Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features & Performance - October 2000
by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 11, 2000 1:43 AM EST- Posted in
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Video
Port Features
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Feature
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3dfx
Voodoo3
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3dfx
Voodoo5
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ATI
Radeon
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Matrox
G200 |
Matrox
G400 |
NVIDIA
GeForce
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NVIDIA
TNT2
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S3
Savage 2000
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| Scaling
Taps |
0
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0
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12
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0
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0
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3
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6
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32
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| Pre-Shrinking in X |
Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Supported
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| Pre-Shrinking in Y |
Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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| Pre-Stretching in X |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported
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| Pre-Stretching
in Y |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Not
Supported
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| Max Width |
4096
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4096
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4096
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2048
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2048
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4096
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4096
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2048
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| Max
Height |
2048
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2048
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4096
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1024
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1023
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4096
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640
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2048
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| System Memory Surfaces |
Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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Not
Supported |
Not
Supported |
Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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| Cropping |
Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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Supported
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Now we begin to see why the Savage 2000 was the only card that could pass the Blitter Moiré quality test courtesy of its 32 scaling taps (16 x 16).
Out of all of the cards, the Matrox Gx00 cards seem to be the least feature filled which is disappointing since the DVDMax feature of the G400 is perfect for DVD playback on TVs from your computer.
The ATI and S3 solutions pull ahead in terms of features as we've noticed throughout this article, and it's represented in the feature marks score.
The Matrox cards pull up the rear yet again, this time being out spaced by the 3dfx cards and once again by the NVIDIA cards.
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