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'''Number Nine Visual Technology Corporation''' was a manufacturer of video graphics chips and cards from 1982 to 1999. Number Nine developed the first 128-bit graphics processor (the Imagine 128), as well as the first 256-color (8-bit) and 16.8 million color (24-bit) cards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/number-nine-visual-technology-and-s3-inc----business-to-continue-as-usual-74901647.html | title=Number Nine Visual Technology and S3 Inc. -- Business to Continue as Usual | publisher=PR Newswire | date=23 June 1999 | accessdate=Jan 8, 2011 }}</ref>

The name of the company, as well as many of its products (e.g., [[Revolution (song)|Revolution]], [[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]], [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|Pepper]], [[Ticket to Ride]]) refer to [[Beatles]] songs. At system boot up, Number Nine cards' [[video BIOS]] splash screens display short phrases from Beatles songs related to the cards' model names. Card model names were usually preceded by a "#9" moniker. Like [[3dfx]], Number Nine often had interesting retail box art.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}

== History ==

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=== Number Nine Video Cards using Number Nine GPUs ===

[[File:NumberNine Imagine128 1280 PCI.jpg|thumb|Imagine 128 (early original version, note old company name)]]

[[ImageFile:NumberNineImagine128II.JPG|thumb|Imagine 128 Series II]]

[[File:NumberNine Revolution3D PCI.jpg|thumb|Revolution 3D (Ticket to Ride), PCI bus]]

[[File:NumberNine RevolutionIV PCI.jpg|thumb|Revolution IV (Ticket to Ride 4), PCI bus]]

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=== Number Nine Video Cards with heatsinks ===

[[ImageFile:Number Nine SR9 AGP SDRAM NLX 8MB S3 Savage4 LT (86C394).jpg|thumb|SR9 SDRAM NLX 8MB (heatsink removed) with S3 Savage4 LT chip]]

[[ImageFile:Number Nine SR9 SGRAM AGP 16 MB DVI S3 Savage4 Xtreme (86C398).jpg|thumb|SR9 SGRAM 16MB DVI (heatsink removed) with S3 Savage4 Xtreme chip]]

Number Nine's last two graphics cards were the only ones to require heatsinks on the GPU. Both outperformed the Revolution IV.