-Tim
> > I have the Radeon card but i perfer the old Voodoo 5 for GPL, can i buy
a
> > PCI version of the Voodoo card and get the graphics back that i had
before
> > in GPL and not have any problems with my operating system. I just want
the
> > Voodoo 5 card for GPL and nothing else.
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Steve!
> -Tim
>>go to pricewatch.com for the voodoo 5
I know the V5 with FSAA looks great but I'm surprised that a Radeon 9700 with
FSAA and Aniso wouldn't look almost as good?
Ken
>>>I have the Radeon card but i perfer the old Voodoo 5 for GPL, can i buy
> a
>>>PCI version of the Voodoo card and get the graphics back that i had
> before
>>>in GPL and not have any problems with my operating system. I just want
> the
>>>Voodoo 5 card for GPL and nothing else.
>>>Thanks for any help.
>>>Steve!
> > -Tim
> >>go to pricewatch.com for the voodoo 5
> Errr.. I think he wants to know if he can run with the ATI card and V5 PCI
> installed at the same time, not whether he can find a V5 PCI. Tried
getting a
> an ATI RagePro AGP and a V4 pci to cooperate a few years ago. It would
switch
> cards in for 2D, do dual monitors in 2d and get tv-out on the rage pro but
I
> could never get GPL to use the V4 for 3D. Now this was awhile ago with
and old
> BX-2 board and win98SE. IIRC google came up with one or 2 threads were
others
> tried something similar and GPL would not use the the 2nd card for 3D.
> I know the V5 with FSAA looks great but I'm surprised that a Radeon 9700
with
> FSAA and Aniso wouldn't look almost as good?
> Ken
> >>>I have the Radeon card but i perfer the old Voodoo 5 for GPL, can i buy
> > a
> >>>PCI version of the Voodoo card and get the graphics back that i had
> > before
> >>>in GPL and not have any problems with my operating system. I just want
> > the
> >>>Voodoo 5 card for GPL and nothing else.
> >>>Thanks for any help.
> >>>Steve!
I think there must be a programm that let's you switch, so that your second
graphic device is used for 3D. Those programs exist since the days when the
first AGP-3D/2D-accelerators came up and you had a Voodoo Graphics or Voodoo
2 installed parallel. If I remember right it was called Glide Switcher,
wasn't it?
Stephan
> > > No more at pricewatch but you should have some luck on Ebay.
> > > -Tim
> > >>go to pricewatch.com for the voodoo 5
> > Errr.. I think he wants to know if he can run with the ATI card and V5
PCI
> > installed at the same time, not whether he can find a V5 PCI. Tried
> getting a
> > an ATI RagePro AGP and a V4 pci to cooperate a few years ago. It would
> switch
> > cards in for 2D, do dual monitors in 2d and get tv-out on the rage pro
but
> I
> > could never get GPL to use the V4 for 3D. Now this was awhile ago with
> and old
> > BX-2 board and win98SE. IIRC google came up with one or 2 threads were
> others
> > tried something similar and GPL would not use the the 2nd card for 3D.
> > I know the V5 with FSAA looks great but I'm surprised that a Radeon 9700
> with
> > FSAA and Aniso wouldn't look almost as good?
> > Ken
> > >>>I have the Radeon card but i perfer the old Voodoo 5 for GPL, can i
buy
> > > a
> > >>>PCI version of the Voodoo card and get the graphics back that i had
> > > before
> > >>>in GPL and not have any problems with my operating system. I just
want
> > > the
> > >>>Voodoo 5 card for GPL and nothing else.
> > >>>Thanks for any help.
> > >>>Steve!
> > Ken you are right i'm looking to see if the two will work together, i know
> > i can buy one from Ebay. I just like the look of the Voodoo 5 better than
> > the ATI card but if it will not work then there's no point in getting one.
> > Steve!
> I think there must be a programm that let's you switch, so that your second
> graphic device is used for 3D. Those programs exist since the days when the
> first AGP-3D/2D-accelerators came up and you had a Voodoo Graphics or Voodoo
> 2 installed parallel. If I remember right it was called Glide Switcher,
> wasn't it?
