QuickSpecs

Compaq Evo Desktop D300/300s

Technical Specifications – Graphics

Matrox G550 Dual DVI 32-MB AGP Graphics Controller

Form factor

Low profile (LP) board with ATX bracket attached (kit also includes a Small

 

Form Factor (SFF) bracket)

 

 

 

 

Bus type

AGP 4X, AGP 2X, and AGP 1X

 

Standard memory

32-MB, high-speed DDR

 

DAC speed

360-MHz RAMDAC; secondary 230-MHz RAMDAC

Data path

64-bit DDR external bus to frame buffer memory/256-bit internal

Internal bus width

256-bit DualBus

 

Memory interface

64-bit DDR memory

 

Frame buffer

32 MB

 

Operating systems supported

Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT

 

4.0

 

Two integrated RAMDACs

Yes

 

3-D engine acceleration

Matrox HeadCasting* engine, two dual-textured 3-D pixels/clock for fast 3-

 

D game play, dual pixel pipelines with dual texturing units per pipeline,

 

floating point 3-D setup engine with dynamically re-allocatable resources;

 

Microsoft DirectX Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping; Vibrant Color

 

Quality rendering; bilinear, 8-sample-per-pixel trilinear, and anisotropic

 

filtering; Microsoft DirectX and OpenGL® alpha blending modes; Z-buffer

 

support

 

 

*Note: System recommendations for HeadCasting and DVD—450-MHz or

 

higher computer; 128 MB RAM; 56-K or higher modem with minimum 40-K

 

connection, microphone, and DVD-ROM; Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher,

 

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or Microsoft PowerPoint XP (for Matrox Virtual

 

Presenter)

 

3-D features

Single cycle multi-texturing

Yes

 

Environment-mapped bump mapping

Yes

 

Internal rendering

32-bit

 

Source textures

Up to 32-bit

 

Maximum texture size

2048 x 2048

 

32-bit color output

Yes

 

32-bit independent Z-buffer

Yes

 

Stencil buffering

Yes

 

AGP texturing

Yes

 

Trilinear filtering

Yes

 

Microsoft DirectX support

Yes

 

OpenGL support

Yes, through Matrox

DualHead 3-D display features

HeadCasting, Microsoft DirectX compliant, dual texturing units per pixel

 

pipeline, two pixel pipelines, single-cycle multi-texturing, environment-

 

mapped bump mapping, 32-bit internal rendering precision, up to 32-bit

 

source textures, 32-bit color output, bilinear, trilinear and anisotropic 3-D

 

filtering, 32-bit independent Z-buffer, OpenGL support

Other 3-D features

Alpha blending, fogging, specular highlighting, environment mapping,

 

stencil buffering, triple buffering, AGP texturing

Other

Texture mapping support; true color RGB, flat, and Gouraud shading;

 

Direct3-D support; anisotropic filter; perspective-correct texture mapping;

 

specular highlighting (any color); hardware dithering (including dithering of

 

LUT textures); sort-dependent antialiasing; vertex and table fogging; dual

 

texture mapping; Plug-and-Play; 0.18-micron technology (lower heat/power

 

consumption); high-quality DVD playback with DVDMax; color space

 

conversion; QuickDraw supported DCI and Microsoft DirectX and OpenGL

 

blend modes; Microsoft DirectDraw support; support for picture-in-picture

 

and multiple video windows; Unique Motion Video Rendering support

Kit contents

Matrox G550 graphics card with standard ATX bracket, DVI digital cable,

 

VGA analog cable, Small Form Factor bracket, CD containing software

 

drivers and documentation

 

 

Matrox Virtual Presenter for Microsoft PowerPoint; Digimask™ System,

 

HeadFone™ by LipSinc; The Matrox Software DVD Player; eDualHead

Optional software bundles (not

browser enhancements (PageWrap, PageLog, and PageJump); Matrox

PowerDesk

included)

 

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