User Guide

4 Introducing the Fire GL4
Performance Overview
Hardware Performance
• 32-bit RGBα TrueColor 2D and 3D acceleration
Note: The Fire GL4 does not support 8-bit or 16-bit video modes
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Accelerated, double-buffered 32-bit TrueColor up to
1920 x 1200, at 75 Hz refresh rates
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24-bit Z-buffer, 8-bit double-buffer, 8-bit single-buffer overlay
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Video engine supports YUV conversion, point and bilinear
scaling
Software Features
• Multiprocessor system support
• ThreadSafe OpenGL 1.2 ICD support for dual processors.
• Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) in Intel Processors
• Supports AMD Athlon™ processor-based systems with 3DNow!
technology
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Customized application settings for individual ISV applications
• Dual monitor support - with a single card
• DDC2B monitor support on all operating system platforms
Note:
For more detailed information on features and
performance please refer to the section Technical Details