Voodoo 1 drivers for Windows XP x64.

BassBomb

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i used to hate my voodoo2 ... just because it needed like special drivers for every game i played :(
 

krotchy

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*waits for Doom 1 x64 so the Voodoo 1 can blast that baby out like theres no tomorrow*

While I find it impressive he got that to work, I cant help but wonder how this could be useful... ever.
 

Rage187

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Originally posted by: krotchy
*waits for Doom 1 x64 so the Voodoo 1 can blast that baby out like theres no tomorrow*

While I find it impressive he got that to work, I cant help but wonder how this could be useful... ever.

people climb mountains because they are there and they can; I would guess this is along the same lines.
 

Schadenfroh

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Dang, those are some diehard 3dfx fanboys if they still use one of those things and run XP64.........
 

nanaki333

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the same reason people try to get linux to run on every and anything. because they can!
 

sandorski

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Dang, those are some diehard 3dfx fanboys if they still use one of those things and run XP64.........

hehe, yup. My Voodoo 5 5500 worked fine in WinXP due to the fanboys who continued writing Drivers for it. Just more proof to the awesomeness of the Legend of 3DFX. :)
 

Auric

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Wouldn't one do better with a wrapper and just about any dumpster card from the last decade? I mean the nerdy thrill at actually getting the original hardware running has got to wear off as soon as you witness the poor performance and quality. At least with a wrapper on any semi-modern card the performance would not be an issue and indeed the quality would be better even given the limits of the original renderer; no Blur-O-Vision VGA pass-through at the very least... unless that is seen as a "plus" for authenticity ;)
 

SonicIce

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Originally posted by: Auric
Wouldn't one do better with a wrapper and just about any dumpster card from the last decade? I mean the nerdy thrill at actually getting the original hardware running has got to wear off as soon as you witness the poor performance and quality. At least with a wrapper on any semi-modern card the performance would not be an issue and indeed the quality would be better even given the limits of the original renderer; no Blur-O-Vision VGA pass-through at the very least... unless that is seen as a "plus" for authenticity ;)

Yes the nostolgia wears off pretty quick. My Voodoo 3 picture quality is just as clear as any card, though. Wrappers are nice for a few games.

An XP64 driver seems kind of useless anyway though since there are quite a few games that only run on Windows 98. This also defeats wrappers. What are you, like the Link 19 of 3Dfx? :p