Voodoo 2 /Voodoo3

[mdhome]

Silly question, but does anyone know the difference between a Voodoo 2 and a Voodoo3 (if such a card exists).

regards MD

[Pace]

The Voodoo3 is the successor to the Voodoo2.

The Voodoo2 is an addon 3D card (for a PCI slot) which, in turn, was the successor to the Voodoo1.

Voodoo1: 4Mb, PCI, 3D Only.
Voodoo2: 8/12Mb, PCI, 3D Only - 180MTexels?
Voodoo3: 16Mb, AGP/PCI, 2D and 3D, 286-366MTexels

The Voodoo2 also had the additional property of being able to link up 2 identical cards in SLI mode (scan-line interleave), where each card would render an alternate line on screen, giving upto 2x the performance.

Additionally, the Voodoo3 has been superseded by the Voodoo4 and 5 series, but then you're not asking about them

P.

[mdhome]

Thanks Pace
One of the chaps in work has a *voodoo* card but thinks it is a voodoo 3. Unfortunately he has a passthrough connector on the back which leads me to believe that it is a voodoo 2.

regards MD

[Pace]

Ok MD

Though that card could also be a V1

Or maybe he's confusing a pass-thru with a TV-out or something similar

P.

[Tom]

Just a note...
there was also a 6MB Voodoo 1....
Canopus Pure3D...I still have mine

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[Technoid]

Was'nt there a board that had 2 voodoo2 boards fused togheter?

[The PIT]

Technoid. In answer to your question Yes but I can't remember who made it.

[dZeus]

it was the 3Dfx spin-off that made the board, called Quantum3D

[cbman]

Yeah the fused board was made by Obsidian they made it so you didn't need to use two PCI Slots to have a SLI Setup

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[dZeus]

wasn't Obsidian the actual product name of it, and made by Quantum3D?

I thought it was called Quantum3D Obsidian X-24 or something like that

[Greebe]

Yes that's correct dZ

[Joel]

And at the time of it's release that SLI setup would set you back about $500.00 to $700.00.

Joel

[dZeus]

I remember buying a Voodoo-2 8MB (a Diamond Monster 3D-II) the first day it was available through wholesale here in Holland.. it costed something like 250 US dollars... a lot of money for a 16-year-old-still-in-school kid

Though it was a great card for it's time, and was worth every single penny imho... all games from that period (and far after) ran superb on it

[This message has been edited by dZeus (edited 31 March 2001).]

[cbman]

Good call DZ

My brain is kinda spongey and it hurts trying to squeeze all the information out of it.. LOL

Excuse my Poop Post.

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[Pace]

6Mb Voodoo 1? I'm guessing you mean the Voodoo Rush - there wasn't (as I recall) a 6Mb V1.

Please correct me if I'm wrong people

Incidentally, there was also a 16Mb 'Voodoo2' then A 2D/3D (like the Rush) Banshee, which had only a single texturing unit (as opposed to the V2's 2) and was just over half the speed of a V2. My G200 still beat it though

P.