nd22 wrote on 2023-10-03, 09:01:
Voodoo cards are collectors items and are priced accordingly! I would like to get at least one voodoo card but the prices being as they are I gave up! So i choose the next best thing: geforce 4 TI 4600. It has performance way above the Voodoo 5500 and is compatible with every single motherboard I have. Expensive but not Voodoo 5500 expensive!!
If you are ready to pay for a Voodoo than you are probably willing to pay for the best motherboard with AGP 2X compatiblity: Abit AT7-MAX 1 with VIA KT333 chipset - if you think VOODOO 5500 is rare and expensive wait until you search for this board!
That being said I would not pay the money they are asking for a voodoo card on Ebay - it's simply absurd! Get a geforce and keep the rest of the money!
Thanks a lot for the reply. I was not aware of the potential problems with the AGP compability.
@Joseph_Joestar Thanks a lot for the warning about the unversial agp slots and the very interesting links.
Getting something like geforce 4 4600 or another gf4 really sounds like a good idea. These cards are powerful and the some cards of the gf4 family ar not that expensive.
The same can be said about the radeon 9500.
I will go the easy way and will get one of the above mentioned cards for the msi board. Maybe i will get a v2 for glide gaming eventually for that system as well if I can find one at a good price.
But for the main purpose of the msi system (having gaming rig for the years 1999 to 2002) a geforce 4 or Radeon 9000 series card should server me really well.
I am still fascinated by the voodoo cards but not at all costs. there are better gpu to make my retro system shine.
I will study the market carefuly to check if I can find a v2 at some point in the future.
But i will also check out the different glide wrappers availably to run the glide games on my modern day pc.