• 3D Graphics Features
• 2D Graphics Features

• Full OpenGL* 1.3 ICD (Installable Client Driver)
• DirectX* 7.x, 8.x, & 9.x Support
• 32 bpp True Color 3D Support
  • Allows for high quality textures and rendering
• 3D Performance Features
  • Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 Technology
  • Rapid Pixel and Texel Rendering Engine (RPTR) architecture
  • Support for Dual-Channel DDR memory improves 3D video memory performance
    • Dual-Channel DDR gives a large performance boost in 3D.
    • Since the frame buffer, depth buffer, and textures must all share memory bandwidth, increasing the bandwidth gives large gains in 3D performance.
  • Zone Rendering Technology (Intel Extreme Graphics Driver PV13.1 and later)
    • Renders the 3D scene in pieces to reduce the required memory bandwidth for a given scene
• 3D Setup and Render Engine
  • Triangles, Strips, and Fans
  • Pixel Accurate Fast Scissoring and Clipping Operation
  • Backface Culling
  • Anti-aliased Lines (OpenGL only)
  • Sprite Points
• Texture Engine
  • VMR and BiCubic Filtering
  • Up to 4 Textures / Pixel on a Single Pass
  • Up to 2048x2048 Texture Size
  • Per Pixel Perspective Corrected Texture Mapping
  • Single Pass Texture Compositing
  • 12 Level of Detail MIP Map Sizes from 1x1 to 2Kx2K
  • All Texture Formats Including 32-bit RGBA and 8-bit Paletted
  • Alpha and Luminance Maps
  • Texture ColorKeying/ChromaKeying
  • Bilinear, Trilinear MIP-Mapped Filtering
  • Anisotropic Filtering
    • High quality views of oblique surfaces
  • Cubic Environment Reflection Mapping
  • Embossed and Environment (DOT3) Bump-Mapping
    • Models realistic surface details
  • Compressed Textures
• Rasterization Features
  • Flat & Gouraud Shading
  • Color Alpha Blending for Transparency
  • Vertex and Programmable Pixel Fog and Atmospheric Effects
  • Color Specular Lighting
  • Line and Full-Scene Anti-aliasing
  • 16-bit and 24-bit Z and W Buffering
    • High precision depth buffer increases overall scene quality
  • 8-bit Stencil Buffering
    • Often used for shadows
  • Double and Triple Render Buffer Support
  • 16-bit and 32-bit Color
  • Transparency / Translucency (alpha blending)
    • Effects like force fields, flames, and plasma beams
  • Destination Alpha
  • Fast Clear Support

• 32 bpp True Color 2D Support
• 256-bit pattern fill and BLT Engine Performance
• Programmable 3-Color Transparent Cursor
• Color Space Conversion
• GDI+* Feature Support
  • Anti-aliased Lines
  • Alpha Blended Cursor
  • Anti-aliased Text
  • Alpha Stretch Blitter
  • 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit Color
• Video
  • Dynamic Bob and Weave Support for Video Streams
  • SyncLock* Display and TV-out encoders to video source
• Video Overlay
  • Single High Quality Scalable Overlay
  • Multiple Overlay Functionality Provided via Stretch Blitter
  • 5-tap Horizontal, 3-tap Vertical Filtered Scaling
  • Independent Gamma Correction
  • Independent Brightness/Contrast/Saturation
  • Independent Tint/Hue Support
  • Destination Colorkeying
  • Source Chromakeying

This applies to:

Intel® 82915G/82910GL Express Chipset Family