Audio Visual Technology PART 2 Purpose Of Lesson

Audio Visual Technology PART 2

Purpose Of Lesson Part 2 We will discuss graphics options available and future advancement in graphics options.

VOCAB 1. VIDEO CARD 2. NVIDIA & ATI TECHNOLOGIES 3. SCALABLE LINK INTERFACE (SLI) & CROSSFIRE (AKA CROSSFIREX) 4. MATROX 5. DISPLAYLINK

GRAPHICS CARDS • GRAPHICS CARD INSTALLED ON MOTHERBOARD

GRAPHICS CARDS • GRAPHICS CARDS CAN OFFER BETTER GRAPHIC PERFORMANCE AND OPTIONS FOR MULTIPLE MONITOR DISPLAYS.

GRAPHICS CARDS • Two Main Brands on Market that sell 98% of the cards on the market – even if they are labeled a different brand, usually built by one of the two. • NVIDIA – DOMINATE BRAND • ATI Technologies

SLI or CROSSFIRE • PUT TWO OR MORE CARDS TOGETHER TO RUN JUST ONE SCREEN WITH REALLY HIGH QUALITY PICTURE AND GRAPHICS!!!

SLI or CROSSFIRE • YOU USE A JUMPER OR JUMPERS TO CONNECT THE CARDS SO THEY WORK AS ONE.

SLI or CROSSFIRE • (SLI) SCALABLE LINK INTERFACE IS WHAT IT IS CALLED WHEN MADE BY NVIDIA. • CROSSFIRE OR CROSSFIREX IS WHAT IT IS CALLED WHEN MADE BY ATI TECHNOLOGIES • TWO DIFFERENT BRANDS CANNOT WORK TOGETHER!!! • BASICALLY SAME THING

SLI or CROSSFIRE • TWO CARDS IS CALLED DUAL SLI OR CROSSFIRE • THREE CARDS IS CALLED TRIPLE SLI OR TRIPLE CROSSFIRE • FOUR CARDS IS CALLED QUAD SLI OR CROSSFIRE

EXTERNAL VIDEO CARDS • External device that allows you to hook up to 6 additional screens to any computer • Picture qualities are LACKING!!! • It runs off usb, so the amount of power and speed is very limited.

MATROX TRIPLE HEAD TO GO • POWERED external device that allows you to take a screen out to three screens wide off of a regular computer graphics card. • It is powered So, better resolution than a usb, but not perfect!

MULTI MONITORS

MULTI MONITOR GAME PLAY VIDEO

NEW! QUAD GRAPHICS CARDS • WITH A QUAD GRAPHICS CARDS ON YOUR COMPUTER YOU CAN MAKE FOUR SCREENS WIDE!

DOUBLE DUAL GRAPHICS CARDS • WITH TWO DOUBLE OR THE NEW QUAD GRAPHICS CARD(S) ON YOUR COMPUTER YOU CAN MAKE FOUR SCREENS WIDE!

DOUBLE DUAL GRAPHICS CARDS • WITH TWO DOUBLE OR THE NEW QUAD GRAPHICS CARD(S) ON YOUR COMPUTER YOU CAN MAKE FOUR SCREENS WIDE!

MULTI MONITORS

FOUR DUAL GRAPHICS CARDS • WITH FOUR DOUBLE OR TWO OF THE NEW QUAD GRAPHICS CARDS ON YOUR COMPUTER YOU CAN MAKE EIGHT SCREENS WIDE! • OR ONE REALLY GREAT QUALITY

ATI RADEON EYEFINITY 6 CARD • MATROX DID IT AGAIN!! • NOW YOU CAN HAVE UP TO SIX MONITORS ON ONE CARD • OR, 12 WITH TWO CARDS!!!! • OR, 18 WITH THREE CARDS!!!!

NEW! MATROX 8 CARD • MATROX DID IT AGAIN!! • NOT VERY POWERFUL! • NOW YOU CAN HAVE UP TO EIGHT MONITORS ON ONE CARD • OR, 16 WITH TWO CARDS!!!! • OR, 24 WITH THREE CARDS!!!! • OR, 32 WITH FOUR!!!!

8 SCREENS

PUT TWO CARDS TOGETHER AND GET 16 SCREENS

24 SCREENS INSANE MULTITASKING? ? ?

PANORAMIC SCREEN • ONE EXTRA WIDE SCREEN THAT CURVES

ALIENWARE/NEC 56” WIDE

ALIENWARE/NEC MOVIE

360 Degree Projection • You are in the center of the action • The movie is all around you in 360 Degrees!

360 Degree Projection

360 Degree Projection MOVIE

360 Degree Projector Heads • View in all Directions, even the Ceiling at the same time • Projects in a Bowl, Dome, or Spherical Shape)!!!

360 Degree Cameras • http : //w ww. aro und visi on. c om/

360 Degree Screen the other way

Displaylink • Universal USB Docking Stations • USB Graphics Cards up to 6 • USB Compatible Monitors up to 6 • USB PC Stations – up to 10 per PC on USB 2. 0

WE HAVE DISCUSSED 1. VIDEO CARD 2. NVIDIA & ATI TECHNOLOGIES 3. SCALABLE LINK INTERFACE (SLI) & CROSSFIRE (AKA CROSSFIREX) 4. MATROX 5. DISPLAYLINK

END OF PART 2