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S3 ViRGE/DX driver for Windows 98 - Velocity Drivers

S3 · S3 ViRGE / Trio3D

S3 ViRGE/DX

Velocity9x: Verified working

The S3D engine draws only what it can express exactly, in 5:5:5 colour. It has no additive or multiplicative blend, so some 3DMark tests draw plainer and games that rely on those blends are missing parts of their picture.

Specification
Manufacturer
S3
Chip
86C375
Family
S3 ViRGE / Trio3D
3D engine
S3D
Bus
PCI
PCI ID
5333:8A01
Velocity9x · Windows 98 SEVerified working

Package

s3

Tested on

One physical card, plus the 86Box emulator.

Acceleration by interface

2D / DirectDraw
Tested
GDI
Direct3D
Tested
0.36.0
Direct3D 8
Not run
OpenGL
Probe
Two texture units
No
Glide
No
probe fails
ATI 3DCIF
Not run

What has been tested

GDI on the engine; Direct3D and OpenGL tested on an emulator and, from 0.36.0, on one physical card (3DMark 2000 at 800x600x16).

Screenshots

The Velocity9x tab in Windows 98 Display Properties on an S3 ViRGE/DX at 1024x768, listing engine fill, copy and page flip and hardware Direct3D
The Velocity9x tab in Display Properties, on the 86Box ViRGE/DX guest.

Tested games and benchmarks

TitleAPIResultVersion
3DMark 2000Direct3DAt 800x600x16 on one physical card0.36.0

Install on Windows 98

  1. Take a cold backup and confirm you can reach Safe Mode.
  2. Download the s3 package(S3 Trio, ViRGE and Trio3D).
  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-s3.zipFull install guide