Appendix E ATI RAGE IIC Graphics Card
Compaq Personal Computers
Original - March 1998
E-2
64-Bit
Mem. Bus
North
Bridge
Monitor
RGB
& Sync Data
E.2 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The ATI RAGE IIC AGP Graphics Card is based on the ATI RAGE IIC controller. This card
supports 3D effects such as texturing, z-buffering and alpha blending. This card includes two
megabytes of 83-MHz EDO. The graphics BIOS code is contained on-board in BIOS ROM.
Figure E–2
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ATI RAGE IIC AGP Graphics Card Block diagram
The ATI RAGE IIC AGP Graphics Card includes the following software support:
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Accelerated drive support for Windows 3.x, Win95, and WinNT
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MS DirectDraw support for Win95, Win98, WinNT4.0/5.0
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MS ActiveMovie support for Win95, Win98, WinNT5.0
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MPEG-1 software playback for Win95 and Win98
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MS Direct3D support for Win95, Win98, WinNT5.0
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OpenGL support for WinNT4.0/5.0
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Heidi support for WinNT
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ATI 3D CIF support for DOS
The video BIOS is contained in ROM on the card.
ATI RAGE IIC
Graphics
Controller
32-Bit
AGP Bus
BIOS
ROM
2-MB
EDO
RAM
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