Generic ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI VGA Video Card CL-XL-B41
$29.99
Price: $29.99
(as of Jan 05, 2025 10:08:18 UTC – Details)
PCI interface
Powered by ATI Rage XL chipset
8 MB memory
2D and 3D video accelerator
125 MHz graphics clock
Customers say
Customers find the video card functional and affordable. They say it works well for playing legacy games without needing much performance. Many find it a decent, low-end upgrade for older PCs. However, some customers have reported compatibility issues with Windows 10 and other PCs not recognizing the card. There are mixed opinions on how well it fits.
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13 reviews for Generic ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI VGA Video Card CL-XL-B41
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Matthew Corathers –
BUDGET CARD FOR LEGACY SYSTEMS
We’ve all heard that if something is too good to be true then it must not be true. I was skeptical about this purchase given the number of listings between Amazon and another well-known website. I can say that THIS listing from THIS seller for THIS product is everything it claims to be. It is a PCI (not PCI-E) VGA card that works well for the hobbyist building a legacy DOS system. I have not yet tried it on W311, 95, 98, or ME – but so far it has worked well with original D6.0 and D6.22. It’s not be the coveted Trident S3 that many of the more “purist” hobbyists look for, but for a casual hobbyist who just wants to archive old collections and not keep playing on emulators that are “never quite there”, this card is a good product at a reasonable price.
Amazon Customer –
Dead on arrival
Item installed and was recognized through device manager in windows xp, indicated working properly. never able to get any video signal from device.As others stated, it was faulty from receipt of item, and was in previously opened container when it arrived.
David Dyer-Bennet –
If you need this, this is what you need
Why would you buy an “VGA” card today? In my case, it’s to free up a PCI-e slot for a 10GB ethernet card in a server. The other PCI-e x16 slot is already hosting an 8-port SAS disk controller, so to add the ethernet card, I had to fall back from a PCI-e graphics card to a basic PCI graphics card. That’s okay for my particular situation — this is in a server, which will basically never run a desktop. I need a graphics card to see BIOS screens on startup and for certain kinds of debugging (home server, not a fancy remote environment with IPMI cards or such).Works with Windows, Solaris, and Ubuntu desktops in my experimenting so far, though. It’s certainly a bit slow for anything graphically complex; the only reason one would want such a card today is for systems that just barely need a graphics card at all. But, for those cases, a cheap basic VGA is perfect.
Amazon Customer –
good basic card
It’s an 8mb PCI video card. We have an older system (about 8 years old). Used for email and internet browsing and some word processing. The AGP card went out and we had a free PCI slot. Went ahead and wanted to give this card a try because it was cheap. Plugged it in, turned the system back on and it works. Drives a 23″ monitor. Not a game card, don’t expect blazing graphics, but for what I needed it for, it has been great. I will update if something bad happens with it.
Theodore J. Fritz –
There are no Windows 7 drivers for this card. …
There are no Windows 7 drivers for this card. I tried searching all over the Web and found nothing, I tried about 20 drivers that said they would work. I tried all of them in compatibility mode also without any luck. It does give you some resolution adjustments with the basic Windows driver but it not working correctly. If I didn’t have to use one today I would ask for my money back.
Amazon Customer –
Great card for older PC’s
Bought this card for an older windows game PC I was building. My machine runs Windows XP and this installed with no issues and worked great for playing legacy games that dont need alot of graphics power.
Martin Gartenberg –
Windosw 7 is not compatible with this video card
I am only giving this a one star because it will not work with Windows 7 even though the ad says that Windows 7 does support it. I called ATI and spoke with a technician there and he told me that Windows 7 does not support it. He told me that anything from HD2000 to HD 7000 series with a PCIE slot should do the trick so I just ordered one. Once it arrives I will install it and hopefully it will work. Once it does I will post more about it.
Charles Hall –
Just a graphics card… that works!
After replacing a series of hotshot nVidea graphics cards, each with it’s own heat sink and fan, I decided to get back to basics. This is it! It works, installs easily, and looks relatively bullet-proof (no fan to fail, not enough heat for a heat sink).I suppose some day I’ll find a flight simulator or something that needs a better card, but right now I’m delighted to have my main computer back on-line, and even have a slightly higher resolution than before. It turns out that now my limiting factor is my monitor. ;-)It’s actually kind of hard to find a graphics card like this locally. The computer stores only stock the expensive video cards people upgrade to when they buy a new game. You know, the ones with the fans…
Enrique –
No funciona, es tan vieja que aun no es plug&play, los drivers imposibles de conseguir. Me arrepiento de haber gastado en esto. Si necesitas una tarjeta barata porque la tarjeta gráfica integrada de tu motherboard se averió (ese era mi caso) no compres esto por el amor de Dios.
Sam O –
Used to turn an old PC into a file server without using too much power and freeing up an PCIe slot. Works great.
LucOstiguy –
Is it the card, is it my motherboard. it didn’t work
Gilles Bois –
installation des plus faciles…
Savard Bertrand –
marche pas