elfuego wrote:tincup wrote:
...it works on V5 5500, much better then on V1. Hind works at least on V2 (you stated that yourself in the other thread). Anything else? 😊
Well, most first generation 3D flight sims and driving sims I was involved with benefited measurably when stepping up system performance above minimum recommended. Like GPL, European Air War, the NovaLogic jet sims, Longbow 2 etc., would have been happier with a Voodoo 1 SLI. The 3dfx patch for NASCAR Racing 2 another one.
An interesting one is EF-2000 V2. The 3dfx version was pretty much married to V1 hardware - it only runs on a V2 with environmental variables set to emulate a V1 and won't run on a V5 at all I don't think. None the less I bet it would handle furballs and other of the more complex sim moments more smoothly with the extra horsepower of a V1 SLI setup.
My experience was that these sorts of games almost universally benefitted from any increase in system performance.
Related to all this is CART Racing 2, the Rendition version designed for the V1000 chip. It runs smoothly on a 4mb board, better on a V2200/4mb card [with the V2200 rendition patch]. Though it's framerate capped at 30 FPS, I notice improved "smoothness" during race starts [typically the most sluggish/resource hog part] with a QDI 8mb Rendition card. The extra video power smooths out the troughs in the actual vs average FPS, even if it always appears to be running at or near max FPS.
Bottom line is I love the idea that a Voodoo 1 SLI is lurking somewhere out there. I'd love to upgrade my W95/Diamond 3D-2000 Pro 4mb/Voodoo 1 4mb like that:)