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REVISED!
3D
Graphics Cards for DCC
Intro,
Why Accelerate?, What
to Look For, PCI vs. AGP
Entry-Level,
Low-Cost, High-Speed 3D Acceleration: Sub $300 Cards
Mid-Range, High-Speed
3D Acceleration: Sub $1000 Cards
3Dlabs
Oxygen GVX1, NVIDIA Quadro GPU/ELSA
GLoria II, Intense3D Wildcat
3510, E&S Lightning
1200, E&S AccelGalaxy,
Appian Jeronimo 2000,
Diamond Fire GL1, ELSA
GLoria XXL
High-End,
Maximum 3D Acceleration: Cards Over $1,000
Appian Jeronimo 2000
 The
Jeronimo 2000 is an update of Appian's popular Jeronimo Pro dual monitor
card. In place of the Jeronimo Pro's two Permedia 2 chips, the Jeronimo
2000 has double 3Dlabs Permedia 3 128-bit processors and provides dual
monitor output from one AGP (1X plus sideband) or PCI slot. It also ships
standard with video input capability (PCI only) and features up to 64MB
of SGRAM per channel (AGP), a 300MHz RAMDAC, as well as accelerated 2D/3D
graphics.
The Jeronimo 2000's exclusive Appian/B1 AGP bridge (developed in conjunction
with 3Dlabs) provides superior AGP compatibility to that of other bridged
solutions, enabling easier integration and better performance. The card
is the only AGP compliant, multi-accelerator, multi-monitor card on the
market today. Multi-board support lets you expand your desktop beyond
2 or 4 monitors with multiple boards.
The Jeronimo 2000 card supports DirectX and multi-threaded OpenGL hardware
acceleration across dual monitors and can overlay a live video feed from
a baseband source (pre-tuned via a TV, VCR, etc.) seamlessly across multiple
monitors. DVD/MPEG2 decoding is also supported. The optional Appian TV
Tuner provides Jeronimo 2000 users with a complete video input solution,
including the ability to select and display broadcast channels with stereo
sound on their PC.
The Jeronimo 2000 is fully compatible with Windows 98/NT 4.0 and Windows
2000. The included HydraVision software lets you define the placement
of windows and dialog boxes and lets you manage information across multiple
monitors while AppianXtras are a suite of multi-monitor specialty tools
that allows you to see and do more.
The current pricing for the Appian Jeronimo 2000 is $799 for the 2X16MB
card and $999 for the 2X32MB card.
Lead
on to the Diamond Fire GL1
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