Voodoo 4 4500 vs Voodoo 3 3000 PCI

[Duckers]

I saw a voodoo 4 4500 PCI at CompUSA for $150.

The Voodoo 3 3000 and 2000 PCI both cost $100 - $30 mail in rebate.

I would assume that the voodoo 4 4500 is better than the voodoo 3 3000. Should I spend those $50 or is it like I won't even see a difference?

 

[Maverick2002]

all 3dfx cards after v3 suck when it comes to d3d/open gl games.........only glide games are ok
why dont you spend that $150 and get a geforce2mx? for that $$ you can get one RETAIL, with tv-out and crt support, mebbe even a dual head when it comes out

 

[Czar]

Yes you should get a Voodoo4 4500 over a Voodoo3 3000... but you should also loook at GeForce2 MX and Radeon SDR, they are both better and cost about the same.

 

[Duckers]

I need to install the video card on a motherboard that has onboard video (yes, it sucks).
AGP is not an option 🙁

I also heard that the GeForce 2 MX PCI is not as good as the AGP version...

 

[toph99]

go for the voodoo4

though i have a voodoo3 2000PCI 143@175, and it's just now starting to show it's inadequacy in some games

 

[NFS4]

nevermind, didn't read the whole question

 

[4824guy]

Don't get the MX2 pci version, it is a poor performer comparing to its AGP conterpart.

The v4 should perform alot better than the v3, so I suggest you spend the extra money and get that one.

 

[Cosmic_Horror]

anyone have a link that compares a geforce MX PCI with Voodoo3 or V4 4500 PCI?

 

[Soccerman]

"all 3dfx cards after v3 suck when it comes to d3d/open gl games.........only glide games are ok"

care to back that up?

I'm wondering where you heard it, becuase of 3dfx's great driver support, their cards are just as good at OpenGL games as nVidia's (though their drivers probably don't support all the features, to the extent that nVidia cards do, becuause nVidia has alot of openGL engineers), and are BETTER AFAIK at Direct X then nVidia (look how the Geforce stuttered in UT).