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    A RAMDAC (random-access memory digital-to-analog converter) is a combination of three fast digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with a small static random-access...
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    displays. The RAMDAC is a kind of RAM chip that regulates the functioning of the graphics card. Depending on the number of bits used and the RAMDAC-data-transfer...
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  • version, ViRGE/VX, was actually slower in lower resolutions, but had a faster RAMDAC to support high-resolution modes not available on the 325. Part of S3's...
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    170 MHz RAMDAC, reduced from the external 220 MHz RAMDAC onboard Millennium, making it the first Matrox video processor using an internal RAMDAC. The frequency...
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    Mystique G200. Millennium G200 received the new SGRAM memory and a faster RAMDAC, while Mystique G200 was cheaper and equipped with slower SDRAM memory but...
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    separate components were now included in the same ASIC: the graphics core, RAMDAC and clock generator. The increased integration allowed a graphics card to...
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  • following ATI products: Graphics Wonder (DRAM) Graphics Ultra + (DRAM, fast RAMDAC) Graphics Ultra CLX (DRAM, cost-reduced OEM version) Graphics Ultra Pro...
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    corresponding digital-to-analog converter (DAC) were integrated into one chip (the RAMDAC) and the cathode-ray tube controller (CRTC) was integrated into a main VGA...
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  • mount BIOS & RAMDAC Supports SVGA Graphics with 72 Hz refresh rates 512KB DRAM PCB layout similar to VGA Integra but using cheaper RAMDAC Only supports...
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    conversion) S3 Trio 32, 64, 64V+, 64V2 (1995) - S3's first integrated (RAMDAC+VGA) accelerator. The 64-bit versions were S3's most successful product...
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  • chip (built-in RAMDAC and clock generators) at an early point. (1991) CL-GD5420 – ISA SVGA chipset; highly integrated (15 bit RAMDAC + PLL), 1 MB CL-GD5421...
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    steps across the display's full dynamic range - hence the need to use RAMDACs in computer video applications with deep enough color resolution to make...
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    standard. Final picture output is routed through an integrated 206 MHz RAMDAC. RIVA 128 had the advantage of being a combination 2D/3D graphics chip,...
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    integrate a RAMDAC into its product-line, not succeeding until the ET6000. In the later years of the ET4000's lifetime, the lack of an integrated RAMDAC severely...
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    SAB82C206) U80621: VGA graphics controller (equiv. to Tseng Labs ET3000) U80622: RAMDAC (equiv. to Inmos IMSG171P50) Comparison of chip photos from the Siemens...
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    mode. However, a controversy arose over what happened next. The Voodoo3's RAMDAC, which took the rendered frame from the framebuffer and generated the display...
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    fed to a CRT directly. Video cards designed for use with CRTs may have a RAMDAC to generate the analog signals needed by the CRT. Also, CRT monitors are...
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  • into the graphics card's video memory or provide it to the graphics card's RAMDAC. Hardware overlay is a technique implemented by most modern graphics cards...
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    16-bit framebuffer, which is then postprocessed by a 2x2 box filter in the RAMDAC, dubbed "22-bit equivalent" output by marketing. While this results in markedly...
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    Graphics Launch Market Chipset Code name Device ID RAMDAC clock (MHz) Pixel pipelines Shader model (vertex/pixel) API support Memory bandwidth (GB/s) DVMT...
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  • acceleration Video Scaling in Y VBI support Including Intercast 220 MHz RAMDAC Resolutions to 1600 × 1200 Direct3D and BRender APIs supported OS support...
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  • Optimizations and support DVC 3.0 (Digital Vibrance Control) Dual 400 MHz RAMDACs which support QXGA displays up to 2048x1536 @ 85 Hz Dual DVI outputs on...
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  • the previously external second RAMDAC, for the second monitor connector (DualHead), into the G450 chip itself. RAMDAC speeds were still different though...
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    e.g. Doom 3. Voodoo2 (V2 1000) 90 MHz clock (memory and core). 135 MHz RAMDAC, dithered 16-bit (65536 color) display. Full-screen, 3D-only accelerator...
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  • generators for display and render cores. The display unit includes a 400 MHz RAMDAC, two 25–200 Mpixel/s serial DVO ports, and two display controllers. In mobile...
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  • NVIDIA NVIO-1-A3 RAMDAC...
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  • Line and edge anti-aliasing, bump mapping, 8-bit stencil buffer 250 MHz RAMDAC, AGP 2× Later, ATI developed a successor to the original Rage 128, called...
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  • bandwidth and vsync/hsync ranges of the monitor, maximum pixel clock of the RAMDAC, and mode setting required of the OS — for a given pixel clock speed, faster...
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    support). Savage 2000 was an AGP 2X/4X card and had an internal 350 MHz RAMDAC. The Diamond Viper II Z200 had 32 MB SDR SDRAM. The initial pre-release...
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    sink mounted directly on the CPU can be seen. There was no dedicated fan for the CPU. The only other IC with a heat sink is the RAMDAC (right from CPU)....
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