Virge GX + Voodoo 2 vs. Voodoo Rush \ VOGONS

Virge GX + Voodoo 2 vs. Voodoo Rush

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First post, by adolescent

Posted on 2012-09-15, 05:05

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Digging through some old boxes I found my old Hercules Stingray 128/3D (8M) video card. I was wondering if this would be better than my planned S3 Virge GX + Voodoo 2 setup. Opinions?

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Reply 1 of 4, by Zup

Posted on 2012-09-15, 06:39

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I haven't had any of the combinations, but IMHO the answer is a big NO.

Voodoo Rush is a 2D+3D card that drains less energy than any two card combination. On the other hand, Voodoo 2 is more powerful than Voodoo Rush, and S3 cards have more compatibility than the 2D part of the rush. If the S3 and the Voodoo 2 are compatibles (there were some incompatibilities), I'd stick with those two cars.

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Reply 2 of 4, by DonutKing

Posted on 2012-09-15, 10:01

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I agree, go with the S3 + Voodoo 2.
The Rush is actually based off the Voodoo 1, and was noticeably slower than a single, separate Voodoo 1 card. So a Voodoo 2 would be significantly faster.

I had a Voodoo Rush with a Macronix 2D chipset and although I never really had any incompatibilities, its was much slower than the same system with a Voodoo 2.

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Reply 3 of 4, by swaaye

Posted on 2012-09-15, 17:57

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Rush cards can be blurry. Plus the Rush chipset is similar to Voodoo1 but not entirely compatible with it so games often needed patches for it. Not good.

Reply 4 of 4, by Filosofia

Posted on 2012-09-15, 18:50

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ViRGE and a Voodoo2 is way better 😉

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