GSBUG Hardware Info SIG

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIG

• July 11, 2002

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIG

• Agenda July 11, 2002
• 700 705 Administration
• 705 815 Featured Topic Graphics Processors,
  Video Cards, and Monitors
• 815 830 Hardware News
• 830 855 Random Access (QA)
• 855 900 Recap, Preview, and Close

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GSBUG Hardware Info SIG

• Administration
• Welcome! Please Sign In.
• What the SIG isand is not.
• Is an information resource for computer users
  and potential computer users
• Is NOT a way to get your computer built or
  repaired (contact the GSBUG Daytime Hardware SIG)
• Log Random Access/QA (First Come)

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• Administration (continued)
• Presentation materials will be posted at
• http//gsbug.apcug.org/hwinfosig.htm
• Prior presentation materials are also posted.

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards, and Monitors
• Graphics Processors
• Discrete (separate chip), used on video cards
  with dedicated RAM
• Discrete (separate chip), integrated onto the
  motherboard with dedicated or shared RAM
  (typically for servers or OEM)
• Integrated into the motherboards Northbridge
  with dedicated or shared RAM

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• Primary Processor Suppliers - Discrete
• 3Dlabs (Creative Labs) GLINT and Wildcat
  (proprietary)
• ATI RADEON and Fire GL (mixed proprietary and
  merchant)
• Matrox G200/G450/G550 and Parhelia
  (proprietary)
• NVIDIA GeForce3, GeForce4, Quadro2 and Quadro4
  plus many older models (merchant)
• PowerVR KYRO II (merchant)

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• Primary Processor Suppliers Discrete
  (continued)
• S3 (VIA) Savage4 and SavageXP (merchant)
• SiS SiS3xx series and Xabre (merchant)
• Trident BLADE family (merchant)

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• Primary Processor Suppliers Integrated (into
  the Northbridge)
• ATI RADEON IGP
• Intel 810 series, 815 series (except 815EP),
  845G and 845GL
• NVIDIA nForce IGP
• SiS multiple (typically SiS6x0, SiS6x1, or
  SiS7x0)
• VIA ProSavage

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• Video Cards
• AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 266MHz (4X) and
  533MHz (8X)
• PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) 33MHz

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• Video Cards - Primary Suppliers
• 3Dlabs Oxygen and Wildcat series (workstation)
  Creative Labs (mainstream gamer) coming
• ASUSTeK (ASUS) NVIDIA-based (mainstream
  gamer)
• ATI RADEON (mainstream gamer) and Fire GL
  (workstation) many partners for
  non-workstation cards
• Gigabyte ATI-based (mainstream gamer)
• Hercules 3D Prophet series, ATI and KYRO-based
  (mainstream gamer)

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• Video Cards - Primary Suppliers (continued)
• Leadtek - WinFast series, NVIDIA-based
  (mainstream gamer)
• Matrox Parhelia and Millennium series
  (mainstream, gamer, and professional)
• MicroStar (MSI) NVIDIA-based (mainstream
  gamer)
• NVIDIA/PNY Quadro2 and Quadro4-base
  (workstation)
• VideoLogic Vivid! (KYRO-based, gamer)
• VisionTek Xtasy, NVIDIA-based (mainstream
  gamer)

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• Video Cards LG (Mainstream Gamer)
• ATI (and Partners)
• RADEON 8500 (128MB, DVI-I/VGA, TV-out)
• All-in-Wonder RADEON 8500 (128MB, TV Tuner, video
  capture)
• R300 coming soon (also RADEON 8500 MAXX?)
• Matrox
• Parhelia (128MB, dual DVI-I, TV-out,
  triple-display capable)
• NVIDIA (through multiple card manufacturers)
• GeForce4 Ti 4600 (128MB, DVI-I/VGA, TV-out)
• NV30 coming (soon?)

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• Video Cards LG (Workstation)
• 3Dlabs
• Wildcat III 6210 (416MB, dual DVI-I, AGP Pro 50)
  6110
• ATI
• Fire GL 8800 (128MB, DVI-I/VGA)
• New product coming soon?
• NVIDIA (through PNY)
• Quadro4 900 XGL (128MB, dual DVI-I)
• Benchmarks - www.specbench.org/gpc/opc.data/vp7/su
  mmary.html

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• Monitors
• CRTs (cathode ray tubes) standard monitors
• LCD Displays (flat panel monitors)
• Analog (VGA 15-pin, D-sub)
• Digital (DVI-D)
• Dual input (VGA and DVI-D)

