![]() ![]() Xpert 128 - 16 MB SDRAM memory and, like the others, used the RAGE 128 GL chip.Rage Fury - 32 MB SDRAM memory and same performance as the Magnum, this add-in card was marketed for PC games.Magnum - A workstation board for OEMs with 32 MB SDRAM.Aside from the VR chip's lower price, the main difference was that the former was a full 128-bit design, while the VR, still a 128-bit processor internally, used a 64-bit external memory interface. The chip was announced in two flavors, the RAGE 128 GL and the RAGE 128 VR. In the continuing struggle to create the fastest and most advanced 3D accelerator, ATI came up with the RAGE 128. Despite the poor introduction, the name Rage Pro Turbo stuck, and eventually ATI was able to release updated versions of the driver which granted a visible performance increase in games, however this was still not enough to garner much interest from PC enthusiasts. In reality, early versions of the new driver only delivered increased performance in benchmarks such as Ziff-Davis' 3D Winbench 98 and Final Reality. ![]() ![]() In February 1998, ATI introduced the 2x AGP version of the Rage Pro to the OEM market and attempted to reinvent the Rage Pro for the retail market, by simultaneously renaming the chip to Rage Pro Turbo, and releasing a new Rage Pro Turbo driver-set () that supposedly increased performance by 40%. This, in addition to its (early) lack of OpenGL support, hurt sales for what was touted to be a solid gaming solution. RAGE Pro offered performance in the range of Nvidia's RIVA 128 and 3dfx's Voodoo accelerator, but generally failed to match or exceed its competitors. ![]()
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