| Product
Features |
IBM's
Software Choice Edition |
SciTech SNAP
Graphics
|
| CID Installation |
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Network License Manager |
No
|
Optional
|
| Custom feature set |
No
|
All Features
|
| Requires per seat
registration code |
No
|
Yes
|
| Access to SciTech
Technical Support |
No(1)
|
Yes
|
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|
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| Accelerated support for over
230
video chipsets |
No - IBM
specified subset
|
Yes
|
| Swap cards with no software
changes required |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| AGP Fastwrite support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Fallback driver support (VBE,
VGA) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Support for 4/8/15/16/24/32
bit color depths |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Hardware mouse cursor support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plug&Play (DDC) Monitor
detection |
Yes
|
Yes
|
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|
|
| Support for standard resolutions
(2) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Support for extended
resolutions (3) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Support for 16:9 HDTV resolutions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Support for user-specified
resolutions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Support for refresh rate control |
60Hz - 120Hz
|
60Hz - 120Hz(4)
|
| Support for custom refresh
rates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
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|
|
| Enhanced SciTech
Screen pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Configurable icon and font
size |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| TV Out support on selected
chipsets |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Multi-head
on selected chipsets |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Zooming
on selected chipsets |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Software OpenGL 1.5 support |
No
|
Yes
|
| Hardware Video Overlays (ATI and Intel chipsets) |
No
|
Yes
|
| Native Panel Programming (Radeon chipsets) |
No
|
Yes
|
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(1) Large IBM customers may get indirect SciTech support
(2) Standard resolutions are 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768,
1280x1024, and 1600x1200
(3) Extended resolutions includes a wide range from
320x200 to 2048x1536
(4) 120Hz max by default, unlimited by user customization
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