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What's the best 3d accelerator?

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The 2nd generation Rage was capable of roughly 2 times greater 3D performance. Its graphics processor was based again on a re-engineered Mach64 GUI engine that provided optimal 2D performance with either single-cycle EDO memory or high-speed SGRAM. The 3D RAGE II chip was an enhanced, pin compatible version of the 3D RAGE accelerator. The second-generation PCI-bus compatible chip boosted 2D performance by 20 percent and added support for MPEG-2 (DVD) playback. The chip also had driver support for Microsoft Direct3D and Reality Lab, QuickDraw 3D Rave, Criterion RenderWare, and Argonaut BRender. OpenGL drivers are available for the professional 3D and CAD community and Heidi drivers are available for AutoCAD users. Drivers are also provided in operating systems including Windows 95, Windows NT, the Mac OS, and OS/2. ATI also shipped a companion chip for RAGE II, the ImpacTV chip. This chip was a TV encoder.

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