5 Video Controllers
Matrox MGA Millennium Video Controller Card
MGA Connectors
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) defines a standard video connector, variously known as the VESA feature connector, auxiliary connector, or
There are two connectors on the back panel: the normal DB15 VGA connector for connecting to HP displays, and a Matrox VESA connector.
VESA
2 MB memory chips
Matrox VESA connector
Graphics processor chips
Bottom half of upgrade socket
Display connector
Configuration switches
Top and bottom halves of the upgrade socket. (For the installation of a video memory upgrade module or the Matrox MPEG module).
Configuration switches. (Set to their bottom position for normal operation).
If you install a
MGA Video Memory
The video memory (also known as window RAM, or WRAM) is a local block of RAM for holding two major data structures: the double buffer (to hold one frame steady on the screen whilst the next one is being processed), and the
The Matrox MGA Millennium video card is supplied with 2 MB of video memory. This can be upgraded to 4 MB with a D3557A upgrade module, or to 8 MB with an
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