Compaq W4000 User Manual

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Technical Reference Guide




The card includes four MGA G200 graphics controllers. Each controller includes a VGA
controller core, 2D and 3D engines, and a 250-MHz RAMDAC. Each controller can drive either
an analog RGB monitor or a DVI-compliant digital monitor.




128-bit
Data Bus




RGB

Analog
Monitor

H/VSync




DVI Data

Digital
Monitor



3D Array

Engine

Video

Scalar

2D/VGA

Engine

DVI

Controller

250-MHz

RAMDAC

CRT

Controller

Memory

I/F


PCI

I/F

Card

Edge

Connector

PCI
Bus

MGA G200 Graphics Controller

Figure H-3. MGA G200 Graphics Controller Architecture

The MGA G200 graphics controller includes the following features:

♦ 64-bit SGRAM interface
♦ PCI bus 2.1 compliant with bus-mastering support
♦ 2D drawing engine with:

• 128-bit BitBLTs, rectangle/polygon fills, line draws
• Hardware cursor
• 8-/16-/32-bpp mode acceleration

♦ Analog (RGB) or DVI monitor support
♦ 3D accelerator with:

• Vertex fog
• Anistropic filtering
• Specular lighting diffuse, flat and Gouraud shading
• Full-scene anti-aliasing

♦ 250-MHz RAMDAC
♦ VESA compliancy:

• Dual DDC2B monitor support
• VIP 2.0 interface
• DPMS, EPA Energy Star, and ACPI-compliant power management






Compaq Personal Computers

Original - March 2002

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