[parisc-linux] C3000 video options

Alan Cox alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Mon Feb 16 09:52:57 MST 2004


On Sul, 2004-02-15 at 20:25, Helge Deller wrote:
> Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought it would go up to 1024x768 at 16bpp only
> if you attached two Voodoo2 cards to each other with the optional
> cable ?

The cards have 2 or 4Mb of memory for frame buffer (texture ram is
seperate). There is a hardware 1024 pixel width limit in the engine.

For 2D you need a front buffer (1024x768x16)
For 3D you need front back and depth (1024x768x16x3)

So 1024x768 2D is fine on a single card but 3D needs SLI



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