Wich is the fastest solution:
My system:
P II 400
128 MEG
Hercules Voodoo 2
Should I throw my voodoo 2 away and buy a expensive voodoo 3 3000 or should
I buy a second Hercules Voodoo 2 and cascade them?
Thanks in advance
Rolf
Wich is the fastest solution:
My system:
P II 400
128 MEG
Hercules Voodoo 2
Should I throw my voodoo 2 away and buy a expensive voodoo 3 3000 or should
I buy a second Hercules Voodoo 2 and cascade them?
Thanks in advance
Rolf
I don't have a V3, or V2 SLI, so bear that in mind. But...
If you are already getting the 36-37 fps max out of GPL, you won't get any
better framerate (though you can go to higher res).
A single V3 *2000* is probably faster than SLI'd V2's. It'll allow higher res
too. And no passthru.
The only downside to it is that if you want to eventually go to a non-3dfx
maincard, you won't have the luxury of retaining Glide capability via the
3d-only card (so maybe hold onto that single V2!).
If you can get a V2 for almost nothing, maybe consider it. But you'd just be
buying old technology. V3 is the way to go.
Shame on 3DFX people who released an overheating card (no need to say that
they dont mention this problem on their website, not even in the support
page)
Anyway, the V3 is about 20% faster than 2 V2 SLI (we tested the difference
with a friend who's got 2 V2 and same processor as me)
Good luck with the fan :-)
Thierry Cailleteau
Well, I have a V 3 3000 without fan (just heatsink) and I had never
problems
with overheating it. (And I`ve played hours of GPL without pause :)
Peter
Vienna, Austria
It happens with some motherboards, due to voltage problems (or something
like). Other motherboards are going fine.
You are lucky !
Thierry Cailleteau
Mark Davison a crit dans le message
>>Just remember that you'll have probably to install a fan on your V3 chip
to
>>make it work properly. The V3 is overheating, causing lockups (software
>>drivers are not responsible for this). I had to UNDERclock it to 155mhz
>>instead of the default 166mhz of the factory setting to suppress these
>>lockups. Later, I installed a fan that i took from an old DX-4 processor
>>(and stuck it with adhesive tape), and the V3 now runs perfectly at
166mhz.
>>Shame on 3DFX people who released an overheating card (no need to say that
>>they dont mention this problem on their website, not even in the support
>>page)
>I'd suggest taking it back to your supplier - it must be a dud. My v3k has
>had no probs at all, and it's not a situation I've heard of before.
>Mark
>Reading, UK
>Should I throw my voodoo 2 away and buy a expensive voodoo 3 3000 or should
>I buy a second Hercules Voodoo 2 and cascade them?
If you go V3 you'll have to use the banshee patch (which is not really a
problem, is it?) until v1.1 of GPL comes out.
Mark
Reading, UK
>Shame on 3DFX people who released an overheating card (no need to say that
>they dont mention this problem on their website, not even in the support
>page)
Mark
Reading, UK
