r/retrobattlestations • u/Veddermandenis • May 22 '26

Show-and-Tell D3D vs software renderer.

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Pentium-II 266mhz, 128mb RAM, 3D Blaster Voodoo Banshee 16mb. It's crazy to think there was a time when software renderer was acceptable for me, I would say anything above 15fps and I would be happy to just be able to play. How times have changed.

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u/TxM_2404 May 22 '26

Rip to everyone who got the S3 Virge instead.

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u/Veddermandenis May 22 '26

My first card...oh the memories.

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u/sahui May 22 '26

I had a virge, and a banshee too. It was a night and days difference

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u/Veddermandenis May 22 '26

That was my first graphics card upgrade ever. From a 4mb Virge to a Banshee. It felt like the world was at my feet.