Intel ® 915Gv Chipset; Intel 915Gv Graphics Subsystem - Intel BOXD915GVWBL - Desktop Board D915GVWBL Manual

1.6 Intel ® 915GV Chipset
The Intel 915GV chipset consists of the following devices:
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Intel 82915GV Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) with Direct Media Interface (DMI)
interconnect
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Intel 82801FB I/O Controller Hub (ICH6) with DMI interconnect
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Firmware Hub (FWH)
The GMCH is a centralized controller for the system bus, the memory bus, the PCI Express bus,
and the DMI interconnect. The ICH6 is a centralized controller for the board's I/O paths. The
FWH provides the nonvolatile storage of the BIOS.
For information about
The Intel 915GV chipset
Resources used by the chipset

1.6.1 Intel 915GV Graphics Subsystem

The Intel GMA900 graphics controller (contained within the 82915GV GMCH) features the
following:
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Integrated graphics controller
⎯ 32 bpp (Bits Per Pixel) graphics engine
⎯ 333 MHz core frequency
⎯ 256-bit 2-D engine
⎯ 32-bit 3-D engine
⎯ Motion video acceleration
⎯ Pixel Shader 2.0
⎯ 4-pixel pipes
⎯ DirectX 9.0 Hardware Acceleration
⎯ Software Vertex Shader
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Up to 2048 x 1536 at 75 Hz refresh
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High performance 3-D setup and render engine
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High quality/performance texture engine
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Display
⎯ Integrated 24-bit 400 MHz RAMDAC
⎯ DDC2B compliant interface
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Video hardware motion compensation for software MPEG2 decode
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Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) support up to 224 MB
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®
Intel Zoom Utility
For information about
DVMT
Obtaining graphics software and utilities
Product Description
Refer to
http://developer.intel.com/
Chapter 2
Refer to
Section 1.6.1.1, page 22
Section 1.3, page 15
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