Rx9800 Series - MSI MS-8916 User Manual

Chapter 2

RX9800 Series

SMARTSHADERTM 2.1's flexible architecture removes many of the
stumbling blocks that developers previously encountered, giving
them the chance to fully explore and express their creativity.
SMARTSHADERTM 2.1 offers complete DirectX
enabling cinematic quality lighting effects.
SMOOTHVISIONTM 2.1delivers the sharpest, clearest textures
THRUVIEW
for easy desktop access.
New EAZYLOOK™ full-sized programming grid offers theme
controls and single click navigation.
MulTView TM
Picture and independent channel surfing. (Additional ATI TV
WONDER™ is required for this to work.)
HYPER Z III+
TM
The intelligent memory design of the RADEON 9800 SERIES
increases effective memory bandwidth, resulting in better
performance.
SMOOTHVISION
adaptive texture filtering technologies, by adding support for anti-
aliasing and anisotropic filtering at higher resolutions.
VIDEOSHADER
SERIES display architecture, allowing the pixel shaders to interact
with and enhance video output.
FULLSTREAM
interlacing are examples of applying shaders to outgoing video.
The RADEON 9800 SERIES supports multiple display configurations
including CRT, DVI, and TV-Out connectors.
The RADEON 9800 SERIES offers HDTV and DVD playback, MPEG-2
decoding, alpha-blending, and other integrated functions for a
complete, high performance video playback solution.
Radio frequency wireless remote adds the flexibility of a hand held,
30 foot user interface.
Add effects, transitions and sound to videos with Pinnacle Studio™
software.
Save projects to VideoCD and DVD formats or output to digital ready
television.
VideoSoap™ provides filtering techniques that improve sharpness
and smooth blurry motion for high quality personal video.
Capture pictures and video at up to 30 frames per second.
Comprehensive AGP 8X/4X/2X support
One display (VGA or DVI) simultaneously connected with a TV or
VCR
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creates live, translucent TV, video and DVD windows
TM
enables dual TV tuner capabilities including Picture-in-
TM 2.1 improves upon ATI's leading sampling and
TM integrates pixel shaders with the READEON 9800
TM video deblocking and improved adaptive de-
® 9.0 support,