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N3 and ATI Rage Pro Turbo

bph..

N3 and ATI Rage Pro Turbo

by bph.. » Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:00:00

There are drivers that are said to work by many ppl at www.rageon.com
They are the special purpose Q3 UNSUPPORTED drivers.  Ppl say the
groove is too dark but they work.



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Goy Larse

N3 and ATI Rage Pro Turbo

by Goy Larse » Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:00:00


It's very easy actually, the 3Dfx Voodoo1 and Voodoo2 cards are
something as rare as a dedicated 3D card, it has no 2D function at all,
and as such will sit happily next to just about any video card you may
have in your computer, there was some issues with some S3 cards at one
point, but you needn't worry about that

So no need for special configs or anything, just plug it in, put the
pass-through cable from your existing vid card to the V2 card (the V1 is
really not up to the task any more) and plug the monitor in the V2 card,
install the drivers and you have the best of both worlds, you can even
use to V2 cards together to get even better speed, cool solution eh, too
bad 3Dfx dropped it

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

bph..

N3 and ATI Rage Pro Turbo

by bph.. » Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:00:00

They didnt drop it.  They still make them.  Called voodoo2-1000 I think.




> > So inform this illiterate.....what do I do to make 2 card work
together???
> > Are you saying I can buy a 2nd card to run in the same system?
> > And which one do I plug the monitor into?
> > Does this require some kind of dual config and rebooting to swich
adaptors?

> It's very easy actually, the 3Dfx Voodoo1 and Voodoo2 cards are
> something as rare as a dedicated 3D card, it has no 2D function at
all,
> and as such will sit happily next to just about any video card you may
> have in your computer, there was some issues with some S3 cards at one
> point, but you needn't worry about that

> So no need for special configs or anything, just plug it in, put the
> pass-through cable from your existing vid card to the V2 card (the V1
is
> really not up to the task any more) and plug the monitor in the V2
card,
> install the drivers and you have the best of both worlds, you can even
> use to V2 cards together to get even better speed, cool solution eh,
too
> bad 3Dfx dropped it

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy

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Goy Larse

N3 and ATI Rage Pro Turbo

by Goy Larse » Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:00:00


> They didnt drop it.  They still make them.  Called voodoo2-1000 I think.

Correct, but they dropped it for the next generation of cards, as much
as I loved my V2's, there are cards out today that outperforms them in a
fairly big way

I wish they would have made a V3 version in 3D only, I have a V3 3500
now, but I'm looking to replace that with......something, but I also
need a 3Dfx card of some sort for GPL, so I'm looking for a Quantum
Obsidian to go alongside whatever I choose, I don't have room for a SLI
setup anymore...

The V1/2 cards was an excellent choice for those with "onboard" graphics
cards as well, so easy to add to whatever you ran before, and they sold
tons of them, hard to understand why they didn't keep this alongside
their 2d/3d range of cards

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

Peter Hoope

N3 and ATI Rage Pro Turbo

by Peter Hoope » Sun, 13 Feb 2000 04:00:00

How would a Voodoo 1 card perform in GPL in a PIII 600, 128MB system??
I have an NVIDIA TNT2 32MB card in this but was wondering if it would be
worth trying my very first 3DFX card in it just for GPL. Haven't been able
to find a Voodoo 2 card over here in the UK to sit alongsode it. I am more
than happy with the TNT2 but would just like to compare it's performance
with the Voodoo.

Peter Hooper



> > So inform this illiterate.....what do I do to make 2 card work
together???
> > Are you saying I can buy a 2nd card to run in the same system?
> > And which one do I plug the monitor into?
> > Does this require some kind of dual config and rebooting to swich
adaptors?

> It's very easy actually, the 3Dfx Voodoo1 and Voodoo2 cards are
> something as rare as a dedicated 3D card, it has no 2D function at all,
> and as such will sit happily next to just about any video card you may
> have in your computer, there was some issues with some S3 cards at one
> point, but you needn't worry about that

> So no need for special configs or anything, just plug it in, put the
> pass-through cable from your existing vid card to the V2 card (the V1 is
> really not up to the task any more) and plug the monitor in the V2 card,
> install the drivers and you have the best of both worlds, you can even
> use to V2 cards together to get even better speed, cool solution eh, too
> bad 3Dfx dropped it

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy


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