1997 research cohort / GPU

ATI Xpert graphics board

ATI · sku unresolved

Candidate · no owner discrepancy decision

What it was

ATI Xpert graphics board is recorded in the 1997 GPU research cohort under ATI. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.

Source product name: Xpert
Source model number: Not established
Source manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Research scope: PCI and AGP board configurations with 4 MB or 8 MB SGRAM

Why it existed

manufacturer stated

PCI and AGP 3-D graphics-board availability

Intended users: PCI and AGP PC graphics buyers

Engineering response: ATI Xpert board based on 3D Rage Pro in 4 MB and 8 MB SGRAM configurations

Evidence and limits

ATI introduces Xpert graphics board · 1997-07-25 product description and August-availability passages

Contemporary report identifies the ATI Xpert board, underlying 3D Rage Pro, PCI/AGP options, and memory configurations.

Availability is reported as planned and no comparable test configuration is registered.

What difference it made

Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.

Release evidence

The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.

Proposed event: board announcement with planned availability
Proposed timing: 1997-07-25 · exact precision
Assessment: review required

The source supports a dated board announcement but only planned availability and leaves PCI/AGP/memory SKU boundaries unresolved.

ATI introduces Xpert graphics board
Computerwoche · dated 1997-07-25; Xpert identity, Rage Pro basis, and August availability passages
Contemporary industry reporting identifies ATI Xpert PCI/AGP boards based on the 3D Rage Pro and says they would be available in August.

Open questions and review

Actual first availability; PCI versus AGP and memory-configuration identity; date and market geography.

No owner discrepancy decision is recorded. This does not mean there are no unresolved issues.

evidence gap · follow up

August availability was reported as planned; PCI/AGP and memory configurations remain unresolved.

Audit source · 1997-07-25 report

Contemporary report says Xpert would be available in August.

Follow-up: Do not convert planned availability into confirmed shipment.

Original intake sources

These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.

ATI introduces Xpert graphics board
Computerwoche ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.

Original research note

Board identity. Contemporary industry reporting identifies ATI 3D Rage Pro as the underlying chip and says Xpert would be available in August; exact first shipment day is unknown.

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