Note: Future references to Mac OS® X in this manual are intended to be generic and inclusive of their respective versions of the Macintosh® operating systems.
Related Documentation
The README file summarizes the latest product revisions. Click the README icon on the installation disk to open this file.
Detailed help and feature descriptions are available directly in ATI Displays.
Multimedia Features
Your Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition turns your Mac computer into a 3D and 2D graphics powerhouse. Use your new graphics accelerator card to:
•Enjoy
•Watch full screen, full motion, DVD quality video using the Apple® DVD Player or QuickTime® playback acceleration.
•Output your Mac’s display to digital flat panels and digital projectors.
•Output to analog displays and projectors.
The following information describes these features in more detail and suggests ways you can optimize your machine to get the most out of your card.
Viewing 3D Graphics
Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition’s 3D acceleration features support the following advanced 3D graphics capabilities:
•4 pixel pipeline architecture.
•128 bit memory interface.
•Hardware accelerated vertex and pixel shaders.
•1.6 Gigapixels per second fill rate.
•transform rate of 200 million vertices per second.
•8.6 GB/sec memory bandwidth.
