ati xclaim vr pro?

[chelseayr]

is there really such a card? because neither 2000-dated ati.com has it nor does the discounted products list in 2006-dated ati.amd.com either but yet I've seen at least two ebays and a handful of very generic webshops with the card listed by that name nevertheless

I'm wondering if its just a variation of the xclaim vr itself and hence shares the same extensions down to system 7.5.5 requirement but mm what do I actually know?

 

[NJRoadfan]

I don't think a "Pro" named version existed using the Rage Pro chip, just the plain VR (Rage II+ based) and VR 128. Looks like the Universal Installer 3.3 should support your card. The VR 128 needs newer drivers.

 

[chelseayr]

mm I'm probably getting curious about this because at least one of the pro card lists an apple # on it but as far as I can tell either it must had been a custom thing or someone been too goofing up with passing off a windows pci card as an apple-compatible one..guess I'm going look some more

 

[NJRoadfan]

The XClaim VR series usually has DIN connectors on it in addition to standard VGA or DB-15 outputs.

 

[chelseayr]

someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm suspecting at least one someone is sprouting false info that sadly seem to be getting reposted quite a few too many times everywhere on the web .. the 'xclaim vr pro' card's pn (now that I found a good photo that had one visible) actually seem to refer to the xpert series which indeed appears to be only for dos/windows computers

even then the ati.amd.com archived discount list doesn't exactly offer much description to help sort out the non-video xperts from the video-ready ones tho but even then looking for "xpert pci video-in" on the web itself somehow turned up this xpert128 which although of a different pcb design seem to suggest that at least one xpert model somewhere else did have the same in&out options as the xclaimvr nevertheless

 

[NJRoadfan]

The XClaimVR doesn't have the "AMC" header on it, which is an extended version of the VGA feature connector. ATI's optional video capture cards for PCs used it. That Xpert128 appears to use the same PCB as the XClaimVR 128 though. I have the VR 128 and that card uses the same layout with the Rage Theater video capture chip and extra I/O jacks populated. The extra AMC pin headers are missing however.

https://cdn.videocardz.net/cache/ebee27b623238dd6e242a10374ab7827-1200x900.jpg

This early press photo for the XClaimVR 128 may be the XClaimVR with a Rage128 logo photoshopped on it. The Brooktree video capture chip is a dead giveaway that this is an older board.

Same site has pictures of the XClaim 3D Pro, which lacks video I/O: https://videocardz.net/ati-xclaim-3d-pro