7ASUS AGP-V3000 User’s ManualI. IntroductionI. IntroductionChecklist/FeaturesThank you for purchasing the ASUS AGP-V3000 Graphics & Video Accelerator.With the SGS-THOMSON RIVA 128™ built in, the ASUS AGP-V3000 providesyou with fast acceleration in both 2D/3D graphics and high quality scalable videoplayback, which can fully support 3D Gaming and Multimedia Applications.Item Checklist˛ ASUS AGP-V3000˛ This User’s Manual˛ ASUS Driver & Utility CDKey Benefits• Supports professional graphics design, gaming, learning, and business applications• Flicker free, high refresh rates reduce eye strain• Powerful 3D rendering• Crisp, realistic images• Striking cinema-quality videoFeatures• Built-in SGS-THOMSON RIVA 128™ 128-bit 3D Multimedia Accelerator• User-friendly Installation for Windows 95 and Windows 3.x.• Built-in VIP Bus Connectors for TV Tuner, Video Capture, MPEG-1, and MPEG-II• Acceleration for Windows 95 APIs, including Direct3D and DirectDraw (+ VPE)• Acceleration for Windows NT APIs, including Direct3D, and DirectDraw• Massive array of floating point Geometry Processing Units• 128-bit 2D/GUI/DirectDraw Acceleration• Video Acceleration (including acceleration for MPEG-I, MPEG-II, and Indeo)• X and Y up and down video scaling• 206MHz Palette-DAC• AGP 1.0 Interface• 4MB 128-bit 100MHz SGRAM frame buffer interface with 1.6GB/s bus bandwidth• Excellent performance at high resolutions and color depths