kool kitty89 wrote:How about the PCI Matrox G400/G450 based cards? (if compatibility is good, those would be among the top-spec pre-T&L accelerators available -and performance for non-T&L stuff is actually higher than many early T&L capable cards)
Some of those late-gen cards may be hard to find in PCI, but the G400/450 seems to be pretty common in PCI flavor.
Ah, yes. Forgotten about Matrox G400 series. Windows 3.1x drivers are officially still available for the G400. I'm not sure if the G450 will be supported via the G400 driver. Official driver details list the G400 as being supported in the final Win3.x Matrox driver release.
For a high spec based system the G400 series sounds good but I don't have first hand experience in using it. I guess it should be good.
But ever since I heard there's Win3.x driver for Voodoo3, I think it'll be great. It's very fast for a Dos based machine, and if installing Windows95 or 98, there's Glide support. Among users here (including me 😁 ), the Voodoo3 has earned a respectable reputation when it comes to classic PCs.
Even though nothing can take away the compatibility crown of the Voodoo1 in Dos games, workaround is still possible for games both in Windows9x and probably Dos too for the Voodoo3. It also has excellent VESA compatibility, as been pointed out. And the signal quality is excellent too - unlike the original voodoo1.
Of course, you can go further with a Voodoo4 and Voodoo5, but you start to lose the Win3.x full graphics range support.
What we need now is for some testers to verify the driver working in their Voodoo3s and post the result. It will also be helpful if all the results can be made available - Voodoo3 2000, 3000, 3500.
From the above link, the driver was originally shipped with a Compaq variant.
Unfortunately I don't have my Vodoo3 2000 anymore to test it.