3D CHARGER (PCI/AGP)
Provides low cost solutions for OEMs and System Integrators
ATI's 3D Charger™ graphics board provides low cost solutions for OEMs and
System Integrators (this is not a retail product).
Now there's an affordable way to enhance your PC's 3D/2D graphics and
video performance with ATI 3D Charger. With ATI 3D Charger you can quickly
and easily upgrade the graphics and video capabilities of your 486, or
Pentium system. Based on ATI's 3D RAGE IIC and with 4MB and 8MB
configurations, you'll enjoy improved 3D/2D graphics and true-color video
playback in all your Windows and NT applications. ATI 3D Charger is
available in both PCI and AGP versions and supports ATI-TV WONDER, the TV
Tuner add-on board.
Highlights
32-bit 3D Graphics up to 1024x768
Outstanding 2D Graphics
Full-screen, Full-motion Video Playback
Supports ATI-TV WONDER
Available versions:
4MB AGP or PCI
8MB AGP
32-bit 3D Graphics Acceleration
ATI leads the way in 3D technology and makes it easy to add 3D elements
to any multimedia projects or to experience cool 3D gaming action on your
PC. Take advantage of an advanced set of 3D features - perspectively correct
texturing, video texturing and bilinear/trilinear filtering. And when you're
ready for a little fun, ATI 3D Charger lets you experience 3D gaming action
on your PC. 3D Charger 8MB versions offers maximum 3D mode support up to
1024x768 at 16.7M colors (32-bit or true color).
Faster 2D Graphics
Featuring ATI's 64-bit graphics accelerator, 3D RAGE IIC, ATI 3D Charger
supercharges 2D DOS and Windows programs bringing new life to your word
processing, presentation and spreadsheet applications, as well as your
favorite entertainment packages. Now you'll be able to view images at
remarkable color depths and high resolutions, up to 1600x1200. 3D Charger
offers accelerated support for 16.7 million colors at up to 200 Hz refresh
rates.
Full-screen, Full-motion Video Playback
Experience full-screen, full-motion video playback. 3D Charger's MPEG
video support has horizontal and vertical scaling for smooth true-color
video in any graphics mode and full frame-rate playback in Windows 95 and
Windows 98.
Supports ATI-TV Wonder
3D Charger supports ATI-TV Wonder, the intelligent TV tuner and video
capture board that'll change the way you watch television forever. The
ATI-TV Wonder card lets you zoom-in on the action, watch instant replays,
capture video from your television or camcorder or watch PC video clips.
Flexible Memory Configurations
Available in variable memory configurations with either 4MB or 8MB,
letting you decide how much power you need. 3D Charger is available in PCI
and AGP versions.
Specifications
System Requirements
AGP version: Pentium III/II, Celeron, or compatible with AGP 2X bus (AGP
1.0 compliant)
PCI version: Pentium Pro/III/II or compatible with 33mHz (PCI local bus
2.1 compliant)
Graphics Controller
ATI 3D RAGE IIC: 64-bit graphics accelerator with support for 3D, 2D and
motion video. Includes hardware horizontal and vertical video scaler
including front and back buffer for true color video playback in any
graphics mode.
Operating Systems Supported
Windows 98
Windows 95b
Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0
Windows 3.1
DOS 5.0 or higher
Display Support
Register compatible with VGA
BIOS compatible with VESA for super VGA
DDC1/2b/b+ monitor support
VESA DPMS support
Separate horizontal and vertical sync at TTL levels
Memory Configurations
AGP PCI
4 MB 4MB
8 MB
2D Display Modes:
Resolutions, Colors and Maximum Refresh Rates (HZ)
Resolution 640x 480 640x 480 800x 600 800x 600 1024x 768 1024x 768
4M 8M 4M 8M 4M 8M
256 colors 200 200 200 200 150 150
65K colors 200 200 200 200 150 150
16.7M colors 200 160 120 160 100 100
Resolution 1152x 864 1152x 864 1280x 1024 1280x 1024 1600x 1200 1600x
1200
4M 8M 4M 8M 4M 8M
256 colors 120 120 100 100 75 75
65K colors 120 120 85 85 66 66
16.7M colors 75 85 60 60
Maximum 3D Resolutions
Resolution 4MB 8MB
65K colors 1024x768 1280x1024
16.7M colors 800x600 1024x768
*Maximum 3D resolutions and colors supported using doubled buffered
settings
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