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5 Video Controllers
SiS 6205 Video Controller
SiS 6205 Video Controller
The SiS 6205 video controller supports UMA architecture, and therefore no
dedicated video memory is loaded on the system board. The shared frame
buffer is located in the system DRAM and the memory access bus and
memory data bus.
The SiS 6205 video controller offers full compatibility with VGA. In addition,
the features are enhanced beyond the Super VGA by hardware which
accelerates graphical user interface operation in Windows 95.
The SiS 6205 video controller is installed on the HP Vectra 500 Series PC
models with part number D4051-63001. For a complete list of the computers
associated with this part number, refer to “D4051-63001 Models” on page
15.
SiS 6205 Video Controller Summary
The video subsystem uses the PCI bus for data transfers between the
processor and the video subsystem, and has the following features:
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64-bit video memory access with 1 or 2 MB of video memory.
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Support for up to 2 MB DRAM at 60 ns.
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Graphics resolutions of up to 1280 x 1023 with 2 MB.
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Integrated 24-bit RAMDAC.
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Green PC power-saving features.
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Standard and Enhanced Video Graphics Array (VGA) modes.
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DDC 2B compliant.