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Is my Voodoo2 broken?

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First post, by matti157

Posted on 2021-11-09, 23:29

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I bought a Creative branded Voodoo2 12mb. I installed the drivers from the CD plus update for Windows 95

I have 2 problems: The games are very slow, unplayables. Even the 3dfx logo that starts before the game is very lagging

If I start 3dmark instead the benchmarks are seen with white textures. See this video https://youtu.be/ThRGD1eLbow

My pc is a Pentium MMX 233 with 64mb sdram

Any ideas? Is it fair that Windows only gives me 4mb of VRAM on voodoo? screenshots

Thanks

Reply 1 of 9, by thepirategamerboy12

Posted on 2021-11-10, 03:41

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Perhaps try reference drivers instead of the vendor ones.

https://www.philscomputerlab.com/drivers-for-voodoo-2.html

Reply 2 of 9, by Gmlb256

Posted on 2021-11-10, 05:11

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thepirategamerboy12 wrote on 2021-11-10, 03:41:

Perhaps try reference drivers instead of the vendor ones.

https://www.philscomputerlab.com/drivers-for-voodoo-2.html

I recall that the OP tried different drivers but on DOS where GTA was running unusually slow.

The card seems likely to be defective as I see only one TMU working according to the 3Dfx hardware profile, it should display 8MB for the texture memory if both TMU are working. Perhaps it should be checked with a Glide diagnostic tool called MOJO.EXE for better information.

Reply 3 of 9, by Aebtdom

Posted on 2021-11-12, 05:31

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What kind of CPU are cpu are you using?
And try a fastvoodoo driver, because your textures are really bad in 3dm99.

Builds:

Xp3000+ gf3 ti200 + vd2 SLI 12MB + 768MB + SB live @ WinXP & 98 Dualboot.

P2 350mhz + Diamond Viper V550 + 3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB + AWE64 + 128MB SDR @ msdos / win98.

Reply 4 of 9, by matti157

Posted on 2021-11-12, 21:24

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I tried the latest reference driver, but 3dmark99 refuses to start with these drivers

Attached the mojo output

My cpu is a pentium mmx 233

Any ideas?

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Reply 5 of 9, by matti157

Posted on 2021-11-12, 21:52

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Update:
With the reference 3.2.2 3dmark won’t start and show the error in the previous post
With the reference 3.3 starts and the result is the same with blank and buggy textures

Reply 6 of 9, by Hoping

Posted on 2021-11-12, 22:06

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Gmlb256 wrote on 2021-11-10, 05:11:

thepirategamerboy12 wrote on 2021-11-10, 03:41:

Perhaps try reference drivers instead of the vendor ones.

https://www.philscomputerlab.com/drivers-for-voodoo-2.html

I recall that the OP tried different drivers but on DOS where GTA was running unusually slow.

The card seems likely to be defective as I see only one TMU working according to the 3Dfx hardware profile, it should display 8MB for the texture memory if both TMU are working. Perhaps it should be checked with a Glide diagnostic tool called MOJO.EXE for better information.

Yes, something is not right, the voodoo2 has two TMUs, no multitexturing with one. Maybe missing components, or bent pins in the best scenario.

Reply 7 of 9, by matti157

Posted on 2021-11-12, 22:51

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I need to take it apart and do a visual analysis I guess?

Anyway is it a hardware failure?

Reply 8 of 9, by matti157

Posted on 2021-11-18, 13:54

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I found for a few € a voodoo2 of Techworks, 12MB

As soon as I mount it, I remove the Creative and check the soldering.

Reply 9 of 9, by LubieCipy

Posted on 2021-11-19, 17:21

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Can you upolad foto of the card? From the second screenshot you can see that only one TMU is functioning. First, let's see if the card looks good physically

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