Highend version with 8MB VRAM support and enhanced RAMDAC.
ViRGE = Video and Rendering Graphics Engine. Prices: $299 - Diamond Stealth 3D 3000, $349 - Elsa Winner 3000-M.
Palcal's cards:
Elsa Winner 3000-M-22 have unusual 2MB VRAM and 2MB EDO memory config.
Zaatharen's card:
Vlask's card:
Demiurge's card:
Diamond drivers:
Additional Info
- Made by: S3
- Codename: 86C988
- Bus: PCI
- Memory Size: 2MB, 4MB
- Max Memory Size: 8MB
- Memory Type: VRAM, EDO
- Year: 1996
- Announce Date: Monday, 13 November 1995
- Card Type: VGA
- Family: ViRGE
- Process tech: 500nm
- Made in: Korea
- Owned by: Vlask, Palcal, Zaatharen, Demiurge
- Outputs: 15 pin D‐sub, RCA/CINCH, S-Video
- Price $: 349
- Video Acceleration: MPEG-1 (VCD)
- DirectX: DX3/5
- Other API: S3 S3D
- Core Clock (MHz): 55
- Core: 64bit
- Effective Memory Clock (MHz): 55
- Memory Bus Width: 64bit
- Memory Bandwidth (MB/s): 440
- Pixel Pipelines: 1
- Texture Units: 1
- Sold by: DiamondELSAmiroSTB
- Ramdac (MHz): 220
- OpenGL/D3D report: Txt
- Press info: Freelibrary
- Press info: S3
- Press info: S3
- Wikipedia: Wiki
- Review: Vintage3D
- Review: PC Mag
- Info: S3
- Info: retro.swarm
- Info: PCTuning (czech)
- Drivers: Vintage3D
- Drivers: Vogonsdrivers
- Documentation: Databook
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