Fire GL 1000 Pro
 
 
Technical Details  
 
 
Flash BIOS upgrade  
Table of Contents  
 
   
  Technical Data
 
  • 3Dlabs' PERMEDIA 2 high-performance 2D/3D/Video graphics processor with
  • integrated geometry setup processor
  • integrated standard VGA controller

  • 230 MHz RAMDAC
  • Standard 15-pin video output with DDC2B support
  • Connector and support for StereoGraphics’ SimulEyes VR 3D stereo vision glasses (not on AGP-NLX cards)
  • YUV input connector for DVD or MPEG decoder
  • PCI 2.1 Bus compatible, or
  • AGP 1.0 compatible
    - NLX and ATX versions
  • Hardware support for OpenGL, Heidi, and Direct3D
  • 4 MB SGRAM onboard memory, or
  • 8 MB SGRAM onboard memory

   
   
  Video Modes
  All video modes comply to VESA DMT (Discrete Monitor Timing) or VESA GTF (General Timing Format) standards.
 
2D Screen
Resolution
Colors Horizontal
Frequency (kHz)
Refresh
Rate (Hz)
Memory required
(MB)
640 x 480 256, 32/64K
16.7M
31.5 - 61.8 60 - 120 4 (3D)*
         
800 x 600 256, 32/64K 37.6 - 77.1 60 - 120 4 (3D)*
800 x 600 16.7M 37.6 - 77.1 60 - 120 8 (3D)
         
1024 x 768 256 48.3 - 98.8 60 - 120 4*
1024 x 768 32/64K 48.3 - 98.8 60 - 120 8 (3D)
1024 x 768 16.7M 48.3 - 81.4 60 - 100 8 (3D)
         
1152 x 864 256 53.7 - 111.1 60 - 120 4*
1152 x 864 64K 53.7 - 91.5 60 - 120 8
1152 x 864 16.7M 53.7 - 77.1 60 - 85 8
         
1280 x 1024 256 63.6- 108.5 60 - 100 8*
1280 x 1024 64K 63.6 - 91.4 60 - 100 8
1280 x 1024 16.7M 63.6 - 80.2 60 - 100 8
         
1600 x 1200 256 74.5 - 107.2 60 - 75 8*
1600 x 1200 64K 74.5 60 8
         
1600 x 1280 256, 32K 79.5 - 107.2 60 - 80 8*
         
1920 x 1080 256, 32K 67.5 - 84.6 60 - 75 8*

HighColor (64K/65,536 simultaneous colors) - 16 bit
TrueColor (16.7M/16.7 mill. simultaneous colors) - 24/32 bit

(3D) :Full 3D hardware acceleration with double buffer and Z-buffer support

*: No 3D hardware acceleration for 256 colors (8 bit) display to prevent color problems: some applications support full hardware acceleration only in True Color and High Color video modes.


   
   
   
   
  3D Performance
 
  • 83 million texture mapped pixels/second, perspective corrected, bilinear filtered
  • 42 million texture mapped Z-buffered pixels/second, perspective corrected, bilinear filtered
  • up to 1 million texture mapped polygons/second
   
   
   
   
  Memory Addresses
 

It is necessary to ensure that the I/O and memory addresses reserved for the graphics board are not used by other hardware devices.
The integrated on-board VGA controller of your Fire GL 1000 Pro uses the following addresses (hex):

   
I/O address:  
Standard VGA I/O: 3B0-3DF
Memory addresses:  
Video RAM A000-BFFF
Video ROM C000-C7FF
   

Note: You cannot change the addresses of your Fire GL 1000 Pro. In case of an address conflict, try to modify the I/O address of the add-on card that causes the conflict.

   
   
   
  VGA Output Connector
 
Pin Function

Pinning of the 15-pin Sub-D VGA Output

1 Red
2 Green
3 Blue
4 not connected
5 ground (analog)
6 Red Return (ground)
7 Green Return (ground)
8 Blue Return (ground)
9 + 5V (fused 750 mA)
10 ground (sync return)
11 not connected
12 SDA (DDC Data)
13 Horizontal Sync (+)
14 Vertical Sync (-)
15 SCL (DDC Clock)
   
  Stereo Sync Output Connector
 
Pin Function

Pinning of the 3-pin Mini-DIN
Stereo Sync (SimulEyes) Output

1 + 5V DC
(fused 750 mA)
2 ground
3 StereoSync
   
   
  DVD Board Connector
 
     
Pin Function
1 ground
2 VID [0]
3 ground
4 VID [1]
5 ground Pin Function  
6 VID [2] 17 ground  
7 VACTIVE 18 PIXCLK  
8 VID [3] 19 ground  
9 FIELD 20 HREF  
10 VID [4] 21 ground  
11 VREF 22 not connected  
12 VID [5] 23 not connected  
13 I2CCLK 24 not connected  
14 VID [6] 25 I2CDAT  
15 ground 26 ground  
16 VID [7]      
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
  Flash BIOS Upgrade
  Your Fire GL 1000 Pro is equipped with a Flash BIOS. That means upgrading to future versions of the card's BIOS is simple and easy. For a BIOS upgrade you do not need to remove the card from the computer, and swapping chips is not required.

Contact Diamond's BBS for information on

  • available BIOS upgrades
  • downloading the BIOS upgrade
  • how to perform the BIOS upgrade