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5x86-133 and Voodoo

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First post, by McBierle

Posted on 2019-08-30, 19:35

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Hi guys, quick question:

I have no experience with voodoo cards, never had one back in the day.
Alekto (yes i give them names) is a 5x86 with a s3 pci card. Would that cpu be to weak for early voodoo games?

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Reply 1 of 3, by leileilol

Posted on 2019-08-30, 22:23

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No. The Voodoo2's probably the fastest 3d card they can possibly use due to the relatively light drivers.

Don't expect to run Unreal or anything that drags a FPU down however.

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Reply 2 of 3, by feipoa

Posted on 2019-08-31, 03:33

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Some benchmarks with Voodoo on a 486:
Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486
Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

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Reply 3 of 3, by derSammler

Posted on 2019-08-31, 07:40

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With such a setup (see here, but hardware changed) I could play 3dfx versions of Tomb Raider, Forsaken, and MK4 just fine, and even GLQuake, though that one was rather sluggish with ~15 fps.

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