You can see by the HARD facts that VTBook can give you the opportunity to use your notebook as you've never imagined possible.

Look at the range of compatible displays, the performance, the power consumption, the weight. Look at the digital interface, at the vast amount of video memory.

But look also at the soft facts: the 2D and 3D acceleration, the advanced video modes, the custom controls, the ever improving OS support.

Look at the facts and realize why everybody, at the beginning of the VTBook project, was continuosly telling us that a PCCard graphics card like this was impossible to build. We've designed, built and delivered the impossible. And we've made sure that you can enjoy all this technology with ease and fun. It's even written on the VTBook case: Enjoy!

 

HARD facts...

 

Hardware Specs
Graphics Chip	Trident XP2
Memory	32 MB 266MHz DDR
Bus	CardBus 32bit
Connectors	PC Card Type II, DVI-I (DVI-D and DVI-A compatible) and VGA (with included adapter)
Physical dimensions	126 x 54 x 15 mm, 4.96 x 2.13 x 0.59 inch (without DVI to VGA adapter)
Weight	68 grams; 114 grams with DVI to VGA adapter; 218 grams with adapter and "Magic Box" carryingcase
Electrical Specs
Power Consumtpion	3W peak; approx 2W average; 0W sleep
Minimum voltage	2.98V (measured inside VTBook at peak power consumption)
Impact on battery life	Reduced by about 4-8% when notebook runs on battery
Environmental requirements
Max Operating Temp Range	0 to 65°C inside the notebbok and 0 to 80°C inside the VTBook
Max Non Operating Temp Range	-20 to 65°C
Max Humidity Range	5% to 95%

 

Display Compatibility
	VGA (1)	DVI/ADC
Max overall resolution	1920x1440	1920x1200
Max resolution at 32 bit	1600x1200	1920x1200
Max resolution at 85 Hz	1600x1200	-
Max resolution at 100 Hz	1280x1024	-
Display support	DVI, ADC with optional Apple DVI to ADC adapter, VGA with included DVI to VGA adapter
Predefined video modes	80+
Custom video modes	Read from display, only in Macintosh OS

(1) For Windows, specs for drivers version 2.0 are listed

 

... and soft facts

 

Software Specs
	Mac OS 9.2.x	Mac OS X Jaguar/Panther	Windows 2000/XP
2D Acceleration	Yes	Yes	Yes
3D Acceleration	-	Yes	Yes
DVD/video Acceleration	-	-	Yes
Hot Plug (Insertion)	Yes	(1)	Yes
Hot Unplug (Removal)	Yes	(1)	-
Advanced Power Management	Yes	Yes	With drivers 2.0
Panning Modes	Yes	-	-
Reading monitor custom timings	Yes	Yes	-
Onboard scaler	Yes	Yes	-
Custom control panel	Yes	-	Yes
Portrait Video Modes	-	-	Yes
Localization	English, German, Italian(2), japanese	English, German, Italian, japanese	English, German

(1) Supported under certain circumstances. Please check the VTBook FAQ on www.villagetronic.com for more information
(2) Not for custom control panel

 

It's getting better and better

 

The VTBook is a state-of-the-art product: it is designed to be the best PCCard graphics card ever built.

In fact, VTBook is so advanced that we took almost by surprise the biggest operating system vendors. As a result, not all OS versions already fully support hot plug and hot unplug of a PCCard graphics card.

In time this situation will become better and better, since we are working with all operating system vendors to improve OS support for the VTBook.

In the meanwhile, use the following chart to know whether you can hot plug or hot unplug the VTBook on your OS.

 

Operational instructions
Notebook status	On (hot)	Sleep (warm)	Off (cold)
Plug VTBook
Mac OS 9.2.x	OK(1)	OK	OK
Mac OS 10.2.x	-	-	OK
Mac OS 10.3.x	(2)	(2)	OK
MS-Windows 2k-XP	OK	OK	OK
Unplug VTBook
Mac OS 9.2.x	OK(3)	-	OK
Mac OS 10.2.x	-	-	OK
Mac OS 10.3.x	(2)	-	OK
MS-Windows 2k-XP	-	-	OK

(1) 2D acceleration will not be activated

(2) Supported under certain circumstances. Please check the VTBook FAQ on www.villagetronic.com for more information

(3) Prior to unplug, move the PC Card icon to the Trash

 

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Minimum System Requirements
Operating System Macintosh	Mac OS 9.2.2 or Mac OS X 10.2.8
Operating System Windows	Windows 2000 or Windows XP Home/Professional
Hardware Macintosh	PowerBook with a CardBus slot, including WallStreet, Lombard, Pismo, Titanium 15", Aluminium 15" and 17"
Hardware Windows	Notebook with a PC Card Type II slot supporting CardBus

 

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Product codes
VTBook	11080 (EAN: 4 033923 110804)
DVI to VGA adapter	11085 (EAN: 4 033923 110859)

 

Specifications may change without notice