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Creative Labs Unleashes Consumer Graphics Card

Posted by malebolgia on 24 May 2003 - 09:39 · 7 comments & 1681 views

Creative Technology rolled out its Graphics Blaster Picture Perfect consumer graphics card based on a professional 3Dlabs VP visual processing unit today. The product is addressed to digital camera users and computer gamers, not to 2D or 3D professionals.

In early January this year Creative Labs announced its intention to bring a consumer graphics cards based on the latest VPU from 3Dlabs. As you see, it took the company nearly five month to fulfill its promise and more than a year to transform a professional solution P10 from 3Dlabs into the Graphics Blaster Picture Perfect graphics card for mainstream users.

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News source: X-bit Labs

Here are hardware specifications of the product:

3Dlabs VP500SE visual processing unit (this is a bit redesigned version of 3Dlabs P10 VPU);
128-bit memory interface in contrast to 256-bit memory interface of higher-end professional graphics cards on the same VPU;
64MB DDR SDRAM memory;
370MHz RAMDAC;
AGP 2x/4x with sideband support;
D-Sub, DVI-A/DVI-D connectors;
Supports dual-head operation for displays;

It is a bit surprising that the Graphics Blaster Picture Perfect does not provide TV-Out, a feature used by quite a lot of users; looks like Creative fully positions its Graphics Blaster Picture Perfect as a solution for those, who love to edit the pictures taken with a digital camera, not for people, who watch films or play computer games on TV-screen.

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#1 Posted by N_B on 24 May 2003 - 09:52: I really can't see how this could be a commercial success.

#2 Posted by Jiles on 24 May 2003 - 10:04: I wonder if this will suffer from Creative usual level of support. :|

#3 Posted by iomayho on 24 May 2003 - 14:51: hmmm... looking at the spec,... the graphics card doesn't seem to be all the promising.., and i'll be difficult to compete with their enemies..., i mean, 64mb ram, 128-bit memory interface...? come on,.., i'm sure they can come up with something better than that..

#4 Posted by Jstphish on 24 May 2003 - 16:02: I sure hope Creative does better on their next card. I would really like to see prices go down and more competition can only help that happen.

#5 Posted by arpad on 24 May 2003 - 23:29: as usual, it will sport the spectacular Creative drivers.

#6 Posted by IntelliMoo on 24 May 2003 - 23:43: ah, Creative, the ATI of sound... hottest hardware -- BUT CAN'T MASTER DRIVER PROGRAMMING!

#7 Posted by Lurchybaby on 25 May 2003 - 01:10: just stick with the reference drivers and you'll be fine. At least I've yet to have a problem with that mode of thinking.

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