Creative's 3D Blaster Savage4 Delivers Spectacular Performance at Unbeatable Price
The 3D Blaster Savage4, a new addition to Creative's award-winning 3D Blaster family, has been introduced with a breakthrough price of $129.99. Built on S3's Savage4 PRO graphics controller, this graphics card offers spectacular performance and stunning visual quality, making it an attractive option for budget-conscious PC gamers. With support for PCI, AGP2X, and AGP4X bus architectures, true 32-bit 3D rendering, and a full 128-bit 3D graphics engine, the 3D Blaster Savage4 is designed to meet the needs of gamers and developers alike.
Key Takeaways:
- The 3D Blaster Savage4 is priced at $129.99, making it an affordable option for PC gamers.
- The graphics card is built on S3's Savage4 PRO controller and supports PCI, AGP2X, and AGP4X bus architectures.
- The 3D Blaster Savage4 features true 32-bit 3D rendering and a full 128-bit 3D graphics engine.
- It has a 32MB SDRAM and a 300MHz RAMDAC, along with hardware-assisted DVD support.
- The graphics card is supported by Creative's own drivers and utilities.
- The 3D Blaster Savage4 is a dual texture engine capable of simultaneously processing and combining two textures.
- It supports DirectX 6 texture compression and has point, bilinear, trilinear, and anisotropic filtering, with support for MIPmapping.
- The graphics card also includes Full-scene anti-aliasing and motion compensation for enhanced image quality.
- The 3D Blaster Savage4 will be available in AGP and PCI configurations in May at an estimated street price of $129.99.
Statistics:
- 32MB SDRAM
- 300MHz RAMDAC
- 125 million pixels/second, trilinear filtered for fantastic frame rates
- Support for DirectX 6 texture compression
- Support for PCI, AGP2X, and AGP4X bus architectures
- True 32-bit 3D rendering
- Full 128-bit 3D graphics engine
Sources:
- "Creative Technology Ltd. Introduces 3D Blaster Savage4" (PR Newswire, March 1)
- About Creative Technology Ltd.
- About S3 Incorporated