[Scotty21]

Does my S3 Virge (which is a couple of years old) work with Windows 2000?

2d card: S3 Virge-DX/GX PCI (375/385)

3d card: Diamond Monster II (8MB)

I know 3dfx makes drivers for my 3d card but what about my 2d card?????? Please someone answer my question and will be eternally grateful. Thanks!

[YuppieScum]

The S3 GX/DX PCI is listed in the HCL, so native drivers will be present in W2K.

However, the card is crap, and you'd be well advised to invest $100 or so in something better.



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SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM
SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb
IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem"
Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf)
SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value)
Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

[jonny]

Native drivers were in win9x so they should be in win2k also.

Actually I just posted this to agree with yuppiescum because i have that same card and it does suck. In fact I hate that card. Upgrading should be #1 priority for you. Even if you have to fast for a month. j/k

[Scotty21]

Ya I know I am going to upgrade but I'm waiting until the Voodoo 5 comes out so I can sell my old system to someone who wants a decent system that can run anything you want. Thanks for your help guys!

Scotty

[Maverick494]

Here is where you can find the latest drivers for that card. (even if it does suck like the one I have in my other computer.)

http://www.s3.com/customer_caretechnical_supportdrivers.htm

[PodMan]

Not sure why everyone's so down on scotty about the Virge card. He's only using it for 2D, and I doubt he's running Photoshop or a 21" monitor...

[Scotty21]

hehe..me neither.....Like I said I'm waiting until the voodoo5 but I do run photoshop on a 18". It's hell right now but gotta wait for the new cards to release! damn 3dfx hurry up

Scotty

[PodMan]

Hmmmm... I admire your patience, Scotty.