ATI Rage 128 VR AGP vs ATI Rage XL

Comparative analysis of ATI Rage 128 VR AGP and ATI Rage XL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Rage 128 VR AGP

ATI Rage XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Rage 128 VR AGP

Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 160.0 MTexel / s vs 125.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 250 nm vs 350 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 32 MB vs 8 MB
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 125 MHz vs 83 MHz

Texture fill rate	160.0 MTexel / s vs 125.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm vs 350 nm
Maximum memory size	32 MB vs 8 MB
Memory clock speed	125 MHz vs 83 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Rage XL

Around 56% higher core clock speed: 125 MHz vs 80 MHz

Core clock speed	125 MHz vs 80 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Rage 128 VR AGP	ATI Rage XL
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 4
Code name	Rage 4	Rage XL
Launch date	1 August 1998	1 August 1998
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	80 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm	350 nm
Texture fill rate	160.0 MTexel / s	125.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	8 million	8 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 2x	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	6.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	8 MB
Memory bandwidth	1 GB / s	664 MB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	125 MHz	83 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR