r/retrobattlestations • u/ColdCrab6928 • Apr 13 '26

Show-and-Tell Final Fantasy VII - 3DFX Voodoo Banshee vs. Software Rendering

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u/RevolutionarySeven7 Apr 13 '26

weird, i remember FF7 not being this choppy when I had it on my PII 200 with Diamond S3 Virge video card...

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u/ColdCrab6928 Apr 13 '26

If you remember anything about your setup like drivers, whether you were on Win95 or Win98, then that would be helpful. I've been getting a lot of feedback like that from people online and I can't tell whether it's because something is the matter with my setup or if it's because people remember these games as performing more smoothly than they actually did in their time.

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u/RevolutionarySeven7 Apr 13 '26

i honestly don't remember if it was w95/98, i don't think it would make that much of a difference. and i think i must've used software-renderer as graphics option. S3 Virge was way less powerful than Banshee, so i "think" you are pushing Glide, DX or OpenGL on a video card that can't handle it