Trident Blade3D 9880

The Trident Blade 3D 9880 was a late 2D/3D graphics accelerator released in 1998.

	Released	1998
	Bus	AGP 2x / AGP Pro
	Standards	MDA, Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA
	Memory	4 MB or 8 MB SGRAM or SDRAM (125 MHz)
	RAMDAC	Internal
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Much better than its forebear, the 9750, but still not a fast card.

Cards that used the Blade 9880 chipset include:

• VideoExcel Blade3D

 

Competition

 

In the Media

 

Setting it Up

Downloads

Blade3D 9880 Datasheet 1998 Get in touch if you can provide this missing item!	Windows 9x Driver 21st Oct 1999 Windows 95 / 98 drivers for Blade3D PCI and AGP. Includes Trident TV support	Windows 9x Driver 4th Jul 2000 Windows 95 / 98 drivers for Blade3D PCI and AGP. Includes Trident TV support
Windows NT 4 Driver Feb 1999 Windows NT 4.0 drivers for Blade3D. PCI and AGP.	Windows 2000 Alpha Drivers v5.00.2128.0031, 30th Sep 1999 Alpha audio drivers for Blade3D for Windows 2000. Includes Trident TV support

 

More Pictures

A Trident Blade3D 9880 card, pics courtesy of DOS Days contributor, targeted.

VideoExcel Blade3D, pics courtesy of DOS Days contributor Thiago Perroni