Copy and paste from 3dfxzone.it:

SAGE is a new OpenGL driver from our Daniel Borca: its code is not based on Mesa nor it is based on OpenGL Sample Implementation code but it just reflects a idea of author about implementing a clean vertex engine. This project was written completely on a Slackware Linux machine, but there is a Windows version available too.

These are the main functionalities:

   * Fast 3DNow! and SSE support;
   * Texture rescaling for cards that don't support large textures;
   * Vertex buffers support;
   * EXT_texture_env_combine emulation for cards that don't support it.

So the goal of SAGE OpenGL driver is to extend old hardware compatibility, like 3dfx Voodoo2 card, with some newer OpenGL games and to improve OpenGL rendering of last 3dfx cards like Voodoo4/5 series. We have tested Unreal Tournament for Windows via OpenGL with this new opengl32.dll library using a 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 card: well, running the game at 32 bit color depth we got a superior image quality than by GLide mode with a small (and acceptable) frames fall.

SAGE supports these 3dfx cards: Voodoo Graphics, Voodoo Rush, Voodoo2, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, Voodoo4 and Voodoo5. Just you try it and report your feedback in our forums to allow us new improvements and software updates.

Good luck, 3dfx users.



Download Sage 0.9.0 [Voodoo1/2/3/Banshee]:http://www.3dfxzone.it/monitor/am/go.asp?url=115

Download Sage 1.9.0 [Voodoo4/5]:http://www.3dfxzone.it/monitor/am/go.asp?url=116

hmm thanx for the post this week I will try it on my Voodoo5 6000 AGP 128MB Rev.A 3700 and see what it will bring up :)

Just an example by a 3dfxzone user with Voodoo 5 5500 (I don't know resolution and cpu):

Quake III map Q3CTF2 without SAGE --> 26/56 fps

Quake III map Q3CTF2 with SAGE --> 60/99 fps


SAGE seems to be very fast, Daniel Borca is always the best, yeah!:D

hmm got some benches of that?

AMigaMerlin has more Image Quallity and AmigaMerlin3.1 R11 with Wicked 3D is the best known sollution afaik.

SAGE driver has to be used like MesaFX (don't remove Amigamerlin), just put opengl32.dll and dxtn.dll in the game folder, try with and without SAGE and post your comment. :)

nice i so gotta try world of warcraft with these on my Voodoo 4 4500 :P

I just tried it out in call of duty multi-player, very very good, makes a big difference,  ty, im using a v4 4500 agp and its made a big improvment in this game.......3dfx forever baby.......

oh okay I thought it was a whole driver the name it's self sounded so new hehe.

anyways if something works I find it very hard to change, but I will test these this week ;)

Thanx for the thumbs up and everyone else also.  8)

I tried CODMP Brecourt Timedemo.

With sage + dxtn I get 12.2fps. with MesaFX more than 16fps

(1024x768, everything maxed, but texture and character details @ high. System: XP@2.4GHz, Voodoo5 PCI@178MHz)

New SAGE 0.9.2 from Daniel Borca, you can download it here:

http://www.geocities.com/dborca/opengl/sage.html

I'm confused. What OS does this driver work on? Does it work with Voodoo 3500 tv cards? Do you have to have other 3rd party drivers installed at the same time? If so, running on a PIII with Win98se using the latest microsoft officially supported drivers, how would I go about installing this? Does it work on XP too?

SAGE driver is like MesaFX, you can use it in 98, ME, 2000, XP.

SAGE don't replace your actually driver set, it must be extracted in the main folder (main .exe folder) of game or application you want test, that's all.

New sage version (0.92) refuses to run COD on my Voodoo5. Any ideas?