General Features - Compaq Armada e500 Series Reference Manual

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V /G
IDEO RAPHICS
This chapter describes the general video/graphics subsystem architecture found in the
Armada E500 and Armada V300 computers. For detailed information regarding
components used in this subsystem, refer to the particular component's data sheet. The
video/graphics subsystem provides desktop-level performance through advanced
multimedia acceleration and integrated 64-bit 2D and 3D graphics acceleration with
XGA flat panel and/or CRT displays. The graphics controller used in the Armada E500
and Armada V300 is the ATI Technologies RAGE Mobility-P, with 8 MB and 4 MB of
video memory, respectively.

General Features

High integration provides a low-cost, low-power, one component graphics subsystem
ideal for a full range of notebook designs
Comprehensive AGP support, including 1X and 2X mode, sideband addressing, and
AGP texturing
PCI version 2.1 with full bus mastering and scatter/gather support
Fully PC 98/PC 99 compliant
Bi-Endian support for compliance on a variety of processor platforms
Fast response to host commands
Triple 8-bit palette DAC with gamma correction for true WYSIWYG color and pixel
rates up to 230 MHz
ACPI/On Now architecture compliance
DDC1 and DDC2B+ supporting EDID 2.0 for plug and play monitors
Integrated 112-MHz dual-channel LVDS transmitters
Integrated motion compensation and IDCT circuitry
Integrated hardware diagnostic tests performed automatically upon initialization
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UBSYSTEM
Video/Graphics Subsystem 7-1