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History of ATi Graphics cards Vol. 1

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9.2.3 Official product

PN 109-40200-20

Xpert@Work

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9.3 Xpert 98

Rage Pro Turbo

Xpert 98 is the ultimate gaming experience in Windows 98.

Some Xpert 98 graphics cards are Xpert@Play /Xpert@Work graphics cards that cancel the video memory expansion slot.

9.3.1 PCI

PCI, PQFP

PN 109-41900-10

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9.6 Nexus GA

July 28, 1997 ATI announces Nexus GA for Apple computers.

NEXUS GA has 8/16MB WRAM, is a high-performance 2D and 3D graphics board developed with the professional graphics designer in mind. can noticeably improve the graphics disPlay capabilities. Featuring leading 2D performance, including true color at highest resolutions, plus 3D functionality.

PN 109-42600-00

PN 109-42700-00

Graphics memory daughter card

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9.7 3D Charger

ATI's 3D CHARGER graphics board provides low cost solutions for OEMs and System Integrators (this is not a retail product).

The chips are 3D Rage Pro PCI, 3D Rage II + DVD, these two chips can be used in the same board, PCI interface. There is also RAGE IIC chip.

9.7.1 3D Rage II+ DVD

PN 109-38800-00

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9.7.3 Rage IIC

January 12, 1998

ATI Technologies Inc. announced the RAGE IIC AGP graphics accelerator, a low-cost 2D, 3D and video chip, ideal for cost-sensitive AGP corporate systems. RAGE IIC AGP is pin-compatible with ATIís performance-leading and market-leading RAGE PRO components

9.7.3 1 AGP

PN 109-48300-00

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9.9 XCLAIM 3D PLUS

3D RAGE LT PRO,8 MB SDRAM

Xclaim 3D PLUS features all the powerful 2D and 3D graphics acceleration of Xclaim 3D, plus, it is the first to bring the cutting edge Digital Flat Panel (DFP) disPlays to PCI Mac.

9.9.1 Engineering Sample

PN 109-54100-00A

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9.9.2 Official product

PN 109-54100-00

(From vgamuseum.ru)

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9.10 Xpert XL

January 11, 1999 ATI Technologies Inc.announced the RAGE XL and RAGE XC general purpose graphic accelerator chips. The two new .25 micron graphics chips,full AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 2X acceleration.

The RAGE XL is the world's first volume graphics chip . RAGE XL support for TFT panels extends to 1280x1024 resolution, and use of Ratiometric expansion technology ensures that images can be scaled to any screen size.

The RAGE XL and RAGE XC are software compatible with all RAGE PRO designs, and pin compatible with RAGE 128 chip.

PN 109-66700-01

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10. Rage 128 series

In 1998, the battle for 3D graphics cards intensified this year. At this time, NVIDIA, 3DFX, MATROX, S3 and other manufacturers have launched a series of excellent products. ATI’s Rage 128 competitors are VOODOO 2 and TNT. ATI’s goal is to surpass the latter two in terms of performance. At that time, ATI seemed to have done it, especially in terms of image quality.

Rage 128 Release Date August 1st, 1998, is ATI's first 128bit 3D chip, supporting AGP 4X interface and hardware MPEG-2 acceleration. One of the major selling points of this product is that it is specifically designed for 32bit colors. The performance drop from 16bit color to 32bit color is less than 5%, which was quite amazing at the time. In terms of performance, the RAGE 128 launched by ATI was not the top at the time, but the RAGE 128 wins in all performance indicators are very average. Not only does it still have an advantage in DVD dynamic interpolation compensation, it also supports VIVO and ALL-IN-Wonder graphics card versions, which are very powerful multimedia graphics cards. Rage 128 is also divided into high and low models Rage 128 GL and Rage 128 VR (64bit) to face different user groups.

10.1 Rage Fury

It was first released in November 1998 and went on sale around the beginning of 1999.

Up to 32MB frame buffer for realistic 3D gamePlay with massive textures and high resolutions Powered by ATI RAGE 128 GL, a true 128-bit graphics engine 32-bit true color 3D acceleration (16.7 million colors) and up to 1920x1200 without significant drop in game frame rates.

10.1.1 Engineering Sample

PN 109-51900-00A

The official announcement picture of Rage Fury is an engineering sample.

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10.1.2 Official product

PN 109-51900-01

Entering the era of Rage 128, with the improvement of performance, the chip generates a lot of heat and begins to use heat sink.

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10.4 Rage Magnum

PN 109-66500-00

ATI RAGE 128 GL 32MB SGRAM/SDRAM

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