Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 20:25:48 -0300 From: madodel at ptdprolog.net Subject: [VOICENWS] SW: SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 version 3.0.6 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: stevewDESPAM at DESPAMscitechsoft.com ------------------------------------ SciTech SNAP Graphics 3.0.6 for OS/2 Professional Edition ------------------------------------ Where can I download it? ------------------------ You can download SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 version 3.0.6 from the SciTech web site using the following URL: http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/ent/snap_os2_content.html This is a free update for registered users of SNAP Graphics 3.x for OS/2, but it is NOT a free upgrade from version 2.x. If you wish to use it beyond the 21 day trial period, you may purchase a license for it in our online store: http://store.scitechsoft.com/ What's new in this version? --------------------------- Here are the major changes since version 3.0.0: * Added hardware video overlay support for ATI chipsets: ATI Rage IIC, Rage Pro, Rage LT Pro, Rage XL, Rage Mobility ATI Rage 128, Rage 128 Pro, Rage 128 Ultra, Rage Mobility 128 ATI Rage Mobility 128-D4x, Radeon 7000, Radeon 7200 ATI Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500, Radeon 8500DV ATI Mobility Radeon, Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP ATI Mobility Radeon 7500, Mobility Radeon 9000 ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP, Radeon 9000 Series ATI Radeon 9100 Pro IGP, Radeon 9100, Mobility Radeon 9200 ATI Radeon 9200 Series, Radeon 9500, Radeon 9500 Pro ATI Radeon 9550, Mobility Radeon 9600, Radeon 9600 Series ATI Radeon 9600 XT, Radeon 9700 Pro, Mobility Radeon 9800 ATI Radeon 9800, Radeon 9800 Pro, Radeon 9800 XT ATI Mobility Radeon X300, Mobility Radeon X600 ATI Radeon X300 Series, Radeon X600 Series ATI Mobility Radeon X800, Radeon IGP 320M / 340M ATI Radeon XPress 200 Please note that this requires application support; one application with SNAP overlay support is EmperoarTV: http://www.s-t.de/emperoar/ The authors of EmperoarTV had this to say about SNAP overlays: "The key benefit for an end user is the simple, out of the box install with no need to hunt for any other third party products. Besides that, as an integral part of SNAP, the overlay is an offically tested and certfied driver function, on which the user can rely." "The user has greater control over overlay properties. For example, WarpOverlay on Rage LT Pro doesn't support any adjustments at all, while SNAP offers Brightness, Saturation and Gamma." "Furthermore, it offers nice seamless window dragging." Developers wishing to add support for SNAP overlays into their own products will find what they need in the SNAP SDK: http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/dev/developer_home.html * Added native panel programming for ATI Radeon chipsets. This feature provides support for widescreen and other non-BIOS modes on digital flat panels, and allows MultiHead in DFP+CRT configurations. * Added acceleration support for more chipsets, including: ATI ES1000, Radeon 9550, Radeon X300, Radeon X600 ATI Mobility Radeon 9800, Mobility Radeon X300 ATI Mobility Radeon X800, Radeon XPress 200 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000, GeForce FX 5500 * Uses the latest GRADD components from IBM, version E.099 This adds support for "Enhanced Suspend" and reduces the amount of shared memory used by fullscreen sessions. For a complete list of changes, see the changelog: http://www.scitechsoft.com/snap2_changes.txt About SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 ------------------------------------ SciTech SNAP Graphics provides high performance graphics accelerator access across a wide range of modern graphics hardware and operating systems. The core technology is our SciTech SNAP Graphics Architecture, which is a cross platform device driver technology enabling the use of the same device drivers in all versions of SciTech SNAP Graphics. Sharing the drivers between platforms improves the quality and performance of device drivers for all supported operating systems. For more detailed information about SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 (including the list of supported graphics chipsets) see the complete readme at: http://www.scitechsoft.com/ftp/snap/os2/readme.txt Support ------- If you wish to discuss this release with other users, you are welcome to use the SciTech newsgroups at: news://news.scitechsoft.com/scitech.snap.graphics.os2 Please note that the product has a 21-day evaluation period; if you would like to purchase it for continued use, it is available in our online store. Once you have registered, you can get priority support by opening tickets on the SciTech HelpDesk: http://www.scitechsoft.com/support/helpdesk/ --- END OF ANNOUNCEMENT --- ---------------------------- Steve Wendt, QA Dept. SciTech Software, Inc. -- Warpstock 2005 - Hershey, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6-9 http://www.warpstock.org Warpstock Europe 2005 - Dresden, Germany, Nov. 18-20 http://www.warpstock.net [Moderator's note: All posts are sent without guarantee to the accuracy of the content. We try to verify details and URLs but this is an entirely volunteer run list, so 100% fact checking and the quality/useability of products announced here is impossible. If you respond to this post please remove the DESPAM from the poster's email addresses. 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