Trident TGUI9660 / TGUI9680

The Trident TGUI96xx series arrived in 1995 only for the PCI bus.

	Released	1995
	Bus	PCI
	Standards	MDA, Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA
	Memory	1 MB (FPM or EDO DRAM), expandable to 4 MB
	RAMDAC	External (135 MHz)
	See Also	Trident TVGA9440 Series

The TGUI96xx were 64-bit "GUI and video accelerators", supporting FPM or EDO DRAM memory from as fast as 45ns down to 80ns on a 64-bit bus. At its fastest they could drive the memory at 80 MHz. This may be incorrect, but I think Trident's name for the core architecture on which the 96xx series is built is called XGi.

They were typically coupled to an external 24-bit TrueColor DAC that ran at 135 MHz.

The TGUI9660 supported WRAM (window RAM).

The TGUI9680 supported resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 in 256 colours, 1024 x 768 in 64,000 colours, or 800 x 600 in 16.7 million colours.

The TGUI9680-1 was a low-power version of the TGUI9680, but also added acceleration for Cinepak, Indeo and MPEG CODEC standards.

 

The TGUI9660 can be found on the following graphics cards:

• ProLink Microsystems Corp MVGA-T9660PCI (FCC ID: IB9MVGAT96PCI)

The TGUI9680 can be found on the following graphics cards:

• Asicom Totem64V
• ViewTOP BP-TRX
• Union TWN7607 (FCC ID: HNG966XGIBDS4SPA1)

 

Competition

 

In the Media

 

Setting it Up

Downloads

TGUI9680 Datasheet 1995 Trident TGUI9680 Graphics Accelerator datasheet	DOS Drivers & Utilities 7th Mar 1995 DOS utilities and application drivers for Trident XGi series (9660/9680)	Windows 3.1 Drivers vUX6.0, Aug 1994 Windows 3.1 drivers for Trident XGi series (9660/9680)
Windows 3.1 Drivers vUX6.4, 5th Mar 1996 Windows 3.1 drivers for Trident XGi series (9660/9680)	Windows 95 / 98 Drivers v6.10.4364, 3rd Mar 1998 Windows 95/98 drivers for Trident Accelerator ISA/VL, 9320 PCI, 9440 PCI, and 9660/968x/938x/978x PCI.	Windows NT 3.51 Drivers v1.00 Beta, 19th Oct 1994 Windows NT 3.51 drivers for Trident TGUI9660
Windows NT 3.51 Drivers v1.01, 7th Feb 1996 Windows NT 3.51 drivers for Trident 93xx/9440/9470/96xx	OS/2 Drivers vTX1.4, 9th Feb 1996 OS/2 drivers for Trident XGi series (TGUI9660/9680).

 

More Pictures

A TGUI9680-1 card

A TGUI9680-1 card