Video Port Features
Feature
3dfx Voodoo3
3dfx Voodoo5
ATI Radeon
Matrox
G200
Matrox
G400
NVIDIA GeForce
NVIDIA TNT2
S3 Savage 2000
Scaling Taps
0
0
12
0
0
3
6
32
Pre-Shrinking in X
Supported
Supported
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Supported
Pre-Shrinking in Y
Supported
Supported
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Pre-Stretching in X
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not Supported
Pre-Stretching in Y
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Not Supported
Max Width
4096
4096
4096
2048
2048
4096
4096
2048
Max Height
2048
2048
4096
1024
1023
4096
640
2048
System Memory Surfaces
Supported
Supported
Supported
Not
Supported
Not
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Cropping
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported

Now we begin to see why the Savage 2000 was the only card that could pass the Blitter Moiré quality test courtesy of its 32 scaling taps (16 x 16).

Out of all of the cards, the Matrox Gx00 cards seem to be the least feature filled which is disappointing since the DVDMax feature of the G400 is perfect for DVD playback on TVs from your computer.

The ATI and S3 solutions pull ahead in terms of features as we've noticed throughout this article, and it's represented in the feature marks score.

The Matrox cards pull up the rear yet again, this time being out spaced by the 3dfx cards and once again by the NVIDIA cards.

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