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Randy Olan <rolan@ibm.net> wrote in article
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> Hi,
> 
> I've been reading quite a few articles on 3D graphics
> cards lately and of course all the testing is done for
> Windows 95.  I'd like to know whether anyone have had
> any experience with using any 3D card with OS/2 Warp 4.0.
> 
> I'm particularly interested in getting a S3 based card
> using the 3D Virge chip, mainly for the price.  I've
> heard the Matrox Millenium and Mystique have good OS/2
> drivers, but I haven't heard anything about S3 3D Virge
> based cards.

OS/2 has absolute no support for 3D hardware.  I guess this would make OS/2
too "kitchen toppie like".  

Definitely stay clear of any Rendition based boards -- it's not that the
chips is
bad, it's just that there are no OS/2 drivers available for them, and
Rendition
isn't going to make any (Before the 'OS/2 lemmings' fire off on this,
crying out
that this is obviously part of the Microsoft-conspiracy, please take an 
economics course at your local community college first.  Thank you.)

S3 has among the best OS/2 support there is.  There are ViRGE drivers
available
(although they are only for the 2D aspect -- OpenGL support would be a
waste
of time being S3's 3D support isn't all that great) from www.s3.com.  The
Matrox
boards' 3D acceleration is not even worth mentioning.

If you want good 3D and like the board you have now, get a VooDoo based
board.
It works beside your current video board, and delivers the best
performance. 

Before buying a 3D board, however, you should note that more and more of
the
new 3D games are Win95 native (GLQuake for example) and of the DOS
accelerated games, few work under OS/2.  OS/2 simply is not a viable
platform
for games anymore (Like it ever was, but it's gotten beyond tolerable) 
IMO, you
should factor in the cost of Windows95 (for use with Boot Manager...OS/2 is
still
good for office related things) into your new 3D card, if you don't all
ready own
it that is.  

-Dave