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Trident 3DImage 9750

The Trident 3DImage 9750 was a cost-effective 2D/3D graphics accelerator released in 1998 for the PCI and AGP 1x bus.


 Released 1998
Bus PCI or AGP 1x
Standards MDA, Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA
Memory 2 MB or 4 MB SGRAM (64-bit data path)
RAMDAC Internal (230 MHz)
Price When New 1998: $65 (4 MB)
July 1999: $39 (4 MB)

A budget AGP graphics chipset with very limited 3D acceleration capability. It retailed for around half what a standard 3D AGP graphics accelerator would have cost back in 1998.

Cards based on this Trident chipset usually also had a TV-out feature able to display 640 x 480 on a standard television. With the full 4 MB of RAM installed, screen resolutions of up to 1600 x 1200 at 24-bit colour depths were possible with refresh rates from 60 Hz up to 200 Hz.

Cards that used the 3DImage9750 chipset include:

  • Fastware AG110C
  • Fastware AG110G (FCC ID: VGA AG110G)
  • Daytona 64T
  • TD975J Rev.A
  • Trident Microsystems HK9211 Rev.B2 (TD975A)
  • Trident Microsystems HKG9211 Rev.D2
  • UNION TD975A
  • Chronos ST-975A Rev.C

 

Competition

 

In the Media

Anandtech reviewed the card and concluded with this:

"Performance wise, the Trident 9750 does its job, nothing more, nothing less. You get much more than you pay for with this card, however don't expect it to turn heads as you benchmark the board against the competition.   Reaching performance no-where near that of the Millennium II or Riva 128 cards, the Trident 9750 is probably best fit as a cheap solution to use with a 3D-only accelerator, such as the Voodoo2."     
Anandtech, April 1998

 

Setting it Up


Downloads

3DImage 9750 Datasheet
1998

Trident 3D Image 9750 Graphics Accelerator datasheet

3DImage 9750 Manual
1998

Trident 3D Image 9750 Graphics Accelerator

DOS Utilities and Drivers
Version 1.2

Trident TVGAUTIL pack and DOS application drivers for 3DImage 9750. Includes TV output util(s)

Windows 9x Driver
v6.20.6543h

Windows 95 / 98 drivers for 3DImage 9750 PCI/AGP

Windows 9x Driver
v6.45.5423, 25th Sep 1998

Windows 95 / 98 drivers for 3DImage 9750 PCI/AGP and 3DImage 9850 AGP

Windows 9x Driver
v6.45.5423a.98, 8th Oct 1998

Windows 95 / 98 drivers for 3DImage 9750

Windows 9x Driver
v6.45.5424.98

Windows 95 / 98 drivers for 3DImage 9750 PCI/AGP and 3DImage 9850 AGP

Windows NT 4 Driver

Windows NT 4.0 driver for 3DImage 9750 PCI/AGP and 3DImage 9850 AGP

OS/2 Warp Driver

OS/2 Warp driver for 3DImage 9750 PCI/AGP and 3DImage 9850 AGP

 

More Pictures


Fastware AG110G AGP card, pics courtesy of DOS Days contributor, targeted.


Another 3DImage 9750 AGP 1x card, pic courtesy of DOS Days contributor Thiago Perroni

 

This page was last updated on 5th August 2026.