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3DMark 99 Max on Windows 98: Direct3D compatibility - Velocity Drivers

benchmark · 1998

3DMark 99 Max

Direct3D

Runs on the GMA 950, the Rage XL, Rage Mobility-M and Rage IIC, the SiS 6326 and the Trio3D/2X. On the S3 hardware path some tests draw plainer, because the S3D engine has no additive or multiplicative blend.

3DMark 99 Max race game test with hovercraft over a striped track, rendered on an S3 Trio3D/2X
The race test on a physical Trio3D/2X, 800x600.
3DMark 99 Max first-person corridor game test rendered on an S3 Trio3D/2X
The first-person corridor test on the same card.
3DMark 99 Max overall score dialog showing 335 3DMarks and 13186 CPU 3DMarks
The first clean run: 335 3DMarks.

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The goals of the Velocity9x project and why it exists, with 3DMark 99 Max running on the GMA 950 netbook. If you are interested in helping, this is where to start.

Tested hardware

CardDriver / OSAPIResultVersion
S3 Trio3D / Trio3D/2XVelocity9x
Windows 98 SE
Direct3D335 3DMarks on its first clean run0.7.0
Intel GMA 950Velocity9x
Windows 98 SE
Direct3DRuns—
ATI Rage XL / Rage ProVelocity9x
Windows 98 SE
Direct3DRuns—
ATI Rage Mobility-MVelocity9x
Windows 98 SE
Direct3DRuns—
ATI Rage IICVelocity9x
Windows 98 SE
Direct3DRuns—
SiS 6326Velocity9x
Windows 98 SE
Direct3DRuns—
NVIDIA RIVA 128ZXVelocity9x
Windows 98
Direct3DCompletes with every draw drawn0.39.0
Intel GMA 4500MHDVelocity9x
Windows 98 SE
Direct3DRuns, with flicker its reporter put down to vsync off0.35.0

Performance results

Direct3D · Default benchmark3DMarks
  1. S3 Trio3D / Trio3D/2X
    v0.7.0
    335 3DMarks

    first clean run

    Test setup and source
    Driver version
    0.7.0

    Not recorded: machine / cpu, cpu speed, resolution, colour depth, display mode, game / benchmark version, settings, test date.

    Source: Velocity9x CHANGELOG: 0.7.0

Not a like-for-like comparison: machines and driver versions differ.

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