need info on tweeking voodoo5500 pci

[romtech]

i just got a voodoo5500 pci and i am running on a p3-800 i need into on tweeking and overclocking if you can help please help.. links to info sits would be nice... and what fps shoulc i expect in quake3 demo001 with high detales 32bit colour i am getting 78fps dose that sound righ or should it be more my drivers are version 4.12.01.0666 are these the newest ones... and how much can i overclock and still be safe.... thanks in advance

 

[HappyGamer2]

go checkout these sites for all the info ya need:
http://www.voodoosource.net/
http://www.3dxtreme.org/
http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaking.shtml
http://www.3dpulpit.com/
http://www.voodoofiles.com/index.asp
http://www.geocities.com/p3dfx/

 

[HappyGamer2]

as for overclocking, mine won't run above 180, even with extra fans blowing on it, and a well vented case. you may want to add a fan or two. I found adding a slot fan under the card gets the heat out of the case, cheap and easy. I would recomend the the 3dfx 1.04.01 beta drivers, but other are worth looking into
you should give UT a try it will run great in your system

http://www.quake3world.com/info/strategy.html
http://www.comready.com/casescpufan.html
http://www.voodoosource.net/

 

[romtech]

finally is it really worth bothering with HSR... i play many ea sports game quake3 and car games.... so should i bother with it just leave it

 

[HappyGamer2]

i never tried (hsr)and most likely never will. i am more of a eye candy man not a speed man

 

[LuciferHaze]

The HSR drivers are quite immature. I tried them in Quake3:Arena and the texture corruption was awful! Don't bother with them...yet!

 

[ALstonLoong]

em...i was wondering how much can this card be overclock ?

 

[romtech]

i have not done alot of test on overclockin but it seems at 180/180 no problems but i dont get performance ganes ???? i dont know i will play around with it more and see... but there are my articles writtn on voodoo5 overclocking and performance you can chek them out....-

 

[HappyGamer2]

I do get a performance gain when overclocking, quake3 at 1280x1024 x 32 bit max shows a gain when overclocked, it depends on the game, settings(res) and your system.

 

[LuciferHaze]

If you have a fast CPU like a 1.2Ghz Athlon then the Voodoo5 becomes the bottleneck and you will see some improvements via overclocking but with a slower CPU like mine (883Mhz CeleronII) overclocking won't help because here the bottleneck is the CPU.

 

[Mykex]

I noticed visual improvements more than FPS increases OCing my V5 AGP. There are points where it seems to get more colorfull and defined but FPS dont skyrocket by any means.