3dfx Voodoo4

discussed in 169 posts, 1998-2005 · overall tone mixed

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• Voodoo5 price drop sparks 3dfx versus nVidia debate 2000-11-18 · 96 posts
  A Voodoo5 deal led to a long argument mainly between Keystone and Pierre Legrand over 3dfx's driver quality, FSAA, bandwidth and dual-chip design compared with nVidia's GeForce line. Many sim racers preferred the Voodoo5 for stability and FSAA, while Keystone argued 3dfx's design was dated and the company was failing.
• Papa Doc's Voodoo5 vs GeForce3 benchmarks spark long argument 2002-01-14 · 311 posts
  Pierre "Papa Doc" Legrand published benchmarks comparing a Voodoo5 and a GeForce3 in Ghost Recon, NASCAR 4, Quake 3 and flight sims, finding the Voodoo5 competitive with 4x FSAA. Many disputed his methodology, including running 3DMark without hardware T&L, and argued the GeForce3 was better in every way. The thread ran to over 300 posts and degenerated into insults, ending up on multi-monitor and LCD resolution arguments.
• Do Voodoo 5 owners have trouble with F1 2001? 2001-10-12 · 20 posts
  Dave Henrie wondered why no 3dfx Voodoo 5 users were reporting F1 2001 problems while Nvidia users struggled. Several said it worked out of the box on a V5 in 16-bit with FSAA, while others needed newer third-party drivers, and Voodoo 4 owners reported setup crashes and a disappearing mouse pointer.
• Voodoo5 PCI compatibility with Pentium 4 systems 2001-07-18 · 20 posts
  Olly Greenfield asked whether his Voodoo5 would work in a new Pentium 4 or Athlon system. Replies explained that the known problem affected AGP Voodoo5 cards, whose connector lacks the notch newer AGP slots require, so a PCI version should work, and that Voodoo5s run fine with Athlons. A side claim that AMD chips are inferior prompted an AMD versus Intel squabble.
• Flight-sim fan asks why GPL is still special 2005-12-29 · 24 posts
  A combat flight sim veteran asked whether the 1998 Grand Prix Legends was still worth buying and why it was revered. Replies explained its pioneering per-wheel physics, difficulty and community updates such as Direct3D support, the 2004 demo, the CPU fix and the GPL69 mod, and noted it runs well on modern hardware. He decided to try the GT Legends demo too.
• Why GPL does not appeal to some sim racers 2003-01-25 · 46 posts
  A long-time fan asked what made GPL so special, and Tim O admitted he had never seen GPL as realistic as people claimed and preferred Viper Racing, Papyrus NASCAR titles and GTR2002. Others defended GPL's handling as consistent and close to period cars, discussed the excellent manuals, and agreed that tastes differ. Gene Penman, a real kart and club racer, also said GPL never felt right to him, which led to a sharp exchange with Gerry Aitken.
• Making Rallisport Challenge AI harder 2002-12-06 · 21 posts
  A player found Rallisport Challenge's AI too easy and later found a hidden 'Ludicrous' difficulty by editing the profile file, which he shared. Others debated the game's merits: Jan Verschueren criticised its controls, force feedback, physics and stages, while fans praised the hill climbs and track design.
• NR2002 graphics glitches on Voodoo cards 2002-02-20 · 23 posts
  Krakus reported dark artefacts on track markings with a Voodoo4 in NR2002. Papyrus's Eric Busch said a fix was unlikely given 3dfx's demise and the closure of its website, and recommended a supported card, which one poster called corporate brush-off. Others pointed to community drivers like Amigamerlin and shared FSAA settings.

Busiest threads

• Voodoo5 price drop sparks 3dfx versus nVidia debate (7 posts about it)
• OT: Voodoo4 Q - Voodoo5 users please read (7 posts about it)
• (OT) Voodoo3 vs 4 (6 posts about it)
• Nvidia beats 3dfx to the punch (6 posts about it)
• geforce 2 mx 64mb sdram for gpl (4 posts about it)
• Re: Was I asleep when the Voodoo4 was announced? (4 posts about it)
• GEForce verus voodoo4/5, and the winner is.... (4 posts about it)
• GPL on Win2000 Help (3 posts about it)
• Nascar Heat and Voodoo 4500? (3 posts about it)
• Voodoo4 / Voodoo3 SLI !!!!! (3 posts about it)
• best video card for N3 and GPL (3 posts about it)
• Papa Doc's Voodoo5 vs GeForce3 benchmarks spark long argument (2 posts about it)
• Do Voodoo 5 owners have trouble with F1 2001? (2 posts about it)
• do you voodoo4? and n4 (2 posts about it)
• Voodoo5 PCI compatibility with Pentium 4 systems (2 posts about it)

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Dave Henrie · 12 Ian P · 11 Alexander Marx · 9 Krakus · 8 Keystone · 6 jason moyer · 3 bb · 3 ydoucare · 3 Regular Racer · 3 GTX_SlotCar · 3 Chris "Hollywood" Schletter · 3 Tracey A Miller · 3 bb · 2 Ed Solheim · 2 Chris Gatto · 2 Vintook · 2 Brett C. Cammack · 2 Nos · 2 Kyle Roberts · 2 djc.. · 2

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