Checklist for Graphics Adapters

If a recommended feature is implemented, it must meet the PC 98 requirements for that feature as defined in this document.

Consumer PC 98 Office PC 98 Entertainment PC 98

1. Graphics adapter uses PCI, AGP, or another high-speed bus

Required Required AGP required

2. System uses WC with higher-performance processors

Required Required Required

3. Primary graphics adapter works normally with default VGA mode driver

Required Required Required

4. Adapter and driver support multiple adapters and multiple monitors

Required Required Required

5. Adapter supports television output if system does not include large-screen monitor

Recommended Recommended Required

6. Adapter meets PC 98 general device requirements

Required

7. Screen resolution and local memory capacity meet PC 98 minimum requirements

Required Required Required

8. Adapter meets VESA specifications for ergonomic timing rates

Required

9. All supported color depths are enumerated

Required

10. Graphics operations use relocatable registers only

Required

11. Adapter supports downloadable RAMDAC entries for image color matching

Required

12. Adapter supports DDC monitor detection

Required

13. Adapter supports video overlay surface with scaling

Required Required Required

14. Hardware supports VGA destination color keying for video rectangle

Required Required with DVD-Video Required

15. Video port meets PC 98 specifications if present on graphics adapter

Required Required Required

16. Adapter supports MPEG-2 motion compensation acceleration

Recommended

17. Extended resources can be dynamically relocated after system boot

Required

18. VGA resources can be disabled by software

Required

19. Frame buffer can be accessed directly by applications

Required Required Required

20. Adapter and driver support linear-mapped, low-resolution modes

Required Required Required

21. Adapter supports transparent blter

Required Required Required

22. Hardware supports double buffering with no tearing

Required Required Required

23. Hardware supports programmable blter stride

Required Recommended Required

24. Hardware supports RGB rasterization

Required Required Required

25. Hardware supports multi-texturing

Recommended Recommended Required

26. Hardware supports texture formats

Required Required Required

27. Hardware complies with texture size limitations

Required Recommended Required

28. Hardware supports destination RGB alpha blending

Recommended Recommended Recommended

29. Hardware supports Z comparison modes and Direct3D-compatible formats

Recommended Recommended Required

30. Hardware meets PC 98 3-D accelerator performance requirements

Recommended Recommended Required

31. Adapter supports both NTSC and PAL output

Recommended

32. Default boot mode supports appropriate locale

Required Required Required

33. Adapter supports underscan scaling

Required Recommended Required

34. Adapter supports flicker filter

Required

35. Adapter provides proper termination

Required

36. Adapter supports RCA-style composite video and S-Video connectors

Recommended Recommended Required

37. Adapter supports both VGA and television output

Required

38. Software supports positioning

Required Recommended Required

39. Software supports detection of television connection

Required Recommended Required

40. Each device has a Plug and Play device ID

Required

41. System supports conflict resolution, VGA compatibility, and extended registers

Required

42. Chips support linear packed-pixel frame buffer, relocatable above 16 MB

Required

43. Option ROM supports DDC2B

Required

44. BIOS setup utility provides option to force use of system-board graphics

Recommended

45. BIOS supports large frame buffers for graphics adapters

Required

46. AGP meets PC 98 implementation guidelines

Required

47. PCI graphics device supports IRQ and correctly populates PCI BARs

Required Recommended Required

48. PCI system-board graphics device is not hidden from Plug and Play enumeration

Required

49. Graphics adapter complies with device class power management reference specification

Required

50. Graphics adapter complies with VBE/Core 2.0 extensions for power management

Required

51. Device drivers and installation meet PC 98 requirements

Required

52. Driver does not bypass any Microsoft-provided system components

Required

53. Applications provided with device meet Win32 requirements

Required

54. Driver supports dynamic color bit-depth change

Required