9FX Reality 772
Unveiled on 14th October 1996 and shipped in November, the 9FX Reality 772, its most powerful 64-bit 2D, 3D and video accelerator designed to date. The 9FX Reality 772 was targeted at power users who wanted lightning fast GUI acceleration, full featured video acceleration, the latest in 3D games technology, and fast DOS video performance, at a low price point.
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Released | October 1996 |
| Bus | PCI | |
| Chipset | S3 ViRGE/VX | |
| Standards | MDA, Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA | |
| Memory | 2 MB or 4 MB VRAM | |
| Ports | 9-pin DSUB (RGB analogue video out) | |
| Part # | 00-772001-005 | |
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| RAMDAC | ||
| Price | At launch: $199 street (2 MB), $279 street (4 MB) | |
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The PCI-based board was powered
by the new S3 ViRGE/VX graphics controller.
This processor combined a 64-bit 2D graphics engine, an advanced 3D rendering
engine and a Streams(TM) Processor that yielded superior, full-screen video and
MPEG playback.
The 9FX Reality 772 was equipped in either 2 MB or 4 MB high-speed, dual-ported VRAM configurations, with the 2 MB card having the option of a $99 2 MB VRAM expansion module (part #00-772002-001) to bring it up to 4 MB. This boosted the number of
available colors at higher resolutions and increased graphics performance in both 2D and
3D applications.
The 9FX Reality 772 supported Microsoft's DirectX APIs which includes DirectDraw, Direct3D, and ActiveMovie. For video and/or MPEG Video-CD playback, the 9FX Reality 772 utilised on-board color interpolation and X/Y video scaling for smooth, full screen video playback at up to 30 frames per second.
Maximum colours/vertical refresh rate at each resolution:
| 640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1152x864 | 1280x1024 | 1600x1200 | 2048x864 | |
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| 2 MB VRAM | 16.8M | 16.8M | 65K | 65K | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| 115 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 100 | 81 | - | |
| 4 MB VRAM | 16.8M | 16.8M | 16.8M | 16.8M | 16.8M | 65K | 65K |
| 115 | 150 | 100 | 100 | 85 | 81 | - |
The cards were bundled as standard with MPEG Arcade Player from MediaMatics, Inc., Havoc (a very cool S3-ported ViRGE/VX-ready game) from Reality Bytes, Inc., Total Access from Earthlink, and more.
Board Revisions
Competition
In the Media
Setting it Up
Downloads
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Original Utility Disk Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
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