FireGL T2-128

The FireGL™ T2-128 raises the bar in the entry-level workstation graphics market. Based on the FGL™ 9600 Visual Processing Unit (GPU) this powerful 128MB accelerator features two geometry engines and four parallel rendering pipelines. The FireGL T2-128 delivers fast geometry processing, realistic rendering, and optimized application performance for developers, CAD engineers and digital content creators.

Таблица 1: Основные характеристики графической платы ATI FireGL T2

Overview

Whether you’re designing small sub-assemblies or working with larger 3D models, the FireGL T2-128 is the affordable entry level choice for 3D professionals running the leading OpenGL® CAD, AEC and DCC applications under Windows® or Linux® operating systems. All FireGL boards are certified for the leading OpenGL and DirectX 9.0 applications, with full support under Windows and Linux environments.

All advanced graphics features are available across the entire FireGL product line from mobile workstations through high-end systems, and are enabled with a single graphics driver, simplifying system administration within the production environment.

Features

Revolutionary graphics architecture

4-pixel pipeline architecture providing high performance, parallel rendering capabilities

24-bit for each color component (RGBA) enables true-life images to be displayed beyond 16.7M colors

Full scene anti-aliasing

High-speed 128MB DDR memory to meet the needs of the most demanding CAD/CAM and DCC applications

128-bit memory interface

DVI-I and VGA connectors support dual displays

AGP 4X/8X support

Optimized Software Support

Optimized drivers certified for the leading CAD and DCC software applications

Full support for the latest OpenGL® API and Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0

Hardware accelerated rendering using OpenGL Shading Language and DirectX 9 HLSL

Robust support for Windows® and Linux® environments

Specifications

Graphics technology

Powered by the FGL™ 9600 Visual Processing Unit (GPU)

128-bit high bandwidth memory architecture

2 parallel geometry engines

4 parallel pixel pipelines

128-bit full floating point precision

24-bits per RGBA component displays beyond 16.7M colors

Display support

DVI-I and VGA connectors support dual display

Maximum resolution of 2048x1536 per analog display

Independent resolution and refresh rate selection for any two connected displays

Dual integrated 10-bit per channel 400 MHz DACs

Integrated 165 MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI compliant)

 API and Operating systems support

OpenGL®

OpenGL Shading Language

Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0

DirectX® 9.0 HLSL

Windows® XP/Windows® 2000

Linux®

Graphic Features

Hardware acceleration of the following:

Anti-aliased points and lines or full scene anti-aliasing (2X, 4X, 6X)

3D lines and triangles

Stipple points

Two-sided lighting

Up to 8 light sources

Directional and local lighting

OpenGL overlay planes

Occlusion culling

6 user defined clip planes

OpenGL polymode functions

32-bit (24+8-bit stencil) Z Buffer

Fast Z and color clears

Full DX9 vertex shader support with 4 vertex units

SmartShader™ 2.0

Programmable pixel and vertex shaders

16 textures per pass

Pixel shaders up to 160 instructions with 32-bit floating point precision for each RGBA component

Multiple render target support

Shadow volume rendering acceleration

High precision 10-bit per channel frame buffer support

SmoothVision™ 2.0

2X/4X/6X anti-aliasing modes

High performance adaptive algorithm with programmable sample patterns

2X/4X/8X/16X anisotropic filtering modes

Adaptive algorithm with bi-linear (performance) and tri-linear (quality) options

HYPER Z™ III

3-level Hierarchical Z-Buffer with early Z test

Lossless Z-Buffer compression (up to 24:1)

Fast Z-Buffer Clear

System requirements

Intel® Pentium® 4/Xeon™, AMD Athlon®/Opteron™ or compatible CPU

AGP 8X/4X bus

128MB of system memory (256MB or more recommended)

Installation software requires CD-ROM drive

300 watt or greater power supply (recommended)

Warranty and Support

3-year limited product repair/replacement warranty

Workstation level technical support via email and phone

Advanced parts replacement option