Microsoft KB Archive/162646

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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.