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/ Adam Richardson

Canopus Announces SPECTRA 2500

Canopus Corporation once again surprised the graphics hardware community with today's announcement of its new SPECTRA 2500 graphics accelerator. Powered by a fan-cooled NVIDIA.

The hardware race keeps getting louder. Canopus Corporation once again surprised the graphics hardware community with today’s announcement of its new SPECTRA 2500 graphics accelerator. Powered by a fan-cooled NVIDIA RIVA TNT 128-bit graphics chip, 16MB of high-speed SDRAM and 250MHz RAMDAC, the AGP 2X-based SPECTRA 2500 provides the ultimate solution for maximum 2D graphics performance and outstanding 3D game play.

In a unique twist, the company has incorporated its WitchDoctor technology into the SPECTRA 2500, giving owners of 3Dfx Voodoo1- and Voodoo2-based boards a “reverse” pass-through connection to deliver improved desktop graphics clarity, TV-out capabilities, along with Canopus’ acclaimed software utilities, Quick Control and Application Launcher. The SPECTRA 2500 also provides the highest maximum resolution of any TNT-based board — 1920 x 1440 — allowing for four correct aspect ratio windows of 960 x 720 on monitors 21“ or larger.