ATI RAGE IIC AGP vs. S3 Trio 64V2 vs. ATI RAGE PRO AGP 2X

matasvytautas · Dec 23, 2006, 07:20 AM

Hi, I put this in the other video card thread but hope to get some answers here (maybe faster) So I have all of the three video cards mentioned above and cannot decide which is the best..Is the S3 with a 4MB EDO RAM better than the ATI RAGE PRO without any additional EDO RAM? The older RAGE IIC card I assume is the poorest of the three. Basically I need to know which card is better with what configuration. Their basic function will be to watch movies full screen and maybe one of them will eventually be hooked up to the internet. That EDO RAM sounds like a good idea...why did it die out??(or did it??)

***temeteus82*** · Dec 23, 2006, 08:18 AM

If I remember right those ati cards might have 8 MB SGRAM...

you might take a look this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_Pro

matasvytautas · Dec 23, 2006, 09:40 AM

Sorry, I have been really silly and mixed up the memory module name..two of the cards (ATI PRO and S3 Trio) have a SGRAM slot. I have one module which is 4MB that can be put into either card (S3 is integrated into the motherboard, but there is a SGRAM slot available) Does anybody know of a benchmark that will run on these old cards so I can compare them? Maybe a link to that program??

**Asmoday** · Dec 23, 2006, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by matasvytautas

Sorry, I have been really silly and mixed up the memory module name..two of the cards (ATI PRO and S3 Trio) have a SGRAM slot. I have one module which is 4MB that can be put into either card (S3 is integrated into the motherboard, but there is a SGRAM slot available) Does anybody know of a benchmark that will run on these old cards so I can compare them? Maybe a link to that program??

3Dmark 99 might work...link

***temeteus82*** · Dec 23, 2006, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by matasvytautas

Sorry, I have been really silly and mixed up the memory module name..two of the cards (ATI PRO and S3 Trio) have a SGRAM slot. I have one module which is 4MB that can be put into either card (S3 is integrated into the motherboard, but there is a SGRAM slot available)

If the S3 is integrated then I recomend you to use ATI PRO. Mainly because it has more features than S3 does. Look the ATI PRO @ wikipedia link.

Matth · Dec 23, 2006, 01:14 PM

The S3 Trio64V2 has YUV to RGB conversion (often claimed as a "hardware acceleration" for things like DVD).

The Rage Pro, with correctly matched drivers, actually supports DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration) - maybe.

See http://us.geocities.com/ziyadhosein/rprow2k.htm