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BlizzardVision PPC
Manufacturer
Phase 5 Digital Products
, Germany
Date
1998
Amiga
A1200
RTG graphics card
3D Labs & Texas Instruments: Permedia 2
230 MHz RAMDAC
24 bit resolutions can be packed to achieve higher refresh rates and less memory usage but slows down graphics operations
145 MHz dot clock in 24 bit packed pixel modes
100 MHz in 32 bit modes
80 million textured 3D pixels per second
hardware accelerated rendering functions: z-buffering, gouraud shading, fogging, blending, antialiasing
support for color space conversion, chroma keying, XY scaling
25 MHz local PCI bus
8 MB 64 bit wide SGRAM
screen modes
programmable resolutions
no support for interlace screen modes
1280×1024×24 non-interlace
1600×1200×16 non-interlace
notes
the CPU board requires a flash ROM update
no support for draggable screens
CyberGraphX 3 & 4.1 drivers
15 pin DSUB connector
4 pin 3D shutter glass connector
a large hole gives access to the floppy power and LED cable headers on the motherboard but not the clock port
no monitor switch
supported by Linux
Photos
DCE BlizzardVision PPC, front side
DCE BlizzardVision PPC, back side
Phase 5 BlizzardVision PPC, front side
Phase 5 BlizzardVision PPC, back side
Manual
BVisionPPC.pdf
user manual (english translation by Richard Donoghue)
374 kB