Matrox millennium and voodoo 1 for period correct hardware. It's a really nice configuration

Good to know, thank you!

• Matrox Millennium MGA-2064W 2MB
• Matrox Millennium MGA-2064W 4MB
• Matrox Millennium MGA-MIL/4I 4MB
• Matrox Millennium IS-STORM 4MB
• Matrox Millennium MIL2P/4/CPQC 4MB

All in a price range from 20 to 50 Euro. Is there a specific model I should use with a Voodoo 1?

And of course there are some Voodoo 1 Card, which are in my price-range (100 - 150 Euro):

• ColorMaster Voodoo Mania 4 MB
• Gainward ICUVGA-GW703 4MB
• A-Trend Helios 3D 4MB
• Miro Highscore 3D 6MB

Here, I'm also not sure, which one I should pick.

Edit:

ChatGTP recommends the
"Matrox Millennium MGA-MIL/4I 4MB" and the "Miro Highscore 3D 6MB"
or the
"Matrox Millennium MGA-MIL/4I 4MB" and the "ColorMaster Voodoo Mania 4 MB"
But I'm not able to evaluate this recommendation...

I have a similar configuration and went for the Gainward Dragon 4000. It has excellent 3D performance in Quake at 1024x768. Maybe not the most period correct, but still very close.

I am super happy with my setup.

The Matrox Millenium + Voodoo1 is definitely about as period correct as it gets. I remember having that exact setup back when we had our Pentium 166 in 1997.

That said, a Voodoo Banshee isn't a bad choice either and has good DOS compatibility for 2D games. And it will have better 3D performance compared to the Voodoo1.

Unless you like pain, do NOT get a Voodoo Rush. 😀

As others have said, the Matrox/Voodoo combo is really nice as the Matrox card will have excellent 2D image quality and good Windows performance, and most 3D accelerated games at the time would have supported the Voodoo. But if you're also hoping to play older DOS games, the Matrox card isn't going play nice with some of them. S3 cards are usually considered a better choice for that.

If you want faster then I’d actually recommend being a little period incorrect and doing the banshee. But the other posters are accurate when it comes to period correctness.

Edit: I read later it was asked for a 3dfx card, I was suggesting the Riva128 as period correct.

I'd go with the V1. Brand doesn't really matter. having more then 4MB can cause issues so would pick either of the 4MB cards.
You get the best compatibility and games that run a P200 aren't going to benefit much from the banshee's extra speed.

2D card Matrox for quality or S3 for compatibility, personally I prefer compatibility but check the list below, maybe the Matrox is fine for all your games.
https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/

Either Banshee is also a good choice and a bit less common.
It's a fast compatible card in dos and performs between a V1 and V2
For the Glide side of things, I know I76 only works correctly on Voodoo 1 and this post lists dos games, Basically if it doesn't work on a V2 it won't on a Banshee
Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix

My simple rule of Voodoo - Pentium matching:
Voodoo 1 (or Rush) - Pentium 1 (incl. MMX)
Voodoo 2 (or Banshee) - Pentium 2
Voodoo 3 (or Velocity 100) - Pentium 3
Voodoo 4 (or 5) - Pentium 4

If you want good DOS compatibility alongside the Voodoo 1 then you could do far worse than pairing it with an S3 Trio64 or Virge.

Thank you, I think I will buy the Diamond Monster 3D for sure. I already have a S3 Virge GX (2MB) in another system. So I will combine the Voodoo 1 with the Matrox MGA-MIL/41 (4MB) and if I run into issues with some games, I will use the the S3 Virge GX.

Edit:

Looks like the Diamond Monster 3D was the way to go, back in 1997.

Monster 3D is a good card. It's what I bought when the Voodoo 1 originally came out.