ATI RagePro 07 Jul 1998
Looks good on paper, but doesn't do games as well as the Riva128 or V2100/2200 chipsets, for the same price.
ATI Technologies Inc. (Toronto: ATY - news) today announced the XPERT 98(TM), an 8MB add-in board that provides top level 3D, 2D and DVD acceleration for $98. Powered by ATI's award-winning RAGE PRO TURBO(TM) chip with motion compensation enabling best quality DVD playback using software, the XPERT 98 has been specially-designed to support the Direct3D features of Windows 98. The XPERT 98 sets a new paradigm for the performance/value relationship as it out-performs every other accelerator in its class.
The XPERT 98 bridges the gap between performance 8MB cards and value- oriented 2 and 4MB boards, providing 8MB performance at the price of 4MB boards. Key to the price/performance formula of the XPERT 98 is the use of SDRAM memory. The XPERT 98's 8MBs of 100MHz SDRAM provides ample memory to drive all the popular applications, but without the need for a higher cost memory solution.
``The XPERT 98 takes advantage of more features available under Windows 98 than any other board at its price point,'' said Alan McCann, director of board marketing, ATI. ``With a price of $98, support for AGP 2X, fast 3D performance, and full frame-rate DVD playback at no additional cost, the XPERT 98 is the best value in the graphics market today.''
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| 26.7 | 3D: 800x600x16x75, FS | Goran Teurnberg | 17Mar98 | ||||
| P2/266/64 | ATI AGP Xpert@Work 8 MB | Genius 3D/ISA | |||||
| 22 | 29 | 40 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 16 | No |
| Comments: Turbo drivers. | |||||||
| 22.3 | 3D: 800x600x16, FS | Vincent Bazillio | 29Dec97 | ||||
| P2/233/32 | ATI AGP Xpert@Work | SB16/ISA | |||||
| 19.5 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 10 | No |
| Comments: Video driver 4.02(12.10.97), CPU running at 262 MHz (75 MHz bus) | |||||||
| 20.7 | 3D: 800x600x16, FS | Steve S. | 6Feb98 | ||||
| K6/233/64 | ATI AGP Xpert@Play/2MB | SB AWE32/ISA | |||||
| 15 | 21.5 | 30 | 25 | 25.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | No |
| The drivers that came with the card did not work with FS98 | |||||||
| 20.6 | 3D: 800x600x16x75, FS | Peter Comeau | 15Nov97 | ||||
| P2/266/32 | ATI AGP Xpert@Work | SB16 | |||||
| 17.8 | 22.6 | 26.3 | 23.8 | 22.6 | 10.2 | 10.3 | No |
| Comments: PowerVR2 = 13.7. Fogging not supported in drivers v4.02. Texturing not up to standard. | |||||||
| 17.8 | 3D: 800x600x16, FS | Massimo de Favari | 2Mar98 | ||||
| PPro200/128 | ATI AGP Xpert@Play/8MB | AWE64/ISA | |||||
| 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20.8 | 8 | 9 | No |
| v5.00-B5P (02/12/98) drivers. | |||||||
| 15.6 | ` | Jelle Zwart | 08Apr98 | ||||
| P200mmx/32 | ATI Xpert@Play/8MB | Monster Sound/PCI | |||||
| 14.3 | 18.1 | 22.6 | 19.1 | 13.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 | No |
| Driver .2312 | |||||||
| 15.2 | 3D: 800x600x16x75, FS | Michael Mrak | Jan98 | ||||
| P233mmx/96 | ATI Xpert@Work | SB16 | |||||
| 14 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 7 | No |
| v4.10.2278 drivers, runs well at 1024x768 with GPS2.0. | |||||||
| 12.0 | 3D: 800x600x16x72, FS | Marc Szwarc | 20Oct97 | ||||
| P200/64 | ATI Xpert@Play/8MB | SB AWE64/ISA | |||||
| 10.7 | 15.5 | 14.0 | 11.5 | 15.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | No |
| Comments: No jitters, no sound problems. Like always, fps dropped when new sounds started. | |||||||