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Interface Cards
This chapter describes the graphics, network and SCSI devices that are
supplied with the HP Kayak XM600 Series 2 PC Workstation.
Graphics Cards
HP Kayak XM600 Series 2 PC Workstation models are supplied with a
graphics card. This graphics card is one of the following, depending on the
PC Workstation model:
Matrox Millennium G250.
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Matrox Millennium G400.
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ELSA Synergy
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ELSA Gloria
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Matrox Millennium G250 Graphics Card
The Matrox Millennium G250 graphics card has a total of 8 MB of installed
video memory, which can be upgraded to a maximum of 16 MB.
The Matrox Millennium G250 on-board MGA G-250 processor
communicates directly with the Pentium II processor along the AGP 2X bus.
The controller can be characterized as follows:
Supports full AGP 2X mode
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Graphics controller in 272-pin BGA (Ball Grid Array) package
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Integrated 64-bit, 250 MHz RAMDAC
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New, high-performance triangle setup engine to off-load system CPU
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Improved 3D drawing engine supports:
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Bilinear texture filtering
Fogging.
Alpha blending
Anti-aliasing
Specular highlighting
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