HP (Hewlett-Packard) VL 5/xxx Series 5 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives
Matrox MGA Millennium Graphics Controller Board
Matrox MGA Millennium Graphics Controller Board
All models of the HP Vectra XA 5/xxx PC and a few models of the
HP Vectra VL 5/xxx Series 5 PC are supplied with a Matrox MGA
Millennium PCI graphics controller on a board fitted in a PCI accessory slot.
The on-board MGA-2064W processor communicates with the Pentium
processor along the PCI bus. The controller can be characterized as follows:
100% hardware- and BIOS-compatible with IBM
®
VGA display standard
64-bit video memory access
Hardware acceleration of graphical user interface (GUI) operations
Support for up to 8 MB Window RAM (WRAM) at 50 ns
Integrated 24-bit, 220 MHz RAMDAC
Pixel clock maximum frequency of 135 MHz
Green power saving features
Standard and Enhanced Video Graphics Array (VGA) modes
Acceleration for 3D, playback, MPEG (when an optional upgrade module
from Matrox is fitted), continuous interpolation on X, replication on Y
DDC 2B compliant.
VESA pass-through connector
Media XL connector
Matrox VESA connector
Graphics processor chips
2 MB memory chips
Top half of upgrade socket
Bottom half of upgrade socket
Configuration switches
Top and bottom halves of the
upgrade socket. (For the
installation of a video memory
upgrade module or the Matrox
MPEG module).
Configuration switches. (Set to
their bottom position for
normal operation).