California Graphics & Peripherals Inc.,
has today announced its new graphic card VirtualV2
DX equipped with
the new graphic accelerator S3 Trio64 V2 DX.
The S3 Trio64V2/DXTM accelerator
is built on the proven performance of the
Trio64V+ accelerator but offers a substantial
graphic performances improvements thanks to
several advanced engineering innovations,
including better memory bandwidth management,
faster memory access and higher memory clock
support.
This new card’s advanced features are ideal
for all those applications requiring high-quality
video playback or live video input capability.
The Virtual V2 DX/GX incorporates an enhanced
version of S3’s Streams Processor technology
high-quality which enables the realisation of
hardware assisted video playback full-screen
playback of Indeo and Cinepak movies at up to 30
frames per second.
The Virtual V2 DX provides arbitrary scaling with
high quality bilinear (X and Y) interpolation and
colour space conversion (RGB to YUV) able to
accelerate and enhance software
MPEG-1/Indeo/Cinepak video playback. Since these
tasks are performed in hardware, the CPU is
relieved of a substantial overhead which produces
a considerable performance improvement.
Additionally, the Virtual V2 provides full
support for Microsoft’s DirectDraw
technology allowing the full utilization of the
multimedia capabilities found in business
applications.
The product is also equipped with the Reality
95, an integrated easy-to-use suite of
applications which helps you to control your
display in Windows 95. Features like the
sophisticated display management system, as well
as the possibility to associate any application
with any preferred resolution, give the maximum
satisfaction to the California Graphics products
users.
The Virtual V2, thank to the excellent
performances and its convenient prize, is a
strongly competetive product on the video card
market. |
