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Introduction
Since 1990, ASUSTeK (or ASUS
for short) has manufactured some of the finest
hardware products for end users. Although most
famous for their motherboards, ASUS has shown
excellent products in all fields, including video
cards. The V3400TNT-TV offers the same great ASUS
performance and value. This card is packed with
features that make it stand out among the other
TNT cards (including the famed Spectra 2500).
It is not without its faults though...
Technology information
Let's get right down to it,
the ASUS TNT rules. As you've probably already
heard several times, the NVIDIA Riva TNT chip
offers incredible features.
Optimized Direct3D acceleration
Complete DX5 and DX6 support
Twin texel (TNT) 32-bit graphics pipeline
Per pixel perspective correct texture mapping
24-bit or 16-bit HW Z buffer (floating point or
integer)
Anti-aliasing: full scene, order independent
100% HW Triangle setup
Windows NT 3.5, 4.0 and 5.0 display drivers
Windows 95 and 98 Display Driver, DirectDraw,
Direct3D, DirectVideo, ActiveX
Windows 3.x display drivers
OpenGL ICD for Windows 95 and NT (passes compliance
tests)
Installation
Installation was not very
hard, just your standard procedure of plug in,
point to drivers, reset, and you're all set..
I did have to do it twice though, not sure if
it was my fault or what, probably was =).
As for the physical installation,
the card is nearly twice the size of my Velocity
4400 AGP. Simply put, the card is a damn monster!
If you owned a Riva 128 based
card, you may recall a rocky installation. NVIDIA
nearly perfected the TNT to avoid weird errors
and conflicts.
Features
AGP 2x bus
16 MB SDRAM onboard
3D resolutions up to 1600x1200
Supports 32 bit color rendering, and a bunch
of others (see above)
Extra features (as tested)
Onboard video capture
chip
Onboard digital TV-input with 3 line flick
filter
One S-VHS mini-DIN
One RCA jack for TV,
VCR, or camcorder input
TV-Output-- Dual independent TV and full
screen passthrough mode supports 512x384,
640x400, 640x480, 720x400, and 800x600
Onboard cooling fan for stability/overclocking
Incoming (full version)
Live3400 software
Pricing and availability
At this time, the ASUS V3400TNT-TV
is hard to find in stores or unavailable. Estimated
price is from $100 (no TV, 8 MB) to $200+/- as
tested (TV-capture/input/output, 16 MB). Since
the price is unknown, it's hard to speculate the
value. If you're looking for a card with all those
fancy features everyone could possibly use and
still great 2D/3D performance, this card may be
perfect for you. (This puts the Matrox Marvel
G200-TV in a hell of a bind)
If the incredible TV-input
and output do not apply to you, then go for the
plain ASUS V3400TNT because it will still offer
all the features of other TNTs and the ASUS name.
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