HP FireGL PA-RISC Graphics
HP sold several ATI video and 3D adapters for PA-RISC workstations running HP-UX, such as the c8000. The HP FireGL cards were modified ATI cards with ATI GPUs, modified slightly for HP-UX with HP providing drivers for HP-UX for 64-bit workstations running HP-UX 11.00 and higher.
| Device | GPU | Color resolution |
RAM | 3D | Output | Bus | Part number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP FireGL-UX (ATI FireGL-3) |
GT1000 RC1000 |
24-bit 1920×1200 |
128 MB DDR | yes OpenGL |
VGA DVI-D stereo |
PCI 3.3V 64-bit 66 MHz | A7789A A7789-69510 |
| ATI FireGL T2 | RV350 9600 Pro |
24-bit 2048×1536 |
128 MB DDR | yes OpenGL |
DVI VGA |
AGP 8X | AB638A |
| ATI FireGL X1 | R300GL FGL-9700 |
24-bit 1920×1200 |
256 MB DDR | yes OpenGL |
2 DVI | AGP 8X | A9653A |
| ATI FireGL X3 | R420 X800 XT |
24-bit 2048×1536 |
256 MB GDDR3 | yes OpenGL |
2 DVI | AGP 8X 1.5V | AB668A |
Certain patches for HP-UX were required for proper X11 and 3D OpenGL functionality, dated 2002 and later. This included hardware-enablement (HWE) and specific patches and HP-UX software modules.
First official support for FireGL-UX graphics was in HP-UX 11i September 2002 in certain 64-bit workstations (C3650, C3700, C3750, J6000, J6700, J6750 – not on C8000). As of HP-UX 11i June 2004, ATI FireGL X1 and ATI FireGL T2 were supported on the C8000 workstation. First support for ATI FireGL X3 was in December 2004 with full 3D support in September 2005.
Part numbers
- A7789A and A7789-69510: HP FireGL-UX PCI
- A9653A: ATI FireGL X1 AGP 8X
- AB638A: ATI FireGL T2 AGP 8X
- AB668A: ATI FireGL X3 AGP 8X
FireGL-UX architecture
The FireGL-UX high-end graphics adapter was based on ATI FireGL2 or -3 board adapted for PA-RISC workstations on HP-UX Unix. It provides full OpenGL hardware acceleration with the HP X server on HP-UX and is binary compatible with HP Visualize FX10pro adapters. FireGL-UX is about twice as fast as the Visualize FX10pro.
- IBM GT1000 geometry engine
- IBM RC1000 raster engine
- 128 MB DDR SDRAM for unified frame buffer, Z-buffer and texture storage
- Digital DVI and 3-pin stereo output
- 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI card
- Part number: A7789A, A7789-60510, A7789-69510
ATI and nVIDIA for Itanium
HP Itanium workstations such as zx6000 and zx2000 were able to use a few third-party 3D graphics adapters on AGP Pro with Linux and HP-UX drivers.
| Device | GPU | Color resolution* |
RAM | 3D | Output | Bus | System | Part number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATI FireGL4 | GT1000 RC1000 |
24-bit 1920×1200 |
128MB DDR | yes OpenGL |
2 DVI TV |
AGP 4X | HP-UX | A7226-60520 A7226-69520 |
| ATI FireGL X1 | R300GL FGL-9700 |
24-bit 1920×1200 |
256MB DDR | yes OpenGL |
2 DVI TV |
AGP 8X Pro |
HP-UX | 313287-001 312523-001 |
| ATI FireGL Z1 | R300GL 9500 Pro |
24-bit 1920×1200 |
128MB DDR | yes OpenGL |
2 DVI TV |
AGP 8X Pro |
HP-UX | 313287-001 312523-001 |
| ATI Radeon 7000 | RV100 | 24-bit 2048×1536 |
32MB DDR | (yes) OpenGL |
DVI VGA |
AGP | HP-UX Linux |
A8049-60520 A8049-69520 |
| nVIDIA Quadro2 EX | NV11GL | 24-bit 2048×1536 |
32MB SDR | yes OpenGL |
VGA | AGP | Linux | A7806-60510 A7806-69510 |
| nVIDIA Quadro4 900XGL | NV25 | 24-bit 2048×1536 |
128MB DDR | yes OpenGL |
2 DVI | AGP 4X | Linux | A8064-60520 A8064-69520 |
| nVIDIA Quadro4 980XGL | NV28GL | 24-bit 2048×1536 |
128MB DDR | yes OpenGL |
2 DVI | AGP 8X | Linux | 308961-001 313285-001 |
Part numbers of HP ATI and nVIDIA video adapters for Itanium:
- A7226-60520 and A7226-69520: ATI FireGL4
- 313287-001 and 312523-001: ATI FireGL X1
- 313286-001: ATI FireGL Z1
- A8049-60520 and A8049-69520: ATI Radeon 7000
- A7806-60510 and A7806-69510: nVIDIA Quadro2 EX
- A8064-60520 and A8064-69520: nVIDIA Quadro4 900XGL
- 308961-001 and 313285-001: nVIDIA Quadro4 980XGL
Documentation
- Overview HP FX Graphics, HP 2003, website archive.org
- Overview ATI Fire GL UX , HP 2003, website archive.org
- Operation and Maintenance Guide HP Integrity rx2600 server and HP workstation zx6000