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SOFTIMAGE 3D 3.51 Graphic Adapter Compatibility List

Last reviewed: January 29, 1997
Article ID: Q162646
The information in this article applies to:
  • Softimage 3D for Windows NT, version 3.51

SUMMARY

The following lists the graphic cards certified to be compatible with SOFTIMAGE 3D 3.51. The compatibility tests were conducted by the Hardware Certification Team at Softimage. All cards listed below give satisfactory graphic capabilities and performance to allow you to focus on content creation. Cards are certified at the highest screen resolution supporting 32 bits per pixel.

MORE INFORMATION

Verify compatibility on specific target systems before buying, as not all system/card combinations were tested.

You can obtain the relative performance rating for some of these cards on the Softimage SPEC site. These benchmarks are done on a voluntary basis.

All Silicon Graphic Inc (SGI) systems are supported by Softimage 3D version 3.51.

OPERATING SYSTEM - Windows NT 3.51

Where:

x       =   certified
Resol   =   resolution at which the card was certified
Depth   =   color depth at which the card was certified

Hardware Vendor   |  Device Name        | X86 | Alpha | Resol | Depth

3DLabs               SX300                x             1024    24bit
3DLabs               TX500                x             1024    24bit
Densan (For NEC)     300DX/A              x             1024    24bit
Diamond Multimedia   FireGL 2000          x             1024    24bit
Diamond Multimedia   FireGL 3000          x             1024    24bit
Digital Equipmen     Powerstorm Series           x      1280    24bit
Dynamic Pictures     V192                 x      x      1280    24bit
Dynamic Pictures     Oxygen 102           x      x      1024    16bit
Dynamic Pictures     Oxygen 202           x      x      1280    16bit
Elsa                 GloriaL              x             1024    24bit
Force                3DE TurboSX          x             1024    24bit
Force                3DE TurboTX          x             1024    24bit
Intergraph Corp      GLZ1                 x             1024    24bit
Intergraph Corp      GLZ2, 6              x             1600    24bit
Intergraph Corp      Intense3D            x             1024    24bit
Intergraph Corp      Realizm Series       x             1600    24bit
Melco                WGP-SX8              x      x      1024    24bit
NeTpower             Elite2 SX300 driver  x             1024    24bit
Omnicomp             3Demon Pro8          x      x      1024    24bit
Omnicomp             3Demon DTX88         x      x      1024    24bit

OPERATING SYSTEM - Windows NT 4.0

Hardware Vendor   |  Device Name       | X86 | Alpha | Resol | Depth

3DLabs               SX300                x            1024    24bit
3Dlabs               TX500                x            1024    24bit
Digital Equipment    Powerstorm                   x    1280    24bit
Dynamic Pictures     V192                 x       x    1280    24bit
Dynamic Pictures     Oxygen 102           x       x    1024    16bit
Dynamic Pictures     Oxygen 202           x       x    1280    16bit
Elsa                 GloriaL              x            1024    24bit
Intergraph Corp      GLZ1, 2, 6           x            1600    24bit
Intergraph Corp      Intense3D            x            1024    24bit
Intergraph Corp      Realizm              x            1600    24bit
NeTpower             ULTRAfx              x            1600    24bit
NeTpower             Elite2(SX300 driver) x            1024    24bit
Omnicomp             3Demon DTX88                 x    1024    24bit
Omnicomp             3Demon Pro8                  x    1024    24bit

**If you have a NeTpower computer you may have problems is you use the SX300 driver with a NeTpower Elite2 video card.

REFERENCES

If you have any questions concerning the information contained in this article, contact support@softimage.com by e-mail.


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Last reviewed: January 29, 1997
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