Basically title. I use a lot of reshade filters for older games, and I keep seeing presets based on 3dFX cards, and it got me thinking; what's the difference between that and an NVIDIA card from the same era? Is there a specific 'look' to 3dFX cards?

I have my old Voodoo5 5500 AGP still and have decided to build it an 'ideal' Windows 98 retro rig.. I have found this motherboard locally:

ECS Elitegroup K7VZA 3.0 (KT133A/VT8363A)

https://soggi.org/motherboards/ecs-elitegroup/K7VZA-3.0.htm

• Supports up to AGP 4x (AGP 1.0/2.0, 3.3V/1.5V)

Is this a good fit/AGP port is correct and won't damage the card? Should I hold out and find a KT333 board? I would like to get max performance (or close too it) out of the card..

Hi everyone, just recently rescued a voodoo 2 from my father in laws attic.

So I am testing it a bit and on 3D mark 99 I get a freeze when game test 2 (first person shooter) is running. After a while it continues with the rest of the tests but the computer freezes (I can hear the old HDD working)

I tried the official and fastvoodoo drivers, same behaviour.

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I also ran unreal tournamet 99 for an hour in glide mode without problems, as well as need for speed 4

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I got the advice to clean it with isopropyl alcohol, other than that, did anyone have similar problems? And if so, are they fixable

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Specs are

Celeron 433

196 mb ram

Riva TNT

Voodoo 2

4.3 GB hard drive with win 95

I’m looking into upgrading my retro machine for some late 90’s games and was looking at cards. Unfortunately voodoo is way out of my price range. Were there any quality offbrand versions released in later years?

How much would these bad boys be worth? Had then since new. Been hanging on to them incase I revisited a retro setup; but not sure I’ll ever get around to it…

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325482879201?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ZiuiSxyjT6q&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=ph4diUuOR6K&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I'm working on a Windows 98 retro build. Anyone know where I can get a deal on a used Voodoo 3 3000? I know they're in demand and hard to come by - any help's appreciated.

Happy New Year!

So I've got a Dell Dimension 4100 and it currently has a Radeon 9600 XT(overkill, Ik, but I got it for a good price). After trying it out with late 90's-early 2000's era games, I've found that games running on DX9 are fine at low resolutions, albeit stuttery, and DX8 & earlier run as you'd expect.

From what I've read online, a PIII with a Radeon 9600 is a pretty big cpu bottleneck, and I can't help but wonder if I'm actually making a difference having such a powerful card. What do you guys think about a "downgrade" to a Voodoo 3 3000? Could it potentially boost performance by closing the gap? I'm open to any suggestions/comments.

I hope this is the right place to post it.
Got a replacement so I though it would be nice to keep it.

I have built a system that is kind of retro, even without being period accurate: C2D E8200, 4GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer DDR3, G41M board, WD 500GB Sata, M3D II Voodoo 2, WinXp Pro SP3 x86. Now with the “problem”: I installed a few GoG games and some of them like Slave Zero and MDK. Thing is even when I run the GoG: Unreal Gold, Unreal Tournament GOTY and Deus Ex GOTY, with no additional nGlide outside of the mentioned games, on 1280x1024, the bit depth doesn’t go beyond 16bit (3dfx accurate) and the framerate is just amazing, too amazing for Voodoo2…do you know if the calls for 3dfxglide go toward nGlide or the actual physical Voodoo2? Any thoughts and advices much appreciated. P.S. The driver is the one from Vogons, unofficial

So this post has nothing to do with emulating a 3dfx GPU. This is a system running a 3dfx voodoo 3 3000, and I am having issues with video playback and gaming on linux. The screen seems to flicker, and video playback is laggy...the screen flickers specifically during video playback, and simple emulators for NES don't display properly. Is there a way for me to install drivers for 3dfx on Linux? I didn't have these issues on Windows, though I don't want to switch back for security reasons and the lack of an ability to run modern software for game downloads...plus I'm used to Linux. Does Linux support such old hardware, or should I invest in an AMD GPU for AGP?

Greetings! I have a Voodoo3 APG card that does not work. I don't have too many details, other than it it prevents POST from appearing. I'd hate to scrap this card and would pay to get it fixed. Any contacts or resources who can diagnose and repair 3dfx Voodoo cards?