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VisionTek Xtasy Everything - A DVD Player at a Reasonable Price

06:00 - Friday 8 February 2002 by Stéphane Quentin

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10. TV Tuner And TV-on-Demand
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The Xtasy Everything kit includes a graphics card with GeForce2 MX-400 processing and 64 MB SDRAM-memory. The graphics processor runs at 200 MHz and the memory at 183 MHz, common for most GeForce2 MX-400 processors. Remember, this graphics processor is a Direct3D 7.0 accelerator, which first came out in May 2001. This chip is a lighter version of the GeForce2 processor with two pixels pipelines (four in the GeForce2 GTS). The SDRAM performs well, even though this chip has half the fill rate of the original GeForce2.

A specialized Philips SAA7108E processor (Philips Semiconductors; SAA7108E; SAA7109E; PC-CODEC ) handles video input and output, as well as the many video encoding and decoding functions. It enables TV output at a resolution of 800 x 600, and features an anti-flicker filter.

With the video decoder, you can select analog sources at 50 or 60 Hz.

This chip offers a much better display than the eternal Chrontel 7007 or Conexant CX25871-13 or Bt868/869. It can be found on many top-of-the-line, multi-function GeForce3 Titaniums. But this is the first time it has been integrated in a GeForce2 MX-400. Note that multi-function cards with a classic GeForce2 MX processor are also offered by ASUSTek (V7100 Deluxe Combo).