Multimedia
Video Display Adaptor | PC 98 specification | Configurations
Multimedia

Multimedia hardware

The hardware required to run multimedia applications is changing rapidly.

As processors become faster, new CODECs (Compressors/Decompressors) are developed, and technologies that make use of new equipment (MMX), the hardware required to run your multimedia files also change.

Standards

MPC I (1991)

16MHz 386SX CPU
2Mb RAM
30Mb Hard disk
8-bit sound card
CD-ROM drive with a 150Kb/s data transfer rate.

16 colour VGA

MPC II (May 1993)

25MHz 486SX CPU
4Mb RAM (8Mb recommended)
160Mb Hard disk
16-bit sound card
Double speed CD-ROM drive (300Kb/s data transfer rate.
65,000 colour VGA graphics

[Ref 5]PC World '93

Note no MPC III standard has been set. Though a PC 98 specification from Intel and Microsoft has been set.

PC 98 specification

Video Display adaptor

Your PC uses a Video Card and an associated driver to enable graphics to be displayed on screen
Video Display Adaptor

Configuations

PC hardware required for multimedia is continually changing, as new hardware is introduced (eg. DVD) and other applications are added (eg. Internet technologies)
Configurations