Gigabyte GV-R96X256V Manual - Page 6

English 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE GV-R96X256V features 4-pipeline architecture for twice the rendering power, 128MB 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. GV-R96X256V 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 „ Powered by RADEON™ 9600 XT Visual Processing Unit (VPU) „ Supports DirectX® 9.0 „ Supports the new AGP 8X standard „ 4-pixel pipeline architecture „ 128-bit memory interface „ 256MB DDR memory accelerates the latest 3D games „ Supports pixel shaders to accelerate video „ Supports CRT, DVI-I and VIVO connectors GV-R96X256V Graphics Accelerator - 4 -