Hercules Stingray 64 PCI Video Card ARK2000MT VGA 1996 Vintage DOS Windows

Hercules Stingray 64 PCI Video Card ARK2000MT VGA 1996 Vintage DOS Windows

The Hercules Stingray 64 is a mid-1990s PCI 2D graphics card built around the ARK ARK2000MT controller chip. Aimed at the mainstream desktop market, it provided VGA output for DOS and early Windows environments on PCI-bus systems. The card is labeled "Stingray 64/Video" and carries a 1996 copyright date on the PCB.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: Hercules
• Model: Stingray 64 / Stingray 64/Video
• Main Controller / GPU: ARK ARK2000MT (ARK2000MT 96271128)
• RAMDAC: Gendaq (visible on PCB)
• Bus Interface: PCI
• Output: VGA (DB-15 female) on bracket
• PCB copyright date: 1996
• Form Factor: Half-height PCI card with standard metal bracket
• Memory: Onboard video RAM chips present (capacity not fully legible from labels)
• Card only — no driver disk, manual, or software included

Applications

The Stingray 64 was designed for mid-1990s desktop PCs running MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95 on PCI-bus motherboards — an era when ISA video cards were giving way to the faster PCI standard. The ARK2000MT chipset supported standard SVGA resolutions and was a common choice for budget and mainstream OEM systems of the period. Today these cards are sought by retro computing enthusiasts building or restoring period-correct 486 and early Pentium systems, where authentic 1990s PCI VGA hardware is needed for full DOS game and application compatibility. Hercules was a well-known graphics card brand of the era, previously famous for its monochrome and CGA/Hercules graphics adapters before moving into the SVGA market.