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Voodoo 2 vs Voodoo 3 IQ

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First post, by Stretch

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Please share links to videos or articles comparing Voodoo2 with Voodoo3 image quality in Glide/OpenGL/D3D games.

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Reply 1 of 6, by PhilsComputerLab

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Stretch wrote:

Please share links to videos or articles comparing Voodoo2 with Voodoo3 image quality in Glide/OpenGL/D3D games.

Well, what is your opinion?

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Reply 2 of 6, by leileilol

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Voodoo2's blurrier and i'm not talking about the DAC filter but the image signal. There's also diagonal interference which is far more noticable on TFTs

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Reply 3 of 6, by Stretch

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philscomputerlab wrote:
Stretch wrote:

Please share links to videos or articles comparing Voodoo2 with Voodoo3 image quality in Glide/OpenGL/D3D games.

Well, what is your opinion?

If you run out of ideas for your Youtube channel, maybe you can create a video comparing a Voodoo 2 and Voodoo 3 at 640x480 or 800x600.

About 15 years ago I sold my V2 and V3, but I recently purchased a V2 on ebay for my retro PC.

My motherboard doesn't support the AGP V3 and I can't find reasonably priced V3 PCI.

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Reply 4 of 6, by KT7AGuy

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I'm not quite sure what you are after.

It is common-knowledge for the past 15+ years that the V3 (AGP or PCI) IQ is superior to V2 single or SLI. Any pass-thru system will be inferior to a single-card solution. GLIDE-Wrappers or DOSBox are probably better than the real thing at this time: V1 or V2.

If you have only one choice to make for your legacy system, you choose V3.

Reply 5 of 6, by 386SX

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I think the V3 solved any excessive smoothness and interference caused by V2 rendering + passthrough cable even if it probably was much better that the V1.

Reply 6 of 6, by Stretch

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Thanks for the feedback, I'll stick with my V2 single.

I don't use pass-thru though, since my Dell U2412M has DVI, DisplayPort, and VGA input.

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