HP Visualize J5000 hp workstation hp-ux - Visualize fx graphics card installat - Page 8

NOTE Introduction The HP A4982A Visualize fxe card is an entry level, 2D/3D graphics card with 18 Mbytes of SGRAM. It provides analog video only through a standard 15-pin miniature D-sub connector. The A4982B version of the HP Visualize fxe card (above) has 24 Mbytes of SDRAM and features an available texture memory at 1280 x 1024 resolution of 9.5 Mbytes instead of the 3.5 MBytes for the A4982A. The two cards are fully pixel compatible. Applications qualified to run on the rev-A card will run without difference on the rev-b card. The extra memory provided by the A4982B card allows 1600x1200 and 1600x1024 resolutions previously only supported on 2D. Due to the change in memory type (from SGRAM to SDRAM) some applications may see some interactive windowing operations (for example moving opaque windows) run slightly slower. A new revision of the X server will minimize these problems. For HP-UX 10.20 users, get patch PHSS_23535 or its replacement; for HP-UX 11.x users, get PHSS_23546 or its replacement. To take advantage of the increased resolution provided by the rev-b card, see page 15 for instructions. To determine which fxe card is in your Workstation, check the following file: /opt/graphics/common/bin/graphinfo - under CONFIGURATION INFORMATION, the line 'Total framebuffer memory' will show 24 Mbytes for the rev-b card and 18 Mbtyes for the rev-a card. If you execute /opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon -rv, the newer card will show the HPA4982B product number. The HP Visualize fx5 2D/3D graphics accelerator card is a mid-level graphics card. The fx5 Pro features 64MB of SDRAM, a single geometry accelerator ASIC and a single ASIC for rastering and texturing. The HP Visualize fx10a 2D/3D graphics accelerator card is an high-end graphics card. The fx10a Pro features dual geometry accelerator ASIC's, and a single rastering and texturing ASIC The HP Visualize fx10b 2D/3D graphics accelerator card is also an high-end graphics card. The fx10b Pro features 128 Mbytes of DDR RAM, dual geometry accelerator ASIC's, and a single rastering and texturing ASIC. It replaces the fx10a as of November 2000. 8 Chapter 1