Fallen Enthusiast GPU Manufacturers

[bit_user]

The WD Paradise card i had did a good job with Mechwarrior 2 + the expansion Ghost Bear Legacy, Ultima 8, Warcraft 2, original Wolfenstein, Doom, Doom 2 and The 7th guest. What's funny was I never even considered the amount of VRAM on it, I was focused on the CD-ROM speed, CPU and RAM requirements.

It wasn't a 3D card, though.

That's not to say all SVGA cards were equal - some had much better windows performance than others. But I really think the video card had little to do with how well those games ran.

 

[Martell1977]

It wasn't a 3D card, though.

That's not to say all SVGA cards were equal - some had much better windows performance than others. But I really think the video card had little to do with how well those games ran.

I had to run everything in DOS, they wouldn't run in Windows 3.11 at all, but when I upgraded to Windows 95, that's when the wheels came off the cart. I could open most of the programs, like Warcraft 2, but it was so horribly slow I had to run it in DOS for it to be playable.

 

[tamalero]

Owned a S3 Virge and a Voodoo 3.. they were amazing for their time. I particularly loved paying a chunk of money to upgrade some of these video cards with the "pluggable" memory modules.

 

[neblogai]

Owned a S3 Virge and a Voodoo 3.. they were amazing for their time. I particularly loved paying a chunk of money to upgrade some of these video cards with the "pluggable" memory modules.

Yes, I did that too- I thought my S3 Trio might become a 3D card with one more 1MB of RAM. It did not- but at least then I could set higher refresh rate on my monitor

 

[jn77]

They forgot about Orchid Fahrenheit (Orchid Technologies) That was a great card back when I built my 386sx 40.

 

[bit_user]

They forgot about Orchid Fahrenheit (Orchid Technologies) That was a great card back when I built my 386sx 40.

There were no consumer-level 3D cards before about 1995. That card certainly had no 3D hardware acceleration.

Basically, if it was pre-PCI, it definitely wasn't 3D (not to suggest that all PCI cards were 3D, as many weren't).

 

[slgoo]

How has 3dfx fallen? They were purchased by AMD...

 

[RedJaron]

How has 3dfx fallen? They were purchased by AMD...

Um . . .

 

[Crashman]

How has 3dfx fallen? They were purchased by AMD...

Um . . .

saw this and just had to go get myself a snack. Now that I have one, continue

 

[slgoo]

How has 3dfx fallen? They were purchased by AMD...

Um . . .

saw this and just had to go get myself a snack. Now that I have one, continue

I stand corrected. NVIDIA bought them out...

 

[Crashman]

How has 3dfx fallen? They were purchased by AMD...

Um . . .

saw this and just had to go get myself a snack. Now that I have one, continue

I stand corrected. NVIDIA bought them out...

...I guess I'll just watch some TV then...