ATI Rage XL PCI vs ATI Rage 128 GL

Comparative analysis of ATI Rage XL PCI and ATI Rage 128 GL 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 XL PCI

ATI Rage 128 GL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Rage XL PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 83 MHz vs 80 MHz
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 84 MHz vs 60 MHz

Launch date	11 January 1999 vs 1 August 1998
Core clock speed	83 MHz vs 80 MHz
Memory clock speed	84 MHz vs 60 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Rage 128 GL

Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 160.0 MTexel / s vs 83 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

Texture fill rate	160.0 MTexel / s vs 83 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm vs 350 nm
Maximum memory size	32 MB vs 8 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Rage XL PCI	ATI Rage 128 GL
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 3
Code name	Rage 3	Rage 128 GL
Launch date	11 January 1999	1 August 1998
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	83 MHz	80 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	350 nm	250 nm
Texture fill rate	83 MTexel / s	160.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	8 million	8 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 2x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	6.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.1	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 MB / s	960 MB / s
Memory bus width	32 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	84 MHz	60 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR