Good morning!
I have an AGP Dell STB Voodoo 3 3000 with SDRAM and the V1.10 bios installed - I'd like to update it and I've seen numerous sites from which to download a rom, but I'm not about to flash the wrong bios on a card I was lucky to pay $160 for on ebay. Can someone confirm the latest version for this particular card?
I'm also interested in this. But is there really a good reason to do this? Can see give better performance or image quality.
Tyrhus wrote on 2023-08-17, 19:53:I'm also interested in this. But is there really a good reason to do this? Can see give better performance or image quality.
Looking at other forums here, I can infer that it could provide a bit better performance and quality for VESA modes in DOS, and sometimes sharper image quality depending on the game you're playing. Prob not a night/day difference, but I suppose it'd be nice to have a few extra benefits🤷
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated:)
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Although nothing wrong with your card, this video (just one of many out there) talks about the different BIOS versions and how to check which one to use:
Still, if there is nothing wrong with your card and it's working fine, I wouldn't bother updating the BIOS. There's always a risk.
The DOS VESA glitches are really annoying if you plan on playing those types of games. Here's a video example from another thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wV7nwwS-cU. Tweaking the bios and flashing it was very easy, I did it on my v3 3500. There is even a test flash tool you can use before committing to a particular bios file. See these threads and let me know if you have additional questions.
Thread with the original fix: Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.
Thread where another user and I worked through this issue for our own voodoo 3 cards: Voodoo 3 Pixel Artifacts
Thanks for the replies! The links have been very helpful. After some research I've concluded that Dell never actually released an official bios update for the voodoo 3 3000D - and while I could prob get by with another more recent version, I would rather stay within the limits of the specific model of this card, a Dell OEM version. I might try a flash if serious issues come about, but I doubt any will.
