Product Description
1.6Intel® G33 Express Chipset
The Intel G33 Express chipset consists of the following devices:
•Intel 82G33 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) with Direct Media Interface (DMI) interconnect
•Intel 82801IH I/O Controller Hub (ICH9DH) with DMI interconnect
The GMCH component provides interfaces to the CPU, memory, PCI Express, and the DMI interconnect. The component also provides integrated graphics capabilities supporting 3D, 2D, and display capabilities. The ICH9DH is a centralized controller for the board’s I/O paths.
The chipset supports the following features:
•Onboard Graphics
•Dynamic Video Memory Technology
•USB
•Serial ATA
•Parallel IDE
For information about | Refer to |
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The Intel G33 Express chipset | http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/index.htm |
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Resources used by the chipset | Chapter 2 |
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1.6.1Intel G33 Graphics Subsystem
The Intel G33 Express chipset contains two separate, mutually exclusive graphics options. Either the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 (Intel GMA 3100) graphics controller (contained within the 82G33 GMCH) is used, or a PCI Express x16
1.6.1.1Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 Graphics
Controller
The Intel GMA 3100 graphics controller features the following:
•400 MHz core frequency
•High quality texture engine
⎯DX9.0c* and OpenGL* 1.4 compliant
⎯Hardware Pixel Shader 2.0
⎯Vertex Shader Model 2.0
•3D Graphics Rendering enhancements
⎯1.6 dual texture GigaPixel/sec max fill rate
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⎯Vertex cache
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