Radeon LE vs Voodoo 3 3000

[RC159]

I know the LE cost more, but is it a better buy than the V3 3000?
I borrowed a friends V3 3000 and its way better than the Diamond stealth S540 32 meg PCI I just sold. In quake benchmark the Voodoo scored a 70 fps the stealth only 27 fps. Same difference in the 3dmark bench, voodoo scored a 3150, stealth 1340. Will the LE perform better than the V3? Is the LE worth the extra 30 bucks? Please help me make a decision. I've got to give this V3 back tomorrow and all I have until I get me a new one in is a 1 megger, yea a 1 megger. Dont that sound depressing? So give me some advice quick! Thanks

 

[yellowperil]

Does your mobo have an AGP slot? I'm pretty sure the LE would swamp the V3 in just about anything.

 

[jobberd]

so you're buying either a V3 3000, or a Radeon LE?

Definitely go for the LE. 1: you're going to see a large performance increase switching over, simply compare the review benchmarks. 2: You'll be playing in 32 bit colour, which is going to look much better. 3: No more drivers from 3dfx + no 32 bit colour = much less product lifetime compared to the Radeon LE, which still plays todays games fairly well, and has excellent 2d. oh and 4: it also comes with FSAA, which you might enjoy

 

[Shooters]

It's definitely worth the extra money. There's a hack you can do to essentially make it a full blown 32MB Radeon that will spank a Voodoo3.

Edit: here's the link to the AT review about the card and how to hack it.

 

[Duvie]

I agree...reg edit or firmware flash it to the retail 32mb ddr and this should give you near gts scores, and I know personally my v3 card was real lame compared to my le...

 

[CromNogger]

For a small price the Radeon LE is a very kickass card, and definitely outperforms the Voodoo III. But, the Voodoo III is still a very good card, still good bang for the buck, and if you're satisfied with the card and the 70fps, I wouldn't bother wasting a cent on a new video card.

 

[Eug]

I like the V3 better in Unreal Tournament. I like the LE better in everything else. I have owned a V3 2000 @ 179 MHz and an LE-->DDR @ 185 MHz.

Some impressive numbers from that Radeon here. I did this on a Celeron 880 in Windows 2000.

 

[RC159]

Wow, Yall are fast. Thanks for making up my mind. I'm heading on over to newegg right now to get a Radeon LE. Oh yea one more thing, How do I overclock a 1 meg video card? THANKS