ATI 3D Rage IIC AGP vs VIA Castle Rock

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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
Architectureno dataRage 2 (1997)
GPU code nameCLE266Rage IIC
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 January 2003 (22 years ago)1 April 1997 (28 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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3no data
Core clock speed2 MHz60 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5 million
Manufacturing process technologyno data500 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.06
ROPsno data1
TMUsno data1

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

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 typeno dataSDR
Maximum RAM amountno data4 MB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data83 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data664.0 MB/s
Shared memory+no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x VGA

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXno data5.0
OpenGLno dataN/A
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2003 1 April 1997

VIA Castle Rock has an age advantage of 5 years.

We couldn't decide between VIA Castle Rock and 3D Rage IIC AGP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that VIA Castle Rock is a notebook graphics card while 3D Rage IIC AGP is a desktop one.

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