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The 30 Year History of AMD Graphics, In Pictures

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Introduction

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ATI Wonder (1986)

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ATI Mach 8 (1990)

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ATI Mach 32 (1992)

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ATI Mach 64 (1994)

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ATI 3D Rage (1995)

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ATI 3D Rage Pro (1997)

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ATI Rage 128 (1998)

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ATI Rage 128 Pro (1999)

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ATI Rage Fury MAXX (1999)

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ATI Radeon DDR (2000)

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In 2000, ATI switched to the Radeon branding still in use today. The first member of that family was simply called the Radeon DDR, and it was based on the R100 GPU. The R100 was an evolution of the Rage 128 Pro, but it featured a __hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L) engine. It also had two pixel pipelines and three TMUs. ATI added a feature called HyperZ consisting of three technologies: Z compression, Fast Z clear, and a Hierarchical Z-buffer, which combined to conserve memory bandwidth and improve rendering efficiency.

ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 (2001)

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In 2001, ATI transitioned to 150 nm manufacturing. The first GPU to benefit from the new node was RV200, used in the All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 (along with the Radeon 7500 and 7500 LE). Architecturally, RV200 was identical to R100. But it allowed ATI to push core frequency much higher.

ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 (2001)

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ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (2002)

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ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (2003)

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ATI Radeon X800 XT (2004)

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ATI Radeon X700 XT (2004)

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ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (2004)

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ATI Radeon X1800 XT (2005)

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ATI Radeon X1900 XTX (2006)

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ATI Radeon X1950 XTX (2006)

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ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT (2007)

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ATI Radeon HD 3870 (2007)

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ATI Radeon HD 4870 (2008)

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ATI Radeon HD 4890 (2009)

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ATI Radeon HD 5870 (2009)

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AMD Radeon HD 6970 (2010)

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AMD acquired ATI back in 2006, but continued to use ATI's brand until the introduction of the Radeon HD 6000 series.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 (2011)

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AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (2011)

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AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series

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AMD Radeon R9 290X (2013)

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AMD Radeon R9 Fury X (2015)

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AMD Radeon RX 480 (2016)

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