Basic Specification
• Dual programmable Vertex Shaders
• Advanced programmable Pixel Shaders
• nVIDIA Lightspeed Memory Architecture™ II
• nVIDIA Accuview™ Antialiasing
• 3D Textures
• Shadow Buffers
• 4 dual-rendering pipelines
• 8 texels per clock cycle
• Dual cube environment mapping
• 64MB / 128MB high-speed DDR RAM memory at 500MHz DDR
• High-Definition Video Processor (HDVP)
• AGP 8X with Fast Writes
• AGP 8X / 4X / 2X and AGP Texturing support
• 32-bit color with 32-bit Z/stencil buffer
• Z-correct true, reflective bump mapping
• High-performance 2D rendering engine
• Hardware accelerated real-time shadows
• True-color hardware cursor
• Integrated hardware transform and lighting engine
• High-quality HDTV/DVD playback
• TV-Out and Video Modules
• Multibuffering (double, triple, quad) for smooth animation and video playback
• Microsoft DirectX® and S3TC® texture compression
• 8 GB/sec. memory bandwidth (500MHz DDR)
• 113 million triangles/sec. setup engine
• 4 billion AA sample/sec. fill rate
• 1.03 trillion operations/sec
Key features in more detail include:
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nfiniteFX II engine: The NVIDIA nfiniteFX II Engine incorporates dual programmable Vertex Shaders, faster Pixel Shaders and 3D textures. The nfiniteFX II Engine gives developers the freedom to program a virtually infinite number of custom special effects to create true-to-life characters and environments.
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Accuview Antialiasing (AA): The Accuview Antialiasing subsystem with advanced multisampling hardware delivers full-scene antialiased quality at performance levels never before seen.
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nView Display Technology: The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience. nView allows end-users to select any combination of multiple displays, including digital flat panels, analog CRTs, and TVs, and to modify the display properties using an intuitive software interface.
The basic specifications show that the revised Ti 4200 has had a little makeover in the 8 months or so since the initial variant shipped. This should allow manufacturers to smarten up their presentation, bundles and accessories. We know that a number of branded cards will undergo certain customisations - each manufacturer wants their card to look distinctive.
Hmm, choices. Only the Asus is unboxed.
Without further ado let's see each card in a little greater detail.
