video drivers for voodoo2 for windows XP?

[Fenixgoon]

do voodoo 2 drivers exist for windows XP? if so, how do they work (and in SLI, too)?

thanks

 

[Ronin]

http://eqlive.station.sony.com/support/...ort/drivers/voodoo3/v3-wxp-notools.zip

You can try those (I don't recall if they work for the V2 or not).

I recalled EQ supporting those cards back in the day, and figured archive.org still had a cache (it did).

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Ronin
http://eqlive.station.sony.com/support/...ort/drivers/voodoo3/v3-wxp-notools.zip

You can try those (I don't recall if they work for the V2 or not).

I recalled EQ supporting those cards back in the day, and figured archive.org still had a cache (it did).

those are for V3 though... what about voodoo2 series?

 

[Ronin]

Did you try them yet? I was almost positive that they packaged them both in there.

 

[Ronin]

You can also try here:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=219

 

[Gamingphreek]

I have a link to a large database of voodoo drivers in the Driver thread towards the bottom.

-Kevin

 

[Fenixgoon]

i don't have a voodoo yet.. i was wondering about driver availability to see whether it'd be worth my while to pick up a voodo2

 

[Gamingphreek]

Why would you buy a Voodoo 2 right now. Do you have some 500mhz computer or something that can use it?

-Kevin

 

[NokiaDude]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
i don't have a voodoo yet.. i was wondering about driver availability to see whether it'd be worth my while to pick up a voodo2

It's not worth it. It'd be better to pick up a Geforce 6200 or even a 5200. The voodoo2 was released WAAAYY before XP and I doubt there'd be XP drivers.

 

[ddogg]

lol ya why do u want to get a voodoo card....do u want to work with it or just as an antique piece?? even if u have a pentium 3 or a pentium 2 u could get a geforce 4MX or even a geforce 2MX, nothing older than that. a voodoo 2 is totally worthless at the moment and i doubt there would be any winxp drivers! u would definetely have a lot of stability issues with it

 

[Malak]

Hell if you are buying old junk, might as well get GOOD old junk. Why not go for something like a voodoo5?

 

[dug777]

lol good luck with that. I had a voodoo2 with xp for a while a few years ago, and driver problems were such a hassle :|

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: ddogg
lol ya why do u want to get a voodoo card....do u want to work with it or just as an antique piece?? even if u have a pentium 3 or a pentium 2 u could get a geforce 4MX or even a geforce 2MX, nothing older than that. a voodoo 2 is totally worthless at the moment and i doubt there would be any winxp drivers! u would definetely have a lot of stability issues with it

for running diablo 2... glide owns everything. i bet you could have an X850 PE and it'd still lose to the voodoo in diablo 2. d2 was meant to be played in glide, so voodoos play it best. i don't want to take out my radeon 9800, so a voodoo pci would make a good pci video card.

 

[Slick5150]

Well just remember you'd also need another video card as well to handle the 2D graphics as the Voodoo 2 was only a 3D accelerator, not a full graphics card.

 

[MonkeyWrench4000]

Doesnt Windows XP have a 2D compatible driver built in its driver database?

 

[RajunCajun]

Voodoo Files for 3DFX!

I'm surprised that people here forgot about this site. Loads of drivers, from the original official drivers to those modded to work with XP. Available for ALL 3DFX cards and operating systems. And not just Voodoo cards - drivers for many older cards can be found here.