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• CRT Monitors Primary Suppliers
• Eizo high-end professional, expensive
• Hitachi mainstream through professional
• Iiyama mainstream through professional
• KDS mainstream
• Mitsubishi mainstream through professional
• NEC mainstream through professional

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• CRT Monitors Primary Suppliers (continued)
• Panasonic mainstream
• Samsung mainstream
• Sony mainstream through professional
• ViewSonic (incl. Nokia Optiquest) mainstream
  through professional

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• Graphics Processors, Video Cards(continued)
• LCD Displays Primary Suppliers
• Eizo mainstream analog dual input
• KDS/Radius mainstream analog
• NEC/Mitsubishi mainstream analog dual input
• Samsung mainstream analog dual input
• Sony mainstream analog dual input
• ViewSonic mainstream analog dual input
• NOTE Virtually all CRT manufacturers also
  produce LCD displays.

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• Hardware News
• Processors
• AMD released the Athlon MP 2100 (.18 micron)
  simple line extension.
• Intel released the Itanium 2 (previously
  code-named McKinley) 900 and 1000MHz, 32K L1,
  256K L2, 1.5 or 3.0MB L3 (all on-die) 400MHz
  FSB 128-bit data path to chipset impressive
  results against Sun UltraSPARC III 1050MHz 1K
  pricing 1338-4226 28 server vendors and 1
  workstation vendor (HP) announced they will ship
  systems based on this processor. Press release at
  http//www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20
  020708comp.htm

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• Hardware News (continued)
• Core Logic (chipsets)
• Intel announced the E8870 server chipset (no AGP
  support) will be released in September support
  up to 16 processors
• HP using its own chipset for its Itanium 2
  workstations - starting at 5865 for 900MHz
  processor (1.5MB L3), 1GB RAM, 40GB IDE hard
  drive, ATI RADEON 7000 video card (mainstream
  desktop class, NOT workstation), chassis,
  keyboard, mouse and UP Unix OS (no monitor)
• System RAM nothing new

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• Hardware News (continued)
• Motherboards
• Intel announced server building block support
  for Itanium 2 the SR870BN4 for 4-way, 4U rack
  mounts available in the second half of 2002
  (unclear whether this is a motherboard or bare
  bones unit numbering suggests motherboard)

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• Hardware News (continued)
• Graphics processors cards
• 3Dlabs released the Wildcat VP series of
  workstation cards based on the new P10 VPU to
  replace Oxygen line and compete against NVIDIA
  Quadro4 GPU-based cards. Wildcat VP 970 - 128MB
  RAM, DVI-I/VGA, 1199 SRP.
• Matrox released the first in a series of Parhelia
  cards 128MB, dual DVI-I, 399 SRP.

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• Hardware News (continued)
• Hard Drives
• IBM announced the 146Z10 series (U320 SCSI, 10K
  rpm, 18-146GB, 8MB cache, 825Mb/sec internal
  transfer).
• Maxtor announced the Atlas 10K IV series (U320
  SCSI, 10K rpm, 36-146GB, 8MB cache, full spec not
  released). Also announced plans for a 15K rpm
  follow-on.
• Seagate released the Barracuda ATA V series
  ATA/100, 7200 rpm, 40-120GB (60GB/double-sided
  platter), 570 Mb/sec internal transfer rate. MP
  in Q4 native Serial ATA version in the Fall.

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• Hardware News (continued)
• Hard Drives (continued)
• Western Digital announced a series of Caviar
  drives with 60GB/platter ATA/100, 7200 rpm,
  120-200GB, full spec not released. To ship in
  July.
• Hard Drive Controllers
• Highpoint released the RocketRAID 1520 PCI
  adapter card - serial ATA, dual-channel (max 2
  drives), IDE RAID. Also released the RocketHead
  100 serial-ATA-to-standard-ATA HDD adapter (to
  attach non-serial-ATA drives to this controller
  upgrade later to serial ATA drives).

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• Hardware News (continued)
• Other Drives
• LG Electronics (stealth) released a 32x10x40
  CD-RW with 16X DVD-ROM combo drive. Shipping
  now.
• Sound processors cards nothing new
• Modems NICs nothing new
• Chassis power supplies nothing new
• Misc
• Sigma Designs released the REALmagic Xcard an
  MPEG-4 PCI decoder card for lower performance
  PCs. Supports MPEG-4 and DivX content.

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• Random Access (QA)

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• Recap, Preview, and Close
• Recap
• Preview
• Featured Topic for August 8 Sound Processors,
  Sound Cards, and Speakers
• Close (please police up the area)