Gigabyte GV-R80P256V Manual - Page 4

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English 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE GV-R80P256D/GV-R80P256V features world's first 12-pipeline architecture for twice the rendering power, 256MB of memory to accelerate latest 3D games and new SMARTSHADER™ 2.1 technologysupporting DirectX®9.0 andthe latestOpenGL®functionality to give developers the freedomto create more complicated and realistic visual effects than ever before. GV-R80P256D/GV-R80P256V supports the new AGP 8Xstandard, which allows large volumes of texture and vertex data to be transferred faster from system memory to the chip. 1.2. KEY FEATURES n Powered by RADEON™ X800 Pro Visual Processing Unit (VPU) n First to fully support DirectX® 9.0 n Supports the new AGP 8X standard n First 12-pixelpipeline architecture n All new 256-bit memory interface n 256MB DDRIII memory accelerates the latest 3D games n First to use pixel shaders to accelerate video n DVI-Iand TV-Out connector supported GV-R80P256D(V) Graphics Accelerator - 4 -

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GV-R80P256D(V) Graphics Accelerator
- 4 -
English
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
GV-R80P256D/GV-R80P256V features world's first 12-pipeline architecture for twice the
rendering power, 256MB of memory to accelerate latest 3D games and new
SMARTSHADER
2.1 technology supporting DirectX
®
9.0 andthe latest OpenGL
®
functionality
to give developers the freedom to create more complicated and realistic visual effects than
ever before. GV-R80P256D/GV-R80P256V supports the new AGP 8X standard, which
allows large volumes of texture and vertex data to be transferred faster from system
memory to the chip.
1.2. KEY FEATURES
n
Powered by RADEON
X800 Pro Visual Processing Unit (VPU)
n
First to fully support DirectX
®
9.0
n
Supports the new AGP 8X standard
n
First 12-pixel pipeline architecture
n
All new 256-bit memory interface
n
256MB DDR III memory accelerates the latest 3D games
n
First to use pixel shaders to accelerate video
n
DVI-I and TV-Out connector supported