technology features

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
• Fully 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

Only universal platform architecture
Using ATI's FlexFit™ Universal Platform Architecture, notebook manufacturers have the flexibility to utilize one motherboard design to address all market segments, delivering three core benefits:

• Pin compatibility - Use the same motherboard design for multiple market segments for scalable solutions over time
• Increased speed to market for notebook products - OEMs can gain the competitive advantage by delivering the latest graphics technology to customers faster
  
• Single driver architecture - IT departments reduce costs through an easier qualification and implementation process and users benefit from a common interface across product generations