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Velocity9x
Matrox Millennium II driver for Windows 98 - Velocity Drivers

Matrox · Matrox MGA

Matrox Millennium II

Velocity9x: Verified working

Direct3D, OpenGL and Glide, using the engine where its result is exact and the CPU otherwise. Direct3D renders at 32 bpp with a 24- or 32-bit depth buffer.

Specification
Manufacturer
Matrox
Chip
MGA-2164W
Family
Matrox MGA
3D engine
MGA
Bus
PCI / AGP
PCI ID
102B:051B
Velocity9x · Windows 98 SEVerified working

Package

matrox

Tested on

One Pentium III machine.

Acceleration by interface

2D / DirectDraw
Tested
GDI, DirectDraw
Direct3D
Tested
Direct3D 8
Not run
OpenGL
Tested
Two texture units
No
Glide
Probe
probes
ATI 3DCIF
Not run

What has been tested

Direct3D, OpenGL and Glide (the engine where exact, the CPU otherwise); GDI and DirectDraw on the engine. Half-Life 8.49 fps at 0.16.0.

Tested games and benchmarks

TitleAPIResultVersion
Half-LifeDirect3D8.49 fps0.16.0
Half-Life on Matrox Millennium IIfps
  1. Matrox Millennium II
    Pentium III · 640x480 · v0.16.0
    8.49 fps
    Test setup and source
    Machine / CPU
    Pentium III
    Resolution
    640x480
    Driver version
    0.16.0

    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.

Install on Windows 98

  1. Take a cold backup and confirm you can reach Safe Mode.
  2. Download the matrox package(Matrox Millennium, Mystique, Millennium II).
  3. Device Manager → Display adapters → Update Driver → Have Disk, over the top of the current driver.
  4. Shut down fully, then cold-start once.

Download velocity9x-0.48.0-matrox.zipFull install guide