PC Video Cards - ATI Technologies Radeon 32MB DDR

ATI Technologies Radeon 32MB DDR
Review The video editing technology with this card is excellent. This is a good video vard although i did find that it was a little hard to install and it played havoc with my other systems such as scanner and display. But me being a such a dab hand at technical stuff i managed to sort it out in the end :) (Without the help of ATI who seemed a little preoccupied to help me out) There isnt really much else you can say about this card. Its a good card as it is 32MB but you would expect that when u pay that kind of money for a video card. So all in all, it neither great nor bad, it does its job as it should. The only advice i can give you is that you should beware of the price you pay for it, we found alot of differences between retailers.
Product Description Radeon comes powered by 32MB of DDR memory to accelerate all of today's hottest 3D games. With DDR memory you have twice the memory bandwidth for the highest data transfer rates through the pipeline. It delivers immersive, realistic 32-bit true color 3D graphics at the fastest possible framerates and high resolution 32-bit 3D gaming up to 2048x1536. ATI's Radeon is the only card to offer the Charisma Engine with advanced features such as 4 Matrix Skinning and Key Frame interpolation. The 4 Matrix Skinning in Radeon allows characters that in the past seemed blocky and robotic to jump to life with fluid, realistic movements. Radeon brings game environments to life with the most advanced 3D engine ever developed. ATI is the only card to support advanced features such as 3D texture support for new volumetric effects and support for all forms bump mapping effects (Emboss, Dot product 3 and Environmental Bump Mapping). DirectX is the Microsoft interface that allows games to communicate with the graphics hardware. DirectX 8 is the latest version of DirectX that will be available later this year. ATI offers the most complete DirectX 8 feature implementation available today with support for programmable pixel shaders, tweening and skinning, all forms of bump mapping and 3D textures. Radeon boards advance ATI's leadership in digital video with more new features, including on-chip Motion Compensation and IDCT MPEG acceleration together with adaptive de-interlacing. The ability to decode all the HDTV formats without loading the CPU, and directly driving both analog and DVI digital high definition displays without the need for external hardware, make RADEON the world's best platform for PC-based HDTV and DVD. Key Features Slot Type: 1 x AGP Installed Video Memory: 32 MB Resolution: 2048 x 1536 Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
General Features Slot Type 1 x AGP Installed Video Memory 32 MB Resolution 2048 x 1536 Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Color Depth at Maximum Resolution 32-bit (16.7M colors + 8-bit Alpha) Refresh Rate at Max Resolution 75 Hz System Type Windows (unspecified version) Connectors Video - 15 pin High-Density D-shell (VGA) AGP Support AGP 2x, AGP 4x Type of Video Card 3D graphics acceleration Memory Technology DDR SDRAM Video Chipset ATI RADEON Video Standards HDTV Case Pack Quantity 1 Warranty Base Warranty 5 years warranty Manufacturer Part No. 100-430029 Company Info ATI Technologies Technical Support URL ATI Technologies Tech Support