page_title: ATI Mach series
section_title: Mach 8
hierarchical_section_title: ATI Mach series / Models / Mach 8
caption_attribution_description: English: ATi Mach8 graphics adapter
context_page_description: The ATI Mach line was a series of 2D graphics accelerators for personal computers developed by ATI Technologies. It became an extension to the ATI Wonder series of cards. The first chip in the series was the ATI Mach8. It was essentially a clone of the IBM 8514/A with a few notable extensions such as Crystal fonts. Being one of the first graphics accelerator chips on the market, the Mach8 did not have an integrated VGA core. In order to use the first Mach8 coprocessor cards, a separate VGA card was required. This increased the cost of ownership as one had to purchase two rather than one expansion card for graphics. A temporary solution was presented with the ATI Graphics Ultra/Vantage cards, which combined an ATI 8514 Ultra and VGA Wonder+ into a single card. The Mach32 chip was the follow-up to the Mach8, which finally featured an integrated VGA core, true colour support and a 64-bit datapath to internal memory.
context_section_description: IBM 8514/A clone
  Support for up to 8-bit color modes
  Optional VGAWonder 2 (28800) graphics core (with dedicated 256–512 KB DRAM)
  512 KB or 1 MB available with either DRAM or VRAM
  Port: ISA, MCA
  The Mach 8 chip was used on the following ATI products:
  8514 Ultra (VRAM, coprocessor only)
  8514 Vantage (DRAM, coprocessor only)
  Graphics Vantage (DRAM)
  Graphics Ultra (VRAM)
  VGAWonder GT (Repackaged Graphics Ultra, 1 MB RAM standard)
caption: ATI Graphics Ultra ISA (Mach8 + VGA)
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