ATI 3D Rage / Rage Pro
ID: ATI-RAGE
RELEASED 1996
PRICE
DISCONTINUED 1999
UNITS SOLD Millions (OEM)
I/O PORTS
VGAPCI/AGPTV-Out
System Analysis
ATI's first serious 3D contender. The Rage Pro improved things significantly. Ubiquitous in OEM machines but gamers preferred 3dfx.
Processor
75 MHzRage Pro
Integrated 2D/3D with DVD acceleration.
Audio Subsystem
0None
N/A
Memory
SGRAM4 MB
Expandable to 8 MB
Storage
N/AN/A
Graphics Architecture
ATI Rage Pro
Palette: 32-bit Color
- 1600x1200 (2D)
- 1024x768 (3D)
Hardware Tricks
- ▹ Bilinear filtering
- ▹ DVD playback assist
Did You Know?
- ? Rage Pro was in nearly every OEM PC in 1997-1998.
- ? Notoriously poor OpenGL drivers frustrated gamers.
- ? The Rage 128 finally made ATI competitive with TNT2.