Boost your Macintosh with this versatile second graphics card!
The MacPicasso 523 is a PCI accelerated graphic board, able to work with any Apple PowerMacintosh and Performas, as well as with any Macintosh compatible system.
The board is able to work with virtually any monitor actually on the market following the PC VGA connector standard. The board is completely "plug-and-view" and it is able to autolatically recognize the kind of monitor connected and use it at its best.
The MacPicasso 516 provides fast screen handling (thanx to the QuickDraw hardware acceleration), lot of screen resoluctions (up to 1600x1200), very sharp and clear images (thanx to the high vertical refresh rates), color modes up to thousand of colors, hardware virtual screen handling and more.
It is the perfect solution to drive a second monitor for the "multi-monitor approch to the problem": Now, with an incredibly affordable price, anyone can enjoy the second monitor solution!
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Technical Information List:
Graphics controller
- Alpine 64 Bit graphics accelerator chip from Cirrus Logic
- 2 Mb of 64 Bit 45nS ultra fast EDO video RAM
- Up to 180MBytes/sec image fill
- Resolutions from 512 x 384 to 1600 x 1200
- Black and White, Greyscales, 256 and Thousands colours
- PAL and NTSC Video support
- Hardware QuickDraw acceleration
- Localization in several languages
- "Virtual screen" hardware auto-scroll modes
- Plug and View:
- No adaptors
- Automatically syncs to optimum refresh rates
- Never loses your desktop
- Easy installation
- Mini DB 15 VGA monitor connector with DPMS and DDC2B
- 64bit video memory expansion slot
- VESA feature connector
- RGB Video "SCART" cable (optional)
- 15.5KHz - 84KHz Horizontal
- 25Hz - 160Hz vertical
- PCI connector
- Display Data Channel (DDC2B compliant)
- VESA Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) compliant
- Small PCI card fits into new PCI Performas
- 100% Quickdraw compatible
- Accelerated for Power Macintosh
- Any PCI based Power Macintosh System or compatible
- Two (2) Year Limited Warranty
| Resolution | Colours | Monitor Size | Vertical Frequency (Hz) | Horizontal Frequency (kHz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 640x480 | B/W, grey, 256, thousands | 14" | 60, 67, 72, 75, 86, 100, 160 | 35, 37.5, 38, 45, 50, 84 |
| 640x870 | B/W, grey, 256, thousands | Full page | 75 | 68.8 |
| 800x600 | B/W, 256, thousands | 15" | 60.3, 72, 85, 100 | 37.8, 48, 54, 62.5 |
| 832x624 | B/W, grey, 256, thousands | 16" | 74.5 | 49.7 |
| 1024x768 | B/W, grey, 256, thousands | 19" | 60, 75, 87i, 100i | 37.8, 48, 60.2, 80 |
| 1152x870 | B/W, grey, 256, thousands | 21" | 75 | 68.7 |
| 1280x1024 | B/W, grey, 256 | n.d. | 61, 74 | 64, 79 |
| 1600x1200 | B/W, grey, 256 | n.d. | 96i | 62.5 |
| 768x576 | B/W, grey, 256, thousands | PAL TV | 50i | 15.5 |
| 640x480 | B/W, grey, 256, thousands | NTSC TV | 60i | 15.5 |
"Productivity Booster" auto-scroll virtual resolutions
| Resolution | Colours | Monitor Size | Vertical Frequency (Hz) | Horizontal Frequency (kHz) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 640x960 | B/W, grey, 256, thousands | 14" | 67 | 35 |
| 832x1248 | B/W, grey, 256, thousands | 16" | 74.5 | 49.7 |
| 1024x1536 | B/W, grey, 256 | 19" | 75 | 48 |
| 1152x1740 | B/W, grey, 256 | 21" | 75 | 67.7 |
| 1712x2432 | B/W, grey, 256 | 21" | 75 | 68.7 |
| 2432x1712 | B/W, grey, 256 | 21" | 75 | 68.7 |
Specifications may change without notice
Product Pricing
| MacPicasso 523 | �81.08 |