Upgrading and Repairing PCs (17th Edition)

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G.Lite,

Gamberg, Richard,

game playing

     3D audio

         DirectX support

         positional audio

         processing

     DirectX

     game ports

     gaming-optimized modems

     multimedia

     OpenGL

     pointing devices

     sound cards

         3D audio

         AdLib

         Aureal

         AV-710

         buying tips

         CA0102 (Audigy 2)

         CA0102-ICT (Audigy 2 ZS)

         CA0186

         CAO185

         comparison of features

         connectors

         data compression

         DirectX

         discontinued sound cards

         drivers

         DSPs (digital signal processors)

         EMU-8000

         EMU10K1

         EMU10K2 (Audigy)

         Ensoniq ES137x series

         history of

         installing

         integrated audio chipsets

         manufacturers

         MIDI support

         minimum requirements

         monophonic/stereophonic

         MS-DOS game support

         Philips

         resource conflicts

         Sound Blaster

         Sound Blaster Audigy

         Sound Blaster Pro

         Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro

         speaker connections

         stereo system connections

         troubleshooting

         USB-based audio processors

         Vibra-16

         volume control

         X-Fi (Extreme Fidelity)

         Yamaha

     speakers

         buying tips

         troubleshooting

GameCODA audio middleware,

gang programmers,

Gate A20 Option setting (BIOS),

gateways, 2nd

GDDR-3 SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM),

GeForce2 MX video,

general memory faults,

general-purpose diagnostic software,

geometry,

ghost images,

GHz (gigahertz),

giant magneto-resistive (GMR) read/write heads,

GiB (gigabinarybytes),

Gibson Research Corporation

     Shields Up service

     SpinRite

     website

Giga-Byte Technology,

gigabinarybytes (GiB),

Gigabit Ethernet,

gigahertz (GHz),

glass

     glass platters

     in hard disks

Glenwood chipsets,

Glidepoint pointing devices,

Global Engineering Documents,

global protection faults,

GM Vehicle Calibration Information,

GMCH (Graphics Memory Controller Hub)

     82810E

     82840

     82850

GMR (giant magneto-resistive) read/write heads,

Goldstar,

Gouraud shading,

GPA (graphics performance accelerator) cards,

Grantsdale (915) chipsets,

graphics

     2D graphics

     3D graphics

         3D chipsets 2nd

         animation

         antialiasing

         bilinear filtering

         depth cueing

         DirectX 6.0-9.0

         displacement mapping

         dual-GPU scene rendering

         environment-based bump mapping

         flat shading

         floating-point calculations

         fogging

         Gouraud shading

         hardware/software acceleration

         history of

         image abstractions

         image rendering 2nd

         keyframe interpolation

         MIP mapping

         perspective correction

         primitives

         scan conversion

         shading

         software optimization

         stencil buffering

         T&L (transform and lighting)

         T-buffers

         texture mapping

         textures

         trilinear filtering

         vertex skinning

         vertices

         visible surface determination

         Z-buffering

     Extreme Graphics Architecture

graphics adapters [See video adapters,.]

Graphics Memory Controller Hub [See GMCH (Graphics Memory Controller Hub).]

graphics performance accelerator (GPA) cards,

gray code,

Green Book standard,

Green PCs,

green power switch connector wires,

ground connectors,

grounded outlets,

grounding loops,