page_title: ATI Wonder series
section_title: VGA Cards
hierarchical_section_title: ATI Wonder series / VGA Cards
caption_attribution_description: English: ATI VGA Wonder+ with 256 KB RAM. ATI 28800-2
context_page_description: The ATI Wonder series represents some of the first graphics add on products for IBM PCs and compatibles introduced by ATI Technologies in the mid to late 1980s. These cards were unique at the time as they offered the end user a considerable amount of value by combining support for multiple graphics standards into a single card. The VGA Wonder series added additional value with the inclusion of a bus mouse port, which normally required the installation of a dedicated Microsoft Bus Mouse adapter.
  The VGA Wonder series later merged with the ATI Mach series of cards in 1990. The ATI Graphics Ultra and ATI Graphics Vantage cards both featured independent VGA Wonder ASICs in addition to their Mach8 8514 compatible coprocessor chips. The Graphics Ultra was later renamed the VGA Wonder GT. In 1992, their following product line, the Mach32, integrated the VGA wonder core and coprocessor into a single IC. At this point the VGA Wonder line was cancelled and replaced with a cost reduced DRAM based version of Mach32 known as the "ATI Graphics Wonder".
context_section_description: ATI VIP or VGA Improved Performance (1987)
  Chipset: ATI 16899-0 & Chips P82C441
  Supports CGA, Hercules mono, EGA & VGA graphics with Softsense automatic mode switching
  Compatible with MDA, CGA, EGA and VGA displays (DIP switch selectable)
  9-pin TTL and 15-pin analogue connectors
  256kb DRAM
  Port: 8-bit PC/XT bus
  Original MSRP: $449 ($99 for Compaq expansion module)
  ATI VGA Wonder (1988)
  Chipset: ATI 18800
  Adds support for SVGA graphics modes
  Adds support for monitor auto-sensing (switchless configuration)
  Uses on-board EEPROM to store configuration information
  256kb or 512kb DRAM
  Port: 8-bit PC/XT bus
  ATI VGA Edge 8
  Cost Reduced VGA Wonder
  256KB DRAM
  ATI VGA Wonder 16 (1988)
  Speed enhancements due to a wider bus
  VGA pass through connector
  Bus mouse connector
  256KB or 512KB DRAM
  Port: 16-bit PC/AT bus (ISA), 8-bit compatible
  Original MSRP: $499 or $699 respectively
  ATI VGA Edge-16
  Cost reduced VGA Wonder 16
  Lacks the bus mouse connector and the digital TTL output
  256kb DRAM (not expandable to 512kb)
  ATI VGA Wonder+ (1990)
  Chipset: ATI 28800-2, -4, or -5
  Based on a new chipset which claimed to offer speeds rivalling VRAM based cards
  Dual page mode memory access
  Dynamic CPU/CRT interleaving
  256KB or 512KB DRAM
  ATI VGA Integra (1990)
  Cost reduced version based on new ATI 28800 ASIC
  Lacks bus mouse connector
  Uses a much smaller PCB with a surface mount BIOS & RAMDAC
  Supports SVGA Graphics with 72 Hz refresh rates
  512KB DRAM
  ATI VGA Basic-16 (1990)
  PCB layout similar to VGA Integra but using cheaper RAMDAC
  Only supports the basic 60 Hz VGA modes of the IBM VGA standard from 1987
  256KB DRAM (not upgradable)
  ATI VGA Charger (1991)
  Similar to VGA Basic-16, but can be upgraded to 512KB
  ATI VGA Wonder XL (May 1991)
  Sierra RAMDAC adds support for 15-bit colour in 640x480@72 Hz, 800x600@60 Hz
  Supports a flicker-free vertical refresh rate of 72 Hz
  256KB, 512KB or 1MB DRAM
  Original MSRP: $229, $349, $399 respectively
  ATI VGA Stereo·F/X
  Chipset: ATI 28800
  Combines a VGA Wonder XL with a Sound Blaster 1.5
  Features "fake" stereo sound
  512KB or 1MB DRAM
  ATI VGA Wonder XL24 (1992)
  Contains a Brooktree Bt481KPJ85 RAMDAC that adds support for hi and true colour graphics modes
  512KB or 1MB DRAM
  ATI VGA Wonder 1024
  A series of OEM cost reduced versions of several VGA Wonder models
  Typically lacks the bus mouse connector and/or the digital TTL output
caption: ATI VGA Wonder+
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