HP P Class 733/800/866MHz / 1GHz Manual

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The ELSA GloriaSynergy+
Entry-Level 3D OpenGL Graphics
for HP Visualize Personal Workstations
Background information on the
ELSA Gloria Synergy+ andits
positioning relative to the Matrox
Millennium G200 and other
PERMEDIA-based graphics cards
TheELSA GloriaSynergy+graphics card istodaybeing deployed in modelsof each of the
HP Visualize Personal Workstations P-Classes and X-Classes. Itprovides:
•Solid entry-level3Dgraphics performance for OpenGL-basedapplicationssuch as
AutoDeskMechanicalDesktop, SolidWorks,and 3D Studio Max
•World-classhardware-accelerated 2D graphics performance forAutoCAD™
•Advanced featuressuch as multiple screen support and a 3D viewerfor AutoCAD
•Professional 2D graphics performance.
Introducing the ELSA Gloria Synergy+
Open GL Graphics Performance
Price
Workstation 2D
Entry-Level 3D
ELSA Gloria Synergy+
Mid Range 3D
Ultimate 3D

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The ELSA Gloria Synergy+
The following table summarizes the main features of the ELSA Gloria Synergy+:
Technical Features and Benefits
Feature Benefit
3D Labs’PERMEDIA 2A graphicsprocessor Withits highly pipelined architecture and texture mapping support,
PERMEDIAis the leading graphics accelerator on the market todayfor
professionalentry-level OpenGL 3D. Its integrated setup engine reduces
CPU and bus loading while providing 3D performance of up to 1M shaded
triangles/second
Integrated 250MHz RAMDAC and horizontal fre-
quencies of 31-300MHz Enables ergonomic, high-resolution refresh rates
8MB SGRAM display memory (not upgradeable) Supports screen resolutions up to 1536*1132 pixels in true color (16.7M
colors)
66MHz AcceleratedGraphics Port(AGP) bus sys-
tem Allows data transfers of up to 533MB/sec, with sideband addressing, real pipelining, execute mode textures and DMA textures
PowerDRAFT hardware-accelerated2D driverfor
AutoCAD R13 and R14 Provides world-beating AutoCAD 2D performance (see“Leading AutoCAD Performance and Support”on page 4) and powerful,easy-to-use tools for
AutoCAD
ELSAview3D viewer The ELSAview 3D viewer provides interactive 3D editing in AutoCADR13,
R14 and Mechanical Desktop, as well as full-featured 3D viewing, including
AutoCAD Lights, Materials, Transparency, and Named Views.Designs can
be exported in OpenInventor and VRML formats
MAXtreme driver for 3D Studio MAX 2.x TheMAXtreme OpenGL driverprovidesoptimizations for critical interactive
work in 3D StudioMAX 2.x
DirectDraw/ActiveMovie 1.0 and 2.0support Ensures compatibility with leading video standards
16/10 wide format monitor support Allows wide-formatmonitors tobe connected
Multiple monitor support By installing additional ELSA Gloria Synergy+ PCIcards,allowsup to 6
monitors to be managed simultaneously for use with technical applications
such as AutoCAD or 3D Studio Max
MPEG-2 video support(requires an upgrade) Enables smooth playback of MPEG-2 video streams
ISV support Comes with a full-featured OpenGL installable client driver (ICD), with ISV
support and certification forallmajor mid-rangeMCAD and DCC products,
includingAutoDeskMechanicalDesktop,PTCPro/Engineer,SolidWorks,UG
SolidEdge, Bentley Microstation,Kinetix 3D MAX, Caligari Truespace and
StrataStudio Pro

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The ELSA Gloria Synergy+
The Matrox Millennium G200 graphics card is also available in models of the HP Kayak
PC Workstation platforms XA, XA-s, and XU. The following table summarizes the feature
sets of the two cards.
The following figure shows the relative performance of the ELSA Gloria Synergy+ and
Matrox Millennium G200 cards across a range of popular benchmark tests:
Feature ELSA Gloria Synergy+ Matrox Millennium G200
Positioning Best Entry-Level 3D OpenGL
Best 2D AutoCAD
Excellent 2D
Best2D
Best Direct3D
Memory 8 MB SGRAM, not upgradeable 8MB SGRAM, upgradeable to
16MB for Direct3D
Screen resolution/refresh rates 1280x1024 true color @80Hz
1536x1152 true color @60Hz 1280x1024 true color @ 90Hz 1920x1080 true color @ 60Hz
16/10 wide monitor format support? Yes Yes
Multiplemonitor support? Yes, by installing additional ELSA
Gloria Synergy+ PCI cards Yes, by installing additional MillenniumII, G100andG200(from
November 1998) PCI cards
Video support MPEG-2 playback support
(requires an upgrade) MPEG-2 playback support (requires an upgrade)
RAMDAC Integrated true color 250MHz Integrated true color 250MHz
3D hardware acceleration OpenGL, Heidi, Direct3D Direct3D
Comparing the Synergy+ to the Matrox Millennium G200
Benchmarks
ELSA Gloria Synergy+
Matrox Millennium G200
WinBench Business
WinBench Highend
OGL CDRS-03
OGL AWADVS
Indy 3DMCAD40
Indy3D Animation
AutoCAD 2D
Winbench 3D

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The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
© Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 1998, 10/98 rev 1
The ELSA Gloria Synergy+ comes with the PowerDRAFT 2D hardware accelerator.
Specially designed for AutoCAD Release 14, PowerDRAFT is the only hardware-
accelerated solution of its kind on the market today and, as the following figure shows,
provides the ELSA Gloria Synergy+ with a significant performance advantage over other
leading PERMEDIA-based cards using software-based solutions such as Vibrant’s
Softengine:
The ELSA Gloria Synergy+’s PowerDRAFT hardware-accelerated AutoCAD driver has
already won awards, while its outstanding OpenGL performance and range of features
make it an equally good choice for entry-level 3D work.
If you’re looking to choose a graphics card for your HP Kayak PC Workstation, the ELSA
Gloria Synergy+ is the right solution for entry-level OpenGL-based 3D and professional
2D applications, particularly AutoCAD.
Leading AutoCAD Performance and Support
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10
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Source:CadalystMagazine,September1998
Matrox Millennium G200
(Softengine)
Diamond FireGL 1000Pro
(Softengine)
AccelGraphics’ AccelStarII
(Softengine)
8.74
10.27
8.45 8.52
(Higher isbetter)
AutoCAD r14
ELSA Gloria Synergy+
(PowerDRAFT)
Conclusions