HP and other Video card need chip ID's

[johnorun]

I got these from a guy that posted FREE computers and parts on a Vintage Computer Collector group in my area. (I recommend finding a Computer collector group near you.)
Vintage computer collectors give away vintage parts and computers when they start to run out of storage space, so keep your eyes open! This guys basement was stacked with computers that overflowed upstairs into his living room!
I think his wife was getting pissed, so he is giving stuff away...

I called him and picked these 2 high-end HP and Intergraph video cards tonight, PLUS one SUN SuperSparc 4, One SuperSparc 5 computer and a 1984 Columbia Portable PC with an 8088 M-Board.

Pics of the cards and the chips that were under the heatsinks. (Can an HP expert tell me what the HP chips are? Also need ID on the IBM chips....thanks.)





This huge chip was under the gold heatsink:



These are chips on the INTERGRAPH board:

[UMMR]

Hello from Italy,
IMHO the HP card is a Visualize FX4 with the optional (and expensive!) Texture/Buffer module added. You can find more info here: http://www.openpa.net/. High-end Visualize cards are based upon two or three geometry engine chips derived from the HP PA-RISC 7300LC.
For a discussion on the Visualize hardware architecture see:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/98may/may98a4.htm (available online in PDF).
The FX4 has two HP geometry engine chips (with 2 engines each). The FX6 contains 3 of these chips.
I have an Intergraph card like this one installed in a IBM Intellistation Z Pro (Windows 2000). This card is recognized by the system as an Intense3D 3600. The AGP card is the Lynx 5 (L5) geometry accelerator (the accelerator chip is in your last picture, manufactured by Toshiba, I guess the IBM chip is an AGP interface, but I'm not sure!). The Intense3D 3600 was years ago a decent solution for high-end Open GL x86 platforms. You can still find the WinNT driver (obsolete, but works in Windows 2000 and even in Windows XP - don't expect an outstanding performance, it's a vintage card...)
Very nice cards.
Paolo

[donutty]

Well scored John!!

[Wizzard1]

Nice! Those are some sweet heatinks too!!