<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows- 1252"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Microsoft Word 97"> <TITLE>3Dlabs Permedia3 Display Driver</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY LINK="#0000ff"> <FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=5><H2>3Dlabs Permedia3 Display Driver</H2> </FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2> <H3>SUMMARY</H3></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P> This is a display driver for graphics adapters based on the 3Dlabs Permedia-3 chipset. It supports GDI acceleration, Microsoft DirectDraw® acceleration, Microsoft Direct3D® acceleration, and multiple monitor support. This display driver forms a matched pair with the 3Dlabs Permedia3 video miniport driver. The miniport driver is responsible for non-rendering tasks such as adapter initialization, register mapping, and other resource allocation, whereas the display driver handles actual rendering tasks.<p> This sample driver runs on Windows® 2000 on the x86 platform. It also builds and runs on Windows 98 and Windows ME.<P> The driver is compiled as a DX8 driver and currently supports pointsprites, multisampling, volume textures and DX8 multistreaming (with a single stream). <H3>RELEASE NOTES</H3></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2><P> All applicable samples and DCT tests have been run successfully with this driver. <FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" SIZE=1><P>© 1999,2000 Microsoft Corporation</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE=2> </P></FONT></BODY> </HTML>