Nvidia GeForce 256 User Manual

MS-8809 nVIDIA GeForce 256
Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
Chapter 1
MS-8809 nVIDIA GeForce 256 Graphics Accelerator
1. Overview
MS-8809 nVIDIA GeForce 256 Graphics Accelerator is the
ultimate 3D graphics processors. With ultra speed up graph-
ics processing for richer 3D graphics, they also free up the
CPU cycles to improve the non-graphics aspects of PC
entertainment such as more realistic physics calculations,
better artificial intelligence(AI), and more.
2. Features
Chip List:
r nVIDIA Ge-Force : 2D & 3D accelerator processor.
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General Features
l Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with complete
support for DirectX 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0
l Unparalled 256-bit Single Chip GPU(Graphics Processing
Unit)
l Video acceleration for DirectShow
TM
, MPEG-1, MPEG-2
and Indeo
®
l 350MHz Palette-DAC
l 128-bit Memory Interface
l NTSC and PAL digital output port supporting external
digital TV encoders
l AGP 4x/2x interface with full sideband support
l Support Ge-Force 32MB Frame Buffer
l High Quality HDTV/Digital Flat Panel supported
l Integrated Transform. Clipping, lighting, and setup

Nvidia GeForce 256 Specifications

General

Core Clock	120 MHz
Memory Size	32 MB
Memory Type	SDR
Memory Clock	166 MHz
Memory Bus	128-bit
DirectX Support	7.0
Transistors	23 million
GPU	NV10
RAMDAC	350 MHz
OpenGL Support	1.2
Bus Interface	AGP 4x
Manufacturing Process	220 nm
Memory Bandwidth	2.656 GB/s
Pixel Fillrate	480 MPixel/s
Texture Fillrate	480 MTexel/s