question about unusual diamond javelin card?

[chelseayr]

I checked the archive copy of diamond's site for 1997, 1999, and even after a certain buyout in the 2000s but it doesn't seem like there is any reference to 'javelin' series, only either stealth video cards or hauppauge-rebranded (as the model # sounds too obvious on there) tv tuners, etc .. so I'm a bit curious as to where this really came from: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/166290316334

since theres both the ti and s3 chips on it it at least appears to be a 2d & gameshappy-3d combo card perhaps so hmm I have to wonder why they split off from the stealth name but naturally what do I know?

 

[Unknown_K]

Diamond wanted to hop on the Apple graphics card bandwagon when PC profits were slowing down. I don't think the cards were around for long and most were converted to PC ROMs and sold with adapters (since they had the apple connector).

I have one of those cards somewhere with a PC ROM I believe.

 

[Phipli]

I have a Radius card that uses the same chip. It's 2D performance is pedestrian and it doesn't do 3D that I'm aware (on Mac at least).

 

[Phipli]

since theres both the ti and s3 chips on it it at least appears to be a 2d & gameshappy-3d combo card

Isn't the Ti chip likely to be a RAMDAC?

Edit - yeah, nothing exciting

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/rochester-electronics-llc/TVP3026-175PCE/12132829

 

[chelseayr]

was at relative's lake place so didn't exactly spent a lot of time looking it up initially, didn't think of that one of the two big chips won't be a processor of some sort sorry

either way thanks to @Unknown_K too