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Voodoo 3 vs voodoo 4 alpha blending

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First post, by ChrisCorkill

Posted on 2026-01-12, 14:23

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I noticed my voodoo 3 runs everything I want to play extremely well until it has to blend semi transparent textures(aka alpha blending).

One game particularly is Shadows of the Empire on the first level when your speeder takes damage and smoke starts bellowing out. That slows the game down.

I always heard the voodoo 4 was similar performance than a voodoo 3 but wondered if it had improved alpha blending.

Anyone know about this particular aspect or has a voodoo 4 and shadows of the empire to try it with?

Reply 1 of 1, by The Serpent Rider

Posted on 2026-01-13, 02:17

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On paper, Voodoo 4 has doubled fillrate of Voodoo 3, but they have the same memory bandwidth, so it's no that simple. But heavy alpha blending is tanking even GeForce 2 MX.

I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.

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