ATI has posted 4 videos on their site which showcase various features found in the brand new Radewon 9700, as well as Microsoft's DirectX 9 technology. Click "Read More" for the links and short descriptions.

Just remember, these can be rendered in real time on a 9700. Its a brave new world :)

Animusic A real-time version of "Pipe Dream" from Animusic's DVD entited ANIMUSIC: A Computer Animation Video Album (http://www.animusic.com). This was shown in offline-rendered form in the Electronic Theatre at Siggraph 2001. Now rendered in real-time on the Radeon 9700. EXE: MPG: 70MB 5hrs 40min @ 28.8K 34MB 2hr 45min @ 28.8K Technology: DirectX9 Bear A realistic demonstration of fur-rendering in a typical application. This demo shows a number of techniques for rendering fur not seen before - including combing, natural curling per-strand coloring and per-pixel anisotropic lighting. These techniques will be described in more detail in a technical sketch at Siggraph 2002. EXE: MPG: 2.5MB 12min @ 28.8K 1.4MB 7min @ 28.8K Technology: DirectX9 Car DirectX 9 pixel shaders are used to simulate the light reflection and refraction of 2 tone car paint. In addition, this demo showcases the high precision rendering of the Radeon 9700 - using high detailed normal maps to provide a high level of detail from a low polygon model. On the Radeon 9700, multiple models at this level of detail can be rendered simultaneously making these techniques ideal for implementation in racing games. EXE: MPG: 20.4MB 1hr 39min @ 28.8K 10MB 48min @ 28.8K Technology: DirectX9 Rendering With Natural Light A real-time implementation of Paul Debevec's 1998 Siggraph paper (http://www.debevec.org). This shows the use of light captured from the real world to illuminate synthetic objects. Extensive use is made of the high internal floating point precision of the Radeon 9700 to reproduce the high dynamic range images necessary for this technique. EXE: MPG: 30MB 2hr 27min @ 28.8K 15MB 1hr 13min @ 28.8K Technology: DirectX9