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The
Leadtek WinFast S320II w/ 32MB SGRAM and TV Out
3D/2D
Acceleration
- Second-generation
TwiN texel 32-bit graphics pipeline
- 100% hardware
triangle setup
- Optimized for
Direct3D acceleration with full support for DirectX6.0
- 32-bit ARGB
rendering with destination alpha
- 24-bit
Z-buffer, 8-big stencil buffer
- Anisotropic
filtering (better than Tri-linear MIP-mapping)
- Per pixel
perspective correct texture mapping including Fog, Light, and
MIP-mapping
- High
performance 128-bit 2D/GUI/DirectDraw acceleration
- 250M
Pixels/Sec. Fill Rate
Video
Acceleration
- Hardware YUV
4:2:2 and 4:2:0 color space conversion support
- Multi-tap X
and Y filtering
- Support
planar YUV12 (4:2:0) to/from packed (4:2:2) conversion for
software MPEG acceleration
- DVD
sub-picture alpha blended compositing
- Video
acceleration for DirectShow, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1
AGP
4X Sideband Support
- AGP 4X/2X/1X
mode with full sideband/Execute mode support
- Supports over
900MB/sec in AGP 4X mode
Bundle
Software
- MPEG-2 (DVD)
Player
- PowerDVD from
Cyberlink
- 3D Web
Authoring tool
- WEB 3D from
Asymetrix
- Virtual
reality web browser Plug-in
- WIRL from
Platinum
- Authoring
tool for VRML
- VRCreator
from Platinum
- Graphics
& Animation Software
- 3D/FX from
Asymetrix
- Authoring
Tool
- RealiMation
STE (Demo) from Datapath
- Internet
Browser
- Microsoft
Internet Explorer
- Video Editing
& Audio Clips Software
- Digital Video
Producer from Asymetrix
- Internet
Video Playback Plug-in
- VDOLive Video
Player from VDOnet
The above box shot cracks me up! You should see the Driver CD! There
are all kinds of funky people on it like this dude! At any rate,
this is an impressive set of specs and truly a well rounded card.
The bundled software is a little lack luster. I personally don't
care for game bundles all that much. Just give me solid hardware at
a competitive price and save the confetti. Leadtek delivered here.
This is a quality product. The layout of the board is neat, compact
and efficient. Also, there is the added bonus of a heat sink that is
equipped with a cooling fan on this card. This should afford you the
utmost stability at top end clock rates. The board comes equipped
with a standard Flash EPROM BIOS that is ready for updates while
still in your computer. It should be "downloadable" from
the Leadtek Web Site, should the need arise. So, you want us to fire
this puppy up, right?!
Our Test
System
Full Tower
ATX Case w/ 300W PS, Pentium 2 -333 Overclocked to 500 Mhz., Shuttle
HOT-649A Dual Processor Motherboard (single processor used), 128 MB
of PC100 CAS2 RAM, IBM Deskstar 10GXP 10GB 7200 RPM EIDE UDMA Hard
Drive, IBM 4.5GB DDRS34560D 7200 RPM Ultra SCSI 2 Drive, Leadtek
WinFast S320II w/ 32MB SGRAM AGP Video Card,
Monster Sound MX300 PCI Audio Card, Toshiba SDM1202 3rd. Gen. 4.8X
DVD/32X CDROM, TNT Detonator Drivers, Win 98, DirectX 6.1
2D/3D
Image Quality
The 2D Image
Quality of the S320II is excellent. The TNT2 chipset it utilizes,
gives a bright well saturated desktop display that is very crisp all
the way up to 1600X1200. On our 19" Sony, the picture was
perfect at our favorite Desktop Resolution of 1152X864. The 3D Image
Quality is in a class all by itself! Here is some eye candy for you!
Click
Images for a closer look !
If
you want the original HyperSnap TGA Shots, click
here for the ZIP file.
Enough
of the pretty pictures. Let's hit you with the numbers! On to.....
S320II
Benchmarks! --------->
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