
Did Anybody Here Program for Virge? | Beyond3D Forum
Dec 18, 2004 · I've been doing a lot of thinking about the "olden days", since I've been messing a lot with a little K6 system. I was wondering if anyone here would have any first hand …
Help me remember all pre-Voodoo PC 3D accelerators.
Aug 14, 2006 · Virge 325 and VX supported trilinear, Voodoo didn't. But Voodoo had much better 16bit rendering due to 24bit rendering -> 16bit dithering -> 4x1 postprocessing. I don't think …
first PC 3D cards | Beyond3D Forum
Nov 22, 2002 · Diamond (S3 Virge) had superior features compared to Mystique and actually I was pretty much happy with it (dropped few jaws to floor with S3d accelerated Terminal …
Graphic card/CPU configuration for best memory graphics in Flight ...
Dec 27, 2023 · @jacilore maybe it's trying to detect vram seeing some huge number like 4gb (cards at the time had 12-16mb max) and the buffer used to store that number is overflowing …
Comparison of Cards: DirectDraw | Beyond3D Forum
Oct 30, 2004 · I have a large collection of graphics cards, and now have a little K6-3+ rig I slapped together. I've been messing with it, trying out games, trying out...
For games that use d3dim.dll, how can I check which exact version …
Sep 6, 2023 · There are few 'native' Direct3D 2.0/3.0 titles, since most games from that era have been updated with subsequent game patches to use Direct3D 5.0 DrawPrimitive and Direct3D …
Value of Hardware Unboxed benchmarking | Page 35 | Beyond3D …
Jan 2, 2023 · Rendition. Voodoo. S3 Virge. Matrox. ATI. The market exploded for a reason. Where there "some" PC gamers dismissive of it due to consoles? Sure, maybe - there are …
Intel ARC GPUs, Xe Architecture for dGPUs [2022-]
Jan 17, 2025 · Even S3 Virge / Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 was a lot better. I am definetely looking Intel as update path from 3070ti. That needs the g31 to be released though with max price of …
Texture cache of the N64 vs. that of Playstation
Jul 25, 2018 · As for N64 vs PC of 96, I really wonder how S3 Virge compares. I've played some S3 S3D games and they run not unlike the speed of a N64 game and the detail levels aren't …
Nvidia Blackwell Architecture Speculation | Page 57 | Beyond3D …
Dec 10, 2022 · There were S3D (that's for S3 Virge IIRC), Rendition's V1000, ATI Rage 3D, etc. and there were far from "a few months" because Glide was first released along with Voodoo …