NVIDIA02 Jazz Multimedia 3D Magic
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This item is from the PC 3D Graphics Accelerators FAQ, by Blair MacIntyre with numerous contributions by others. (v1.2).
NVIDIA02 Jazz Multimedia 3D Magic
The information in this section was taken from the Jazz Multimedia 3D Magic Press release.
The 3D Magic multimedia accelerators are based on the NVidia/SGS-THOMSON NV1/STG-2000 chipset. 3D Magic doubles as a Windows 95 graphics accelerator, provides wavetable music synthesis and MPEG playback acceleration, on one card.
The PCI product line sports a digital gameport for precise control as well as two Sega gameports that allow specialized, multi-player versions of Sega Saturn titles, to be played on Windows 95 PC's. Jazz will offer 1MB and 2MB DRAM versions and 2MB and 4MB VRAM versions. It includes built-in SRS\u2122 3D sound and the availability of a Jazz Output to TV Projection Card option.
There are two DRAM versions of 3-D Magic, based on SGS THOMSON'S STG2000 multimedia accelerator chip, with 1MB and 2MB of of DRAM. Two VRAM configurations, based on nVIDIA Corp's NV1 multimedia accelerator chip, are also available for PCI in 2MB and 4MB versions.
As an option, 3D Magic also provides a Jazz Output to TV Projection Card with capabilities up to 16.7 million colors in composite and S-Video. It allows 3D game titles to be played on TV's and big-screens for total family entertainment and game play.
A high-fidelity hardware wavetable audio engine is integrated into 3D Magic. 3D Magic uses the computer's main memory to hold wavetable samples.
Contact Information: Jazz Multimedia corporate headquarters are located at 1040 Richard Avenue, Santa Clara, California 95050, telephone: 408-727-8900; fax: 408-727-9092. Corporate contact is Michael Yang, 408-727-8900, Ext. 21.
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