MSI MS-8801, Trident Blade 3D 9880 User Manual
MS-8801 Trident
®
Blade 3D 9880
Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
VERSION 1.0
1999/02/25 ROC
T rident® Blade 3D 9880
M S - 8801
Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
MS-8801 Trident
®
Blade 3D 9880
Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement
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 commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in
a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the
user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
Notice 1
The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Notice 2
Shielded interface cables and A.C. power cord, if any , must be used in order
to comply with the emission limits.
VOIR LA NOTICE D’INST ALLA TION A V ANT DE RACCORDER AU
RESEAU.
MICRO-ST AR
FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE
Tested to Comply
with FCC Standard
MS-8801
MS-8801 Trident
®
Blade 3D 9880
Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
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MS-8801 Trident
®
Blade 3D 9880
Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 MS-8801 Trident Blade 3D 9880
Graphics Accelerator
1. Overview ............................................................... 1-1
2. Features................................................................ 1-1
Chip List...........................................................................1-1
General Features..............................................................1-1
2D Acceleration ............................................................ 1- 1
3D Acceleration ............................................................ 1- 2
Rendering Engine ......................................................... 1-2
T exturing Engine ........................................................... 1-2
Full Software Support ................................................... 1-2
Supports super high resolution graphics modes .......... 1-2
Motion Video Acceleration ............................................. 1-2
3. System Requirements..................................................1-3
4. Package Contents.........................................................1-3
5. Card Layout....................................................................1-4
6. DB 15 Pin Connector .....................................................1-5
7. Vertical Refresh Rate.....................................................1-6
MS-8801 Trident
®
Blade 3D 9880
Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
Chapter 2 Installation of Trident
Blade 3D ......
9880 VGA Driver
1. Driver .....................................................................................2 - 1
1.1 Install Enhance Drivers for Windows® 95/98 ........................2- 1
1.2 Install Enhance Drivers for Windows® NT ............................2 - 6
MS-8801 Trident
®
Blade 3D 9880
Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
Chapter 1
MS-8801 T rident® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator
1. Overview
The MS-8801Trident® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator
brings to the PC unparalleled price/performance 3D graphics,
combining advanced per pixel 3D setup and rendering with 2D
graphical user interface (GUI) acceleration. The Blade 3D 9880
THAMA
TM
(Trident Hardware Assisted MPEG-2 Architecture)
brings DVD playback to the multimedia PC. The MS-8801
uses high performance SGRAM.
2. Features
Chip List:
r Trident® Blade 3D 9880 : 2D & 3D accelerator processor .
General Features
l Fully integrated 64-bit VGA/2D/3D/V ideo Accelerator
l High resolution 1600x1200 85Hz with a 230MHz RAMDAC
l Support 8M SGRAM
l AGP 2x, Sideband Addressing and Execute Mode
2D Acceleration
l Hardware acceleration of Bitblt, Line Draw , Polygon/
Rectangle Fill, Bit Masking, Monochrome Expansion,
Panning/Scrolling, Scissoring, full ROP support and
hardware cursor (64x64x2)
l Game acceleration including support for Microsoft’s
DirectDraw: Double Buffering, V irtual Sprites, Transparent
Blit, Masked Blit and Context Chaining
l 8/15/16/32-bit per pixel color format
1-1
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