Specifications

Overview

• Full support of Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and HLSL
• Full support of OpenGL and the OpenGL Shading Language
• Programmable Pixel and Vertex Shaders
• Quad rendering & dual vertex engines
• Full precision floating point with full performance
• Low power operation

ATI FireGL V3100 Graphics Technology

• Two parallel geometry engines
• Four parallel pixel pipelines
• 128-bit full floating point precision
• 32-bits per RGBA component displays 16.7M colors

Graphics Memory

• ATI FireGL V3100: 64 MB DDR unified graphics memory
• ATI FireGL V3200: 128 MB DDR unified graphics memory

BUS Technology

• PCI Express x16 native support

APIs and Operating Systems

• OpenGL® 1.5 + extensions
• OpenGL Shading Language
• Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0
• DX9 HLSL
• Windows® XP/Windows XP64/Windows 2000
• Linux® 32/Linux 64 Display Support

Graphics Features
Hardware acceleration of the following:

• Anti-aliased points and lines or full scene anti-aliasing (2X, 4X, 6X)
• 3D lines and triangles
• Stipple points
• Two-sided lighting
• Up to 8 light sources
• Directional and local lighting
• OpenGL overlay planes
• Occlusion culling
• 6 user defined clip planes
• OpenGL polymode functions
• 32-bit (24+8-bit stencil) Z Buffer
• Fast Z and color clears
• Full DX9 vertex shader support with 4 vertex units

HyperMemory

• Uses the high-speed bi-directional data transfer capabilities of PCI Express to store and access graphics data in system memory, leading to less dependence on dedicated graphics memory and a lower overall notebook cost

SmoothVision™ 2.1

• Improves image quality by smoothing jagged edges, improving blurriness and refining background details during on-screen motion and at lower resolutions.
• Multisampling with up to 6 unique samples per pixel and ATI’s patented gamma correction Up to 16X Anisotropic filtering improves image quality by sharpening blurry textures to bring out finer detail

SmartShader™ 2.0

• Provides comprehensive hardware accelerated support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0.
• Fully supported by OpenGL® using custom extensions
• Up to 16 textures per pixel
• Enables advanced Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 effects such as multiple render targets, user clip planes and high dimension floating point textures
• Control panel allows gamers to enable exciting pixel shader effects in Direct3D® or OpenGL® applications.

Accelerated Home & Business Multimedia

• Hardware acceleration for MPEG encoding and decoding, for DVD playback, personal video recorder and time-shifting applications
• Video Input Port for notebook TV tuner solutions
• FullStream™ - hardware accelerated video de-blocking for enhanced Internet streaming video quality
• Optimized support for wide-aspect LCD panels and HDTV output

PowerPlay™ 5.0

• ATI’s fifth-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 – enables lower LCD refresh rate for longer battery life
• Vari-Bright™ technology optimizes notebook panel brightness for more power savings

Visual Display Flexibility

• Flexible and easy-to-use interface for multiple display settings
• LCD-EE™ display engine allows for support of the latest high resolution and wide-screen notebook displays such as WUXGA (1920x1200) and QXGA (2048x1536).
• 165 MHz integrated TMDS transmitter, for support of DVI Digital Flat Panels at up to UXGA resolution (1600x1200)
• Integrated TV-Out Encoder
• Dual RAMDACs at speeds of 400MHz
• Integrated HDTV encoder, supporting component output (YPbPr) for both North American and Japanese D-link connectors

VPU RECOVER™ II

• Automatically activated if the graphics processor hangs, triggering the driver to reset the VPU, avoiding system “crash”

Multiple Variants For Ultimate Design Flexibility
Support for multiple mobile form factors:

• Discrete
• On-chip 32MB DDR (64-bit)
• On-chip 64MB DDR (64-bit)

AXIOM™:
AXIOM™ (Advanced eXpress I/O Module) is a flexible approach to PCI Express modules and provides the most reliable and fastest time to market with cutting edge, innovative solutions on notebook PCs:

• Proven, robust connector
• Standard form factors
• Customization for optimal fit with industrial design
• Standard interconnect for graphics and other peripheral designs
• Full support for ATI FlexFit™ technology