TARGA 3000 Configuration Cookbook
11/25/2002
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6 Certified Display Adapters
The following list contains VGA adapters that are tested with a Targa 3000 workstation and are proven to be
compatible with T3K and Adobe Premiere 5.1c and 6.0. Compatibility with Windows NT 4.0 and/or Windows
2000 Professional is noted.
BRAND MODEL MEM
SIZE
CHIPSET INTERFACE
TYPE
NT 4.0/W2K
COMPATIBLE
MATROX G400 16/32 G400 AGP YES/YES
MATROX G450 16/32 G450 AGP/PCI YES/YES
MATROX G450 DVI 32 G450 AGP YES/YES
MATROX G550 32/64 G550 AGP YES/YES
ATI EXPERT 98 8 RAGE PRO TURBO AGP/PCI YES/YES
ATI EXPERT@WORK 8 RAGE PRO TURBO AGP/PCI YES/YES
ATI EXPERT@PLAY 8 RAGE PRO TURBO AGP/PCI YES/YES
ATI EXERT 2000 16/32 RAGE 128 GL AGP/PCI YES/YES
ATI ALL IN WONDER 128 32 RAGE 128 GL AGP YES/YES
ATI RADEON 32 ATI RADEON AGP YES/YES
ATI RADEON VE 32 ATI RADEON VE AGP YES/YES
ATI EXPERT 128 32 RAGE 128 GL AGP YES/YES
ATI RAGE FURY 32 RAGE 128 GL AGP YES/YES
ATI RAGE MAGNUM 32 RAGE 128 GL AGP YES/YES
ATI RADEON DDR 32/64 ATI RADEON AGP YES/YES
ATI RADEON 7500 64 ATI RADEON 7500 AGP YES/YES
ELSA SYNERGY II 32 NVIDIA TNT 2 AGP YES/YES
ELSA SYNERGY III 32 NVIDIA QUADRO MXR AGP YES/YES
ELSA GLADIAC GeForce 2
GTS
32 NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS AGP YES/YES
ELSA GLADIAC 511 32 NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX
400
AGP YES/YES
ELSA GLADIAC 520 64 NVIDIA GeForce 3 AGP YES/YES
LEADTEK GeForce 2 MX DH Pro 32 NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX AGP YES/YES
NVIDIA TNT 2 M64 32 NVIDIA TNT 2 AGP/PCI YES/YES
NVIDIA TNT 2 ULTRA 32 NVIDIA TNT 2 ULTRA AGP/PCI YES/YES
NVIDIA Quadro4 200NVS 64 NVIDIA Quadro4 AGP YES/YES
3DFX VOODOO 1000 16 VOODOO 2 AGP/PCI YES/YES
3DFX VOODOO 2000 16 VOODOO 3 AGP YES/YES
3DFX VOODOO 3000 32 VOODOO AGP YES/YES
*Display Adapters marked in red bold are newly certified.*
6.1 Overlay Explained
The TARGA 3000 transfers a video sample directly to the memory of the display adapter via the AGP bus.
Always use a video monitor to determine the quality of your final video output, not the overlay image.
Overlay software transfers the video sample into an invisible part of the display adapter's memory. The
display adapter will then scale and convert the image and transfer it to the right place in the visible part of
display memory. Not all display adapters have this feature and thus may not draw or display a correct
overlay. Occasionally, we have seen cases where the display adapter reports to TARGA that it can do an
overlay, but then either does not do so or corrupts the graphic interface. If compatibility of the display
adapter is in question, use one of the TARGA 3000 certified display adapters.