FOURCCs supported by various graphics controllers

This table attempts to list the FOURCCs that are supported by various graphics controllers and some of the retail adapters that use those controllers. The list is, of course, incomplete, since I have access to only a limited set of hardware in our test lab. If you have a controller that is not listed, I'd be very pleased to add information for it if yousend me a note.

This list was compiled by installing the various adapters in Window 95 system along with the drivers that were supplied with them (or the Microsoft driver, whichever was newer) then running DXVIEW (part of the DirectX SDK) to find out whether the controller supports overlay surfaces and, if so, which FOURCCs it offers. It is possible that a given controller supports more formats in hardware and that these are just not enabled in software or that formats offered by the driver involve some software conversion. Where possible, I have indicated these cases.

Note that Windows NT drivers for a given controller often support a smaller subset of FOURCCs than on Windows 95/98.

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Graphics ControllerFOURCCs SupportedExample adapters using this controller and notes3D Labs Permedia IIYUY2, Y411Diamond  Multimedia GL1000 Pro3Dfx Voodoo 3YUY2, UYVY, YV12, I420 ATI 3D Rage IIYUY2, YV12, UYVYATI 3D Pro Turbo PC2TVATI Rage ProYUY2, YV12, IF09, YVU9, UYVY, VBID
(AGP version of controller includes MC12, motion compensation surfaces. As yet, I have no information on this format)(Data for Win98 driver)Brooktree 2115UYVY, YUY2, Y41P, Y42T, Y41T, RGBT, RGB16 (555), RGB16 (565), RGB32.
With driver conversion - IF09, YVU9, YV12, Y211, YVYU.STB VideoRage (installed in original Gateway 2000 Destination living room PC systems).Brooktree 2164UYVY, YUY2, Y41P, RGB16 (555), RGB16 (565), Y41T, Y42T, RGBT.
With driver conversion - IF09, YVU9, YVYU, YV12, Y211, RGB32.
All converted formats apart from IF09 are disabled by default. IF09 conversion is significantly faster and better quality than having Indeo decompress to RGB.STB VideoRage II (installed in later Gateway 2000 Destination living room PC systems).Chips & Technology 65550YUY2 Cirrus Logic 5434No overlay supportedDiamond Speedstar series (Diamond GT)Cyrix MediaGXUYVY Intel i740 AGPYUY2 Matrox G400IF09, YUY2, MTX1, MTX4, UYVY, MTX5, MTX3, YV12
(YUY2,UYVY are also supported as Direct3D textures)Matrox Millenium G400Matrox MGA Power GraphicsIF09, YUY2
(These formats are offered via normal offscreen surfaces and colour space conversion BitBlt functions. No overlay is supported)Matrox MillenniumMatrox MGA Power Graphics 64 bitIF09, YUY2
(These formats are offered via normal offscreen surfaces and colour space conversion BitBlt functions. No overlay is supported)Matrox MystiqueNeoMagic MagicGraph 128ZVIF09, YUY2Dell Latitude LM133 laptopNVidia GeForce2UYVY, UYNV, YUNV, YUY2, YV12, YVU9, IF09, IV32, IV31 NVidia TNTUYVY, UYNV, YUY2, YV12, YVU9, IF09, IV32, IV31, RAW8Yes, it really does support Indeo compressed format surfaces (according to the NVidia engineer who sent the information)Rendition V2x00UYVY, HMCRHercules Thriller 3D / Thriller Conspiracy
Diamond Stealth II
Jazz
Outlaw 3D / Bonnie & Clyde
Genoa V-Raptor 3DS3 ProSavage KM133RGB15, RGB16, YUY2, YV12/I420, Y211 S3 Trio 64V+YUY2, Y211Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2001
Number 9 Motion 331S3 VirgeYUY2, Y211STB powerGraph 64
Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 (Turbo)S3 Virge/VXYUY2, Y211Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 (Turbo)S3 Vision 968YUY2Number 9 Fx Motion 771Trident 3D-975YUY2, YV12, YVU9, IF09(2 simultaneous overlays supported)Trident 3D-985AGPYUY2, YV12, YVU9, IF09(2 simultaneous overlays supported)Trident TGUI 968xYUY2, IF09 

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