Introduction; Preface; Key Features - Gigabyte GV-R80P256D User Manual

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
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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

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First to fully support DirectX
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n Supports the new AGP 8X standard
n First 12-pixel pipeline architecture
All new 256-bit memory interface
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256MB DDR III memory accelerates the latest 3D games
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n First to use pixel shaders to accelerate video
n DVI-I and TV-Out connector supported
GV-R80P256D(V) Graphics Accelerator

1. INTRODUCTION

9.0 and the latest OpenGL
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X800 Pro Visual Processing Unit (VPU)
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9.0
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functionality
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