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Intel® Extreme Graphics 2

Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 and its predecessor graphics architecture, Intel® Extreme Graphics, are integrated graphics technologies that deliver 3D graphics with sharp images, fast rendering, smooth motion and extreme detail.

Intel Extreme Graphics 2, integrated in the Intel® 865G, 865GV, 855GM, 855GME and 852GME chipsets, offers 3D/2D graphics and video performance over Intel Extreme Graphics.

Intel Extreme Graphics 2 supports the latest 2D and 3D APIs, delivering real-life environment and character effects. A 256-bit internal path enables up to four textures per pixel on a single pass for super light maps, atmospheric effects, and more realistic surface details. Flexible display capabilities enhance the personal computing experience, offering significant benefits for applications requiring 32 bpp and higher display resolution.


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Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Features

Features	Benefits
Enhanced Rapid Pixel and Texel Rendering	Optimized visual quality and performance from the addition of hardware to support of texel formatting, bicubic filter, color blending accuracy, and video mixing render, resulting in optimized visual quality and performance.
Zone Rendering 2 Technology	Enhances the performance of zone rendering by using larger zones and new commands that improve graphics pipeline efficiency.
Dynamic Video Memory Technology v2.0	Increases total system performance by optimizing the efficiency of AGP dynamic video memory by increasing its size of Video RAM allocation to 96 MB.
Enhanced Intelligent Memory Management	Improves memory bandwidth efficiency and platform performance by improving the memory management arbitration between CPU, system memory and graphics memory.

Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Specifications

Enhanced 2D

	256-bit internal path

	8/16/32bpp

	DirectDraw*, GDI, GDI+

	Anti-aliased text support

	Alpha blending

	Alphas stretch blitter

	Hardware alpha blended RGB cursor

	Color space conversion

	5x2 overlay support

	Rotate, scale and translate operations

High-performance 3D

	256-bit internal path

	32bpp/ 24ZorW/ 8 Stencil

	DX7/DX8/OGL*1.1

	DXTn texture compression

	Up to 4 textures / pixel on a single pass

	Cubic reflection map

	Embossed/DOT3 bump mapping

	Multi-texture

	DOT3 bump-mapping

	Point sprites

Video and Display

	DirectShow/DirectVA

	Hardware motion compensation support for DVD playback

	4x2 overlay filter

	350 MHz DAC frequency

	Maximum DVO pixel rate of up to 330MP/s

	Flat panel monitors and TV-out support via AGP Digital Display (ADD) cards

	350 MHz DAC for 1800x1440 @ 85Hz max CRT resolution or 2048x1536@60Hz max FP resolution

	Synchronous display for dual monitor capabilities

	350MHz RAMDAC for up to QXGA analog monitor support

	Dual DVO ports for up to QXGA digital display support

	Multiple display types (LVDS, DVI, TV-out, CRT)