S3 ViRGE         07 Jul 1998

I've chosen not to update this page anymore. I can't imagine anyone going out to buy a ViRGE chipset on purpose.

Data:

14.4 3D: 800x600x16, FS John Striker 24Oct97
P2/266/64 Diamond 3D 200 Turbo 2MB   SB16/ISA
11.7 13.3 19.8 14.8   12.2 12.1 Yes
Comments: Sound okay in windowed mode.   Badly garbled in full-screen.

 

12.0 3D: 800x600x16x75, FS Chris Gray 8Oct97
P2/233/32 STB Nitro 3D 2MB   Ensoniq (PCI)
10.7 12.6 16.3 12.3 13.2 6.9 6.9  
Comments: Slightly choppy sound, very few, brief pauses. 2D = 16.9

 

10.6 3D: 800x600x16, FS Tommy Fleeman 13Oct97
P200MMX/64 Diamond ViRGE 3D 2000 4MB   SB32 Wavetable (PCI)
7.8 11.1 15.3 11.7 12.0 5.8 6.3 No
Comments: No sound problems, no Jitter.

 

9.0 3D: 800x600x16x75, FS Bill Bassett 27Sept97
P166/32 STB Nitro 3D 4MB   SB16 (ISA)
7.6 9.1 12.9 9.5 10.2 4.4 4.8  
Comments: No stutters or jitters. Is this 2D mode?

 

9.0 3D: 800x600x16, FS Rainer Kissel 1Oct97
P166MMX/32 Stealth 3D 2000 2MB   SB16 (ISA)
6.8 8.2 12.3 12.0 10.0 4.5 5.0  
Comments: No stutters or jitters. Is this 2D mode?

 

6.0 3D: 800x600x16, FS Henrique Uslar 4Oct97
P133/32 Creative Graphics Blaster 3D 4MB   Magic P16 (SB16) (ISA)
3.1 4 9 7.5 6.2      
Comments: Regular sound stutter. No pauses. Possible old drivers being used. DX5 keeps finding the disabled on-board video chip, ignoring the Blaster.

 

5.7 3D: 1024x768x16, FS Bobby Simmons 12Oct97
Cx166/40 Diamond Stealth 3D 200 4MB   SB16/ISA
4.5 5.5 8.1 5.9 6.5 3.5    
Comments:

 

5.6 3D: 800x600x16, FS Steven Romijn 30Oct97
PPro/200/32 STB Velocity 3D/8MB   Ensoniq Soundscape Vivo 90/PCI
4.6 4.6 8.1 6.2 6.2 4.1 4.1 No
Comments:

 

4.5 3D: 800x600x16, FS Kyle Smith 30Sept97
P100/64 Diamond Stealth 3D   SB AWE32 (PCI)
4.1 4.5 6.1 4.5 5.3 2.3 2.8  
Comments: No jitters/breakup.

 

4.2 3D: 800x600x16x72, FS David Smith 19Oct97
P133/16 Diamond Stealth 2000 3D   SB AWE32
4.2 6.8 5.4 2.7 3.4 2.8 3.0 Yes
Comments: 2D = 6.1

 

4.0 3D: 640x480x16, FS Dick Boley 19Sept97
Cx200/32 STB 3D Velocity 4MB   Ensonic Vivio
5-6 9-10 3.8 1.6 2.0 1.9    
Comments: Sound stutter observed. 2D: 800x600 = 13.8, 2D: 1024x768 = 10.5

 

3.9 3D: 800x600x16x75, FS Bob Dodge 24Sept97
P200MMX/40 STP ViRGE 8MB   Ensonic
4.1 6.0 5.1 2.9 2.1 3.0    
Comments: Sound breakup observed. 2D = 8.4