ATI Technologies X600 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
RADEON™ X600 Features 1
CHAPTER 1:
Introduction
RADEON™ X600 Features
Graphic Features
Four parallel rendering pipelines.
SMARTSHADER™ 2.1
Full hardware-based support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0/9.1
programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware.
Shadow volume rendering acceleration.
Complete feature-set support for OpenGL® 1.5 and 2.0
extensions.
SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1
Full-scene anti-aliasing method that smooths uneven edges and
improves blurred images.
2x/4x/6x Anti-aliasing modes with aloss-less compression up to a
ratio of 6:1 at all resolutions.
2x/4x//8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes with up to 128-tap
texture filtering.
HYPER Z™ III
Ensures optimal hardware performance by discarding irrelevant
object data that is not visible to the user.
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.
External Connections
15-pin D-shell (female) VGA output.
DVI-I output.