I must admit that I've never actually tried running a V5 PCI next to
another full blown 2D/3D card
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"
http://www.theuspits.com
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
> > > Ken you are right i'm looking to see if the two will work together, i
know
> > > i can buy one from Ebay. I just like the look of the Voodoo 5 better
than
> > > the ATI card but if it will not work then there's no point in getting
one.
> > > Steve!
> > I think there must be a programm that let's you switch, so that your
second
> > graphic device is used for 3D. Those programs exist since the days when
the
> > first AGP-3D/2D-accelerators came up and you had a Voodoo Graphics or
Voodoo
> > 2 installed parallel. If I remember right it was called Glide Switcher,
> > wasn't it?
> GPL has a "glide" option in the options menu, wouldn't GPL automatically
> choose the V5 if this was checked ?
Same case here, I only have experience with AGP-3D-card+Voodoo2-addon-card,
but I think the problem is the same if you want to use Voodoo5 in PCI-slot.
Stephan
> I think games always look only for the primary 3D-device set in DirectX and
> in that case GPL wouldn't find a gfx-card capable of Glide.
> So first you have to tell DirectX which gfx-card you want to choose for
> ***.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--
> > I think games always look only for the primary 3D-device set in DirectX
and
> > in that case GPL wouldn't find a gfx-card capable of Glide.
> > So first you have to tell DirectX which gfx-card you want to choose for
> > ***.
> That makes sense
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> "goyl at nettx dot no"
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
> --Groucho Marx--
Pretty much, yes. Technically it's do-able, but probably not worthwhile,
and PCI V5's are not that common either if you don't already have one.
When I bought my Gf4200 initially I ran it with a pair of V2's for gpl. It
didn't take me long to realise that the Gf4 would run a higher res, higher
quality filtering and larger textures than the V2's, and was still faster
in OpenGL than the V2's in GLide.
I have an AGP V5 5500 in my second PC & it runs gpl very well in GLide,
but it still doesn't look as good and I can't run gpl in a window. Your
Ati card might need a bit of tweaking to get gpl running just right, but
imo it's a better and much simpler option than running two gfx cards.
Malc.
> Pretty much, yes. Technically it's do-able, but probably not worthwhile,
> and PCI V5's are not that common either if you don't already have one.
> When I bought my Gf4200 initially I ran it with a pair of V2's for gpl. It
> didn't take me long to realise that the Gf4 would run a higher res, higher
> quality filtering and larger textures than the V2's, and was still faster
> in OpenGL than the V2's in GLide.
> I have an AGP V5 5500 in my second PC & it runs gpl very well in GLide,
> but it still doesn't look as good and I can't run gpl in a window. Your
> Ati card might need a bit of tweaking to get gpl running just right, but
> imo it's a better and much simpler option than running two gfx cards.
> Malc.
No problem Steve,
I just wanted to say that you should follow Malc's advice even if I am a big
Voodoo5-fanatic.
Today I would only buy a Voodoo for the sense of collecting or building a
cool oldtimer-computer.
GPL should run better with your Ati, because the GPL-patches made by
GPL-community are optimised for Direct3D I think.
Greetz
Stephan
> > Pretty much, yes. Technically it's do-able, but probably not worthwhile,
> > and PCI V5's are not that common either if you don't already have one.
> > When I bought my Gf4200 initially I ran it with a pair of V2's for gpl.
It
> > didn't take me long to realise that the Gf4 would run a higher res,
higher
> > quality filtering and larger textures than the V2's, and was still
faster
> > in OpenGL than the V2's in GLide.
> > I have an AGP V5 5500 in my second PC & it runs gpl very well in GLide,
> > but it still doesn't look as good and I can't run gpl in a window. Your
> > Ati card might need a bit of tweaking to get gpl running just right, but
> > imo it's a better and much simpler option than running two gfx cards.
> > Malc.
