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ExpertColor Multimedia Corp.

ExpertColor was the US division of DataExpert, based in Taiwan. DataExpert was established in 1987 as a specialist in multimedia products. With outlets in Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, Netherlands and Austria, they promoted their branded line of ExpertColor video accelerators and sound cards designed to meet a wide range of multimedia needs.

It is likely they also used the brand name of ExpertMedia, since the model numbers are very similar.

They also produced a number of motherboards with are not covered at DOS Days: EXP8661, EXP8P61, Aristo 5000 and Aristo 6000 - all Pentium and Pentium Pro boards.

Their head office was located at 990 Richard Avenue, Suite #118, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA. Tel: (408) 727-9888, Fax: (408) 727-6088. Email: info@expertcolor.com, Web Site: www.expertcolor.com

On this page are the following models:

Sound Cards Graphics Cards
MED3139 (199x)
MED3201 (1995)
MED3240 (1995)
MED3700/MED3719 (1996)
MED3931 (1996)
MED6617 (?)
MED6724 (1999/2000)
Canarias 2000 (CA2220/CA2212) (1995)
Canarias 3000 (CA3224/3240) (1995)
Laguna 5000 (1995)
DSV3365 / ViRGE 3000 (1997)
DSV3365 v2 / Trio 2000 (1997)
DSI5326 (1997)
DSV5357 (1998)
DSV5366 3DVenus (1998)
DSV5390 (1998)

Sound Cards

MED3139

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MED3201   

Introduced: March 1995
Chipset: AMD InterWave AMD78C200

ExpertColor MED3201 is a Windows 95 Plug & Play-compatible 3D Surround and 32-voice wavetable card.

Its design is based on the AMD InterWave AMD78C200 chipset. It also includes optional software to support Voice-Over Network for interactive voice communications over the Internet

"3D Surround, Wavetable Surround Solution
The MED3201 is a Windows 95 Plug n Play compatible, Full Duplex, 3D surround Capabilities and 32-voice Wavetable compatible card. It includes on-board 3D audio processing which will let you experience a fuller, more substantial stereo field. With all its features, it delivers very impressive sound quality for those involved in multi-media authoring, high-end audio works besides business presentations, games and entertainment."
ExpertColor website, March 1996

     

    • Windows 95 Plug n Play, Fieldsum 3D surround capabilities, 32-voice General MIDI CD quality Wavetable Sound.
    • Design based on AMD InterWave AM78C200 Audio Chipset.
    • 1 MB ROM Wavetable Sound Library set to provide 128 standard instrument sets and 54 drum sets.
    • Full Duplex function to allow communication over Internet Phone and simultaneous playback and recording of PC audio
    • Right and left channel panning, balance and variable volume level control for indivudual inputs and mixed output.
    • Compatible with all Windows 95 Direct Sound applications.

To download drivers for this card, go to the Downloads page.

MED3240   

Introduced: 1995
FM Synthesizer: OPTi 82C924, Analog Devices AD1845JP
Bus: 16-bit ISA
FCC ID: ?

A sound card with Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Windows Sound System and MPU-401 compatibility.

The card above has a label on the rear: "Binaura Corporation"

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MED3700 / MED3719   

Introduced: October 1996
FM Synthesizer: Yamaha OPL3-SAx
Bus: 16-bit ISA
FCC ID: LUT-MED3700

The MED3700 is a software-based 32-polyphony wavetable sound card with a Yamaha 16-bit OPL3 full-duplex FM synthesizer audio chip.
With full duplex drivers provided, the MED3719 allows simultaneous recording and playback of PC audio and communication over the bundled Internet Phone software.

    Features

    • Supports YAMAHA OPL3 & 32 polyphony software Wavetable for business and entertainment
    • Provides software 32 polyphony Wavetable quality for the ultimate realistic instrument sounds for Windows 3.x and Windows 95.
    • Produces true 16-bit 44.1 Khz stereo sounds, changing your ordinary PC into a professional playback and recording studio.
    • Full Duplex Capability - allows full duplex communication over Internet Phone and simultaneous playback and recording of PC audio.
    • Full compatibility with the major sound standards including AdLib, Sound Blaster Pro and Microsoft® Windows Sound System.
    • Provides YAMAHA OPL3 synthesizer chip ensures compatibility with the major sound standards so that you can play with the software of your choice !
    • Multi-language version Audio Session utility for easy audio control under Windows.
"ExpertColor targets all segments in the Multimedia market with a complete line of sound cards this timeTAIPEI, Taiwan - October 15, 1996
In continuing efforts to make readily accessible and more affordable for a broader range of customers, DataExpert, the leading manufacturer of VGA cards, now announced the introduction of two new sound cards: ExpertColor( MED3931 and MED3700. This latest addition gives the user a chance to choose among a complete line of sound cards ranging from inexpensive FM synthesizer to high-end Wavetable features.

