Tech Source GFX 400 Series - Manual (Page 7)

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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview
Thank you for purchasing a Tech Source GFX 400 Series
product(s). The products in this series include:
•
GFX 420
•
GFX 440
•
GFX 450
These cards are single slot PCI cards designed to enhance the
graphics capabilities of your Sun Microsystems desktops and
servers such as the Sun Blades, Ultra Sun Fire and Enterprise
servers, while providing multi-head capability (up to 4 heads). All
products in the GFX 400 Series line are capable of supporting
resolutions of up to 1920x1200 analog and up to 1280x1024
digital (DVI). The cards can also simultaneously support 8 and
24-bit visuals.
The features and product differentiation between individual
models are summarized in the table below:
GFX 420 GFX 440 GFX 450
Number of
Heads (Max)
2 4 2
Video Output 2 analog or 2
DVI
4 analog or 4
DVI
1 analog + 1
DVI or 2
analog
Framebuffer
Size
64MB
(32MB/head)
128MB
(32MB/head)
32MB
(shared)
These products support Sun's Solaris operating system (version
2.5.1 and higher). All systems vary to a degree, therefore
knowledge of the features of your system and an understanding
of UNIX shell scripts are helpful during the installation process.