GeForce 8400 GS
NVIDIA Unified Architecture
Unified shader architecture
GigaThread technology
Full support for Microsoft DirectX 10
Geometry shaders
Geometry instancing
Streamed output
Shader Model 4.0
Full 128-bit floating point precision through the entire rendering pipeline
NVIDIA Lumenex Engine
16x full screen anti-aliasing
Transparent multisampling and transparent supersampling
16x angle independent anisotropic filtering
128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting with anti-aliasing
32-bit per component floating point texture filtering and blending
Advanced lossless compression algorithms for color, texture, and z-data
Support for normal map compression
Z-cull
Early-Z
NVIDIA Quantum Effects Technology
Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation
Simulate and render physics effects on the graphics processor
NVIDIA TurboCache Technology
Combines the capacity and bandwidth of dedicated video memory with dynamically allocated system memory to dramatically turbocharge performance.
NVIDIA SLI Technology
Patented hardware and software technology allows two GeForce-based graphics cards to run in parallel to scale performance and enhance image quality on today's top titles.
NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology
Dedicated on-chip video processor
High-definition H.264, VC-1, MPEG2 and WMV9 decode acceleration
Advanced spatial-temporal de-interlacing
HDCP capable
Spatial-Temporal De-Interlacing
Noise Reduction
Edge Enhancement
Bad Edit Correction
Inverse telecine (2:2 and 3:2 pull-down correction)
High-quality scaling
Video color correction
Microsoft Video Mixing Renderer (VMR) support
Advanced Display Functionality
Two dual-link DVI outputs for digital flat panel display resolutions up to 2560x16004
One dual-link DVI outputs for digital flat panel display resolutions up to 2560x16005
One single-link DVI outputs for digital flat panel display resolutions up to 1920x120066
Dual integrated 400MHz RAMDACs for analog display resolutions up to and including 2048x1536 at 85Hz
Integrated HDTV encoder provides analog TV-output (Component/Composite/S-Video) up to 1080i resolution
NVIDIA nView multi-display technology capability
10-bit display processing
Built for Microsoft Windows Vista
Full DirectX 10 support
Dedicated graphics processor powers the new Windows Vista Aero 3D user interface
VMR-based video architecture
High Speed Interfaces
Designed for PCI Express x16
Designed for high-speed GDDR3 and DDR2 memory
Operating Systems
Built for Microsoft Windows Vista
Windows XP/Windows XP 64
Linux
API Support
Complete DirectX support, including Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0
Full OpenGL support, including OpenGL 2.0
NVIDIA Unified Architecture
Unified shader architecture
GigaThread technology
Full support for Microsoft DirectX 10
Geometry shaders
Geometry instancing
Streamed output
Shader Model 4.0
Full 128-bit floating point precision through the entire rendering pipeline
NVIDIA Lumenex Engine
16x full screen anti-aliasing
Transparent multisampling and transparent supersampling
16x angle independent anisotropic filtering
128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting with anti-aliasing
32-bit per component floating point texture filtering and blending
Advanced lossless compression algorithms for color, texture, and z-data
Support for normal map compression
Z-cull
Early-Z
NVIDIA Quantum Effects Technology
Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation
Simulate and render physics effects on the graphics processor
NVIDIA TurboCache Technology
Combines the capacity and bandwidth of dedicated video memory with dynamically allocated system memory to dramatically turbocharge performance.
NVIDIA SLI Technology
Patented hardware and software technology allows two GeForce-based graphics cards to run in parallel to scale performance and enhance image quality on today's top titles.
NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology
Dedicated on-chip video processor
High-definition H.264, VC-1, MPEG2 and WMV9 decode acceleration
Advanced spatial-temporal de-interlacing
HDCP capable
Spatial-Temporal De-Interlacing
Noise Reduction
Edge Enhancement
Bad Edit Correction
Inverse telecine (2:2 and 3:2 pull-down correction)
High-quality scaling
Video color correction
Microsoft Video Mixing Renderer (VMR) support
Advanced Display Functionality
Two dual-link DVI outputs for digital flat panel display resolutions up to 2560x16004
One dual-link DVI outputs for digital flat panel display resolutions up to 2560x16005
One single-link DVI outputs for digital flat panel display resolutions up to 1920x120066
Dual integrated 400MHz RAMDACs for analog display resolutions up to and including 2048x1536 at 85Hz
Integrated HDTV encoder provides analog TV-output (Component/Composite/S-Video) up to 1080i resolution
NVIDIA nView multi-display technology capability
10-bit display processing
Built for Microsoft Windows Vista
Full DirectX 10 support
Dedicated graphics processor powers the new Windows Vista Aero 3D user interface
VMR-based video architecture
High Speed Interfaces
Designed for PCI Express x16
Designed for high-speed GDDR3 and DDR2 memory
Operating Systems
Built for Microsoft Windows Vista
Windows XP/Windows XP 64
Linux
API Support
Complete DirectX support, including Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0
Full OpenGL support, including OpenGL 2.0