Not until recently, many sound cards began to use chips that simulate 3D audio (or surround sound), which adds depth to the audio, independent of the speaker. And, this is only the first step. The second-generation of 3D audio chips will even produce interactive audio, sounds that correlate to the action on screen.

What differentiates one sound card from another is the way it "produces" sounds. Synthesis replicates musical instruments and uses much less memory than sampling. The software issues a command to play, say, a C-flat on a piano. But instead of playing a recording, the synthesizer emulates a piano sound. This kind of music synthesis is based on the premise that different instruments produce unique sound waves. One method, FM synthesis, combines sine waves to produce wave forms characteristic of various instruments. Though, it sounds "synthetic", it offers incredible sound images. The next step up in the audio chain is wavetable synthesis. Wavetable synthesizers depend on sippets of instrument sounds stored in ROM. Because it's impractical to record and store every conceivable sound out of every instrument, sound card suppliers instead provide samples in ROM and instruct the synthesizer to manipulate them to play the desired notes.

The newly introduced sound cards of DataExpert, ExpertColor MED3931 and MED3700, uses advanced technologies to upgrade the sound quality of FM synthesis through Software Wavetable. Based on OPTI and Yamaha chipset, respectively, both cards provides 3D surround sound, capable of bringing forth and incredible sound image through only two conventional speakers. Also, full duplex feature support, to allow voice communication over Internet Phone and simultaneous recording and playback of PC Audio. Bundled with a multi-language version Audio Session utility for easy audio control, these cards are ideal for customers looking for a lower cost 3D Surround Sound solution while making the transition from FM synthesis to Wavetable. Though, for the high-end market, DataExpert produces ExpertColor MED3201, based on the AMD InterWave chipset to experience a fuller, more substantial stereo field. But no matter which card you chose, any of this card can ensure you to sit back and enjoy the superior sound capabilities when you play your all time favorite music hits, or experience realistic sound effects in popular games and applications."
ExpertColor press release, October 1996

 

To download drivers for this card, go to the Downloads page.

MED3931   

Introduced: October 1996
FM Synthesizer: OPTi 82C931
Bus: 16-bit ISA

    OPTi 3D Surround Sound
    • Full compatibility with major sound standards.
    • Sound Blaster Pro 8/16-bit stereo Audio with sampling up to 48KHz and 20 Voice FM Synthesis.
    • Provides Binaura 3D sound technology.
    • Full Duplex Capability to allow communication over Internet Phone and simultaneous playback and recording of PC audio
    • Supports optional Wavetable synthesis ready for the ultimate realistic instruments sounds.
    • Multi-language Audio Session utility for easy audio control under Windows.
"ExpertColor targets all segments in the Multimedia market with a complete line of sound cards this timeTAIPEI, Taiwan - October 15, 1996
In continuing efforts to make readily accessible and more affordable for a broader range of customers, DataExpert, the leading manufacturer of VGA cards, now announced the introduction of two new sound cards: ExpertColor( MED3931 and MED3700. This latest addition gives the user a chance to choose among a complete line of sound cards ranging from inexpensive FM synthesizer to high-end Wavetable features.

Not until recently, many sound cards began to use chips that simulate 3D audio (or surround sound), which adds depth to the audio, independent of the speaker. And, this is only the first step. The second-generation of 3D audio chips will even produce interactive audio, sounds that correlate to the action on screen.

What differentiates one sound card from another is the way it "produces" sounds. Synthesis replicates musical instruments and uses much less memory than sampling. The software issues a command to play, say, a C-flat on a piano. But instead of playing a recording, the synthesizer emulates a piano sound. This kind of music synthesis is based on the premise that different instruments produce unique sound waves. One method, FM synthesis, combines sine waves to produce wave forms characteristic of various instruments. Though, it sounds "synthetic", it offers incredible sound images. The next step up in the audio chain is wavetable synthesis. Wavetable synthesizers depend on sippets of instrument sounds stored in ROM. Because it's impractical to record and store every conceivable sound out of every instrument, sound card suppliers instead provide samples in ROM and instruct the synthesizer to manipulate them to play the desired notes.

