Intergraph Intense 3D 100 Installation Guide
Intense 3D 100
Installation Guide
October 1997
DHA019720
Copyright
1997, Intergraph Corporation including this documentation, and any software and its
file formats and audio-visual displays described herein; all rights reserved; may only be
used pursuant to the applicable software license agreement; contains confidential and
proprietary information of Intergraph and/or other third parties which is protected by
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available without prior written authorization.
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clause at DFARS 252.227-7013.
Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.
Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville AL 35894-0001
Trademarks
Intergraph and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation.
Intense 3D is a trademark of Intergraph Corporation.
Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
FCC/DOC Compliance
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy. If the equipment is not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, it
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, try to correct the interference as
follows: re-orient or relocate the affected device; increase the separation between this
equipment and the affected device; connect this equipment to an outlet on a circuit
different from the circuit to which the affected device is connected; consult a dealer or an
experienced radio/television technician for help.
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from
digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian
Department of Communications.
Warnings
Changes or modifications made to the system that are not approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
To comply with FCC Class B limits, you must use shielded cables with this device.
Notes
This device is designed and manufactured to comply with approved safety standards for
information processing and business equipment.
Read all operating instructions before using this device. Keep these instructions for
future reference. Follow all warnings on the device or in the operating instructions.
Limited Warranty
Intergraph Corporation warrants to the purchaser of this product that it will be free from
defects in material and workmanship for a period of five (5) years from the date of
purchase. If the product should become defective within the warranty period, Intergraph
will, at its option, repair or replace it, provided it is delivered at the purchaser’s expense
to an authorized Intergraph reseller or to Intergraph. No other warranty is expressed or
implied.
This limited warranty does not cover any loss or damage resulting from shipping;
weather; improper installation or maintenance; accident; misuse; abuse or neglect;
adjustment; repair, modification, or installation of options or parts by anyone other than
Intergraph Corporation; improper environment; excessive or inadequate heating or
cooling; or irregularities in electrical power service. This limited warranty applies only
to the original purchaser and is not transferrable.
Intergraph Corporation is not liable for damages arising out of the use of or inability to
use this product. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or
consequential damages for consumer products, so these limitations may not apply to you.
To obtain warranty service during the warranty period, the purchaser shall return the
product in its original packaging to an authorized Intergraph reseller along with proof of
purchase showing the purchase date. If the reseller’s warranty period has expired, the
purchaser shall return the product directly to Intergraph. The purchaser shall bear
shipping, packaging, and insurance costs for delivering the product to Intergraph.
Intergraph will provide return shipment to the purchaser.
Warranty Card Intense 3D 100 Graphics Accelerator
Product Serial
Number
(printed on the board)
Date of Purchase
Reason for Return
Customer Name
Mailing Address
Telephone Number
( )
1 Introduction
Congratulations! In choosing Intergraph’s Intense 3D 100, you equip
your personal computer with a powerful 3D/2D graphics and video
accelerator. Intense 3D 100 delivers the most affordable and realistic
entertainment environment available, including the things you want
most for your PC:
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Amazing 3D and 2D performance.
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Incredible Windows and MS-DOS performance.
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Spectacular video playback.
Intense 3D 100 pushes performance limits to bring you a whole new
interactive 3D experience. Its leading edge architecture includes a
programmable RISC processor that demands less host processor and
bus use than other architectures. The result is an interactive 3D
experience for videos, World Wide Web browsers, Windows
applications, and games.
Leap into real-time action for a virtual world experience. Gouraud
shading, perspectively correct 3D textures, lit surfaces, and the subtle
naturalism of shadows and fog -- it will seem that you are really there.
It all happens at full screen, with rendering rates up to 25 million pixels
per second.
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Intense 3D 100 delivers smooth-motion, full-screen video and excellent
image quality. It accelerates TV-quality video playback at more than
30 frames per second. Its compatibility with MPEG and AVI standards
gives you access to a large selection of movies, interactive CDs, Web
videos, and the latest educational software. Intense 3D 100 also lets
you scale, zoom, stretch, and resize graphics in real time.
Experience a new level of productivity for Windows 95 applications.
Optimum 64-bit graphics acceleration, the Rendition Vérité V1000
graphics chip, and Intergraph’s optimized drivers deliver amazing
hardware accelerated display rates.
Intergraph’s goal is total immersion in a virtual world experience, and
Intense 3D 100 delivers!
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Features
Intense 3D 100 offers the following high-end 3D graphics features:
Feature
Gouraud shading Provides exceptionally photo-realistic
Bilinear and trilinear
filtering
MIP-mapped images Eliminates blockiness of images when
Anti-aliasing Removes jaggies or stair-step patterns
Sub-pixel accuracy Enables smooth natural display of
Perspective correction Ensures that textures mapped to a
Dithering Blends 16-bit images to simulate a 24-bit
Triangle setup Accelerates vertex and coordinate
2D graphics acceleration Enables backwards compatibility with
Compatibility with MPEG
and AVI video standards
Direct memory access
(DMA) bus mastering
Speedy 3D support
Content Over 100 Direct 3D game titles in
Benefit
shading effects.
Enables smooth, realistic surface
textures.
viewed from different distances.
from lines and polygon edges.
moving objects.
polygon move in tandem with the
polygon when the viewing angle
changes.
color image.
calculations in real time.
DOS and Windows games.
Allows access to a wide selection of
movies, interactive CDs, Web videos,
and educational software.
Minimizes input/output (I/O) processor
demand for graphics data.
Rendition Ready optimized Direct
3D library accelerates Direct 3D
games.
development.
Hardware
Intense 3D 100 is a half-length Peripheral Component Interconnect
(PCI) board that requires one open PCI expansion slot in your
computer.
Based on the Rendition Vérité V1000 graphics engine, Intense 3D 100
offers true 3D graphics performance. Intense 3D 100’s 64-bit graphics
chip technology and VGA/SVGA support assure incredible acceleration
for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 products. Windows applications
and existing DOS games run faster on Intense 3D 100.
Intense 3D 100 hardware has the following features:
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Half-length PCI board running at full PCI bandwidth with direct
memory access (DMA) bus mastering.
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Windows 95 Plug and Play support.
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4 MB of video frame buffer memory.
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Programmable RISC processor that demands 50 percent less
central processing unit (CPU) cycles and 80 percent less PCI bus
bandwidth than other architectures.
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Supports leading application programming interfaces (APIs) and
device drivers: Win95, Direct 3D, Direct Draw, and others.
Software
Intense 3D 100 software consists of a device driver delivered on a
diskette. This driver is for installation on systems running the Windows
95 or the Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
Several games are delivered in the Intense 3D 100 package. For
installation and configuration instructions, see the associated
file for the game you want to install.
README
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About Intergraph
Intergraph is an international company that concentrates on interactive
computer graphics. Corporate headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama, is
the center of Intergraph’s administrative, research and development,
marketing, and manufacturing activities. Intergraph has sales and
support offices in 50 countries.
Intergraph’s corporate lifetime is essentially that of the interactive
computer graphics industry. The company’s products reflect more than
two decades of experience in identifying and meeting the unique
requirements of graphics-based applications.
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