Section 2: About The Voodoo3 Board - 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 Reviewer's Manual

Voodoo3™ Reviewers Guide

SECTION 2: About the Voodoo3 Board

Board Layout
Hardware Components
Graphics Subsystem
• Graphics Controller – 143MHz Voodoo3 2000 or 166MHz Voodoo3 3000
• Frame Buffer – 16MB of 512Kx32 SDR SDRAM for the 166MHz
• RAMDAC – up to 350MHz
• Video Input – 8-bit VMI 1.2 video input port to support video peripherals such as:
- TV tuners
- MPEG2 decoders
• 24-bit (12-bit dual-edge) digital RGB data output to support video output devices such as:
- NTSC or PAL TV encoders (Brooktree Bt868 included on board)
Bus Interface
• Graphics bus interface – AGP 2X with sidebands
I/O Connectors
• HD15 – VGA output and monitor detection I/O
• Video – Composite Video-Out (S-Video)
• CCR-601
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August 1999