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Quake II on Windows 98: OpenGL compatibility - Velocity Drivers

game · 1997

Quake II

OpenGL

id Software’s OpenGL shooter is the classic test of an OpenGL ICD. Velocity9x’s OpenGL 1.1 driver runs it on most cards with a 3D engine.

Quake II at the first map’s start, rendered through Velocity9x’s OpenGL driver on an Intel GMA 950
Quake II on the GMA 950 (HP Mini 110, Atom N280), 28 fps at the first map’s start.

Tested hardware

CardDriver / OSAPIResultVersion
Intel GMA 950Velocity9x
Windows 98 SE
OpenGL28 fps at the first map’s start; 19.6 fps in demo2 at 0.9.20.9.2
Intel GMA X3100Velocity9x
Windows 98 SE
OpenGLRuns, with two texture units—
3dfx Voodoo4 4500Velocity9x
Windows 98 SE
OpenGL20.7 fps (timerefresh)0.17.0
ATI Rage XL / Rage ProVelocity9x
Windows 98 SE
OpenGL11.6 fps0.10.1
ATI Rage Mobility-MVelocity9x
Windows 98 SE
OpenGLAbout 8 fps0.9.2
SiS 6326Velocity9x
Windows 98 SE
OpenGL7.8 fps (timerefresh)0.11.0
ATI Rage IICVelocity9x
Windows 98 SE
OpenGL4.4 fps0.10.0

Performance results

OpenGL · timerefreshfps
  1. 3dfx Voodoo4 4500
    Pentium III · 640x480 · v0.17.0
    20.7 fps
    Test setup and source
    Machine / CPU
    Pentium III
    Resolution
    640x480
    Driver version
    0.17.0

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

    Source: Velocity9x README: tested frame rates

  2. SiS 6326
    Pentium III · 640x480 · v0.11.0
    7.8 fps
    Test setup and source
    Machine / CPU
    Pentium III
    Resolution
    640x480
    Driver version
    0.11.0

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

    Source: Velocity9x README: tested frame rates

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

OpenGL · demo2fps
  1. Intel GMA 950
    Atom N280 · 640x480 · v0.9.2
    19.6 fps
    Test setup and source
    Machine / CPU
    Atom N280
    Resolution
    640x480
    Driver version
    0.9.2

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

    Source: Velocity9x README: tested frame rates

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

OpenGL · timedemofps
  1. ATI Rage XL / Rage Pro
    Pentium III · 640x480 · v0.10.1
    11.6 fps
    Test setup and source
    Machine / CPU
    Pentium III
    Resolution
    640x480
    Driver version
    0.10.1

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

    Source: Velocity9x README: tested frame rates

  2. ATI Rage Mobility-M
    Pentium III laptop · 640x480 · v0.9.2
    8 fps

    about 8 fps

    Test setup and source
    Machine / CPU
    Pentium III laptop
    Resolution
    640x480
    Driver version
    0.9.2

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

    Source: Velocity9x README: tested frame rates

  3. ATI Rage IIC
    Pentium III · 640x480 · v0.10.0
    4.4 fps
    Test setup and source
    Machine / CPU
    Pentium III
    Resolution
    640x480
    Driver version
    0.10.0

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

    Source: Velocity9x README: tested frame rates

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

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