Diamond Multimedia 9800 Series specifications This allows you to select the kind of application

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	This allows you to select the kind of application
	experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to
Main Settings	the left will maximize application performance,
	while moving the slider to the right will optimize 3D
slider
	image quality. Moving this slider from one position
	to the next changes the individual Custom
	Settings sliders found below.
	When Custom Settings is checked, the Main
	Settings slider is disabled, allowing you to move
Custom	each individual slider in the Custom Settings
Settings	section below. Setting the individual sliders gives
checkbox	you finer control over your application experience.
	Using Custom Settings is recommended for
	advanced users only.
	SmoothVision 2.1Anti-Aliasing improves image
	quality by removing jagged edges from 3D
SMOOTH	images, resulting in smoother, more natural-
VISION 2.1	looking lines and contours. Selecting Application
Anti-Aliasing	Preference will result in high quality images, with
	negligible reduction in the application’s
	performance.
SMOOTH	SmoothVision 2.1 Anti-Aliasing can be applied
VISION 2.1	using different number of samples (2X, 4X, 6X).
slider	More samples provide more realistic 3D images.
SMOOTH	Anisotropic filtering uses a texture filtering
VISION 2.1	technique that blends multiple texture samples
Anisotropic	together. Selecting Application Preference will
Filtering	result in sharper textures, with a negligible
checkbox	reduction in the application’s performance.
	The number of samples taken when anisotropic
SMOOTH	filtering is performed can vary. By moving this
	slider to the right, the number of samples taken
VISION 2.1
	increases and the quality of the final image
Anisotropic
	increases. 16X provides maximum detail, crisp-
Filtering slider
	looking images as a result of the largest number of
	texture samples possible.