SUMMARY: It is always good to have choice. Up until ATI released its Radeon 8500, many users wanting powerful computer systems were forced to look for nVidia based graphics solutions. Fortunately for us, ATI hit back hard with their Radeon 9xxx series of graphics cards which presented us with new choices and happily opened the market right up. Gigabyte were one company which went along with ATI and Cameron "Sov" Johnson takes us on a discovery of both of the latest Maya series graphics cards based on ATI's Radeon 9700 Pro and 9000 cores!
V-Tuner Tweaker supported, can overclock your VPU and Memory speed.
Features At-a-glance
Fastest* 3D gaming performance with next-generation VPU architecture
Complete DirectX® 9.0 support for unprecedented realism and sophisticated visual effects
SMOOTHVISION™ 2.0 technology provides new levels of image quality with advanced full-scene anti-aliasing (FSAA) and anisotropic filtering
Revolutionary new video features including VIDEOSHADER™ and FULLSTREAM™ technologies
Featuring CATALYST™ - ATI's industry-leading software suite with frequently scheduled free updates providing additional features and performance over the product's lifetime
DVI-I and TV-Out connector supported
Fastest 3D Gaming Performance
128MB DDR memory accelerates the latest 3D games
256-bit memory interface removes hardware performance bottleneck and provides end users with faster 3D graphics
Industry's first 8-pixel pipeline architecture, providing twice the rendering power of any currently competing product.
Supports the new AGP 8X standard, providing a high-speed link between the graphics board and the rest of the PC (2.0 GB/sec)
First to fully support DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGLR functionality
New SMARTSHADER™ 2.0 technology allows users to experience complex, movie-quality effects in next-generation 3D games and applications
SMOOTHVISION™ 2.0 technology enhances image quality by removing jagged edges and bringing out fine texture detail, without compromising performance
96-bit floating-point color precision allows for a greater range of colors and brightness
Unique VIDEOSHADER™ engine uses programmable pixel shaders to accelerate video processing and provide better-looking visuals
ATI's new FULLSTREAM™ technology removes blocky artifacts from Streaming and Internet video and provides sharper image quality
Output
D-Sub , S-Video , DVI-I
Bundle Software
CyberLink PowerDVD XP
Serious Sam (Game CD)
Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 (Game CD)
Rune (Game CD)
Motocross Mania (Game CD)
4X4 EVO and Oni (in 1 CD, Lite version
Maya Radeon 9000 Specifications
Graphics controller
RADEON™ 9000 PRO graphics processing unit (GPU)
Memory configuration
64MB of double data rate memory(DDR)
Features At-a-glance
Powered by ATi Radeon 9000 serial GPU
Comprehensive 2X and 4X AGP support
High performance dual-channel 128-bit DDR memory interface supports 64MB configurations
Optimized for Pentium® 4 SSE2 and AMD Athlon™ 3Dnow! processor instructions
Highly optimized 128-bit 2D engine with support for new WindowsR XP GDI extensions
Best-of-class 3D gaming with a four-pipeline architecture
Supports DirectX(r) 8.1 and OpenGL(r) 1.3 features
CHARISMA ENGINE(tm) II supports full Transformation, Clipping and Lighting (T&L) at 75 million triangles/second peak processing capability
Complex, realistic lighting effects with ATI SMARTSHADER™ technology
Sharper-looking 3D graphics with ATI SMOOTHVISION™ technology
Dual display support with HYDRAVISION™
Featuring CATALYST™ - Industry-leading software suite
DVI-I and TV-Out connector supported
Supports Gigabyte V-Tuner for overclocking and hardware monitoring
3D Graphics Features
Four parallel rendering pipelines process up to 1.2 billion pixels per second
SMARTSHADER™ technology o Full support for DirectX® 8.1 programmable pixel and vertex shaders in hardware o 1.4 pixel shaders support up to 6 textures per rendering pass o 1.1 vertex shaders support vertex programs up to 128 instructions o Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® via extensions o Programmable shaders provide enhanced 3D effects in over 100 existing and upcoming game titles
MAYA GV-R9000 PRO Features
SMARTSHADER™
DirectX® 8.1 support
OpenGL® 1.3
SMOOTHVISION™
HYPER Z™ II
CHARISMA ENGINE™ II
PIXEL TAPESTRY™ II
VIDEO IMMERSION™ II
High Performance Memory Support
Dual Display Support
Integrated Transformation, Clipping and Lighting
Twin Cache Architecture
SuperScalar Rendering
Single-Pass Multi-texturing
True Color Rendering
Triangle Setup Engine
Texture Cache
Bilinear/Trilinear Filtering
Line & Edge Anti-aliasing
Full-Screen Anti-aliasing
Texture Compositing
Texture Decompression
Specular Highlights
Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping
Mip-Mapping
Z-buffering and Double-buffering
Emboss, Dot Product 3 and Environment bump mapping
Spherical, Dual-Paraboloid and Cubic environment mapping
Fog effects, texture lighting, video textures, reflections, shadows, spotlights, LOD biasing and texture morphing
