AMD / ATI · AMD GCN 2
AMD Radeon R3E
Velocity9x: Verified working
A GCN 2 embedded GPU, on the R7E’s path with its shaders rewritten for GCN 2. From 0.47.0 the desktop is drawn into a copy in system memory with the screen written write-combined.
- Manufacturer
- AMD / ATI
- Chip
- Mullins
- Family
- AMD GCN 2
- 3D engine
- GCN 2, through AMD’s CP and SDMA microcode
- Bus
- Integrated (AMD GX-412HC)
- PCI ID
- 1002:9854
Package
ati
Supported since
0.41.0
Tested on
One tester’s machine (AMD GX-412HC) through remote help.
Acceleration by interface
2D / DirectDraw
Tested
SDMA engine, flips
Direct3D
Tested
Direct3D 8
Not run
OpenGL
Probe
Two texture units
No
Glide
Probe
Glide 2 probe only
ATI 3DCIF
Not run
What has been tested
Direct3D at 16 and 32 bpp, one texture stage; DirectDraw on the SDMA engine and page flips; OpenGL and the Glide 2 probe on the engine. 3DMark 2000 (0.42.0); no game yet.
Known issues
- The first OpenGL or Glide clear after a program starts sometimes times out and is skipped; later frames draw.
Sources and testing notes
Tested games and benchmarks
| Title | API | Result | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DMark 2000 | Direct3D | Runs | 0.42.0 |
Install on Windows 98
- Take a cold backup and confirm you can reach Safe Mode.
- Download the
atipackage(ATI Mach64 / Rage and AMD Radeon). - Device Manager → Display adapters → Update Driver → Have Disk, over the top of the current driver.
- Shut down fully, then cold-start once.