Hercules' european department has released a press info in which they announce the new 3DProphet 4800 - a value placed graphics card based on the KYRO2 SE chipset. New and advanced features include: Optimization for the latest OpenGL and DirectX APIs AGP 4X/2X 200MHz core clock 64MB of RAM TV-Output Note: PowerVR has officially announced the KYRO2 SE chip - details are the same. Read more... Enhanced Transform And Lighting: The enhanced T&L engine proves to be up to 15% faster than standard engines in games where T&L causes a bottleneck. SMART 3D Render technology: is an implemented Tile-based rendering engine. This technology enables faster 3D rendering by eliminating back-end polygons (Hidden Surface Removal technology) and mapping textures onto visible surfaces only. SMART 3D Render achieves ultra efficient bandwidth optimization and uncompromising fill rates in high-resolution scenes, which provides gamers with extra power in first person games. Texture8 technology: full support of single pass 8-layer multi-texturing. The processor can combine up to 8 layers of different textures, taking the best of DirectX® 8.1 for highly detailed 3D backgrounds and natural looking 3D models. For flawless image quality, 3D Prophet 4800 fully supports Internal True Color? enabling all pixel operations to be rendered in the graphics processor at full 32-bit Internal True Color resolution, which means added levels of color interpolation. TrueRender OnChip FSAA: Pixel-perfect FSAA is performed with zero memory footprint allowing the memory to be dedicated to other operations such as the storage of larger and more complex textures. KYROII SE employs TrueRender OnChip to implement both 2X and 4X high quality Full Scene Anti-Aliasing. Bump Map Complete: Optimum support for DirectX®8.1 features: EMBM, Dot3 and Embossed bump mapping. "3D Prophet 4800 is Hercules' solution for gamers and home users looking for an optimized and complete graphics solution at a reasonable price. Impressive 2D and 3D image quality, amazing speed in 3D applications and fluid DVD video playback can now be experienced by every user", says François Garet, Video Group Manager in Hercules Technologies. "In the meantime, Hercules will continue to manufacture and market 3D Prophet 4000XT and 3D Prophet 4500 series and offer to our customers a successful and non-stop support." Source: Hercules