Features

3D Performance and Quality

SmartShader™

• Provides comprehensive hardware-accelerated support for DirectX® 8.1 programmable shader model, enabling more complex and realistic texture and lighting effects than ever before
• Full supported by OpenGL® using custom extensions
• Up to 6 textures per single rendering pass
• Enables advanced per-pixel effects such as reflective bump mapping, anisotropic lighting and Phong shading
  

SmoothVision™

• ATI’s most flexible and efficient anti-aliasing implementation available to date
• Eliminates “jaggies” on the edges of objects, shimmering pixels on distant surfaces, and other visual artifacts for smoother-looking images
• Superior visual quality without compromising performance
• 16 programmable sample modes, selectable on a per pixel basis
• Up to 8 samples per pixel
• Fully compatible with DirectX® 8.1 multisample buffers

Industry leading power management

PowerPlay™

• ATI's third-generation PowerPlay™ power management technology provides users with the optimal balance between performance and power consumption
  • Multiple power-saving settings offer increased control and flexibility
  • POWER-ON-DEMAND - constantly monitors system activity, dynamically adjusting clocks and voltage based on user scenario
  • LOW POWER LCD - LCD enables lower refresh rate for longer battery life

Visual quality & productivity

• Leading-edge technology with integrated support for multiple combinations of displays; includes Hydravision™ software which provides the most flexible and easy-to-use interface for multiple display settings
  
• Integrated dual-channel LVDS, with support for QXGA resolutions (2048x1536)
  
• 165 MHz integrated TMDS transmitter (Digital Flat Panels)
  
• Integrated TV-Out Encoder
• Improved RAMDAC speed of 400MHz
• Integrated Spread Spectrum
• Integrated 12-bit DDR and 24-bit SDR Digital Port
• Improved ratiometric expansion with ATI ZOOM technology; enabling users to change display resolutions with a single keystroke

Portable entertainment on a notebook

• Integrated MPEG-2 decode including iDCT, motion compensation, and hardware sub-picture decoder
• Back-end scaler delivers top quality, industry-leading DVD playback with lowest CPU usage
• Front-end scaler enables playback on two separate displays
• 8-bit alpha blending and video keying for effective overlay of video and graphics

Three Pin-Compatible Variants for Ultimate Design Flexibility

• Mobility™ Radeon™ 9000 represents ATI’s sixth generation of mobile graphics to integrated memory on the chip. With three variants, Mobility™ Radeon™ 9000 offers true flexibility for numerous mobile form factors, from full size to “thin-and-light”. Mobility™ Radeon™ 9000 has three variants:
  
  • Discrete
  • On-chip 32MB DDR (64-bit)
  • On-chip 64MB DDR (128-bit)
  • On-chip 128MB DDR (128-bit)

Performance, technologies and features listed above can vary with specific notebook implementations.
Please consult with Notebook vendor for a complete list of supported features.