDRAM enables it to handle resolutions up to 1600x1200 in 24-bit true-color, while its 230MHz DAC (digital-to-analog converter) supports refresh rates up to a maximum 85Hz. Using accelerated graphics port (AGP) technology, the video card offers upgrade options such as TV tuning, MPEG video capture and editing, and a hardware DVD module for MPEG II playback. The Productiva supports Direct3D features such as texture mapping, Gouraud shading, color and Z-masking, dithering, fogging and depth cueing. Additionally, the card will support stipple Alpha-blending, sub-pixel positioning, transparency and bus mastering. Its 3D and texture mapping engine supports true-color lighting and hardware dithering of textures, and perspective-correct texture mapping. The Productiva also features a PanelLink upgrade for flat-panel display output or a TV-out upgrade. Bundled software includes Micrografx Simply 3D 3, Picture Publisher 8, Netscape Communicator 4.0 and PointCast Client. $99. Matrox Graphics, 800-361-1408, 514-822-6300. Winfo #848 Diamond Multimedia Stealth II G460 The Diamond Stealth II G460 video accelerator features AGP 2X technology and employs the Intel740 graphics controller for high-quality 2D/3D acceleration and MPEG I video playback. The board has a 203MHz DAC and supports a maximum 1600x1200 resolution and true-color resolutions up to 1024x768. For detailed 3D imaging, the board supports bilinear and trilinear filtering, anti-aliasing, flat and Gouraud shading, perspective correction and Z-buffering. The Stealth II G460's chip uses Intel's Hyperpipelined 3D feature set, which includes Precise Pixel Interpolation for enhanced visual effects, Parallel Data Processing for better use of the graphics pipeline, and Direct Memory Execution for speedy storage and execution of 3D textures. The card supports DirectX 5.0, including Direct 3D and OpenGL APIs. Diamond's InControl Tools 95 lets you customize resolutions, refresh rates and color depths from your desktop without rebooting. You can upgrade the Stealth II G460 to handle multimedia functions, such as DVD, full-screen TV and video caption with its proprietary DVD Kit and the DTV 2000 TV tuner. Price not yet set. Diamond Multimedia Systems, 800-468-5846, 408-325-7000. Winfo #849