PC Graphics and Sound Hardware for Constraint-Based Restoration

Specialising in PCI and AGP-era expansion cards, tested and documented for restoration projects.

This was a period of rapid change in PC graphics, sound, drivers, APIs, and game design. Other interfaces are not excluded, but PCI and AGP sit at the centre of particularly rich transitions in computing history.

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PCI slot sound cards

  1. Digigram PCX Motorola 56K
  2. Aztech Trident 4DWave-NX
  3. Terratec Universe ICE ENVY24HT
  4. M-Audio Delta 66 ICE ENVY24
  5. M-Audio Delta 44 ICE ENVY24
  6. Philips Seismic Edge Dynamic Engine
  7. Creative SB Live! EMU10K1
  8. Creative SB Live! 5.1 Digital EMU10K1
  9. Creative Audigy 2 ZS EMU10K2.5
  10. DataExpert S3 Sonic Vibes
  11. Pine Tech Aureal Vortex AU8820
  12. Labway (Xwave) Yamaha XG YMF724
  13. Creative PCI64 ES1370
  14. Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1370

PCI slot graphics cards

  1. S3 Trio
  2. S3 Virge DX
  3. ATI Rage 128 Pro AIW
  4. Diamond NVidia Riva 128
  5. Creative NVidia GeForce2 MX
  6. Matrox G450 MMS
  7. PowerColor Radeon 9200
  8. ★ Guillemot 3Dfx Voodoo
  9. STB 3Dfx Voodoo2

Early AGP 3.3V graphics cards, tested with AMD K6-2

  1. Sparkle Intel i740
  2. ATI Rage 128 Pro
  3. Diamond NVidia TNT
  4. Diamond NVidia TNT2 Pro
  5. Creative NVidia TNT2 Ultra
  6. 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee
  7. ★ 3Dfx Voodoo3 3000

Matured AGP 1.5V graphics cards, tested with AMD Athlon XP

  1. ASUS NVidia GeForce 256 SDR
  2. Diamond S3 Savage 2000
  3. ★ ELSA GeForce2 GTS
  4. WinFast GeForce2 Ti
  5. Inno3D GeForce2 Ti
  6. Creative GeForce3 Ti 200
  7. WinFast GeForce3
  8. Hercules GeForce3
  9. ATI Radeon 7000 SDR
  10. ATI Radeon 7200 DDR AIW
  11. Pinnacle Radeon 8500 VIVO (Expert Pro)
  12. ASUS Radeon 9100
  13. Gigabyte Radeon 9250

Later AGP 0.8V graphics cards, tested with AMD Athlon 64

  1. Abit GeForce4 Ti 4200
  2. Gainward GeForce4 Ti 4200
  3. ASUS GeForce4 MX 440
  4. ASUS GeForce4 MX 460
  5. ATI Radeon 9550
  6. Sapphire Radeon 9600
  7. PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro XE
  8. Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro
  9. Connect3D Radeon 9600 XT
  10. ATI Radeon 9700
  11. ★ ATI Radeon 9700 Pro TSOP
  12. ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
  13. Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro

AGP "PCIe bridge" graphics cards, tested with AMD Athlon 64

  1. Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro
  2. ASUS Radeon HD3650

PCIe cards, tested with AMD Athlon 64 X2

  1. Creative Titanium THX EMU20K2
  2. HIS Radeon HD6970