HP FireGL PA-RISC Graphics
Overview
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.
Part numbers of HP FireGL video adapters:
- 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 AT 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