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Intel Extreme Graphics 3 To Include Dual-Monitor Support

edited November 2003 in Science & Tech
Grantsdale-G Chipset To Offer The Dual Goods

Historically end-users in communities requiring a number of monitors per one computer used rather expensive specially developed graphics cards. The situation changed when consumer graphics chips developers NVIDIA, Matrox and ATI Technologies unveiled their solutions with dual-display support in 1999 and 2000 – those products were substantially more affordable compared to professional graphics cards. Next year Intel will bring dual-monitor virtually for free for nearly every PC based on Intel’s next-generation chipset for desktop computers known under Grantsdale-G code-name.

Sources familiar with Intel’s plans report that Grantsdale-G provides a flexible and stable platform for corporate and consumer. Offered features include PCI Express x16 graphics port (PEG x16), Intel Extreme Graphics 3 – Intel’s third generation integrated graphics core, dual-channel DDR-II SDRAM, dual-monitor, 4 Serial ATA-150 ports, 4 PCI Express x1 ports and Azalia audio.

Earlier this year we learnt Intel’s next-year chipset hero Grantsdale-G will have hardware support for Pixel Shaders 2.0 in order to properly render GUI interface of Microsoft’s next-generation software peak code-named Longhorn. The Vertex Shaders 2.0 support will be probably carried out by Intel’s monstrous new Pentium 4 CPUs at stunning speeds.

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