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Three graphics solutions are available for the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000. All are
PCI local bus implementations designed to maximize system performance and have been tested
to ensure optimum compatibility and reliability.
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For 2D applications, the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 includes the Matrox
Millennium II graphics controller. The Matrox provides fast 2D windowing for applications
such as financial analysis and software development. It comes standard with 4 MB WRAM
and is upgradeable to either 8 MB or 16 MB of WRAM.
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For 2D and entry 3D applications, the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 includes the
ELSA GLoria Synergy. The GLoria Synergy comes standard with 8 MB SGRAM and
provides even faster 2D windowing and also provides entry level 3D performance for the
occasional 3D needs
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For 3D graphics needs, the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 includes models with the
Diamond Fire GL 4000 graphics controllers.
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The Fire GL 4000 is the high performance, 3D graphics solution for users working in
demanding, true color environments. The Fire GL 4000 uses the high performance
REALimage rendering engine from Evans and Sutherland along with specialized
graphics memory from Mitsubishi. This controller comes standard with the maximum
memory configuration which is 15MB 3D-RAM for frame buffering and Z-buffering and
16MB of Cache DRAM (CDRAM) for texture memory. It provides true color resolution
(16million colors) at up to 1280 x 1024 resolution.
Compaq Graphics Driver Compatibility
All three controllers are high-performance graphics solutions, optimized for Windows NT
applications that require up to 16.7 million color processing and high resolutions. The drivers
for each are developed by their respective manufacturers, and have been thoroughly tested to
ensure compatibility with existing applications.
Matrox Millennium II
The Compaq Professional Workstation uses the Matrox Millennium II graphics controller to
provide fast 2D performance for applications such as software development, electronic design
automation (EDA), financial planning, and digital editing and compositing.
Color and resolution support for the Millennium II:
Table 1
Maximum Color Support
Millennium II
Single-Buffer Mode
Resolution
4 MB
WRAM
8 MB
WRAM
16 MB
WRAM
1800 x 1440
256
65,536
65,536
1920 x 1200
256
65,536
65,536
1920 x 1080
65,536
16.7 million
16.7 million
1920 x 1035
65,536
16.7 million
16.7 million