Fire GL Z1- Retail 128MB

FEATURES- Fire GL Z1- Retail Package

FIRE GL Z1 128MB AGP 3.0 8x/4x bus Workstation grpahics board. FIRE GL Z1 is ATI's mid-range workstation graphics board, featuring FGL 9500 Visual Processing Unit (VPU). With advanced architecture and 128MB of memory, FIRE GL Z1 delivers groundbreaking performance to power leading DCC and CAD software applications. With the addition of photo-realistic visualization and 3D asset management tools, FIRE GL Z1, enables the collaborative workflow and accelerates the production pipeline, providing digital content creators, engineers and game developers with the power to generate stunning 3D animation, cinematic visual effects and design work in real-time.

* Advanced graphics architecture
- 128MB DDR memory to meet the needs of the most demanding CAD/CAM engineers and professional animators.

- 256-bit memory interface removes hardware performance bottleneck and provides end users with faster 3D graphics.

- 4-pixel pipeline architecture

- 128-bit floating point precision frame buffer allows complex operations without losing precision for photo-realistic renderings.

- Supports new AGP 8X standard, providing a two way high-speed interface between the graphics subsystem and the workstation (2.0 GB/sec).

* High level of realism
- 24-bit for each color component (RGBA) enables true-life images to be displayed beyond 16.7M colors.

- Fully supports DirectX 9.0

- First to support DirectX 9.0 functionality in OpenGL

- SMARTSHADER 2.0 technology allows developers to create more complex visual effects.

- SMOOTHVISION 2.0 technology enhances image quality by removing jagged edges and bringing out fine texture detail, without compromising performance.

* Optimized Software Support
- Optimized for leading CAD and DCC software applications

- Provides stable and reliable software support for Windows and Linux platforms.

- Includes RENDERMONKEY - ATI's shader tool developed to allow programmers to customize and accelerate shaders.

- Bundled with Right Hemisphere's Deep Visualizer to provide engineers, designers, artists and animators a simple user friendly tool for hardware acceleration of photo-realistic shaders in leading CAD and DCC software.

- Bundled with Right Hemisphere's Deep Exploration, a 3D asset management tool for efficient sharing of 3D content across a wide variety of mediums.

Add'l Return Info: Past Exch-Call ATI 905-882-2600

BUS - 32-bit AGP 3.0 8x/4x

MEMORY - 128 MB of DDR memory

CHIPSET - FGL 9500 Visual Processing Unit (VPU)

CONNECTORs- (2) 24-pin DVI-I ports

FEATURES -
128MB frame buffer with 256-bit DDR memory interface
128-bit floating point precision frame buffer
24-bit per RGBA displays beyond 16.7M colors
Four parallel rendering pipelines
Four parallel geometry engines
AGP 8X support
Quad buffer stereo support
Direct X 9.0 functionality in OpenGL (Current product supports
DX8. DX9 will be enabled with a subsequent drivers release scheduled for April 2003). Dual integrated display controllers
Dual integrated 10-bit per channel 400 MHz DACs
Integrated 165 MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI & HDCP compliant)
Optimized for Pentium 4 SSE2 and AMD Athlon 3Dnow!
PC 2002 compliant

Tools for collaborative workflow available with retail products:
- ATI s RENDERMONKEY shader editor/translator tool

- Right Hemisphere s Deep Visualizer shader viewer tool

- Right Hemisphere s Deep Exploration 3D asset management tool SMARTSHADER 2.0

- Programmable pixel and vertex shaders

- 16 textures per pass

- Pixel shaders up to 160 instructions with 32-bit floating point precision for each RGBA component.

- Vertex shaders up to 1024 instructions with flow control

- Multiple render target support

- Shadow volume rendering acceleration

- High precision 10-bit per channel frame buffer support

- Supports DirectX 9.0 and the latest version of OpenGL SMOOTHVISION 2.0

- 2x/4x/6x full scene anti-aliasing modes

- Adaptive algorithm with programmable sample patterns

- 2x/4x/8x/16x anisotropic filtering modes

- Adaptive algorithm with bi-linear (performance) and tri-linear (quality) options. HYPER Z III

- 3-level Hierarchical Z-Buffer with early Z test

- Lossless Z-Buffer compression (up to 24:1)

- Fast Z-Buffer Clear

VIDEO MODE SUPPORT-
The Video Modes listed comply with the VESA Discrete Monitor Timing Standard (DMT Spec 1.0 Rev 0.8) or with the VESA Coordinated Video Timings Standard Proposal (CVT Rev 1.0) where applicable. For modes not covered by either DMT or CVT the VESA General Timing Formula (GTF Rev 1.1) applies.

O/S SUPPORT- Linux, Windows XP, Windows 2000

REQUIRES- Pentium 4, AMD K6/Athlon or compatible
AGP 8x/4x slot
128MB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive