Intel 740

This page will show all objects that classify as Intel 740. The 740 has been made by Intel, a company that has been around since 1968 and is today's biggest processor company. They started with the i4004, a microprocessor for calculators and such, but got popular with the 8086 and 8088. IBM used that processor in it's IBM-PC and clones of the IBM PC obviously used the same processor as well. Thanks to this evolution Intel could find it's way on the market and develop successors of the 8086 all up to todays Core i7.

View graphics card detailsIntel 740 (AGP)
Intel 740  (AGP)

Intel used the 740 to enter the graphics market and popularize the AGP port. Real3D was responsible for the i740 chip and later Intel bought Real3D but fired all the Real3D employees.

The i740 wasn't a good performer compared to the Voodoo2 and RIVA TNT. It was a lot cheaper, however.

A part of the i740 technology was used to create the Intel GMA on-board graphic chipsets. > Read more