Leadtek Introduces WinFast 3D S600 All-Purpose 3D Multimedia Accelerator.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 1996--Leadtek Research, Inc., a world leader in high performance PC graphics and video solutions, today announced the WinFast 3D S600 all-purpose 2D/3D Multimedia accelerator. Based on S3d ViRGE engine and Leadtek's Turbo driver, WinFast 3D S600 delivers superior high-performance 2D/3D graphics and video acceleration at a low cost to the users of Windows 3.x Windows 3.x can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
EDO DRAM - Extended Data Out Dynamic Random Access Memory , expandable to 4MB display memory, meets both home and business applications requirements. "The market of 3D graphics is taking off now. More and more 3D software applications and game titles will be available. Product quality, expandability and performance are key buying factors," said Hun Shen YUE Shen Yue (Traditional Chinese: 沈約; Simplified Chinese: 沈约; Hanyu Pinyin: Shěn Yuē; Wade-Giles: Shen Yüeh, 441–513), courtesy name , vice president of Leadtek Research, Inc. "The display memory of WinFast 3D S600 can be expandable to 4MB. This feature is a must for 3D products. With Leadtek's versatile upgrade options, users will get the best investment protection. We believe that WinFast 3D S600 and the bundled Turbo driver can perform better than any other S3d ViRGE based products. Leadtek Turbo driver is a reliable solid software engine to increase user productivity. We provide the most reliable product with excellent performance and better price to secure customers investment." High-Performance 2D Graphics Acceleration with 150 Hz Refresh Rate The number of times per second that a device, such as a display screen or DRAM chip, is re-energized. See vertical scan frequency and dynamic RAM. (hardware) refresh rate High color The ability to generate 32,768 colors (15 bits) or 65,536 colors (16-bit). 15-bit color uses five bits for each red, green and blue pixel. The 16th bit may be a color, such as XGA with 5-red, 6-green and 5-blue, or be an overlay bit that selects pixels to display over video input. See true color. depths and high resolution are extremely important for general business, financial and presentations applications, such as desktop publishing, document image processing See document imaging. Document Image Processing - (DIP) Storage, management and retrieval of images. , CAD applications, presentation and other graphics application software. WinFast 3D S600 with Leadtek Turbo driver performs better than any other S3d ViRGE level product at high resolution and true color mode. The maximum supported refresh rate is 150 Hz. It supports 16.7 million colors at resolutions as high as 1024x768. The maximum resolution is up to 1600x1200 at 256 colors. High Speed 2MB Memory Expandable to 4MB for Double Buffer & Z-Buffer Double buffering and Z-buffering are very important to 3D applications. Two mega bytes memory supports single buffer and Z-buffer up to 800x600 resolution at 64K high color mode, double buffer and Z-buffer at resolution up to 800x600 256 colors. WinFast 3D S600 is expandable to 4MB memory, and supports double buffer and Z- buffer up to 1024x768 at 100 Hz refresh rate. Powerful 3D Rendering Capabilities Traditionally, 3D rendering features are implemented on very expensive high-end 3D graphics products for professional users. Now WinFast 3D S600 delivers these powerful rendering features to consumer market at the manufacturer's suggested retail price of $179 for 2MB version and $239 for 4MB version. -- Perspective corrected texture mapping to improve realism and image quality of 3D objects. -- Bi-linear filtering to provide anti-alaising function to eliminate staircasing effect. -- MIP mapping to eliminate visual artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. such as "blockiness", "sparkle" and "jaggies." -- Alpha blending to create transparent 3D objects. -- Depth-cueing and fogging to create special 3D effects for realistic smoke, steam, fog, haze, glass, water, plastic. -- 16-bit hardware Z-buffering to accelerate the hidden surface removal See z buffer. speed. High Quality Multimedia Acceleration WinFast 3D S600 incorporates Streams Processing to provide high quality motion video playback feature. Drivers for Indeo, Cinepak and Xing MPEG-1 decoder are provided. The optional hardware MPEG-1 upgrade board is available for WinFast 3D S600. Product Investment Protection Leadtek has a variety of upgrade products for WinFast 3D S600 to protect users' investment, such as hardware MPEG-1 card, TV Tuner device with remote control(TV Plus 3600), 3D surrounding device(LeadSound 3D), real-time motion video capture board (Capital 610), VGA- to-TV converter (V-Mate Pro II), and many more. All these upgrade products secure users' product investment protection. Support for Industry Standards The WinFast 3D S600 supports Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2 2.1, 3.0, and DOS 3D APIs. The SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). is also available for software developer. CONTACT: Leadtek Research Hun Shen YUE, 510/490-8076 (tel), 510/490-7759 (fax) Email: hyue@leadtek.com; http://www.leadtek.com or Michael Lee, 510/490-8076, Technical Marketing Manager Email: mlee@leadtek.com |
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