Voodoo3 3000 reviews w/ newer games???

[FFactory0x]

Are there any Voodoo3000 16mb agp reivews of the card being used with newer games?

 

[boyla001]

I don't think so...

*runs and hold v3, praying there may*

 

[Robor]

Not trying to be rude but why would you expect anyone to waste their time using such old technology to review a new game? They were great cards in their day (especially the original Unreal). That said, glide is dead and so is the Voodoo series. My old V3-3000 is currently running in my mom's PC and the reason is she doesn't do any 3D gaming.

 

[FFactory0x]

Well then why show reviews on V4 and v5's huh? I just wanted to find out because i remember is ran max payne fine on it

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: FFactory0x
Well then why show reviews on V4 and v5's huh? I just wanted to find out because i remember is ran max payne fine on it

16-bit colour, no DirectX 8 (or 7 for that matter) effects on, etc. I think the V3 also has a max of 256Kb X 256Kb textures, which many modern games exceed. I may be wrong on this, however...

The Voodoo3 isn't reviewed because you can't turn on any new effects in modern games with it. Eye candy is half the fun .

 

[atlr]

FFactory0x,

I have been curious about the same thing. I have a Voodoo3 3000 laying around somewhere and thought about putting together various parts into a system for my sister.

I think the only way we will find out is to try various games ourselves and post the results.

The most comprehensive benchmark of recent games I have found is one from earlier this year on Tom's Hardware but it lacks 3dfx parts. http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030120/vgacharts-02.html#aquanox

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: FFactory0x
Well then why show reviews on V4 and v5's huh? I just wanted to find out because i remember is ran max payne fine on it

A Voodoo3 3000 ran Max Payne fine? I'm sorry but I find that hard to believe. When you say fine what resolution, detail setting, and frame rate are you talking about? The simple reason a V3 isn't being reviewed is it can't run modern games well.

 

[edmundoab]

it worked great for me in diablo II and counter strike a couple of years back...
sigh, those days...

 

[FFactory0x]

800x600 and medium detail. I swear. Yea, it played cs fine along with awesome UT

 

[clicknext]

It's not being made anymore, so there's no chance that anyone would bother to review it.

 

[Is]

voodoofiles.com has a lot of tweaked drivers and such that allow 3dfx cards to do things they normally wouldn't be able to do. They also have a great forum to help others along.

I personally use 2 Voodoo 2's in SLI mode (alongside what will very soon be a 9800 pro). They don't use the AGP slot and they have a pass-thru cable so you don't have to mess with a multi-vga adaptor or anything. I've also got an old intergraph voodoo rush and I'm going to acquire another 3dfx card for free soon, but I don't know what kind yet. What can I say, I have a soft spot for those old games.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024

Originally posted by: FFactory0x
Well then why show reviews on V4 and v5's huh? I just wanted to find out because i remember is ran max payne fine on it

16-bit colour, no DirectX 8 (or 7 for that matter) effects on, etc. I think the V3 also has a max of 256Kb X 256Kb textures, which many modern games exceed. I may be wrong on this, however...

The Voodoo3 isn't reviewed because you can't turn on any new effects in modern games with it. Eye candy is half the fun .

Actually the voodoo3 3000 (I still have one) is directX7 certified.

I played lots of games on it. The last games I played on it were MDK2 and Serious Sam 1 & 2.

 

[Pete]

Perhaps you mean DX7 compatible, but likely not compliant. I think the V5 was only DX7, so the V3 must be less compliant. Heck, the V3 was basically a hotrodded V2, which itself was basically a hotrodded V1--and how old are those cards?

 

[Matt84]

The Voodoo 3 3000 is a Direct X 6 card. It is essentially a high powered Banshee with a second texture unit. It is Direct X 7 compatible but Im not sure if complient. I know the last official V3 drivers from 3dfx only worked if you had Direct X 7 or higher installed, they wouldn't work with direct X 6.

I wouldn't worry about playing new games on the V3. On my old P3 system my TNT2 Pro bit the dust while I was playing RTCW so I just installed my old V3 (from the same era as the TNT2) and it barely ran the game and the texture quality was appauling due to the 256K texture limit. Just look at the RTCW loading screen when compared to the same screen on a remotely modern card and you will certainly see what I mean.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: SpeedKing
The Voodoo 3 3000 is a Direct X 6 card. It is essentially a high powered Banshee with a second texture unit. It is Direct X 7 compatible but Im not sure if complient. I know the last official V3 drivers from 3dfx only worked if you had Direct X 7 or higher installed, they wouldn't work with direct X 6.

I wouldn't worry about playing new games on the V3. On my old P3 system my TNT2 Pro bit the dust while I was playing RTCW so I just installed my old V3 (from the same era as the TNT2) and it barely ran the game and the texture quality was appauling due to the 256K texture limit. Just look at the RTCW loading screen when compared to the same screen on a remotely modern card and you will certainly see what I mean.

The v3 3000 is not a hopped up Banshee.

They are/were 2 completely different things. The voodoo Rush chipset was no where near as good as the V3 and is not related to the V3.

However, a V3 is not a good idea for today's new games. A 16 meg card without system ram for textures (basically a PCI card with an AGP interface) is not going to do a good job here.

I am, though, intrigued with new drivers at Voodoo Files.

 

[rbV5]

Well then why show reviews on V4 and v5's huh?

They are?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

The Voodoo 3 3000 is dead. No longer is the product being made, the company that produced it no longer exists not to mention there has been a generation of boards released after the Voodoo 3 (ie Voodoo 4 and 5) of which those boards aren't even really reviewed much at all because they are even so outdated. It's the same reason why we don't see GeForce 3s being benched, heck, with the new "GeForce 5s" (FX), these are the new cards of nVidia available today that aren't so widely distributed yet and need to be tested. Heck, we don't even see much of the GeForce 4 or Radeon 8500 being tested anymore, there are many new cards that have come to replace them, some of which are already in the process of going. Heck, it won't be long until the mighty 9700 Pro fades away into a long forgotten yesterday, and yet we have some who wonder why there are no Voodoo 3 3000 reviews for today?

The card is ancient and is impractical. Should you even be able to find one anywhere for sale, chances are the money you might end up spending on it could be spent on a far superior GeForce 2 GTS/Pro or even a GeForce 3 which are old cards in their own right. Not only can we assume the Voodoo 3 is too old to even consider trying to play a new game the way it should be played (ie no fuzzy, beer-google, slideshow), we can also assume there are very few gamers with a Voodoo 3 looking to play new games let alone users who are looking to buy a card that would have dire need for what a Voodoo 3 might be good for, of which the only thing I could think of would be for really old Glide based games of which a Voodoo 4 or 5 would be MUCH better for and would defeat the purpose of reviewing the Voodoo 3 on new games if the user wants to play old games...

 

[selfbuilt]

I upgrade my son's Voodoo3 3000 when Jedi Knight II came out (it just couldn't display the textures well enough). Even my contemporary Matrox G400 16MB ran modern games better than the Voodoo. I upgrade the Voodoo to a GeForce 2 Ti (DirectX 7 card), and the difference was unbelievable. Since the cheapest thing available today (GeF4 MX) is about equivalent to that old GeF2 Ti, I'd recommend any upgrade if possible. Modern games of the last 2 years really aren't very playable on the Voodoo, I'm afraid.