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The PowerVR Neon 250 based AGP card. The Neon chip is the last chip from PowerVR company with support of PowerSGL API. Alongside with PowerSGL it has
moreThis card incorporates S3 Virge/DX chip as a main device and PowerVR PCX2 3D accelerator as a secondary one. This card may be used as a primary display card or a secondary one alongside with an AGP video card.
This combined card supports two proprietary APIs such as PowerSGL and S3d.
The PCX2 part has a 66/80MHz clock switch jumper for better performance in PowerSGL apps.
The S3 Virge/DX part clocked at 72Mhz, highest clock among all production cards, peer with ASUS 3DP-V375DX. Best performance for the S3d API apps.
Very good 2D quality due to the separate power source for S3 Virge DAC, you may have seen such a solution on the ASUS 3DP-V375DX card.
40MHz PCI bus recommended for faster PCX2 transfers.
A deep dive into S3 Virge family 3D capabilities
The Little Rooster review (RUS) the first batch card