Dynamic Pictures

Not to be confused with <a href="/facts/Dynamical_pictures/xfb1c8Et">Dynamical pictures</a>, a concept in quantum mechanics.

Dynamic Pictures Inc. was a San Jose-based company which produced the Oxygen line of high-end 3D graphics cards. In 1997, they produced three PCI-based models: the Oxygen 102, Oxygen 202, and Oxygen 402. The Oxygen 202 and 402 featured an <a href="/facts/Scan-Line_Interleave/Swl0pPLP">SLI</a>-like design in providing two and four identical <a href="/facts/Graphics_Processing_Unit/PTK1RQVp">graphics processing units</a> to achieve higher performance. The graphics processing unit was designed by <a href="/facts/3D_Labs/ccL4JC4W">3D Labs</a>. The four processor Oxygen 402 received a Viewperf CDRS-03 score of 42. In comparison, a much more recent GeForce FX GL (using a Geforce 5800-class GPU) achieves a 1803 on the same test.
The list price for the Oxygen 102 was $1495 1996, later reduced to $399.

<ul><li>"Dynamic Pictures", Computerworld, 16 December 1996, p 48.</li>
<li>"High End Graphics Cards", PC Mag, 30 June 1998, p 192, 198, 202, 204, 205.</li>
<li>"High Performance Graphics Boards", PC Mag, 1 September 2000, p 187 and 200.</li></ul>

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Dynamic Pictures