The newly introduced sound cards of DataExpert, ExpertColor MED3931 and MED3700, use advanced technologies to upgrade the sound quality of FM synthesis through Software Wavetable. Based on OPTI and Yamaha chipset, respectively, both cards provide 3D surround sound, capable of bringing forth an incredible sound image through only two conventional speakers. Also, full duplex feature support, to allow voice communication over Internet Phone and simultaneous recording and playback of PC Audio. Bundled with a multi-language version Audio Session utility for easy audio control, these cards are ideal for customers looking for a lower cost 3D Surround Sound solution while making the transition from FM synthesis to Wavetable. Though, for the high-end market, DataExpert produces ExpertColor MED3201, based on the AMD InterWave chipset to experience a fuller, more substantial stereo field. But no matter which card you chose, any of these cards can ensure you to sit back and enjoy the superior sound capabilities when you play your all time favorite music hits, or experience realistic sound effects in popular games and applications."
ExpertColor press release, October 1996


The MED3931 card requires a utility called "SNDINIT" to be run before the card will work. The driver disk includes a batch file-based installer called 931DOS.BAT - this expects that it's being run from A: so if you have these files in a subdirectory on your hard disk, use the DOS SUBST utility, e.g. SUBST A: C:\MED3931

SNDINIT expects an environment variable called SOUND16 to be present, which, in addition to the BLASTER environment variable, is added to your autoexec.bat file if you run the installer. The value of SOUND16 is the directory where the drivers are installed, e.g. C:\82C931

SNDINIT can be run in command-line mode with the /b argument to avoid going into the user interface. When SNDINIT is run with /b, it shows the configuration settings that are stored on the card's EEPROM chip:
The SNDINIT command-line output (top), and the user interface (bottom)

The 'mode' the card can run in is either 'Sound Blaster Pro' mode, or 'Windows Sound System' mode.

To download drivers for this card, go to the Downloads page.

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MED6617 

Introduced: 1997
Chipset: S3 86C617 "Sonic Vibes"
Interface: PCI

The MED6617 is based on the S3 Sonic Vibes chipset which provides an OPL3 clone which S3 called "S3FM" in addition to a hardware wavetable that uses system RAM to hold the instrument patch set. This patch set uses the .DLS file format which is the same as that used with Aureal Vortex cards.

Features:

  • Enables a substantial increase in performance by moving audio acceleration from the 6MB/s (Megabytes per second) ISA bus to the 100+MB/s PCI bus.
  • Provide 100 percent compatibility with SoundBlaster Pro games utilizing Distributed DMA, DOS applications and Windows.
  • Lower overall system cost by integrating the sound capabilities of a traditional sound card, including Wavetable music synthesis, FM synthesis and an audio codec onto a single-chip solution.
  • These features include a speed compensation joystick interface, the stereo auxiliary inputs and the patented stereo field expansion circuitry of 3D Surround based on SRS Laboratories.
  • Provide an unlimited sound palette through its support of Microsoft's DirectMusic API.
  • Full duplex for Interactive Audio : Record and playback simultaneously.
  • Integrated MIDI UART with FIFO for both input and output with MPU-401 interface.
  • Integrated dual game port with Digital Game Port Interface.

Other cards that were based on the S3 Sonic Vibes chipset include Turtle Beach Daytona, and Aztech SC128 3D.

For information on the S3 Sonic Vibes audio accelerator chipset, go to the S3 page.

To download drivers for this card, go to the Downloads page.

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MED6724   

Introduced: 1999/2000?
Chipset: Yamaha YMF724E
Interface: PCI

The MED6724 is based on the OPL4 Yamaha YMF724E FM synthesizer chip.

