3dfx · 3dfx VSA-100
3dfx Voodoo4 4500
Velocity9x: Verified working
Velocity9x gives the Voodoo4 Direct3D and OpenGL, and hands the card to 3dfx’s own Glide when a Glide game starts, then takes it back. The package ships no Glide DLLs of its own.
- Manufacturer
- 3dfx
- Chip
- VSA-100
- Family
- 3dfx VSA-100
- 3D engine
- VSA-100
- Bus
- PCI / AGP
- PCI ID
- 121A:0009
Package
3dfx
Tested on
One Pentium III machine.
Acceleration by interface
2D / DirectDraw
Tested
GDI
Direct3D
Tested
Direct3D 8
Not run
OpenGL
Tested
Two texture units
Not run
Glide
Tested
3dfx’s own
ATI 3DCIF
Not run
What has been tested
Direct3D, OpenGL, and 3dfx’s own Glide; GDI on the engine. Half-Life 25.7 fps and Quake 2 20.7 fps (timerefresh) at 0.17.0.
Sources and testing notes
Tested games and benchmarks
- 3dfx Voodoo4 4500Pentium III · 640x480 · v0.17.025.7 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.
Not a like-for-like comparison: machines and driver versions differ.
- 3dfx Voodoo4 4500Pentium III · 640x480 · v0.17.020.7 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.
Not a like-for-like comparison: machines and driver versions differ.
Install on Windows 98
- Take a cold backup and confirm you can reach Safe Mode.
- Download the
3dfxpackage(3dfx VSA-100 (Voodoo4)). - Device Manager → Display adapters → Update Driver → Have Disk, over the top of the current driver.
- Shut down fully, then cold-start once.