Product Showcase : Graphics Blaster MA300

Creative

GRAPHICS BLASTER MA302

Creative's Graphics Blaster MA302 offers unparalleled GUI and video acceleration for your PCI-bus PC. It is based on 2 key technologies: the hottest Cirrus Logic processor plus RAMBUS, with its 500 MByte/sec bandwidth. These are combined with Creative's leadership in multimedia technologies to produce a card with all the graphics and video performance you will ever need, in a truly affordable and robust product.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

 Features                            Benefits                              

2 MB of RAMBUS memory                The memory of choice for SGI          
                                     workstations and the Ultra 64.        

500 MBytes/sec bandwidth             More bandwidth than anything out      
                                     there today.                          

64-bit Stretch BLT engine            Outstanding performance and features  
                                     that support Windows  games.          

Plug and Play                        Just install in your system and go.   

Windows 95 compatible                Just the card for screaming Windows   
                                     performance.  Takes full advantage    
                                     of DirectDraw for out-of-this-world   
                                     video and gaming on Windows.          

Fully accelerated video playback     With scaling and filtering in both    
                                     horizontal and vertical directions,   
                                     YUV-to-RGB color space conversion,    
                                     and RAMBUS, the Graphics Blaster      
                                     MA300 can play back up to 3 video     
                                     windows simultaneously.  Video is     
                                     full-screen, full-motion, and         
                                     crystal-clear.                        

VESA DDC 1 and 2B support            The MA302 recognizes Plug and Play    
                                     monitors.                             

Green PC features                    DPMS and low-power modes save         
                                     energy.                               

Up to 1600 x 1200 screen resolution  Really large work space.              

True 24-bit color                    The choice of graphics artists        
                                     everywhere.                           

Refresh rates up to 150 Hz           Fully VESA-compliant.  Eliminates     
                                     annoying screen flickers.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Graphics processor                   Cirrus Logic CL-GD5462                

Video acceleration                   YUV-to-RGB color space conversion     
                                     Bilinear filtering and scaling        
                                     Supports software video codecs,       
                                     including MPEG-1                      
                                     Up to 3 occluded video windows        
                                     simultaneously                        

Memory                               2 MB RDRAM (RAMBUS)                   

Vertical refresh rate                Up to 150 Hz                          

Resolution                           Up to 1600 x 1200 (256 colors)        

Color                                Up to 16.8 million colors (at 800 x  
                                     600)                                  

Connectors                           DB-15 female connector for monitor    
                                     output                                
                                     VESA 26-pin features connector        

Drivers                              Microsoft Windows 95, 3.1, 3.11       
                                     Microsoft Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5      
                                     AutoShade with Renderman v2.0         
                                     AutoCAD v11, v12, v13                 
                                     IBM OS/2 Warp                         
                                     3D Studio v1, v2

MA302 REFRESH RATES

All standard VGA modes are available. The following extended video modes are also available:

Vertical Refresh rates (HZ)	Colors
Resolution	256	64k	16.8 million
640x480	60, 72, 75, 85, 100, 120, 150	60, 72, 75, 85, 100, 120, 150	60, 72, 75, 100, 120, 150
800x600	56, 60, 72, 75, 85, 100, 120	56, 60, 72, 75, 85, 100, 120	56, 60, 72, 75, 85 100, 120
1024x768	43i, 60, 70, 75, 85,