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Reply 40 of 43, by mwdmeyer

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Version 0.9.1 is now out, this adds OpenGL and Direct3D for a Rage Mobility M which is basically a Rage Pro.

OpenGL performance is still a lot worse than the native driver but I wanted to start on this as it should be very similar to Rage 2.

I’ve got a 4mb Rage IIc on order so will add that afterwards.

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Reply 41 of 43, by marxveix

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mwdmeyer wrote on 2026-09-29, 08:59:

Version 0.9.1 is now out, this adds OpenGL and Direct3D for a Rage Mobility M which is basically a Rage Pro.

OpenGL performance is still a lot worse than the native driver but I wanted to start on this as it should be very similar to Rage 2.

I’ve got a 4mb Rage IIc on order so will add that afterwards.

Thanks, this 0.91 version already installs for me and it works with Mach64 VT2, i dont have mobility cards.
Maybe its better to remove subsystem, if its 1002 and if its 4c4d, that would be enough, like you added vt2.

"Velocity9x ATI Mach64 VT2"=V9x.Install.mach64-vt2,PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5654
"Velocity9x ATI Rage Mobility-M"=V9x.Install.rage-mobility-m,PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4C4D

Did not work for regular Rage Pro 4742,they should be similar to mobility and other rage3
Added other ATi cards inf here after Mach64 VT2 up to Rage2/3 (VT4 is Rage2 based card)

Dont expect miracles from Rage2c, its many times slower than Rage3, but it has D3D.
ATi did not release any OGL for Rage2c and Rage2/+ OGL was for NT3.51 / NT4.0 only.

Best ATi Rage3 drivers for 3DCIF / Direct3D / OpenGL / GLUT / DVD : ATi RagePro drivers and software
33+MiniGL / OpenGL Win 9x dll files for all ATi-Rage3 based cards : ATi RagePro OpenGL files

Reply 42 of 43, by mwdmeyer

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Thank you, I'm really hoping to get the Rage IIc tomorrow (long weekend in Sydney) and then I will add these extra cards.

I've just added async support (so CPU now isn't waiting for GPU to finishing drawing frame) to the GMA 950 and have got a 50% speed increase! That will be in the next release. HL1 in Direct3D went from 26fps to 39fps.

I've also added some texture improvements to the pipeline for the rage so it should consume less vram.

I will need to add AGP memory or something in future though.

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Reply 43 of 43, by Match451

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Super cool project!
There were a lot of early graphics cards that never got good drivers. I always wondered what they might be capable of if they had better support.
I look forward to reading more about your progress and watching your videos.

Any plans to add support for the Nvidia Riva 128?