Re: NV RIVA 128 Brochure
Posted on 2010-11-12, 16:26
Mine is revision B and if I have to say something, is one of the most crispier cards I have. Very good quality output.
Re: The Other 3D Chips (screens incl)
Posted on 2010-11-12, 13:10
@ swaaye : Do you have a Permedia2 card to test ? I had one some time ago, but had to sold it. Also, sorry for repeating my last question, but do you know if a Creative Graphics Blaster Eclipse 3D card is a Laguna 3D one ? All I know is the name, as there is no pictures of it nor I can see the …
Re: NV RIVA 128 Brochure
Posted on 2010-11-12, 13:06
I have a Diamond Viper V330 PCI, Riva128. Output is very clear on mine. My Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro is blurrier, compared to the Riva.
Re: Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games
Posted on 2010-11-11, 02:56
Just bumping this in case someone missed the thread... what I doubt... it's just that I don't want to lose hope... 🙁 @leileilol: if there's ANYTHING I can do that can make you start searching for that CD, PLEASE let me know... (yeah, i'm sounding desperate, because I am)
Re: The Other 3D Chips (screens incl)
Posted on 2010-11-11, 02:52
Nice thread swaaye . I have a question: what are the features the Riva128 is mising so it can't run Unreal ? Also, I'm close on putting my hands on what I think is a Laguna 3D card, but the name is not the same as your Laguna 3D card. The one i'm looking is a Creative Graphics Blaster Eclipse 3D, …
Re: Image of badly applied CPU thermal paste
Posted on 2010-11-09, 21:44
I bought this used cooler from a guy some time ago, one of those that came with the paste already applied into the heatsink base, with a protective film over it to preserve it... As you know, you have to remove that film for the CPU to do proper contact with the thermal paste. Well, when I bought it …
Re: Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games
Posted on 2010-11-09, 13:28
@ leileilol : too bad... :( ok, thanks anyway! If you someday ever find that CD, remember to let me know! :wink: @ swaaye : Thanks for your suggestion on the Laguna 3D, i'll be looking for it. Question: which program did you use to took those screen captures ? -> forget it, don't know why but I was …
Re: Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games
Posted on 2010-11-09, 00:23
@ swaaye : you're forgetting Destruction Derby and Actua Soccer. Those are only accelerated for the ViRGE I think. If someone knows of those games accelerated for other chipsets, please let us know. @ vlask : didn't Motoracer have an option to turn off Z-Buffering ? I remember the ViRGE couldn't …
Re: A 486 Motherboard hack (need opinions)
Posted on 2010-11-08, 15:28
Did you check for broken traces on the back of the PCB near the keyboard connector ? Otherwise, like h-a-l-9000 said, a hires photo of the surroundings would be helpful.
Re: Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games
Posted on 2010-11-08, 05:09
I didn't wrote any of that, it was from a long go website about the S3 ViRGE, from nearly 13 years ago... Just posted it thinking maybe someone would find it interesting. But it's nice to read different opinions on the matter :). It's S3 after all, you love it or you hate it... i'm from the first …
Re: Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games
Posted on 2010-11-07, 22:04
Right swaaye , I came to the right place to find them. Funny thing is, I had this in mind (creating a thread asking for the games) from some months ago, but never decided because I feared no one would care, or that maybe I would have my thread closed because it wasn't the correct forum to post some …
Re: Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games
Posted on 2010-11-07, 18:07
Thank you Hater Depot . I would be really insterested in it. Do you want me to send you a PM around that day (is it the 25th?) so you remember to look for it if you have time ? So, doing a quick summary, it seems that at least some of the really hard to find games exists somewhere, which is really …
Re: Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games
Posted on 2010-11-07, 17:21
I know it was slow... painfully slow, but it's part of history, and thanks to cards like that, all eventually evolved into what we have today. It was thanks to that card that I get into modding, overclocking... you know, want to learn how stuff worked. In those times I had no other alternative, as …
Re: Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games
Posted on 2010-11-07, 02:40
Thanks both for your responses. Unfortunately, there's no patch for the games I mentioned. Trust me, i've literally roaming the web for ages seaching for these specific versions, with no luck. :depressed: Destruction Derby for the Virge was a specific bundle that shipped on boxed Diamond Cards, …
Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games
Posted on 2010-11-06, 23:44
Hello to all. First, i'm sorry if this is the wrong section to post this, but somehow I feel this is the most correct place to post something related to the S3 Virge, since i'm not looking for the "games" per se, but just anything that was made specifically for the Virge hardware. The S3 Virge was …
Re: Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro
Posted on 2010-09-09, 22:42
Sorry for the thread revival. For the ones interested, you can get a lot of Diamond "manuals" (in HTML format) from here: http://web.archive.org/web/19990209034304/http://www.diamondmm.com/products/manuals/manual-index.html I also have the same card senrew has, but I recently purchased another one, …
Re: Proprietary 3D API's
Posted on 2010-09-03, 20:50
If you can run it on DOS, filtered and all, doesn't that means it's using the S3D api ? Don't think you can use D3D under DOS... The box came with the S3D logo on the back.
Re: Proprietary 3D API's
Posted on 2010-09-02, 22:35
So Terracide is a DX game afterall ? This is what it said on the S3 Planet page about this game: Terracide Demo This game does indeed support S3 cards natively, as shown on the graphic selection screen, but I was unable to get it working properly. When playing with Direct3D, it still looks very good …
Re: Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 PCI 4MB vs Diamond Stealth32...Head on..
Posted on 2010-09-02, 15:02
I ran into that with a Virge GX too, with Terminal Velocity. I think the old S3 "S3D" ports look for the Virge 325 chip specifically. Sorry for the OLD thread revival, but I thought this info would be interesting and should be written somewhere in this forums. I have played Terminal Velocity on a …
Re: Proprietary 3D API's
Posted on 2010-09-02, 14:46
Just wanted to add some more info regarding games supporting S3's S3D API. According to the now gone S3 Planet page, there are also S3D versions of: - Actua Soccer (it mentions the OEM semi-final version, there was no full game patch. Never saw this). - POD (I have this myself. POD Gold came with …
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