Gigabyte GV-R80T256V Manual - Page 6

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English 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE The GV-R80T256V features world's first 16-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 and the latest OpenGL® functionality to give developers the freedom to create more complicated and realistic visual effects than ever before. The GVR80T256V 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™ X800XT Visual Processing Unit (VPU) n First to fully support DirectX® 9.x n Supports the new AGP 8X standard n First 16-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 Supports DVI-I connector n VIVO Function n Supports HDTV GV-R80T256V Graphics Accelerator - 4 -

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GV-R80T256V Graphics Accelerator
- 4 -
English
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
The GV-R80T256V features world's first 16-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 and the latest OpenGL
®
functionality to give developers
the freedom to create more complicated and realistic visual effects than ever before. The GV-
R80T256V 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
X800XT Visual Processing Unit (VPU)
n
First to fully support DirectX
®
9.x
n
Supports the new AGP 8X standard
n
First 16-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
Supports DVI-I connector
n
VIVO Function
n
Supports HDTV