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Sharky Games: December 1, 2008



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A TNT2 is a TNT2, and that applies to TNT2 Ultras as well (with the exception of the increased core/memory speeds of course).

The Hercules Dynamite TNT2 Ultra matches the specs laid down by most of the other TNT2 board manufacturers, which pretty much match the specs of the nVidia TNT2 reference board.

Hercules, like other TNT2 vendors has placed a thin fan/heatsink combo on the Dynamite, this one is thankfully smaller than some we've seen on competitor's boards that touch the back of whatever card is in PCI slot #1.

During our testing we noted no excess heat beyond what a typical part running at 150+MHz would create. We also noted no heat-related issues when testing the Dynamite at a 175 - 190MHz core speed.

Here's the black and white of the spec sheet on the Hercules Dynamite TNT2 Ultra:

3D/2D Acceleration

  • Second-generation TwiN texel 32-bit graphics pipeline
  • 100% hardware triangle setup
  • Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with full support for DirectX6.0
  • 32-bit ARGB rendering with destination alpha
  • 24-bit Z-buffer, 8-big stencil buffer
  • Anisotropic filtering (better than Tri-linear MIP-mapping)
  • Per pixel perspective correct texture mapping including Fog, Light, and MIP-mapping
  • High performance 128-bit 2D/GUI/DirectDraw acceleration

    Video Acceleration

  • Hardware YUV 4:2:2 and 4:2:0 color space conversion support
  • Multi-tap X and Y filtering
  • Support planar YUV12 (4:2:0) to/from packed (4:2:2) conversion for software MPEG acceleration
  • DVD sub-picture alpha blended compositing
  • Video acceleration for DirectShow, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1

    AGP 4X Sideband Support

  • AGP 4X/2X/1X mode with full sideband/Execute mode support
  • Supports over 900MB/sec in AGP 4X mode

    
    Graphics Controller	nVidia RIVA TNT2	
    Memory			32MB SDRAM	
    RAMDAC			300MHz	
    Bus Type		AGP (4x/2x/1x) w/ full 
    			sideband/Execute mode support	
    VGA Connector		DB-15 analog monitor connector
    			VESA DDC2B, DPMS, VBE 2.0/3.0	
    TV Output		S-Video	
    Max Resolution		1900 x 1440	
    Fill Rate (pixels/sec)	350M	
    Triangles/second	9M	
    Bandwidth		3GB/sec	
    








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