Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2020-08-03, 18:04:
Ordered an S3 Virge DX 4MB and an LC Power 550W PSU today.
The Virge will be mainly used for 2D DOS gaming, but I'm also a bit curious how S3D games like Terminal Velocity and Tomb Raider will work on it.
The PSU will hopefully allow my AthlonXP rig to run at higher clock speeds. It seems to have 40A on the 5V rail, so I should be all set.
i managed to get S3D terminal velocity running last night. beware. it is a nightmare. I'm running a diamond stealth pro 2000 4mb (virge DX).
the s3d versions of these games expect the 325 core (original virge, not gx/dx/gx2 etc) so you need to run a TSR and special launcher to run the games. I must have spent about 2 hours trying to get it working in Win95, but only just managed to get Terminal Velocity running in DOS. to complicate things, i found 2 different sets of TSRs/launcher fix exes. One was a zip called "s3dtool" and another "s3dpatch". both have similar files but one has extra win9x vxd drivers.
under DOS - in theory, run the TSR, then run the game's exe via the fix.
ie, "C:\Games\TV3D\S3DSRVR.exe
C:\Games\TV3d\S3DRUN.EXE TV.EXE"
this is what the readme says... but I'm almost certain that I loaded the exe via the TSR - C:\games\TV3d\s3dsrvr tv.exe
It was 2am so i was pretty flat by that stage. I'll double check it tonight; gonna try to run Descent 2 and Actua Soccer.
i was blown away with how well terminal velocity ran in svga 640x480, maybe 5-10fps less than what i'd get at 320x200 res in my 166mmx. it did screw up with z-fighting a few times but it can be fixed by entering a 2d menu and back again.