The CyberVisionPPC is a high-performance graphic card which can be installed on the expansion slot of the PowerPC604e-based PowerUp accelerators, the Cyberstorm PPC and the Blizzard 2604 Power Board. It is scheduled for delivery in August 97, and will become available simultaneously with the Blizzard 2604 Power Board. Especially for the Blizzard 2604 the use of the CyberVisionPPC is highly recommended as the slow access to the ECS chip memory or Zorro-II-based graphics boards in the A1500/A2000 may limit the system performance in applications with lots of graphic output. But also the performance of the Cyberstorm PPC will benefit significantly from the data transfer rates of up to 100 MB/s (from the processor into the video memory) in demanding applications such as fast 3D visualization and similar tasks.

Not only the ultra-fast access of the processor into the video memory, but also the internal speed and functionality of the CyberVisionPPC will provide a breathtaking performance. The CyberVisionPPC is equipped with the powerful PERMEDIA graphics controller, which provides an outstanding 3D performance of up to 42 million textured 3D pixels per second, with hardware-accelerated rendering functions such as z-buffering, gouraud-shading, fogging, blending and anti-aliasing. As the design of the PERMEDIA hardware suits perfectly for OpenGL implementations, it's 3D performance can support the CyberGL functionality of CyberGraphX V3 Native which comes along with the PowerUp boards. In combination with the high floating-point performance of the PowerPC604e processor a breathtaking performance in professional 3D applications can be achieved by this implementation. Additionally, the PERMEDIA processor supports functions like color space conversion, chroma keying and XY-scaling which will be used by the software MPEG decoding routines of CyberGraphX V3 Native.

The CyberVisionPPC uses 64-bit wide SGRAM with a data transfer rate of up to 660 MB/s; this in combination with the fast RAM-DAC allows display resolutions of up to 1280x1024 pixel in true color mode and with a high refresh rate of at least 70 Hz. The board comes along with 4 MB of display memory as standard.

The manufacturer's international suggested retail price for the CyberVisionPPC graphics accelerator is as follows:

in DM incl. VAT	in UK£ incl. VAT	in US$ excl. VAT	in CAN$ excl. VAT
549.00	219.00	299.00	419.00

The manufacturer's international suggested retail price for the CyberVisionPPC graphics accelerator in the PowerUpGrade program is as follows:

in DM incl. VAT	in UK£ incl. VAT	in US$ excl. VAT	in CAN$ excl. VAT
449.00	189.00	249.00	349.00

Valid from July 1, 1997. All manufacturer's suggested retail prices are subject to change without prior notice.

In other countries for which suggested retail prices are not listed here, please ask our local sales representatives for equivalent pricing in the local currency. Please also contact your local dealer (see our List of Dealers) for availbility and delivery lead times. All prices and specifications are subject to change without notice.