Specifications

The List

120MHz/166MHz core/memory clock
Integrated geometry transform engine
Integrated dynamic lighting engine
Four-pixel rendering pipeline
480 million pixels per second fill rate
15 million triangles per second peak throughput
Cube-environment mapping
Single-pass emboss and dot-product bump mapping
Vertex Blending
DX6 Texture Compression
350MHz RAMDAC
2D resolution of 2048x1536 at 75Hz
AGP4X with Fast Writes
32MB SGRAM
OpenGL ICD for Windows98, NT4, 2000
DX7 Support
Composite TV output
S-Video TV output
S-Video TV input
VR 3D Glasses (VR-100G)
HDTV motion compensation.
Full frame rate DVD to 1080i resolution.

Notes

The Deluxe AGP-V6600 has several more features than the regular Pure card. Most notably, the Deluxe card has a VR output and the package includes a pair of ASUS VR 3D glasses. You can read more about stereoscopic glasses in our Elsa 3D Revelator Glasses Preview.

VR 3D!

Currently, ASUS only has a D3D support for the VR glasses, but they have an OpenGL driver in beta right now. Both Elsa and S3 now support 3D gaming glasses, and as more manufacturers offer support, 3D glasses become less of a gimmick and more of a true feature. While it would be suicidal to play a fast paced FPS shooter with 3D glasses, other games (where graphics are more important than gameplay) will benefit greatly from the 3D technology.

The only other differences between the Deluxe and the Pure versions of the V6600 is the lack of TV inputs, TV output, and VR output on the Pure card. Both the Deluxe and Pure cards use normal SDR SGRAM. You have the option to buy a 3D VR upgrade for the Pure card. The upgrade includes a daughter board and a pair of ASUS 3D VR glasses.