Check if your driver does not overclock the cards. It should be 50mhz but some cards can be clocked higher or lower by default.

meljor wrote:

Check if your driver does not overclock the cards. It should be 50mhz but some cards can be clocked higher or lower by default.

I tried using the latest standard drivers (both), and the driver that came with the card (Orchid).

Try it in another board, see if it still happens. If it does it is a card problem.

Try different slots on the board.

Try different RAM on the board.

If all else fails, attempt to reflow the card, a makerspace may have a reflow oven you can use for a quick fiver.

Ampera wrote:

Try it in another board, see if it still happens. If it does it is a card problem. […]
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Try it in another board, see if it still happens. If it does it is a card problem.

Try different slots on the board.

Try different RAM on the board.

If all else fails, attempt to reflow the card, a makerspace may have a reflow oven you can use for a quick fiver.

Don't have any other boards to try it on at the time
Happens in all slots
Tried three different sticks of RAM
Don't have one near me

Again, these are two different cards.

MrEWhite wrote:

Don't have any other boards to try it on at the time Happens in all slots Tried three different sticks of RAM Don't have one nea […]
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Ampera wrote:

Try it in another board, see if it still happens. If it does it is a card problem. […]
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Try it in another board, see if it still happens. If it does it is a card problem.

Try different slots on the board.

Try different RAM on the board.

If all else fails, attempt to reflow the card, a makerspace may have a reflow oven you can use for a quick fiver.

Don't have any other boards to try it on at the time
Happens in all slots
Tried three different sticks of RAM
Don't have one near me

Again, these are two different cards.

So you're telling me you do not own a single other motherboard with a PCI slot full stop?

Alright.

Ampera wrote:

MrEWhite wrote:

Don't have any other boards to try it on at the time Happens in all slots Tried three different sticks of RAM Don't have one nea […]
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Ampera wrote:

Try it in another board, see if it still happens. If it does it is a card problem. […]
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Try it in another board, see if it still happens. If it does it is a card problem.

Try different slots on the board.

Try different RAM on the board.

If all else fails, attempt to reflow the card, a makerspace may have a reflow oven you can use for a quick fiver.

Don't have any other boards to try it on at the time
Happens in all slots
Tried three different sticks of RAM
Don't have one near me

Again, these are two different cards.

So you're telling me you do not own a single other motherboard with a PCI slot full stop?

Alright.

I don't have a slow enough Slot 2 CPU on me, and my P3 is 1.4 GHz, which is too fast.

It doesn't matter at all. Just use it to test the cards themselves. Even though there are two, not likely they are bad does NOT mean not possible. If they are both good, it's something else.

Ampera wrote:

It doesn't matter at all. Just use it to test the cards themselves. Even though there are two, not likely they are bad does NOT mean not possible. If they are both good, it's something else.

They post fine and display fine, but the processors I have are literally too fast and games won't launch because of it.

Moved to Video 😀

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

Moved to Video 😀

Thanks Phil.

I don't get that. Tomb Raider refuses to run on a later Pentium 3? And posting doesn't matter, if it starts to artifact it could mean there is something wrong with the memory. I am unaware of any Voodoo memory testing utilities, but even they may be faulty if it's a wear issue as it would then only emerge after load.

I mean if your games aren't made well enough to run on a faster system, are you sure it's not the games bugging out?

I had the same problem some time ago when doing benchmarks on all my voodoo's on a tualatin 1,4ghz (Asus Tusl2-c).
The voodoo1 cards (tried 4-5 or so from different brands) and rush cards didn't even display anything when launching a game.

That same system i'm still using with my voodoo5 and it is running fine. The voodoo's worked in much slower systems with no problems at all.

So yes, a fast system can give problems.

Ampera wrote:

I don't get that. Tomb Raider refuses to run on a later Pentium 3? And posting doesn't matter, if it starts to artifact it could mean there is something wrong with the memory. I am unaware of any Voodoo memory testing utilities, but even they may be faulty if it's a wear issue as it would then only emerge after load.

I mean if your games aren't made well enough to run on a faster system, are you sure it's not the games bugging out?

What the guy above me says basically, the Voodoos aren't made to run in a fast system. I'll see if I can get it to work on the P2 board I haven't used in a year or so.

MrEWhite wrote:

Ampera wrote:

I don't get that. Tomb Raider refuses to run on a later Pentium 3? And posting doesn't matter, if it starts to artifact it could mean there is something wrong with the memory. I am unaware of any Voodoo memory testing utilities, but even they may be faulty if it's a wear issue as it would then only emerge after load.

I mean if your games aren't made well enough to run on a faster system, are you sure it's not the games bugging out?

What the guy above me says basically, the Voodoos aren't made to run in a fast system. I'll see if I can get it to work on the P2 board I haven't used in a year or so.

Alright, I never knew that. The knowledge here is general PC Component knowledge, I've never even seen a 3DFX card irl

P2 board wouldn't post, damn...