Features:

  • YAMAHA PCI Audio Controller YMF724E
  • 32-bit PCI Bus Master, PCI 2.1 Interface Compliant
  • High-Quality Digital Audio and AC'97 Support
  • Hardware 64-Voice XG Capital Wavetable Synthesizer
  • Programmable Effects Processor that provides Reverb and Enhanced 3D Positional Audio
  • Supports Hardware accelerated DirectSound and DirectMusic
  • Legacy Audio Block supports OPL3, Sound Blaster Pro, MPU401 UART mode and Joystick functions
  • DOS Legscy support by PC/PCI and DDMA
  • Supports Serialized IRQ
  • Supports Sensaura Sound Position Function
  • 2.4W * 2 Power Amplifier Built In
  • S/N Ratio better or equal to 90dB
  • Full Compatibility with Major Sound Standards including: DirectX Driver Suit ( DirectSound3D, DirectSound, DirectMusic, Directinput), Windows 95 / Windows 98

To download drivers for this card, go to the Downloads page.

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Graphics Cards

DSV3365 / ViRGE 3000

Introduced: 1997?
Chipset: S3 ViRGE 3D
Interface: PCI
Memory: 2 MB EDO (upgradable to 4 MB)

ViRGE 3000
S3 ViRGE 3D Graphics Accelerator Card
Windows® 95 Plug & Play Accelerator Card with support for DDC1/DDC2B monitor.
Windows® 95 DirectDraw and Direct3D Protocol for 2D & 3D Windows Acceleration.
ExpertColor MediPro Power Tool for DOS/Windows3.1 / Windows95 / WindowsNT.

    The ExpertColor Series DSV3365 accelerates most standard video playback decommpression algorithms for commerical CD-ROM titles MPEG,Motion JPEG,Indeo,CD-i,VCD 2.0 and other video stream compatible playback device with color space conversion,scaling and dithering to enhance the user interface with software MPEG Playback Utility bundled. Users can enjoy higher frames rates supports up to 30 fps motion video quality on Pentium-based Computers using software MPEG Playback. DSV3365 Color space conversion convert YUV data dtream to RGB stream for scaling engine to provide up to 4 timers the size of the original video imaghe without visible degradation and image compression to scale images down to the size required to meet disk drive bandwidth requirements. DSV3365 PCI Video Cards also implement the Intelligent Monitor-sense output with bulid-in comparstors to support the VESA Display Data Channel(DDC2) that permits the transfer of ID, resolution and refresh rate in two ways communication between the Video card and Monitor along to Windows 95 and then automatically configures the monitor to operate at its optimal level. DSV3365 bundled User-Friendly ExpertColor VGA Control Panel will allows changing any resolution, color depth and refresh rates within Windows just by a click of the mouse easily.

    • Design based on S3 ViRGE 64-bit 2D/3D Graphics and Video Accelerator chipset.
    • PCI 2.1 Local Bus with support for DDC1/2B monitor.
    • Supports 2MB EDO DRAM upgradable to 4MB.
    • Maximum resolution of 1600x1200 at 256 colors with advanced texture mapping for high quality 3D display.
    • Bundled with Software MPEG XING( for popular playback format and ExpertColor MediPro Power Tool for easy display configuration.
    • Optional Remote Control Kits, and S3-CP3 MPEG-1 hardware module and TV Tuner module upgrade.

    Table of display resolutions, colors and refresh frequency

    Resolution 640x480 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200
    Colors 16\16.7M 256\32K\64K 256\64K\16.7M 256\64K\16.7M* 16\256\32K* 256
    VS(Hz) 60\72\75\85\120 60\72\75\85\120 60\72\75\85 Int60\72\75 Interlaced 60\75
    * : 4MB memory Installed

    Software Drivers Included :

    • MediPro Power Tool : Multi-Language version
      Instant "On-the-fly" Resolution and Refresh Rate change. Detect or select Monitor Type (DDC1/2B) & Monitor Centering. Multi-language Auto-Translation under Windows/ Windows® 95 Hot Key for Zoom-in, Zoom-out, Desktop Size & Screen-off.
    • Windows NT/DOS/AutoCad/Microstation
    • Software XING MPEG Utility for MPEG Playback
    Optional :
    • Hardware MPEG-1 Video Decoder Module
    • Remote Control Kits Optional.
    • MPEG + TV Tuner Optional.

Canarias 2000 (CA2220/2212)

Introduced: 1997
Chipset: ExpertColor CANARIAS 2000 2D/Soft3D
Interface: PCI
Memory: 1 MB EDO (upgradable to 2 MB)

A solution for Video Conferencing and MPEG-2 Video Stream Playback.

    CANARIAS 2000 is a PCI Bus 2.1, Entertainment PC 97 compliance, 64-bit Multimedia Accelerator solution with TV-output feature to deliver robust TV, movie, presentation and gaming experiences. It supports VGA, NTSC/PAL TV-output with patented flicker-free technology for 640x480 60Hz output to NTSC and 800x600/640x480 50Hz output to PAL TV system. It supports output to VGA, composite, and S-Video connectors simultaneously. A VGA output to VGA monitor, an AV port and a composite, and S-Video port for TV display are provided for its multi-purposes output capabilities.

    It supports 2 hardware Video Windows capabilities for 2 simultaneous different display at the same time with video quality enhanced by Hardware Vertical Interpolation for jagged edge smoothing and filtering. It supports playback of MPEG-1, VCD 2.0 Interactive titles, MPEG 2 Video stream, live video and video capture format.

    • Design based on ExpertColor CANARIAS 2000 2D/Soft3D Graphics/Video Accelerator.
    • Supports 1MB EDO memory upgradable (model CA2212) to 2MB EDO (model CA2220).
    • Integrated 64-bit GUI Accelerator, Soft Direct3D Acceleration with 200Mhz RAMDAC.
      • Display resolution up to 1600x1200 x 8 x 60Hz, 1280x1024 x 16 x 75Hz, 1024x768 x 24 x 85Hz, 800x600 x 24 x 85Hz and 640x480 x 24 x 85Hz
      • Soft3D acceleration of 3D games using Direct3D
      • VESA DDC2B, DPMS support.
    • Patented Flicker-Free Technology includes TV Encoder for True TV output
      • Patented technology significantly reduces flicker and improves text and video output to interlaced TV monitors. It supports vertical underscan via hardware scaling to allow 640x480 resolution modes to fit onto NTSC displays and 800x600 modes to fit onto PAL display.
    • Supports H/V interpolation with edge smooting for video up scaling and filtering of video for quality down scaling.
    • Simultaneous Dual and Multiple Display Hardware Support
      • Simultaneous dual display including graphics on CRT and video playback on TV
      • 2 x display hardware support
    • Video Acceleration for MPEG & Live Video
      • Direct Draw/Active Movie MPEG playback using hardware double buffering, scaling, overlay, CSC, and chroma key

      To download drivers for this card, go to the Downloads page.

Canarias 3000 (CA3224/3240)

Introduced: 1995
Chipset: S3 ViRGE 3D
Interface: PCI
Memory: 2 MB EDO (upgradable to 4 MB)

S3 ViRGE 3D Graphics Accelerator Card with TV-out Multimedia
Play your games and see your applications on a big TV screen !
Windows® 95 Plug & Play Accelerator Card with support for DDC1/DDC2 monitor.
Windows® 95 DirectDraw and Direct3D Protocol for 2D & 3D Windows Acceleration.
ExpertColor MediPro Power Tool for DOS/Windows3.1 / Windows95 / WindowsNT.

    • Based on S3 ViRGE 3D, it supports quality VGA/TV conversion with anti-flicker filter for stable display on TV screen.
    • Supports 2MB Video Memory upgradable to 4MB.
    • Maximum resolution of 1600x1200 at 256 colors with advanced texture mapping for high quality 3D display.
    • Provides both output jack for composite (AV) and S-video signals as well as a MPEG-1 audio-out port.
    • Supports multiple TV Output Standards- NTSC, NTSC-ELA, PAL-B/G/H/I.
    • Optional Remote Control Kits, and S3-CP3 MPEG-1 hardware module and TV Tuner module upgrade.

To download drivers for this card, go to the Downloads page.

Laguna 5000

Introduced: 1995
Chipset: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5464
Interface: PCI
DAC Speed: 230 MHz
Memory: 2 MB RDRAM (expandable to 4 MB)

3D Graphics Accelerator with RAMBus memory
Experience THREE simultaneous Video Displays on the screen!

    • PCI 2.1 Bus Master 64-bit 2D/3D Rambus Graphics and Video Playback Acceleration.
    • Design based on the Cirrus Logic Laguna GD-5464 (Int. 230Mhz DAC) Graphics Accelerator.
    • On-board 2 or 4MB RAMBus (RDRAM) Memory.
    • Supports 3D graphics capability for Perspective-texture mapping, Bilinear/Trilinear-filtering,
    • Single-pass lighting, Alpha bending, fog, transparency, Mip mapping and Gouraud-shading,
    • Supports Single-pass X, Y interpolation scaling, YUV-to-RGB conversation for smooth full-screen and full-motion video playback including scalable MPEG-2 Video Window.
    • Supports DDC level 2B-compliant monitor signaling, DPMS Power saving feature and VESA BIOS Extension 2.0.

