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for the CyberStorm PPC, CyberStorm MKIII and Blizzard 2604 Power Boards The CyberVisionPPC uses the Texas Instruments TVP4020 second generation graphics controller chip. The TVP4020 incorporates graphics technology from 3D Labs. "The jointly-designed TVP4020 combines the best of 3Dlabs and TI to produce leading edge performance at an affordable price." Here is a link to the Texas Instruments TVP4020 technical characteristics page along with the link to the TVP4020 System Solution page. A few 3D Labs links: PERMEDIA 2 Datasheet, Technical Characteristics and News Release pages.

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REAL pictures of the CyberVisionPPC

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CVPPC Speed Tests

• Speed test, More to follow soon.. - If you have a speed test of the CVPPC send them and I will post them here.
• BusSpeedTest results for CyberVisionPPC, CyberVision64, CyberVision64/3D and Picasso IV (Z2/Z3) Here.
• SysSpeed results for CyberVisionPPC, CyberVision64 and CyberVision64/3D in precents & raw numbers.
• SysSpeed module by Michael Koch - thekochstudio@gmx.net, CVPPC on A4040-25, Here.
• SysSpeed module of the CyberVisionPPC in a A4000T with 68060@66mhz Here.
• The SysSpeed modules can be loaded with SysSpeed2.6 fount on Aminet.

CyberVisionPPC FAQ - Q&A

Q: Does the CVPPC have internal MPEG or VideoOverlay support?

A: The permedia2 neither has internal mpg decoding support, nor video overlay.
   It does have internal 3D support.


Q: Does the CVPPC support interlace modes?

A: No. There is no hardware support for that, no "interlace bit" to enable it
   inthe permedia2. You should not use the predefined modes inthe config/setup files
   currently the driver does not filter them out. If you have
   a small monitor and are tryingto use interlace to get a bigger display
   this will not work and modes which have the interlace flag cause trouble.


Q: Why is the bandwidth from the CyberStormPPC to the CVPPC not
   100MB/sec or 500Mb/sec?

A: The max. bandwidth of the 50Mhz 060 to access nocache memory page
   (gfxcards are mapped as non cache) is about 30MB because the 060
   doesn´t do write combinding to output a burst.


Q: Will CyberGL be ported to the CVPPC?

A: No, it will be API compatible with the MAC QD3D RAVE layer.
   Most of the QD3D RAVE layer is already done for the permedia card since the
   p5 mac card has been out for a while.


Q: What is the difference between the .ppc and .040 versions of the 
   cgxsystem.library?
A: It is only mem alignment that is different. The .ppc version 
   aligns bitmap data to cache line boundaries to avoid cache 
   line problems between 68k<->ppc. It is only required when 
   software does not take care of it. It's like a 'patch' for 
   software that does not do cache handling properly, 
   bitmap alignment can not be controlled by software.