ATI Technologies X1950 XTX Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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X1950 XTX Features
Conserves video memory bandwidth.
Loss-less Z-buffer compression
Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering.
VideoShader
Seamlessly integrates pixel shaders with video in real time.
All format DTV/HDTV decoding.
Adaptive Per-Pixel- De-interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion.
512-bit Ring Bus Memory Controller
Programmable intelligent arbitration logic.
New fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs.
Hierarchal Z-buffer with Early Z test.
Lossless Z Compression (up to 48.1)
Fast Z-Buffer Clear.
Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering.
Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including
widescreen HDTV resolutions.
Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine
Support for Microsoft ® DirectX
®
9.0 Shader Model 3.0
programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware.
Full speed 128-bit floating point processing.
Up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads.
Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic
branching and flow control.
Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency.
High resolution texture support (up to 4k x 4k).
Up to 1,536 instructions per rendering pass.
3Dc+ texture compression
High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and luminance
maps.
Works with any single-channel or two-channel data format.
Multiple Render Target (MRT) support.