LOOKING FOR ATi's OLDEST graphic card ?

zOaib · Oct 24, 2005

well guys , i am lookign for like a very very old ati video card , also does anyone here know which was the first card they ever produced and when was it , and can i still buy it form somewhere , thx ?

W1zzard · Oct 24, 2005

ati rage 128 is the oldest one i can think of .. but there should be earlier ones too

zOaib · Oct 24, 2005

ATi Small Wonder Graphics Solution Ver. 1, 1985

ever heard of this one , or know if its even available anywhere !

W1zzard · Oct 24, 2005

lol @ small wonder

zOaib · Oct 24, 2005

okay ill share why i am lookign for such an old card , here is the reason.

http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=87853

Poisonsnak · Oct 25, 2005

Well I have in front of me a Rage II+ GPU on my 3DXpression+ with a massive 2MB of on-card memory (in DIP package even!). It says (c) 1997 in the corner though so not too old.

http://www.ati.com/products/discontinued.html

locutus12 · Oct 26, 2005

i just sent an e-mail to ATI ... god i must be bored... asking what there very first card for the home user was and what the first ATI PCI card was

will let you know if they reply...

zOaib · Oct 26, 2005

locutus12 said:
i just sent an e-mail to ATI ... god i must be bored... asking what there very first card for the home user was and what the first ATI PCI card was will let you know if they reply...

thx man !

G3n3®@1 · Oct 26, 2005

some guy said he had an ISA one

locutus12 · Oct 26, 2005

bah humbug, ATI`s support system sucks...

thay palmed me off with this pretending to be a real person...

Greetings!

Product identification is important in order to download the correct driver or software updates, assess your warranty information and provide insight to product-specific troubleshooting.

For help on how to identify your product, please visit our Customer Care website and navigate to the Product Identification links that are below the Product Information category on the left side of the webpage.

If you still need help identifying your card, please respond to the ticket and one of our qualified support representatives will assist you. To respond to this ticket you must visit http://support.ati.com and login to My Support.

Thank you for choosing ATI!

Customer Care

ATI Technologies Inc.

now that has sod all to do with the message i sent them.

zOaib · Oct 26, 2005

i am willing to spend 50-60 dollars on a very old ati card , so here is the motivation , for anyone that can sell it to me . thx

ShadowFlare · Oct 26, 2005

Well, I have an old Rage II+ PCI with 4 MB of memory, but I know there are older ones.

MC · Oct 26, 2005

i have a ATI VGA Wonder XL 28800-5 ISA, 512kb

just like this one http://82.114.193.227/vga/image/sbirka/ati/28800-5f.jpg

http://82.114.193.227/vga/view.php?cisloclanku=2004070301

locutus12 · Oct 26, 2005

lol, now where did i put that 386 motherboard...

bobyjo · Oct 26, 2005

The oldest I have is a Radeon 8500 64mb

Polaris573 · Oct 26, 2005

I have an ATI Rage Pro Turbo 8MB AGP. But I doubt it would win your contest.

zOaib · Oct 26, 2005

MC said:
i have a ATI VGA Wonder XL 28800-5 ISA, 512kb

just like this one http://82.114.193.227/vga/image/sbirka/ati/28800-5f.jpg

http://82.114.193.227/vga/view.php?cisloclanku=2004070301

what year does it say on your card if it is 1985 ill take it ............ by the way i appreciate all you guys putting interest , thx !

MC · Oct 26, 2005

it's from 1991

Diverge · Oct 26, 2005

so far the oldest one i found at work from 99 lol... will keep looking

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Cooling	ZALMAN 9900 CPU COOLER Led
Memory	12GB Crucial Ballistix Tracers (Blue Led) 1600 DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI NVIDIA GTX 480 1.5 GB DDR5 384-BIT
Storage	2 x WD Velociraptor 10k rpm 300GB sata + 2x 500GB WD Caviar Sata + 320 GB Seagate Barracuda Sata
Display(s)	DELL U2711 27inch Goodness @ 2560 x 1440
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