VISUALIZE X-Class
Personal Workstations
HP
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W i n d o w s N T - b a s e d
v i s u a l i z a t i o n
p e r f o r m a n c e
Class
f e a t u r e what you get
b e n e f i t how it helps you
a d v a n t a g e how it’s unique
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fx6+ graphics subsystem
Provides excellent application performance for
the largest, most complex visualization tasks
Delivers the industry’s fastest graphics
performance on Windows NT with 6 PA-RISC
geometry engines
fx4+ graphics subsystem
fx2+ graphics subsystem
Full-scene anti-aliasing
Provides excellent application performance for
larger, complex visualization tasks
Delivers exceptional graphics performance with
4 PA-RISC geometry engines
Provides excellent application performance for
small to mid-size visualization tasks
Delivers exceptional graphics performance with
2 PA-RISC geometry engines
Particularly useful for industrial styling applications
where surface detail is crucial to the design process
Enhances image quality by eliminating jagged
edges in the full scene, allows for more accurate
display of very small features
HP VISUALIZE
Graphics
Occlusion culling
Delivers up to 2X performance with visualization
applications
Improves rendering performance by eliminating
the drawing of hidden objects
Hardware accumulation buffer
Hardware shadow casting
Provides soft shadows, motion blur and image
processing
Advanced feature previously available only on
UNIX graphics super-workstations
Creates photo-realistic shadows and allows
object self-shadowing
As with hardware accumulation, plus a feature
that is offered exclusively by HP for Windows-
based workstations
Optional texture mapping engine
Increased photo-realism, visual analysis,
simulation and animation performance
Allows for the added functionality of hardware
shadow casting and hardware accumulation buffer
Single or Dual Intel Pentium III Xeon
Processors: 500MHz or 550MHz
Puts increased power and efficiency behind
demanding applications
Provides superior computing performance with
Intel’s 70 new processor instructions
Scalability to 2 GB system memory
Enhances application performance, supports work
with large models and 3D animation rendering
Facilitates seamless designing, modeling and/or
rendering of large, complex visualization tasks
HP FastRAID and mass storage expand-
ability: up to 36 GB internal disk
Provides hard disk space and performance need-
ed to work on large models and multiple designs
Ultra Wide SCSI’s high data throughput and
36GB of storage mean greater productivity
HP VISUALIZE
Personal
Workstation
Systems
NFS software: for UNIX connectivity, trial
X-Window emulation and UNIX commands
Supports integration and interoperability
between UNIX and Windows NT systems
Optimizes cross-platform workflow and use
of tools on both operating systems
HP TopTools
HP MaxiLife
HP UltraFlow
Advanced administration and management
of system components and settings
Provides industry leading remote and local
net-based management and diagnostics
Increases reliability and provides hardware
self-diagnosis
Integrated with TopTools for remote
administration and monitoring
Keeps components cool, increases reliability,
decreases total cost of ownership
Advanced cooling system with four thermally
controlled fans
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t e c h n i c a l s p e c i f i c a t i o n s
Class
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Package
System Memory
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Expandable mid-tower package
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128 MB DIMM, 256 MB DIMM and 512 MB DIMM 100MHz ECC
synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) DIMM
HP Multifunction Ergonomic Keyboard with programmable
application shortcut buttons
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Expandable to 2 GB through four DIMM slots
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HP 3-Button Mouse
Error checking and correcting (ECC) for detection and correction
of 1-bit errors and detection of 2-bit errors
Support for two 10K RPM Ultra Wide SCSI hard disk drives
HP UltraFlow cooling system for optimal PC Workstation cooling
HP MaxiLife system diagnostics with front-panel LCD message display
Hard Disk Storage
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9.0 GB 10K Ultra Wide SCSI
18.0 GB 10K Ultra Wide SCSI
Processor
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Single or dual Intel Pentium III Xeon 500MHz and 550MHz processors:
- Intel 440GX AGP chipset
Hard disk controller
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Dual, integrated, independent PCI Ultra Wide SCSI controllers with
support for internal and external SCSI peripherals
- 100MHz front side bus (FSB) system bus
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Optional HP FastRAID
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Support for Intel Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) 1.1
for dual-processor technology
- Disk caching and hardware striping solution based on
Adaptec’s RAIDport technology
Processor Cache
- Boosts disk I/O performance up to 80%
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32K non-blocking level 1 cache and 512K or 1MB non-blocking
level 2 cache for fast access to priority data
Removable Media
- Operates at full system speed (100MHz)
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Integrated 1.44 MB floppy disk drive
PCI Bus Master Ultra ATA/33 interfaces for up to
two internal IDE devices
Graphics Subsystems
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VISUALIZE-fx6++: The industry’s fastest graphics performance on
Windows NT using six dedicated floating-point processors based
on PA-RISC technology
VISUALIZE-fx4++: World-class geometry engines using four dedicated
floating-point processors based on PA-RISC technology
VISUALIZE-fx2++: World-class geometry engines using two dedicated
floating-point processors based on PA-RISC technology
18 MB SGRAM frame and Z buffer memory – on fx+ graphics
subsystems only
ELSA GLoria Synergy+ graphics subsystem with 8 MB SGRAM
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32X CD-ROM Drive
DVD Drive
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CD-R/RW Drive
ZIP IDE Drive
Operating system
HP-supported operating system: Windows NT® Workstation 4.0
Networking and I/O
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10/100 Ethernet LAN interface with 32-bit auto-sensing
HP NightDirector and LAN remote power on/off
Texture Acceleration and Memory Option
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Two USB ports
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1-2 Dedicated texture acceleration processor(s)*
16-32 MB SDRAM dedicated texture memory*
Point-sampled, bilinear, and trilinear MIP mapping
3D texture mapping
One 25 pin parallel port
Two 9 pin serial ports
* fx2+/fx4+: 1 accelerator, 16 MB texture memory
fx6+: 2 accelerators, 32 MB texture SDRAM
Shadow texture mapping
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Information in this document is subject to change
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Copyright 1999 Hewlett-Packard Co.
Printed in the USA
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