STB Nitro DVD
The Nitro DVD was a relatively low-budget card based on the S3 ViRGE/GX chipset. As such, it found its way into numerous OEM systems in 1997.
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Released | 1997 |
| Bus | PCI or AGP | |
| Chipset | S3 ViRGE/GX | |
| Standards | Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA | |
| Memory | 2 MB (upgradeable to 4 MB) | |
| RAMDAC | 160 MHz | |
| Ports | 15-pin DSUB (analogue video out) | |
| Part # | - | |
| FCC ID | - | |
| Price | At launch: $100 | |
| See Also | Nitro 64, Nitro 3D |
The card could display at resolutions up to 1600 x 1200, and had some 3D capabilities including hardware acceleration of texture maps, bilinear and trilinear filtering, MIP-mapping, alpha blending/transparency, fogging, perspective correction, Gouraud shading, double-buffering, and a z-buffer.
2D hardware acceleration included BitBlt (bit-block transfers), line drawing, cursor operations, dual address bus, and read/write bursting.
It supported DirectX, Direct3D, DirectVideo and the S3 APIs.
Refresh rates supported at certain resolutions:
RES/ COLORS |
640x480 |
800x600 |
1024x768 |
1280x1024 |
1600x1200 |
256 |
60,72,75, 85,100,120, 140,160 |
60,72,75,85, 100,120,140 |
88i,60,70,75 85,100,120 |
88i,60,75,85 |
96i,60 |
65K |
60,72,75,85, 100,120, 140,160 |
60,72,75,85, 100,120,140 |
88i,60,70,75 85,100,120 |
88i,60,75,85 |
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16.7M |
60,72,75,85, 100,120, 140,160 |
60,72,75, 85,100,120 |
88i,60,70,75 |
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Board Revisions
I don't have any information on board revisions for the Nitro 3D video cards.
Competition
In the Media
Setting it Up
Downloads
For Windows 98, use the embedded Nitro 3D drivers in the operating system.
Nitro 3D Spec Sheet |
Original Utility Disk Nitro 3D/GX Driver/Utility Release 1.2 |
ROM BIOS Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
Windows 95 Drivers Windows 95 Drivers for the NITRO DVD **MISSING** |
Windows NT 4.0 Drivers Nitro DVD BETA Windows NT 4.0 drivers (2D/3D only, NO DVD SUPPORT). Service Pack 3 required. |
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