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ATI Rage 3D II Ram Uprgade

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First post, by kolmio

Posted on 2023-11-04, 10:13

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Risking to get a comment like "how many times we've been through it?", I still post this.

I have a ATI Rage 3D II graphics card from 1996 with a few empty RAM slots.
What are these slots and which memory chips they accept?

The original chips soldered are HM5241605TT-15.

Thanks.

Reply 1 of 4, by Putas

Posted on 2023-11-04, 14:45

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According to the datasheet, the original memory is a 2-Bank SDRAM capable of 66 MHz. Unfortunately, unlike EDO, such expansion chips are relatively rare.

Reply 2 of 4, by BitWrangler

Posted on 2023-11-04, 15:44

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With these cards in particular, it's probably cheaper to get an 8MB one than upgrade a 4MB one. Though also they don't tend to speed up all that much, since the GPU itself is a bit slow for the higher res that require the extra RAM.

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Reply 3 of 4, by Putas

Posted on 2023-11-04, 17:01

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Original Rage II with that much memory won't be cheap. But if a somewhat similar experience is acceptable, Rage IIc would be.

Reply 4 of 4, by kolmio

Posted on 2023-11-05, 20:02

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Okay, thank you people. I got Matrox Millennium G450 for AGP slot, 32 MB. Screen resolution is so much better now.

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