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Interface Cards
This chapter describes the graphics and network devices that are supplied
with the PC Workstation.
Graphics Cards
HP Kayak XU800 PC Workstation models are supplied with a graphics
card. This graphics card is one of the following, depending on the PC
Workstation model:
• Matrox Millennium G250.
• Matrox Millennium G400.
• 3Dlabs Oxygen GVX1.
• ELSA Synergy™ II.
Matrox Millennium G250 Graphics Card
The Matrox Millennium G250 graphics card has a total of 8 MB of installed
video memory, which can be upgraded to a maximum of 16 MB.
The Matrox Millennium G250 on-board MGA G-250 processor
communicates directly with the Pentium II processor along the AGP 2X bus.
The controller can be characterized as follows:
• Supports full AGP 2X mode
• Graphics controller in 272-pin BGA (Ball Grid Array) package
• Integrated 64-bit, 250 MHz RAMDAC
• New, high-performance triangle setup engine to off-load system CPU
• Improved 3D drawing engine supports:
• Bilinear texture filtering
• Fogging.
• Alpha blending
• Anti-aliasing
• Specular highlighting