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ATi 3D Rage

This page will show all objects that classify as ATi 3D Rage. The 3D Rage has been made by ATi, a company that makes graphics cards and has been on the block for quite a while (1985). ATi started with EGA and VGA cards long time ago and continues to develop high-end 3D chipsets till this very day. ATi's first 3D accelerator was known as the 3D Rage which technically was a Mach64 with some 3D functions. This didn't turn out to be real speedy but in combination with 3Dfx accelerators it went really well. After a bunch of Rage cards ATi launched the Radeon, a brand name that ATi still uses for today Radeon HD products.

ATi has been acquired by AMD in 2006 but still sells graphics chips under the ATi-flag.

ATi 3D Rage II + DVD (PCI)

The 3D Rage II is the second generation Rage chips. It was a re-engineered Mach64 2D engine and pin-compatible with the 3D Rage. The new chip is faster in 2D, has MPEG (DVD) playback and supports DirectX 5.0. > Read more

ATi 3D Rage Pro AGP 2x (AGP)

An optimized version of the 3D Rage II with extra 3D functions. It also uses specific AGP features.

This card has '3D Rage PRO AGP 2x' printed on the chip and is dated 39th week of 1998. On the internet sources can be found indicating that ATi rereleased the Rage Pro by renaming it Rage Pro Turbo and releasing new drivers. The drivers were supposed (I never tested it) to increase performance in benchmarks rather than real-life applications so the card would end up higher in the performance indexes. This would mean that the Rage Pro Turbo should be newer than the old 3D Rage Pro, right? See this. > Read more

ATi 3D Rage Pro Turbo AGP (AGP)

Just like this 3D Rage Pro but with different printing on the chip. The chip dates 33th week 1998. > Read more