We won't list the entire spec sheet here; instead we're going to give you a brief run-down of the features:

32 MB 5ns SDR SDRAM

256-bit internal data transfer bandwidth

350MHz RAMDAC

AGP 4x/2x/1x with fast writes

S-Video TV-Out

Optional flat panel output

Peak fill rate of 480 million bilinear filtered, multi-textured pixels

Up to 15 million triangles per second at peak rates integrated transform, lighting, setup and rendering engines

Video Acceleration

DVD and HDTV-ready motion compensation

DVD sub-picture alpha blending

5-tap horizontal and 3-tap vertical video filtering

As DVD becomes more commonplace on new systems, these video acceleration features become increasingly important, so it's important to understand them.

The DVD motion compensation is a performance feature that allows a significant drop in system requirements (PII 266 without dropping any frames). The TNT2 didn't have this, making the GeForce better in terms of DVD.

DVD sub-picture alpha blending is a quality feature supported by the TNT2 and the GeForce (as well as the Rage 128, S3's Savage series and the TNT). You know all of those menus you click on for navigation in a DVD? Without sub-picture blending these menus would be dithered, crosshatched and downright ugly.

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