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ATI Nexus 128 Mac Edition

Physical Specs and Compatibility

The ATI Nexus 128 is a PCI video card that works in a standard 33 MHz or Apple's accelerated 66 MHz PCI slot. Many articles mention poor 16-bit image quality, and 32-bit operation is nearly as fast.

ATI shipped several Mac compatible cards based on the Rage 128 chipset. These include the Orion, Nexus, and VR cards.

Details

GPU: Rage 128 GL
GPU speed: 100 MHz
PCI bus speed/width: 33/66 MHz, 32 bits
Video memory: 32 MB
Memory speed: 166 MHz
Memory bus: 128 bits
Resolutions: 640 x 480 to 1920 x 1200
Ports: VGA
Dual monitor support: no
Cooling fan: sometimes, but usually a heat sink
Minimum OS: Mac OS 8.0

Online Resources

Nexus 128, ATI
Drivers & Software, ATI
Review: ATI Nexus 128, MacUser UK, 2002.04

Benchmarks

Radeon AGP vs Rage128 Pro AGP, Mike Breeden, Accelerate Your Mac, 2000.10.05
Rage 128 vs. Radeon AGP, Bare Feats, 2001.02.23. "Is AGP that much faster?" It depends....
Mac 3D Graphics Card Performance Summary, Accelerate Your Mac, 1999.11.03. VT MP960 Compared to Voodoo3 3000/2000 PCI, ATI's Rage128 Orion, and Formac's Proformance 3.

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