Re: what was it like watching the death of 3dfx post voodoo 3 (late 1999-2000)?

Posted on 2024-05-13, 17:18

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ive heard people say many times that after the voodoo 3, no one really cared about 3dfx anymore as other companies at the time had been gaining an edge on 3dfx. what was it like owning a voodoo around the turn of the millennium and watching 3dfx get pushed to the wayside? I was there. The thing you …

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Re: what was it like watching the death of 3dfx post voodoo 3 (late 1999-2000)?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 23:15

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I was in the industry at the time and was certainly shocked by the speed of the collapse, but not surprised. I'd had a Voodoo 1 and 2, but when it came time to pick my next graphics card at home the TNT2 appeared streets ahead of the Voodoo 3, if not in benchmarks (barely) then at least in terms of …

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Re: what was it like watching the death of 3dfx post voodoo 3 (late 1999-2000)?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 23:11

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My complete 3D upgrade path as far as i can remember was: Diamond Monster 2 > Voodoo 3 2000 > Geforce 2 Ultra > Geforce 3 Ultra > Radeon 9800 Pro > Radeon X800XTPE > Geforce 8800 GTX > Geforce 280 > Geforce 580 > Geforce 690 > Geforce 1080 > Geforce 2090 > Geforce 3090 > Geforce 4090 I think that's …

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 10:07

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do you recall anyone who purchased a voodoo card ( voodoo 3-4 or 5) during the time nvidia was beginning to take over the 3D market regret their decision not investing in an nvidia tnt, tnt2, geforce 256 or geforce 2 card? I think you've have to look at the calendar as well... using launch dates …

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Re: what was it like watching the death of 3dfx post voodoo 3 (late 1999-2000)?

Posted on 2024-05-10, 21:01

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-05-10, 20:50: winuser3162 wrote on 2024-05-10, 20:47: how much did you pay for that voodoo in '02? I can't remember exactly, but I think it was around 30 EUR. sounds about right

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Re: what was it like watching the death of 3dfx post voodoo 3 (late 1999-2000)?

Posted on 2024-05-10, 20:47

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Back then, I was wavering between buying a Voodoo 3 and a TNT2. Ultimately, I went with the latter because all computer magazines from that time kept harping on about the TNT2 being a "future proof" card. In hindsight, I would have been better served with a Voodoo 3, since I was mostly playing …

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Re: RIVA TNT2 M64 .VS. 3dfx voodoo 3 2000 AGP which is superior?

Posted on 2024-05-10, 20:44

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-05-10, 20:43: The Voodoo 3 is faster. Period correct benchmarks can be found on Anandtech. thank you!

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RIVA TNT2 M64 .VS. 3dfx voodoo 3 2000 AGP which is superior?

Posted on 2024-05-10, 20:40

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i have a few TNT2 m64 cards and was wondering how they compared to a voodoo 3 2000. i have been having a hard time finding information of this particular comparison online. both cards have the same amount of SDR memory (16 MB) and both have 2 TMU's. the Voodoo 3 2000 only has 1 ROPS and 1 Pixel …

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-05-10, 20:14

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I mean... I wouldn't call it a "good" reason. It's 100% rose tinted goggles and weapons grade copium. Credit where it's due, V1 & V2 were blazing stars of awesome. Then the company just shit the bed for a myriad of reasons. The V4 & V5 were junk compared to the competition. The GeForce 256 ate …

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Re: is seeking out a slot 1 celeron worth it?

Posted on 2024-05-10, 20:11

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Sphere478 wrote on 2024-05-10, 20:02: I have one or two slot one celerons if I recall, Apparently there is a way to multi processor mod them. A dual celeron setup would be kinda fun. dual OC celerons would be awesome.

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what was it like watching the death of 3dfx post voodoo 3 (late 1999-2000)?

Posted on 2024-05-10, 19:56

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ive heard people say many times that after the voodoo 3, no one really cared about 3dfx anymore as other companies at the time had been gaining an edge on 3dfx. what was it like owning a voodoo around the turn of the millennium and watching 3dfx get pushed to the wayside?

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Re: is seeking out a slot 1 celeron worth it?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 22:27

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[...] Wow! people really showed up to LAN event with their parents packard bell OEM home PC? nobody could PAY me to do that. Oh, I certainly did. Then again, Packard Bell themselves paid me, I worked on their UK/IE helpdesk for a few years around the turn of the millennium :P Despite generally …

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Re: is seeking out a slot 1 celeron worth it?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 21:23

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Hey in the ISA era most of us had somekind of cheap clone sound. Or a Vibra16. In post ISA era most had integrated sound. In pre 3D most had just a VLB/PCI dumb framebuffer. Lucky ones had a S3 Trio or Cirrus CL-GD. Unlucy ones had somethin bizare or little incompatible or slow in some modes. Post …

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Re: is seeking out a slot 1 celeron worth it?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 21:16

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PacardBell or not. Everybody had beige boxes with somekind of cpu/ram/hdd/fdd/cd back then. The 3D accelerator defined the "gaming pc". true enough. i suppose other parts aside from maybe the CPU such as the mobo, hard disk, ram and maybe the sound card weren't at the time advanced to the point of …

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Re: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Posted on 2024-05-09, 21:08

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Dunno if I'm in a terribly tiny minority here on this site, but I really like Windows Me, despite the funny aura that surrounded the OS for most of its life. For the heck of it, I wiped my Windows 98SE drive, created two partitions for dual booting with PC-DOS 2000 (since Me doesn't have Real-mode …

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what is the coolest/most unique GPU art you have ever seen on a graphics card

Posted on 2024-05-09, 21:02

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remember when GPU companies would slap screen shots of games or artistic design on cards to make them look more appealing than a regular plastic shroud? some would sometimes appear less "Child Friendly" too lol kinda sad card companies don't do this anymore. not for the nearly naked game characters …

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Re: is seeking out a slot 1 celeron worth it?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 20:54

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Hey in the ISA era most of us had somekind of cheap clone sound. Or a Vibra16. In post ISA era most had integrated sound. In pre 3D most had just a VLB/PCI dumb framebuffer. Lucky ones had a S3 Trio or Cirrus CL-GD. Unlucy ones had somethin bizare or little incompatible or slow in some modes. Post …

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Re: is seeking out a slot 1 celeron worth it?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 20:39

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PacardBell or not. Everybody had beige boxes with somekind of cpu/ram/hdd/fdd/cd back then. The 3D accelerator defined the "gaming pc". true enough. i suppose other parts aside from maybe the CPU such as the mobo, hard disk, ram and maybe the sound card weren't at the time advanced to the point of …

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 20:35

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Also interesting was that the ppro was not as egregiously expensive in single cpu form as many note (late 95 yes but prices eroded rapidly on pro180’s) , late 1996 the local tech bought around 250x ppro 180’s with Micronics motherboards and they weren’t significantly more expensive than a top of …

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Re: is seeking out a slot 1 celeron worth it?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 20:31

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Wow! people really showed up to LAN event with their parents packard bell OEM home PC? nobody could PAY me to do that. The fact that you were able to get a cpu clocked that high for your first "from scratch" build is truly impressive. I think stability is for sure important but for a LAN event, if …

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