XPERT 98

Powerful 3D, 2D, and video acceleration

XPERT 98 AT A GLANCE

Powered by ATI RAGE graphics technology

Brilliant 2D Graphics up to 1600x1200@85 Hz

32-bit true color 3D graphics up to 1280x1024

DVD Playback with ATI's Software DVD Player (AGP version only)

Windows 98 ready

Supports ATI-TV WONDER

AGP 2X and PCI versions available

Great for 3D PC Gaming and Multimedia Projects:

Features 8MB of powerful memory and ATI RAGE graphics technology

32-bit true color (16.7 million colors) 3D graphics up to 1280x1024

Full acceleration of, and compliance with, DirectX, Direct3D and OpenGL application and games

Advanced 3D features including triangle setup engine, texture cache, bilinear/trilinear filtering and perspectively correct texture mapping

Brilliant 2D Graphics:

High-speed 64-bit 2D acceleration to power all your business applications

Resolution support up to 1600x1200 @ 85 Hz

2D acceleration performance under Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0

Supports ATI-TV WONDER

Get TV on your PC by adding ATI-TV WONDER to your system

ATI-TV WONDER captures video from your TV or camcorder, lets you zoom in on the action or even watch TV for you, unattended

Available Configurations

8MB AGP or PCI

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP 2X) Version features

DVD PLAYBACK

ATI Software DVD Player processes DVD video through high-quality scaling (720x480)

True color video in any graphics mode and full-frame rate playback in Windows 98 or Windows 95

Get DVD playback without having to purchase a separate and expensive MPEG-2/DVD decoder card

Specifications

System Requirements

PCI version: Pentium/Pro/III/II, Celeron or compatible with 33 MHz (PCI local bus 2.1 compliant)

AGP version: Pentium III/II, Celeron or compatible with AGP 2X bus (AGP 1.0 compliant)

DVD playback with AGP version

DVD requires DVD drive (supported under Windows 98/95b only) and ATI's Software DVD Player

Installation software requires CD-ROM drive

Graphics Controller

ATI RAGE graphics for high performance 64-bit graphics acceleration with superior support for 2D, 3D and video acceleration

Operating Systems Support

Click here for information on ATI’s support for Windows 2000

Windows 98

Windows 95b

Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0

DOS 5.0 or higher

OpenGL for NT 4.0

Display Support

Register compatible with VGA

BIOS compatible with VESA for super VGA

DDC1/2b/2b+ monitor support

VESA Display Power Management Support

Separate horizontal & vertical sync at TTL levels

3D Acceleration Features

DirectX 6.0 compatible, Direct3D 5.0, DirectDraw

Triangle Setup Engine

Texture Cache

Bilinear/Trilinear Filtering

Edge Anti-Aliasing

Texture Compositing

Texture Decompression

Specular Highlights

Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping

Mip-Mapping

Z-buffering and Double-buffering

Bump mapping

Fog effects, texture lighting, video textures, reflections, shadows, spotlights, LOD biasing and texture morphing

Warranty

5-year limited warranty

2D Display Modes: Resolutions, Colors and Maximum Refresh Rates (Hz)

Resolution 640x 480 800x 600 1024x 768 1152x 864 1280x 1024 1600x 1200

256 colors 200 200 150 120 100 85

65K colors 200 200 150 120 100 85

16.7M colors 200 200 150 120 100 75

Maximum 3D Resolution(Hz)

8MB

65K colors 1600x1200

16.7M colors 1280x1024

Footnote: Maximum 3D resolution and colors supported with specified memory using double buffered setting and z-buffer.