the Rage 128 pro came out around the time of V3 but was not very competitive, coming beneath tnt2, v3 2000, and g400s. i wasn't impressed with the 3d image of the Rage 128 pro but it IS still alive. both chips have texture compression, diamond had s3tc, ati used dxtc (the same). i wouldn't go with the dead diamond, it never was noted for speed.