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Repackaged at reduced cost as 'EGA Wonder 480'

Can auto-detect monitor type connected (DIP switches no longer present).

Rebadged VGA Edge lacking the analogue VGA port.

Added support for extended EGA text and graphics modes (requires multisync monitor).

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Internal composite port for machines such as IBM 5155 Portable.Compatible with MDA, CGA and EGA displays (DIP switch selectable).Removes support for plantronics mode/Single-page Hercules mode/composite output.Supports CGA, Hercules mono & EGA graphics modes.Graphics Solution Single Chip or GS-SC with Game (1988)

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Single-chip version of the Graphics Solution plus.

Also known as Graphics Solution Single Chip or just GS-SC.

Compatible with MDA, CGA (and therefore also EGA displays), DIP switch selectableДЄTi Small Wonder Graphics Solution (1988).

Supports CGA, Plantronics Colorplus CGA & Hercules Graphics Card graphics modes.

Did at least support CGA graphics output to a TTL Monochrome monitor.

As can be seen from the PCB the layout was done in 1985, whereas the marking on the central chip CW16800-A says '8639' meaning that chip was manufactured week 39, 1986. One of the early graphics cards from ATI Technologies: a Graphics Solution Rev 3 Hercules graphics card from 1986. At this point the VGA Wonder line was cancelled and replaced with a cost reduced DRAM based version of Mach32 known as the 'ATi Graphics Wonder'. In 1992, their following product line, the Mach32, integrated the VGA wonder core and coprocessor into a single IC. The Graphics Ultra was later renamed the VGA Wonder GT. The ATi Graphics Ultra (VRAM) and ATi Graphics Vantage (DRAM) cards both featured independent VGA Wonder ASICs in addition to their Mach8 8514 compatible coprocessor chips.

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The VGA Wonder series later merged with the ATI Mach series of cards in 1990. The VGA Wonder series added additional value with the inclusion of a bus mouse port, which normally required the installation of a dedicated Microsoft Bus Mouse adapter. These cards were unique at the time as they offered the end user a considerable amount of value by combining support for multiple graphics standards (and monitors) into a single card. The ATi Wonder series represents some of the first graphics add on products for IBM PCs and compatibles introduced by ATi Technologies in the mid to late 1980s. 4.8.1 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2.Rage XL PCI is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI interface. Display outputs include: 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 125 MHz, memory is running at 83 MHz.Д«eing a single-slot card, the ATI Rage XL PCI does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is not exactly known. ATI has paired 8 MB SDR memory with the Rage XL PCI, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface. Due to the lack of unified shaders you will not be able to run recent games at all (which require unified shader/DX10+ support). It features 1 pixel shader and 0 vertex shaders, 1 texture mapping unit and 1 ROP. The Rage 3 graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 47 mmВІ and 8 million transistors. Since Rage XL PCI does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. Built on the 350 nm process, and based on the Rage 3 graphics processor, in its 215R3LASB41 variant, the card supports DirectX 6.0. The Rage XL PCI was a graphics card by ATI, launched on August 1st, 1998.