DSV3365 v2 / Trio 2000

Introduced: 1997
Chipset: S3 Trio64V2/DX
Interface: PCI
Memory: ?

  • Design based on S3 TRIO64V2/DX Graphics and Video Accelerator.
  • Glueless PCI 2.1 Local Bus Support.
  • Offers double buffering for high-quality 2D scrolling and sprite plane.
  • Supports horizontal and vertical interpolation for smooth upscaling.
  • Supports Advanced Playback capabilities for high-quality hardware-assisted video playback (up to 1024x768x16bits/pixel)
  • Optional Remote Control Kits, and MPEG-1 hardware module and TV Tuner module upgrade.
  • Bundled with Software MPEG XING( for popular playback format and ExpertColor( MediPro Power Tool for easy display configuration.

To download drivers for this card, go to the Downloads page.

DSI5326

Introduced: 1997
Chipset: SiS 6326
Interface: AGP 2x
Memory: 4 MB or 8 MB
Memory Speed: -

The DataExpert DSI5326 was built around the SiS 6326 graphics accelerator.

  • Supports Turbo Queue (Software Command Queue in off-screen memory) architecture to achieve extra-high  performance
  • Built-in Direct Draw Accelerator
  • Supports memory-mapped, zero wait -state, burst engine write
  • Built-in 64*32 CRT FIFOs to support super high resolution graphics modes and reduce CPU wait-state
  • Built-in 32-bit   floating point format VLIW triangle setup engine
  • Peak Polygon rate: 800K Polygone/sec @ 50 pixel / polygon with Gouraud shaded, point-sampled, linear and bilinear texture mapping
  • Supports solid, flat and Gouraud shading
  • Supports stipple patterns, stipple alpha, linear and ROP
  • Supports Z-buffer and alpha buffer
  • Supports point-sampled, linear and tri-linear texture filtering
  • Supports MIP structure texture
  • Supports texture transparency, blending, wrapping, mirror and clamping
  • Supports fogging, alpha blending and primitive transparency

Table of display resolutions, colors and refresh frequency :

Resolution Colors VS(Hz)
640 × 480 256/64K/16.7M 120/120/120
640 × 480 256/64K/16.7M 120/120/120
800 × 600 256/64K/16.7M 120/120/75
1024 × 768 256/64K/16.7M 120/120/120
1280 × 1024 256/64K/16.7M 75/75/43
1600 x 1200 256 75

DSV5357

Introduced: 1998
Chipset: S3 ViRGE/GX2
Interface: AGP 2x
Memory: 2 MB or 4 MB SGRAM
Memory Speed: 83 MHz/100 MHz

The DataExpert DSV5357 was built around the S3 ViRGE/GX2 graphics accelerator.

  • 66Mhz AGP Baseline High-performance 64-bit 2D/3D graphics engine with TV-out feature.
  • Support SGRAM 2MB Video Memory or SGRAM 4MB Video Memory up to 83/100Mhz.
  • Multi-Language version ExpertColor MediPro Power Tools for Easy-to-use & Softeare MPEG to support for popular playback CD-ROM titles within Windows.
  • SmartFilter Technology & Parallel Processing Perspective Engine for Blazing 3D Performance.
  • Enhance memory bandwidth management for High Performance 2D Graphics Acceleration.
  • Hardware Horizontal & Vertical Interpolation for Smooth Upscaling and Motion Video.
  • Advanced Playback Capabilities for High-quality hardware-assisted video playback.
  • Simultaneous Display with integrated TV-out feature for NTSC/PAL TV system.

ViRGE GX2 Advanced 3D Technology:

  • Advanced MIP mapping and tri-linear filtering to deliver images that are free of annoying visual artifacts such as "sparkle" and "jaggies."
  • Transparency to enable realistic rendering of glass, water and plastic objects.
  • Atmospheric effects such as fog and depth cueing to enable the rendering of real-world environments.
  • Z-buffering to speed the removal of hidden surfaces for improved performance and visual quality.
  • Perspective Correction & Video texture mapping.

