The little card that could !
Written: Mar 09 '01
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Pros: Cheap, easy to install, good compatability
Cons: Not g-force speed, driver updates.
The Bottom Line: Excellent value for money, good performance and build quality. Still holds it's own in Unreal Tournement, easy to install.
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| limeygreg's Full Review: 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 AGP |
Anyone who is not a prolific gamer with a top of the range processor and oodles of ram, could make use of the little wonder from 3dfx.
The card I had was a PCI model and not the AGP (but to be frank, there is not as much difference as you may believe between the two!). My card was excellent at Unreal Tournement and Quake III - giving 52 fps on 800x600 on a Celeron 500 with 128 ram (world and people textures on medium). 3dfx really made a good card when the turned out this little diamond, it is compatible with practically everything and gives better performance than a TNT2 32 meg vanta PCI.
If you are after a budget card, mine cost £40-00 brand spanking new, then this really is good value for money; there is the possability that drivers for this card may in time come as rare as chicken dentures, however, I am sure there will still be people writing and updating for a while to come.
So to re-cap, excellent value for money, competent in most every aspect and backwards compatible - there are loads of good slightly older games out there!.
On the negative, there may be a shortage of drivers out there eventually, can't hack stuff like Project IGI on full graphic detail at 1280x1024 - having said that adjust screen settings on your games and you will find a happy medium between detail and performance.
The Voodoo is only 16bit colour, but lets be honest! - does it make that much difference??.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): £40-00
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