XPERT 98 AT A GLANCE
- Powered by ATI RAGE graphics technology
- Brilliant 2D Graphics up to 1600×1200@85 Hz
- 32-bit true color 3D graphics up to 1280×1024
- DVD Playback with ATI’s Software DVD Player (AGP version only)
- Windows 98 ready
- Supports ATI-TV WONDER
- AGP 2X and PCI versions available
Great for 3D PC Gaming and Multimedia Projects:
- Features 8MB of powerful memory and ATI RAGE graphics technology
- 32-bit true color (16.7 million colors) 3D graphics up to 1280×1024
- Full acceleration of, and compliance with, DirectX, Direct3D and OpenGL application and games
- Advanced 3D features including triangle setup engine, texture cache, bilinear/trilinear filtering and perspectively correct texture mapping
Brilliant 2D Graphics:
- High-speed 64-bit 2D acceleration to power all your business applications
- Resolution support up to 1600×1200 @ 85 Hz
- 2D acceleration performance under Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0
Supports ATI-TV WONDER
- Get TV on your PC by adding ATI-TV WONDER to your system
- ATI-TV WONDER captures video from your TV or camcorder, lets you zoom in on the action or even watch TV for you, unattended
Available Configurations
- 8MB AGP or PCI
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP 2X) Version features
DVD PLAYBACK
- ATI Software DVD Player processes DVD video through high-quality scaling (720×480)
- True color video in any graphics mode and full-frame rate playback in Windows 98 or Windows 95
- Get DVD playback without having to purchase a separate and expensive MPEG-2/DVD decoder card
System RequirementsSPECIFICATIONS
- PCI version: Pentium/Pro/III/II, Celeron or compatible with 33 MHz (PCI local bus 2.1 compliant)
- AGP version: Pentium III/II, Celeron or compatible with AGP 2X bus (AGP 1.0 compliant)
- DVD playback with AGP version
- DVD requires DVD drive (supported under Windows 98/95b only) and ATI’s Software DVD Player
- Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
Graphics Controller
- ATI RAGE graphics for high performance 64-bit graphics acceleration with superior support for 2D, 3D and video acceleration
Operaing Systems Support
- Click here for information on ATI’s support for Windows 2000
- Windows 98
- Windows 95b
- Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0
- DOS 5.0 or higher
- OpenGL for NT 4.0
Display Support
- Register compatible with VGA
- BIOS compatible with VESA for super VGA
- DDC1/2b/2b+ monitor support
- VESA Display Power Management Support
- Separate horizontal & vertical sync at TTL levels
3D Acceleration Features
- DirectX 6.0 compatible, Direct3D 5.0, DirectDraw
- Triangle Setup Engine
- Texture Cache
- Bilinear/Trilinear Filtering
- Edge Anti-Aliasing
- Texture Compositing
- Texture Decompression
- Specular Highlights
- Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping
- Mip-Mapping
- Z-buffering and Double-buffering
- Bump mapping
- Fog effects, texture lighting, video textures, reflections, shadows, spotlights, LOD biasing and texture morphing
Warranty
- 5-year limited warranty
2D Display Modes: Resolutions, Colors and Maximum Refresh Rates (Hz)
| Resolution | 640×480 | 800×600 | 1024×768 | 1152×864 | 1280×1024 | 1600×1200 |
| 256 colors | 200 | 200 | 150 | 120 | 100 | 85 |
| 65K colors | 200 | 200 | 150 | 120 | 100 | 85 |
| 16.7M colors | 200 | 200 | 150 | 120 | 100 | 75 |
Maximum 3D Resolution(Hz)
| 8MB | |
| 65K colors | 1600×1200 |
| 16.7M colors | 1280×1024 |
Footnote: Maximum 3D resolution and colors supported with specified memory using double buffered setting and z-buffer.
Copyright 1999, ATI Technologies Inc., ATI, RAGE, XPERT, and ATI-TV WONDER are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademakrs and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Features, performance and specifications may vary by operating environment and are subject to change without notice. Products may not be as exactly as shown. Printed in Canada.
