ATI Rage 128 VR vs ATI Mobility 128 M3

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
GPU code nameM3Rage 128
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2000 (24 years ago)1 August 1998 (26 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speedno data80 MHz
Boost clock speed105 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data8 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data250 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.16
ROPsno data2
TMUsno data2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataAGP 2x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRSDR
Maximum RAM amount8 MB32 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed105 MHz125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x VGA

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDDR6.0
OpenGLno data1.2
OpenCLno dataNone

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2000 1 August 1998
Maximum RAM amount 8 MB 32 MB

ATI Mobility 128 M3 has an age advantage of 1 year.

ATI Rage 128 VR, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Mobility 128 M3 and Rage 128 VR. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility 128 M3 is a notebook card while Rage 128 VR is a desktop one.


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