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S3 Trio3D/2X 4Mb AGP

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First post, by 21603

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I know this thing is capable of 3D because I've seen benchmarks for it in various games. According to Vintage3D the card runs in more games than I would have expected, mine however locks up every time I try to run a 3D application. I can't even run the 3D test in DirectX. I wonder could it be a problem with the card or the drivers because the card runs perfectly fine with 2D.

Would the beta driver make a difference

S3 Windows 9x Beta Display Driver v.1.00.37 for Trio3D/2X (DeviceID 8A13)
Trio 3D2X win 9x 1.00.28 MS Logo'd

Those two drivers are available on S3's apparently still up and running website although it is down at the moment so I can't download them.

I couldn't have downloaded and installed the Windows 3.1 driver in Windows 98 could I?

Reply 1 of 2, by jesolo

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The site appears to be up now: http://www.s3graphics.com/en/drivers/legacy_s … re_archive.aspx - just verify that you are downloading the correct drivers, by referring to the chipset (part numbers) on your graphics card.
However, I've attached the drivers that I downloaded a while ago

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S3 Trio 3D 2X.zip
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2.19 MiB
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345 downloads
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S3 Trio3D/2X drivers
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Fair use/fair dealing exception

If you have any drivers currently installed, uninstall all graphics drivers and start again.

Reply 2 of 2, by wbc

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21603 wrote:

the card runs perfectly fine with 2D.

offtop: but they removed 32bpp modes (supported by ViRGE/GX2, one of direct predecessors) from Windows drivers, while they work without issues under VBE 2.0 *facepalm* 🤣

--wbcbz7

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