The Banshee is probably overkill for a 200MHz DOS system, but its got a kick ass and highly compatible 2d engine on it too. I say go with the Banshee, I have one in my P-133.

If you're primarily focusing on DOS gaming, the Virge + Voodoo1 combo will provide you with the best overall compatibility.

See here: http://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2022-09-27, 17:07:

If you're primarily focusing on DOS gaming, the Virge + Voodoo1 combo will provide you with the best overall compatibility.

See here: http://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/

Tried that combo. Powercolor Virge/gx2 has very nice and sharp picture. But combined with voodoo, image quality is way below average, i dont know if it is faulty voodoo or loop cable? Anyway, what i lose on DOS gaming, if i use Banshee?

Nothing, the banshee has excellent DOS compatibility, great image quality and with a few Autoexec tweaks can run Voodoo1 games just fine.

Its a great card.

psychofox wrote on 2022-09-28, 05:19:

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2022-09-27, 17:07:

If you're primarily focusing on DOS gaming, the Virge + Voodoo1 combo will provide you with the best overall compatibility.

See here: http://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/

Tried that combo. Powercolor Virge/gx2 has very nice and sharp picture. But combined with voodoo, image quality is way below average, i dont know if it is faulty voodoo or loop cable? Anyway, what i lose on DOS gaming, if i use Banshee?

I think you lose the ability to play Pinball Fantasies.

psychofox wrote on 2022-09-28, 05:19:

Tried that combo. Powercolor Virge/gx2 has very nice and sharp picture. But combined with voodoo, image quality is way below average, i dont know if it is faulty voodoo or loop cable? Anyway, what i lose on DOS gaming, if i use Banshee?

The image degradation is the consequence of using a pass through cable. I get around it by connecting the S3 card directly to the monitor while playing 2D games, and only hooking up the Voodoo1 + pass through cable if I'm playing 3D games. Kinda tedious, but I mostly play 2D stuff on my the DOS system so I don't change this very often.

As others have said, the Banshee is a very nice card as well. So if you want an all in one solution, it's a good alternative. The Voodoo1 might be slightly more compatible with some early DOS Glide games, but you can probably work around that. See here: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2022-09-28, 07:34:

psychofox wrote on 2022-09-28, 05:19:

Tried that combo. Powercolor Virge/gx2 has very nice and sharp picture. But combined with voodoo, image quality is way below average, i dont know if it is faulty voodoo or loop cable? Anyway, what i lose on DOS gaming, if i use Banshee?

The image degradation is the consequence of using a pass through cable. I get around it by connecting the S3 card directly to the monitor while playing 2D games, and only hooking up the Voodoo1 + pass through cable if I'm playing 3D games. Kinda tedious, but I mostly play 2D stuff on my the DOS system so I don't change this very often.

As others have said, the Banshee is a very nice card as well. So if you want an all in one solution, it's a good alternative. The Voodoo1 might be slightly more compatible with some early DOS Glide games, but you can probably work around that. See here: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix

The Banshee should in theory be more compatible with Voodoo1 games due to how similar the two are aside from the Banshee being a cut down Voodoo2.

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2022-09-28, 07:34:

The image degradation is the consequence of using a pass through cable. I get around it by connecting the S3 card directly to the monitor while playing 2D games, and only hooking up the Voodoo1 + pass through cable if I'm playing 3D games. Kinda tedious, but I mostly play 2D stuff on my the DOS system so I don't change this very often.

As others have said, the Banshee is a very nice card as well. So if you want an all in one solution, it's a good alternative. The Voodoo1 might be slightly more compatible with some early DOS Glide games, but you can probably work around that. See here: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix

I personally like S3+ V1 combo more too, it is more period correct and looks way cooler 😀 so i keep it like that for now. Maybe i should find an kvm switch for easy swap between S3 and Voodoo?

psychofox wrote on 2022-09-29, 08:13:

I personally like S3+ V1 combo more too, it is more period correct and looks way cooler 😀 so i keep it like that for now. Maybe i should find an kvm switch for easy swap between S3 and Voodoo?

Yes, using a KVM switch is a known good way to avoid the image quality issues which arise when using a pass through cable.