"While the increase in brute force over previous products is promising, the
most exciting aspect of ATI's newest technology is its compliance with
Microsoft's DirectX 8.1 specification. The first feature exposed through the
gaming API has been dubbed Truform by ATI, and allows developers to
significantly increase the geometric complexity of games entirely on the
graphics processor; meaning memory bandwidth is not consumed. "
FULL STORY @ SOURCEMAGAZINE (http://www.sourcemagazine.com/csm/Forum3/HTML/000043.html)