First post, by EdmondDantes
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I recently learned that some dude in Russia made modern-day clones of the Voodoo 4 and 5. I thought of having one of these on hand either as a backup (I've had video cards go bad before) or even as my daily driver.
I'm likely to get one regardless (more likely a Voodoo 4 as I don't think my computer has enough room for a V5), simply because actual vintage cards are, well, vintage and probably need repairing anyway, but....
To be honest, even just the "have it as backup in case my Voodoo 3 goes bad" aspect makes me wonder.
Like, one thing I know from personal experience is that games designed with earlier Voodoo cards in mind won't always see my Voodoo 3 (Need for Speed III never lets me enable its 3DFX mode, for example). So I assume there might be a similar issue if I tried to play a Voodoo 3 game while having a Voodoo 5.
Also, one thing I've never ever been able to find info on is how this would affect my ability to boot into DOS mode (not an emulator or a DOS window, actual DOS mode) and play Doom or Commander Keen or Kingdom of Kroz or whatever my little heart desires. I actually did see reviews for video cards (never the Voodoo line) that specifically mention whether or not they're backwards-compatible with DOS. I'm not sure if the reviewers only did that to assuage fears, or if there really are video cards out there that simply won't work in DOS mode.
Basically.... if I did one day have to put a Voodoo 4 in my system, would it still work with all the same games that my Voodoo 3 does?
