Powered by S3's Trio64V+ chip, which provides GUI acceleration, video scaling, signal mixing, RGB/YUV conversion, synchronization, and DAC output to the CRT, the Powergraph 64 Video PCI controller displays video output from NTSC/PAL tuners or decompressed CD-ROM video on SVGA monitors. In the 2-MB DRAM configuration ($229), the controller supports 64-bit graphics resolutions at refresh rates of up to 160 Hz. The Powergraph 64 is available in an upgradable 1-MB version ($189). It supports a daughtercard option for MPEG-1 audio/video hardware playback.
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