Technical Information 1-15
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1152 by 882 - 256, 65K, and 16.7 colors
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1280 by 1024 - 256, 65K, and 16.7 colors
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1600 by 1200 - 256 and 65K colors.
When the video board contains 8 MB of video WRAM, the following resolutions are
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640 by 480 - 256, 65K, and 16.7 colors
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1024 by 768 - 256, 65K, and 16.7 colors
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1152 by 882 - 256, 65K, and 16.7 colors
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1280 by 1024 - 256, 65K, and 16.7 colors
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1600 by 1200 - 256, 65K, and 16.7 colors.
See the specification table at the end of this section for the refresh rates. The following list
provides additional features.
Video Playback
MGA’s advanced video playback acceleration provides full screen playback of MPEG and
AVI video clips.
The graphics engine delivers a full screen, smooth display of motion video data up to 30
frames per second (fps). Support includes:
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MPEG-1
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Video for Windows
MPEG is a compression/decompression standard developed by a professional video group
called the Motion Picture Experts Group. MPEG produces full-screen, 30-frames-per-
second, broadcast-quality digital video. This basically means viewing movies on your
computer.
MGA Millennium accelerates color space conversion and video upscaling to deliver high
quality MPEG and AVI video playback and true multimedia functionality.
AUDIO
To provide for the increasing number of multimedia applications, a Crystal CS4236 audio
CODEC chip is integrated onto the system board. The CS4236 chip provides 16-bit stereo,
Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio. The system board on multimedia configurations
provides a line in jack, line out jack, speaker jack, microphone jack, and musical instrument
device interface (MIDI) connector for the installation of a MIDI/Joystick kit.
