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Formac ProFormance
The two new 128 Bit PCI graphic accelerators ProFormance 40 and Pro Formance 80 from Formac have been designed according to the Power User's requirements. A leader in technology, Formac is setting new standards among high end graphic accelerators.
- high end PCI graphic accelerator with 128 bit graphic processor
- extreme acceleration of screen redraw through Imagine II processor
- resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 pixel at 24 Bit colour depth and 75 Hz
- fullscreen playback of Quicktime and MPEG movies in realtime
- QuickDraw 3D acceleration
- comprehensive features like Quickdraw acceleration and font cache
- control panel to access the card's main features
- hardware pan/zoom
BUS | Databus | Processor | Horizonal Scan | Maximum Dot Clock |
D-RAM | V-RAM | max. resolution at 8 Bit |
max. resolution at 16 Bit |
max. resolution at 24 / 32 Bit |
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ProFormance 40 [*] |
PCI | 128 Bit | #9 Imagine II | 70 MHz | 220 MHz | - | 4 MB | 1920x1200 / 70 Hz | 1920x1080 / 75 Hz | 1152x870 / 100 Hz |
ProFormance 80 |
PCI | 128 Bit | #9 Imagine II | 70 MHz | 220 MHz | - | 8 MB | 1920x1200 / 70 Hz | 1920x1200 / 70 Hz | 1920x1080 / 75 Hz |
Multi Resolution |
Hardware Cursor |
Apple Timing 75 Hz |
Formac Timing 80 Hz |
Font-Cache | Pict-Cache | Quickdraw | Quickdraw 3D | QuickTime | MPEG | Hardware Pan/Zoom |
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ProFormance 40 [*] |
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ProFormance 80 |
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[*] The ProFormance 40 can be expanded with a 4MB DRAM module which increases QuickTime- and 3D-acceleration.
The ProFormance cards are the absolute top models among the PCI graphic
accelerators. The ProFormance cards have been fitted with the new Imagine II chip.
In comparison to the Imagine I, it has three main advantages:
Fullscreen playback of QuickTime and MPEG movies, acceleration of 3D models in real time, and an increase in speed of up to 50% in comparison to the ProVision2 and ProVision4 series. The ProFormance cards allow resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 pixel with full 16.7 million colour (8MB version) and 1920 x 1200 pixel at 16 bit (8MB version), allowing an easy connection of the new 24" monitors.