3-8 Understanding System Features
Graphics Accelerator
The graphics accelerator is specifically designed for
graphics-intensive operations, 3D effects, texture mapping,
text and color pixel amplification, and scrolling. The
graphics accelerator provides 64-bit (Matrox Mystique) or
128-bit (Number Nine Imagine Series 2), ultra-high
performance for demanding True Color, High Color, and
pseudocolor GUI and computer-aided design (CAD)
applications.
The accelerator minimizes bus traffic by off-loading the
tasks normally performed by the processor. The dedicated
bit-block transfer (BitBLT) engine maximizes performance
by speeding the movement of large blocks of image data in
video memory.
Video Support
Your system comes in two configurations of standard video.
Depending on your PowerMate Professional Series model,
the system has a 2-MB (Matrox Mystique) or 4-MB
(Number Nine Imagine Series 2) video board. The 2-MB
models are upgradeable to 4 MB with a 2-MB upgrade
module.
The system supports the following resolutions, colors, and
refresh rates for the 2-MB Matrox Mystique video board
installed in some models. Screen resolution, pixel depth, and
refresh-rates are with the standard 2 MB of video RAM and
with the 2 MB option installed on the video board.
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