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  • Voodoo 2 /Voodoo3

    Silly question, but does anyone know the difference between a Voodoo 2 and a Voodoo3 (if such a card exists).

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  • #2
    The Voodoo3 is the successor to the Voodoo2.

    The Voodoo2 is an addon 3D card (for a PCI slot) which, in turn, was the successor to the Voodoo1.

    Voodoo1: 4Mb, PCI, 3D Only.
    Voodoo2: 8/12Mb, PCI, 3D Only - 180MTexels?
    Voodoo3: 16Mb, AGP/PCI, 2D and 3D, 286-366MTexels

    The Voodoo2 also had the additional property of being able to link up 2 identical cards in SLI mode (scan-line interleave), where each card would render an alternate line on screen, giving upto 2x the performance.

    Additionally, the Voodoo3 has been superseded by the Voodoo4 and 5 series, but then you're not asking about them

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    • #3
      Thanks Pace
      One of the chaps in work has a *voodoo* card but thinks it is a voodoo 3. Unfortunately he has a passthrough connector on the back which leads me to believe that it is a voodoo 2.

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      • #4
        Ok MD

        Though that card could also be a V1

        Or maybe he's confusing a pass-thru with a TV-out or something similar

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        • #5
          Just a note...
          there was also a 6MB Voodoo 1....
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          • #6
            Was'nt there a board that had 2 voodoo2 boards fused togheter?
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            • #7
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              • #8
                it was the 3Dfx spin-off that made the board, called Quantum3D

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                • #9
                  Yeah the fused board was made by Obsidian they made it so you didn't need to use two PCI Slots to have a SLI Setup

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                  • #10
                    wasn't Obsidian the actual product name of it, and made by Quantum3D?

                    I thought it was called Quantum3D Obsidian X-24 or something like that

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                    • #11
                      Yes that's correct dZ
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                      • #12
                        And at the time of it's release that SLI setup would set you back about $500.00 to $700.00.

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                        • #13
                          I remember buying a Voodoo-2 8MB (a Diamond Monster 3D-II) the first day it was available through wholesale here in Holland.. it costed something like 250 US dollars... a lot of money for a 16-year-old-still-in-school kid

                          Though it was a great card for it's time, and was worth every single penny imho... all games from that period (and far after) ran superb on it

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                          • #14
                            Good call DZ

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                            • #15
                              6Mb Voodoo 1? I'm guessing you mean the Voodoo Rush - there wasn't (as I recall) a 6Mb V1.

                              Please correct me if I'm wrong people

                              Incidentally, there was also a 16Mb 'Voodoo2' then A 2D/3D (like the Rush) Banshee, which had only a single texturing unit (as opposed to the V2's 2) and was just over half the speed of a V2. My G200 still beat it though

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