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Just in time to compete with the long awaited new
Radeon's from ATI, nVidia has release their latest version
of the popular GeForce GPU's named "Titanium." By
now, it is fairly obvious that when it comes to
competition, nVidia doesn't like to be in second place,
and with their latest offering being released in such a
timely fashion, their position should be safe. By
fine tuning the existing manufacturing processes of both
GeForce2 and GeForce3 GPU's, nVidia has been able to
remain extremely aggressive in the graphics processor
market.
One of the first manufacturers to adopt nVidia's new
Titanium line is VisionTek, Inc. They have created three
additions to their already popular Xtasy product line, the
Xtasy 5864 GeForce2 Ti, Xtasy 6564 Geforce3 Ti200 and the
Xtasy 6964 GeForce3 Ti500. With so many video cards
to cover, let's get right to it and see what VisionTek has
to offer.
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Specifications and Features of the VisionTek
Xtasy Ti Series |
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Features and Benefits
of Xtasy 5864?
Graphics Chipset
GeForce2 Ti
Graphics Core
250MHz, 256-bit 2D/3D GPU
Memory/Interface
64MB DDR/128-bit wide
Memory Clock
400 MHz SDR Equivalent
Memory Bandwidth
6.4 GB/sec.
Fill Rate (texels)
2B/sec.
2D/3D resolution (max)
2048 x 1536 @ 75Hz
1 Billion Pixel/Second
Rendering
Second Generation Integrated Transform Lighting
(T&L) Engines
NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer (NSR)
High-Definition Video Processor
AGP 4X/2X, AGP Texturing, and Fast Writes Support
32-bit Z/stencil buffer
Microsoft® DirectX® and OpenGL® Optimizations and
Support
Unified Driver Support
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Features and Benefits of Xtasy
6564?
Graphics Chipset
GeForce3 Ti 200
Graphics Core
175MHz, 256-bit 2D/3D GPU
Memory/Interface
64MB DDR/128-bit wide
Memory Clock
400 MHz SDR Equivalent
Memory Bandwidth
6.4 GB/sec.
Fill Rate (texels)
1400M/sec.
2D/3D resolution (max)
2048 x 1536 @ 75Hz
Shadow
Buffers
nfiniteFX® Engine
Vertex & Pixel Shaders
Lightspeed Memory Architecture
High-Resolution Antialiasing (HRAA)
High-Definition Video
TV
/ S-Video Out
DirectX®8.1 Compatibility.
AGP
4X/2X, AGP Texturing Support
DirectX and OpenGL Optimizations
Unified Driver Support
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Features and Benefits
of Xtasy 6964?
Graphics Chipset
GeForce3 Ti 500
Graphics Core
240MHz, 256-bit 2D/3D GPU
Memory/Interface
64MB DDR/128-bit wide
Memory Clock
500 MHz SDR Equivalent
Memory Bandwidth
8.0 GB/sec.
Fill Rate (texels)
1920M/sec.
2D/3D resolution (max)
2048 x 1536 @ 75Hz
Shadow
Buffers
3D
Textures
nfiniteFX? Engine
Vertex & Pixel Shaders
Lightspeed Memory Architecture
High-Resolution Antialiasing (HRAA)
High-Definition Video Processor
VGA
/ TV / S-Video Out / DVI-I
AGP
4X/2X, AGP Texturing Support
DirectX and OpenGL Optimizations
Unified Driver Support
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A few weeks
ago, the BigWop himself gave the new Titanium line from
nVidia a thorough once-over, outlining the new and
improved features. I recommend clicking
here if you haven't had the chance to read it.
Now we'll take a look at some of the goodies you get when
you buy a VisionTek Xstay video card.
In addition to
the video card themselves, VisionTek includes two CD's
within each package. A comprehensive drivers CD is
included that supports all Windows Operating systems and
includes a detailed manual and installation video.
Also on the disk are numerous nVidia demos to demonstrate
the power of your new video card. Below are a few
shots of the more popular ones we've seen. These
card have been out for a while now and I haven't stopped
being impressed by the quality that these applications
demonstrate.
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The second CD
that comes with the package is a full version copy of
PowerDVD 3. I have been using PowerDVD 3 since its
release and think it is one of the better pieces of DVD
software that you can buy. This was an excellent
decision by the folks at VisionTek to offer their
customers a quality DVD software package. With each
of the three cards that we've sampled, DVD playback was
excellent.
Now we'll roll
up our sleeves and really go over the quality of each of
the three cards...
Quality,
Setup and the Drivers
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