RetroCompaqGuy | Creative 3D Blaster VLB on a 486 - All supported games montage @vetzRetro | Uploaded March 2013 | Updated October 2024, 29 minutes ago.
The Creative 3D Blaster VLB released November 1995 as one of the earliest 3D accelerators and the only consumer 3D accelerator available with the local bus interface most common in 486 systems. It was markedet as an upgrade alternative to a new Pentium system for 486 users. Recommended specs for the 3D Blaster VLB is the DX4 running at 100mhz, but the games in this video are running on a faster system:
AMD Am5x86-P75 133mhz @ 160mhz (roughly equal to a Pentium 75 in a Socket 7 board with Intel chipset)
Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 motherboard
32 MB FPM RAM
Creative 3D Blaster VLB
Tseng Labs ET4000AX 1MB ISA videocard
Creative Soundblaster AWE32 CT2760
Expect this to almost be as good as it gets with the 3D Blaster VLB, unless you have a Socket 5 board with VLB. Thanks to keropi for helping with me with a new BIOS for the motherboard.
The following games are shown:
- Hi-Octane
- Battle Race (not shown correctly, missing 1.01 patch)
- Magic Carpet Plus
- Battle Arena Toshinden
- Rebel Moon
- Flight Unlimited
- NASCAR Racing
- Fatal Racing / Whiplash
- Euro 96
- Actua Soccer (not running in accelerated mode!)
Video is not VGA capture, as the 3D Blaster VLB did not want to sync with my VGA capture card. Footage is captured directly from my Dell IPS LED monitor. Sorry, but it was the best I could do. EDIT: I've later been able to acquire a better capture card: youtube.com/watch?v=HunGvGcpbJ4
Music from Hi-Octane. Captured with Roland SC-55mkII. Download available here:
dl.dropbox.com/u/57506833/files/Hi-Octane%20Shanghai%20Track%20-%20Roland%20SC55mkII.mp3
The Creative 3D Blaster VLB released November 1995 as one of the earliest 3D accelerators and the only consumer 3D accelerator available with the local bus interface most common in 486 systems. It was markedet as an upgrade alternative to a new Pentium system for 486 users. Recommended specs for the 3D Blaster VLB is the DX4 running at 100mhz, but the games in this video are running on a faster system:
AMD Am5x86-P75 133mhz @ 160mhz (roughly equal to a Pentium 75 in a Socket 7 board with Intel chipset)
Asus VL/I-486SV2GX4 motherboard
32 MB FPM RAM
Creative 3D Blaster VLB
Tseng Labs ET4000AX 1MB ISA videocard
Creative Soundblaster AWE32 CT2760
Expect this to almost be as good as it gets with the 3D Blaster VLB, unless you have a Socket 5 board with VLB. Thanks to keropi for helping with me with a new BIOS for the motherboard.
The following games are shown:
- Hi-Octane
- Battle Race (not shown correctly, missing 1.01 patch)
- Magic Carpet Plus
- Battle Arena Toshinden
- Rebel Moon
- Flight Unlimited
- NASCAR Racing
- Fatal Racing / Whiplash
- Euro 96
- Actua Soccer (not running in accelerated mode!)
Video is not VGA capture, as the 3D Blaster VLB did not want to sync with my VGA capture card. Footage is captured directly from my Dell IPS LED monitor. Sorry, but it was the best I could do. EDIT: I've later been able to acquire a better capture card: youtube.com/watch?v=HunGvGcpbJ4
Music from Hi-Octane. Captured with Roland SC-55mkII. Download available here:
dl.dropbox.com/u/57506833/files/Hi-Octane%20Shanghai%20Track%20-%20Roland%20SC55mkII.mp3
