I was bored and saw a Voodoo5 5500 pci for macintosh at Computergeeks for $79. Being unresourceful with my money I ordered it.
The flash to PC went smoothly. Put it into PCI # 2 (Asus P3V4X), Diamond v770 in agp. Used a flashkit from either voodoosource or v3info (can't recall). Flashed it, pulled the agp card, rebooted and installed 1.04.01 drivers.
Results? I mostly works fine, mostly.
2d is fine.
3d works fine, speeds are as expected. FSAA works.
3d quality has an issue. It looks like either a refresh or timing issue. For example, in Unrealtournament the vertical edges of menu windows look jagged/fuzzy. Like the horizontal lines aren't lined up and are moving around a bit. It's just noticeable enough to be annoying. I've placed a poor quality picture of a zoomed in menubox edge in UT here. See how the blue menu is "wavey".
Here is a list of all the things i've changed that haven't fixed it :
+tried bios versions : 1.00, 1.11, 1.18, 1.18modified
+tried single chip mode
+tried enabling and disabling vsync in D3D, Glide (and openGL)...both the drivers and the application
+tried different monitor
+Underclocked to 150MHz
+disabled "refresh optimization" and seleced "VIA chipset" to compatability
+switched the "GTF" key in registry (for the voodoo) to 1 (i dunno why, but it looked like it had something to do with timing), same thing so switched it back.
note : switching to 4x4 fsaa doesn't make it any better, and yet 2d looks good. that means it has to be some refresh/monitor timing/vsync issue. i think i'll do a fresh format and try again later. geeze, i coulda spent $50 more and saved a few hours 🙂
Hmmm. so close, yet so far.
Comments?, Suggestions?, was I dumb for trying this? Anyone else with a flashed mac card see this result? your feedback is welcome.
The flash to PC went smoothly. Put it into PCI # 2 (Asus P3V4X), Diamond v770 in agp. Used a flashkit from either voodoosource or v3info (can't recall). Flashed it, pulled the agp card, rebooted and installed 1.04.01 drivers.
Results? I mostly works fine, mostly.
2d is fine.
3d works fine, speeds are as expected. FSAA works.
3d quality has an issue. It looks like either a refresh or timing issue. For example, in Unrealtournament the vertical edges of menu windows look jagged/fuzzy. Like the horizontal lines aren't lined up and are moving around a bit. It's just noticeable enough to be annoying. I've placed a poor quality picture of a zoomed in menubox edge in UT here. See how the blue menu is "wavey".
Here is a list of all the things i've changed that haven't fixed it :
+tried bios versions : 1.00, 1.11, 1.18, 1.18modified
+tried single chip mode
+tried enabling and disabling vsync in D3D, Glide (and openGL)...both the drivers and the application
+tried different monitor
+Underclocked to 150MHz
+disabled "refresh optimization" and seleced "VIA chipset" to compatability
+switched the "GTF" key in registry (for the voodoo) to 1 (i dunno why, but it looked like it had something to do with timing), same thing so switched it back.
note : switching to 4x4 fsaa doesn't make it any better, and yet 2d looks good. that means it has to be some refresh/monitor timing/vsync issue. i think i'll do a fresh format and try again later. geeze, i coulda spent $50 more and saved a few hours 🙂
Hmmm. so close, yet so far.
Comments?, Suggestions?, was I dumb for trying this? Anyone else with a flashed mac card see this result? your feedback is welcome.