Table of display resolutions, colors and refresh frequency :

Resolution Colors VS(Hz)
640 × 480 16/16.7M 60\72\75\85
640 × 480 256K/32K/64K 60\72\75\85
800 × 600 256/64K/16.7M 60\72\75
1024 × 768 256/64K/16.7M* 60\66\70\72\75
1280 × 1024 16/256/32K* 60\72\75
1600 x 1200 256/32K* 60\70

*4 MB memory installed

DSV5366 3DVenus

Introduced: 1998
Chipset: S3 Trio3D
Interface: AGP 2x
Memory: 2 MB or 4 MB SGRAM, or 4 MB SDRAM

The DataExpert DSV5366 was built around the S3 Trio3D graphics accelerator.

2D/3D Graphics Features:

  • 128-bit piplelined architecture.
  • Supports 125MHz SGRAM memory
  • Supports the S3 Burst Command Interface
  • 230MHz RAMDAC Speed
  • MIP-Mapping
  • Tri-linear filtering
  • Perspective correction of textures
  • Transparency for enabling realistic rendering
  • Fog and depth cueing to facilitate the rendering of realworld environments
  • Z-Buffering

3D API Compatibility:

  • Windows and DOS with full Direct 3D™ and OpenGL™ Support

Connectors:

  • Local Peripheral Bus (LPB) / Video Interface Port (VIP) compliant devices

Compatibility:

  • VESA®2.0
  • VESA® Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)
  • DDC2 monitor communications support

Video Playback Features:

  • Supports the high quality video manipulation (blending/stretching/scaling)
  • Ability to simultaneously accelerate dual video windows
  • Provides an optimal hardware platform for advanced video conferencing and video training applications on mainstream business PCs
  • Supports the third party multimedia peripherals such as video cameras, TV-tuners and DVD/MPEG-2 decoders

Table of display resolutions, colors and refresh frequency :

Resolution Colors VS(Hz)
640 × 480 256/64K/16.7M 200\200\200
800 × 600 256/64K/16.7M 160\160\160
1024 × 768 256/64K/16.7M 120\120\120
1152 x 864 256/64K 120\120\120
1280 × 1024 256/64K 100\100

DSV5390

Introduced: 1998
Chipset: S3 Savage3D
Interface: AGP 2x
Memory: 4 MB or 8 MB

The DataExpert DSV5390 was built around the S3 Savage3D graphics accelerator.

2D/3D Graphics Features:

  • Highy Optimized 128 bit Graphics Engine
  • Full Featured 2D Engine for acceleration of Bitbit, Rectangle Fill, Line Draw Polygon Fill,
    Panning / Scolling and HW Cursor
  • 8, 16 and 32 bpp Mode Acceleration
  • Single Cycle Trilinear Filtering
  • S3® Texture Compression
  • True Color Rendering
  • Void and Cluster Dithering for 16 bit Modes
  • Specular Lighting and Diffuse Shading
  •  Alpha Blending Modes
  • MPEG-2 Video Textures
  • Edge Anti-Aliasing
  • 16 or 24-bit Z-Buffering
  • Sprite Anti-Aliasing, Reflection and Environment Mapping, Texture Morphing, Shadows, Procedural Textures and Atmospheric Effects

TV-out:

  • Integrated NTSC / PAL Encoder
  • Simultaneous CRT and TV Display

Next Generation in Image Quality:

  • New Single Cycle 3D Architecture
  • 5M Triangles / second Triangle Setup Engine
  • 128-bit Dual Rendering Pipeline
  • 125M pixels / sec Trilinear Fill Rate
  • Full AGP 2X Implementation including Sideband Adderssing and AGP Execution

Connectors:

  • Supports Feature Connector devices

Motion Video Architecture:

  • High Quality Up / Down Scalar
  • Motion Compensation
  • Subpicture Blending and Highlights
  • Optimized Software DVD Decoders
  • Multiple Video Windows
  • Brightness, Hue and Saturation Controls
  • Glueless Interface for HW MPEG-2 Decoders and Video Digitizers

Table of display resolutions, colors and refresh frequency :

Resolution Colors VS(Hz)
640 × 480 256/64K/16.7M 60\72\75\85\160
800 × 600 256/64K/16.7M 56\60\72\75\85\160
1024 × 768 256/64K/16.7M 60\70\75\85\130
1280 × 1024 256/64K/16.7M* 60\75\85\100
1600 × 1200* 256/64K/16.7M* 60\75\85
* 8MB Memory Installed