MONSTER 3D
         High Performance 3D Entertainment Accelerator
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                                                    March 1997

·   PCI Add On Board
·   Analog Pass Through
·   Compatible with most Graphics Adapters
·   Supports MS Direct3DT
·   High-performance 3D Full Screen Games Support


Hardware
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·   3Dfx Interactive Voodoo chip set
·   4 MB EDO DRAM on board for:
    ·   2 MB frame buffer & z-buffer
·   2 MB texture memory
·   PCI bus 2.1 compliant
·   Analog pass through (connection to standard VGA output)

Hardware Features
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·   Perspective correct texture mapping
·   Bi-linear and advanced texture filtering
·   Level of detail (LOD) MIP mapping
·   Sub-pixel correction
·   Polygonal-based Gouraud shading and texture modulation
·   24-bit internal, 16-bit dithered RGB frame buffer
·   Multiple format texture buffer (8-bit and 16-bit)
·   1, 2, and 4 Mbytes of frame/aux buffer memory per pixelfx
·   1, 2, and 4 Mbytes of texture memory per texelfx
·   45 Mpixels/sec sustained fill rate for bilinear or
    advanced filtered textures
·   1,000,000 Textured triangles/sec on a P-166 PCI system
·   Anti-aliasing
·   Z-buffering (16-bit)
·   Alpha blending
·   Per-pixel special effects: fog, transparency,
    translucency
·   Texture compositing, morphing, animation
·   Linear frame buffer access


Software
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Basic software:
·   Easy to use install program
·   Driver for Microsoft Direct3DT for Windows® 95
·   Driver GlideT register level compatibility software for
    full screen coin-op/arcade games for DOS (Windows 3.1 /
    Windows® 95 )
    

Retail Product without games and  Retail Product with games
available
Retail version with games include:
·   Interplay
- Descent T II: Destination Quartzon T (OEM version)
- Fatal Racing T(Full game)
- Actua Soccer (Full version)
·   Activision®
- Mech Warrior2® (full game)
- Hyperblade T (full game)
·   Demo / Light versions
- EF2000 T
- Tomb Raider T
- Scorched Planet T
·   Microsoft Game Sampler 2 with the trial versions of:
- Monster Truck Madness T
- Hellbender T
- and 14 other games ( demo or light versions)

All this games mentioned with their names are Monster 3D
accelerated versions of the game or accelerated by the Monster
3D board.

Packaging
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·   Monster 3D Graphics Add On Board
·   Pass-Through cable
·   CD-ROM's with installation software and Online Manuals
·   Hardware installation manual

System Requirements
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·   Recommended: Pentium 100 MHz or better
·   MS Windows95 (recommended) or DOS 5.0 or higher
·   1 free PCI Slot


Service & Support
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·   5 years warranty
·   free Software updates via BBS, Internet
    (www.diamondmm.com; www.diamondmm.de), CompuServe (GO SPEA)
·   Fax-on-demand system
·   Technical support through Hotline


Display modes
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Resoluti Colors     Refresh Rate Hz
on
512*384  65k        72     75     85     120
640*400  65k        60     75     85     120
640*480  65k        60     75     85     120
800*600  65k        60     75     85     -
Colors are 24 bit dithered to a 16 bit RGB (65k colors)
output.

Available:
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since December 1996


Germany:
SPEA Software GmbH
a Diamond Multimedia Company
Moosstraße 18 b,
D-82319 Starnberg
Fax: ++49 8151 21258

UK:
Diamond Multimedia Systems Ltd.
610 Wharfedale Road
Winnersh Triangle
Wokingham
Berkshire RG41 5TY  UK
Fax: ++44 1189 444401

France:
Diamond Multimedia Southern Europe
6, Blvd. Général Leclerc - Bat C - 15th Floor
Clichy 92115 - FRANCE
Fax: 33-1-47561139
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©  Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.  Subject to technical
alterations

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