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Chapter 18
The HP A4982A Visualize fxe card is an entry level, 2D/3D graphics card
with 18 Mbytes of SGRAM. It provides analog video only through a
standard 15-pin miniature D-sub connector.
The A4982B version of the HP Visualize fxe card (above) has 24 Mbytes
of SDRAM and features an available texture memory at 1280 x 1024
resolution of 9.5 Mbytes instead of the 3.5 MBytes for the A4982A. The
two cards are fully pixel compatible. Applications qualified to run on the
rev-A card will run without difference on the rev-b card.
The extra memory provided by the A4982B card allows 1600x1200 and
1600x1024 resolutions previously only supported on 2D. Due to the
change in memory type (from SGRAM to SDRAM) some applications
may see some interactive windowing operations (for example moving
opaque windows) run slightly slower. A new revision of the X server will
minimize these problems. For HP-UX 10.20 users, get patch
PHSS_23535 or its replacement; for HP-UX 11.x users, get PHSS_23546
or its replacement.
To take advantage of the increased resolution provided by the rev-b card,
see page 15 for instructions.
NOTE To determine which fxe card is in your Workstation, check the following
file: /opt/graphics/common/bin/graphinfo - under
CONFIGURATION INFORMATION, the line ‘Total framebuffer
memory’ will show 24 Mbytes for the rev-b card and 18 Mbtyes for the
rev-a card. If you execute /opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon -rv, the
newer card will show the HPA4982B product number.
The HP Visualize fx
5
2D/3D graphics accelerator card is a mid-level
graphics card. The fx
5
Pro features 64MB of SDRAM, a single geometry
accelerator ASIC and a single ASIC for rastering and texturing.
The HP Visualize fx
10a
2D/3D graphics accelerator card is an high-end
graphics card. The fx
10a
Pro features dual geometry accelerator ASIC's,
and a single rastering and texturing ASIC
The HP Visualize fx
10b
2D/3D graphics accelerator card is also an
high-end graphics card. The fx
10b
Pro features 128 Mbytes of DDR RAM,
dual geometry accelerator ASIC's, and a single rastering and texturing
ASIC. It replaces the fx
10a
as of November 2000.