Award-Winning 3D/2D Performance; High Quality Video Playback; Full Software Support; Supports Super High Resolution Graphics Modes - Nvidia GeForce 256 User Manual

User's Guide

Award-Winning 3D/2D performance

l 4 Pipeline 3D Graphics Engine
l 2D Graphics Acceleration
l Fast 32-bit VGA/SVGA support
l High performance implementation of Direct3D and
OpenGL standards

High quality video playback

l Full-Screen, full-frame DVD playback
l Video acceleration for DirectShow, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and
Indeo
l Video DMA for Efficient VIP Host operations

Full Software Support

l Windows
l Windows
l OpenGL ICD for Windows
Windows
l Linux

Supports super high resolution graphics modes

l 640x480
l 800x600
l 1024x768
l 1152x864
l 1280x1024
l 1600x1200
l 1920x1200
l 2048x1536
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95 and 98 Display Drivers
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2000, Windows
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95 an 98
8/16/32 bit colors with 240Hz
8/16/32 bit colors with 240Hz
8/16/32 bit colors with 200Hz
8/16/32 bit colors with 150Hz
8/16/32 bit colors with 120Hz
8/16/32 bit colors with 85Hz
8/16/32 bit colors with 75Hz
8/16 bit colors with 60Hz
1-2
MS-8809 nVIDIA GeForce 256
NT 4.0 Display Drivers
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2000, Windows NT 4.0, and
Graphics Accelerator