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GEFORCE4 MX PRODUCT OVERVIEW 09.02v02

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The NVIDIA® GeForce™4 MX graphics processing unit (GPU) brings a new level of graphics performance and display flexibility to the mainstream desktop PC. By incorporating the innovative NVIDIA nView™ multi-display technology, highly efficient NVIDIA Lightspeed Memory Architecture (LMA) II, advanced NVIDIA Accuview Antialiasing™ techniques, and support for AGP 8X, the GeForce4 MX GPU is the most feature-rich, cost-effective, and highly integrated GPU available for the mainstream market.

HIGHEST LEVEL OF INTEGRATION

The GeForce4 MX GPU is a cost-effective, nVIEW MULTI-DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIGHTSPEED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE high-performance GPU, and is the only NVIDIA’s nView hardware and software (LMA) II mainstream GPU to integrate the most technology combination leverages the To drive all of this integration, the GeForce4 comprehensive set of features on a single company’s industry-leading design expertise to MX GPU incorporates NVIDIA’s Lightspeed processor, including: deliver multi-display functionality of immense Memory Architecture (LMA) II technology to • Integrated Dual 350MHz DACs – driving flexibility. nView incorporates built-in boost effective memory bandwidth by up to dual independent displays with crisp and attribute and performance tuning for each of 300% and improve overall memory efficiency. clear image quality at 2048x1536 the different display devices—including CRTs, Radical new technologies—including a 128- resolution at 75MHz. televisions, and flat panel LCDs—and provides bit DDR memory interface, Z-occlusion • Integrated Dual-Channel TMDS for completely intuitive and flexible work culling, fast Z-clear, and auto precharge— Transmitters – enabling two independent environments. nView also includes support for: effectively multiply the memory bandwidth to Digital Flat Panels (DFP) displays at • Windows® XP native multi-display mode ensure fluid frame rates for the latest 3D and 2D games and applications. resolutions up to 1280x1024. • Up to nine simultaneous displays • Integrated TV Encoder – providing best- through Microsoft Control Panel ACCUVIEW ANTIALIASING ENGINE of-class TV-out functionality up to • Enhanced Window Management, The GeForce4 MX GPU’s patent-pending 1024x768 resolutions. including enhanced windows and Accuview Antialiasing technology delivers the • Integrated Video Processing Engine (VPE) dialog-box positioning flexibility; best performance, compatibility, and visual – allowing for the highest quality, full- windows and menus transparency quality without the dreaded “jaggies.” By frame rate, and full-screen HDTV and DVD capabilities; and thumbnail zooms for integrating a variety of hardware- playback. quick visibility of hidden windows implemented, high-resolution antialiasing within a cluttered desktop multisampling techniques, including 2x, 4x, AGP 8X SUPPORT • Comprehensive hotkeys support, Quincunx, and a new 4XS mode, the GeForce4 Now available with support for AGP 8X, the offering unlimited flexibility in binding MX GPU delivers up to five times the GeForce4 MX brings the latest graphics actions to hotkeys antialiased performance of the GeForce2 MX technology to the mainstream desktop PC. GPU, while delivering superior visual quality • Up to 32 completely different working Providing double the bandwidth of AGP and no performance degradation. environments saved as separately 4X—2.1GB/sec. vs. 1.1GB/sec.—AGP 8X named desktops enables the most realistic visual environments The GeForce4 MX GPU continues NVIDIA’s rich on the 3D games and applications of today tradition of bringing leading-edge technology and tomorrow. Further, increased graphics to the mainstream market, with a cost- performance allows users to enjoy smoother effective, highly integrated, high-performance, video streaming and seamless game play. single chip solution. FEATURES ° 256-bit graphics engine ° Hardware color space conversion • nView multi-display technology ° 4 texture-mapped, filtered, lit texels (YUV 4:2:2 and 4:2:0) per clock cycle 5-tap horizontal and 3-tap vertical ° nView delivers the maximum flexibility ° and control in display options ° 32-bit color, Z/stencil buffering filtering Advanced per-pixel lighting, texturing, 8:1 up/down scaling ° Allows for multiple configurations of ° ° CRTs and digital flat panels and shading ° Per pixel color keying Cube environment mapping DVD sub-picture alpha-blended ° Multi-desktop integration ° ° DirectX® and S3 texture compression compositing ° Advanced window management ° • Support for AGP 8X • Operating Systems ° Individual application control • NVIDIA Lightspeed Memory Architecture • NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer (NSR) ° Windows® XP (LMA) II technology radically boosts • High performance 256-bit 2D rendering ° Windows 2000 memory efficiency engine ° Windows Me Optimized for 32-, 24-, 16-, 15-, and Windows NT® (all) ° 128-bit DDR ° ° 8bpp modes Windows 98, Windows 95 ° Z-occlusion culling ° True color hardware cursor with alpha Linux compatible ° Fast Z-clear ° ° Multibuffering (double, triple, quad) Mac® OS compatible ° MX memory crossbar architecture ° ° for smooth animation and video • API support ° Auto precharge • Accuview Antialiasing—high-resolution playback ° Complete DirectX® support, including antialiasing • NVIDIA video processing engine (VPE) DirectX 8.1 ° Accuview Antialiasing technology delivers the highest quality video and ° Full OpenGL® 1.3 support delivers highest performance and mulimedia capabilities COMPATIBILITY no-penalty Quincunx AA quality ° Integrated TV encoder at 1024x768 ° Dedicated multisample Accuview resolution • NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) hardware ensures rock-solid ° Integrated full hardware MPEG-2 • Fully compliant professional OpenGL 1.3 compatibility decoder API with NVIDIA extensions, on all Linux ° New sub pixel sample locations provide ° Motion compensation and IDCT and Windows operating systems improved AA quality ° HDTV ready • WHQL-certified for Windows XP, Windows ° High quality 4XS mode for incredible ° Independent hardware color controls Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and image quality for video overlays Windows 98 • Integrated hardware transform and lighting engines

PERFORMANCE

GEFORCE4 MX 460 GEFORCE4 MX 440 GEFORCE4 MX 440 GEFORCE4 MX 420 SPECIFICATIONS/PERFORMANCE WITH AGP 8X

FILL RATE (TEXELS/SEC.) 1.2 BILLION 1.1 BILLION 1.1 BILLION 1 BILLION

TRIANGLES/SEC. 38 MILLION 34 MILLION 34 MILLION 31 MILLION

MEMORY BANDWIDTH 8.8GB/SEC. 8.0GB/SEC. 6.4GB/SEC. 2.7GB/SEC.

MAX MEMORY 64MB 128MB 64MB 64MB

AGP 4X 8X 4X 4X

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