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ATI Rage XL / Rage Pro driver for Windows 98 - Velocity Drivers

AMD / ATI · ATI Rage Pro

ATI Rage XL / Rage Pro

Velocity9x: Verified working

The Rage Pro class, tested on a Rage XL PCI. One of the first cards to run 3DMark 2001 SE to a full score on Velocity9x, through the DirectX 8 interface, and a 3DCIF target that ATI’s own 3DCIF never supported.

Specification
Manufacturer
AMD / ATI
Chip
Rage Pro class
Family
ATI Rage Pro
3D engine
Mach64
Bus
PCI / AGP
Velocity9x · Windows 98 SEVerified working

Package

ati

Tested on

One Pentium III machine.

Acceleration by interface

2D / DirectDraw
No
Direct3D
Tested
Direct3D 8
Tested
OpenGL
Tested
Two texture units
Tested
Glide
Tested
ATI 3DCIF
Tested

What has been tested

Rage XL PCI: Direct3D (including DirectX 8), OpenGL, Glide 2 and 3, 3DCIF. 3DMark 2001 SE to 111 at 640x480 (0.12.0).

Tested games and benchmarks

TitleAPIResultVersion
Quake IIOpenGL11.6 fps0.10.1
Half-LifeDirect3D18.1 fps0.10.1
Diablo IIGlideShareware demo, to the town—
RollcageGlideMenus and races—
3DMark 99 MaxDirect3DRuns—
3DMark 2001 SEDirect3D 8111 at 640x4800.12.0
Half-Life on ATI Rage XL / Rage Profps
  1. ATI Rage XL / Rage Pro
    Pentium III · 640x480 · v0.10.1
    18.1 fps
    Test setup and source
    Machine / CPU
    Pentium III
    Resolution
    640x480
    Driver version
    0.10.1

    Not recorded: cpu speed, colour depth, display mode, game / benchmark version, settings, test date.

    Source: Velocity9x README: tested frame rates

Not a like-for-like comparison: machines and driver versions differ.

Quake II on ATI Rage XL / Rage Profps
  1. ATI Rage XL / Rage Pro
    Pentium III · 640x480 · v0.10.1
    11.6 fps
    Test setup and source
    Machine / CPU
    Pentium III
    Resolution
    640x480
    Driver version
    0.10.1

    Not recorded: cpu speed, colour depth, display mode, game / benchmark version, settings, test date.

    Source: Velocity9x README: tested frame rates

Not a like-for-like comparison: machines and driver versions differ.

3DMark 2001 SE on ATI Rage XL / Rage Pro3DMarks
  1. ATI Rage XL / Rage Pro
    Pentium III · 640x480 · v0.12.0
    111 3DMarks
    Test setup and source
    Machine / CPU
    Pentium III
    Resolution
    640x480
    Driver version
    0.12.0

    Not recorded: cpu speed, colour depth, display mode, game / benchmark version, settings, test date.

    Source: Velocity9x CHANGELOG: 0.12.0

Not a like-for-like comparison: machines and driver versions differ.

Install on Windows 98

  1. Take a cold backup and confirm you can reach Safe Mode.
  2. Download the ati package(ATI Mach64 / Rage and AMD Radeon).
  3. Device Manager → Display adapters → Update Driver → Have Disk, over the top of the current driver.
  4. Shut down fully, then cold-start once.

Download velocity9x-0.48.0-ati.zipFull install guide