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The First EVGA.com Product to Utilize the AGP 8X Bus!
EVGA.com launches the latest in breakthrough technology with the introduction of the EVGA.com e-GeForce4 MX 440-8X (PN: 064-A8-NV73-S1); the first EVGA.com product to utilize the AGP 8X bus. What's so important about this technology? Current implementations of the Advanced Graphic Port (AGP) technology limit the amount of transfer bandwidth to 1.066MB/sec. Not a paltry figure by any means but with the release of new, up and coming software, the transfer rate is but a roadblock to the bandwidth-hungry graphic texture-rich applications just over the horizon. AGP 8X solves this dilemma by doubling the maximum bandwidth to 2.1GB/sec. For more information regarding the AGP 3.0 spec, please check out our article on AGP 8X (3.0 Spec). The EVGA.com e-GeForce4 MX 440-8X utilizes technology such as NVIDIA Accuview™ AntiAliasing to enhance the 3D gaming experience supporting DirectX 8.1 and OpenGL 1.3 API's. The NVIDIA Lightspeed Memory Architecture™ II (LMA) improves upon the memory bottleneck when coupled with the 3.6ns 500MHz 128-Bit DDR onboard memory. The Video Processing Engine™ (VPE) that is integrated into the GeForce4 MX GPU assists with DVD playback for stellar multimedia quality. The EVGA.com e-GeForce4 MX 440-8X also sports the addition of a video capture chip. Any home enthusiast buff can utilize this Video In/Video Out (VIVO) chip for video capture and editing as well as output to a TV or projection device at a maximum resolution of 1024x768. The DVI connector supports both an analog or digital monitor which in conjunction with the NVIDIA nView™ Multi-Display software and Dual Integrated 350MHz RAMDACs can accomplish dual output displays that can prove to become a valuable resource for home or office productivity. Lightspeed Memory Architecture II - An obstacle affecting the realism of many artificially rendered scenes was the memory bottleneck present on modern cards. NVIDIA Lightspeed Memory Architecture™ (LMA) II picks up where the GeForce3 left off, further improving how memory data is retrieved from cache. The Quad Cache features four individually dedicated memory caches, each optimized for instant memory access. Other memory enhancements include 4:1 lossless Z-compression technology and a second generation Z-occlusion culling, a technique that predetermines pixel rendering for objects hidden behind other objects thereby saving valuable memory bandwidth. Accuview Antialiasing - An ongoing trend to achieve this in depth look and feel is a move towards antialiasing, the technological process of removing the “jaggies” that can affect realism of a 3D image. This can be accomplished through NVIDIA’s patent pending Accuview Antialiasing™ technology with modes of 2X, 4X, Quincunx and new 4XS mode. The concern of utilizing antialiasing in games or graphic applications was the performance hit to the system. Now full screen antialiasing can operate at speeds where antialiasing was turned off. nView Technology - The final piece to the puzzle is the nView technology that feeds the growing demand for a multi-display solution. More and more users are adopting this trend for either a home and work environment where a user can watch their favorite DVD movie on their television set while writing an email to a friend on the other. An example of a work application includes the stock broker, monitoring his stocks on one computer screen while reading the morning reports on the other. The effect is to enlarge the existing Windows desktop to span across two display devices running the gamut of analog CRT monitors, digital flat panel or LCD screens as well as television sets through an S-Video port. |
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Introducing
the e-GeForce4 MX 440-8X