my new voodoo 5

Andrew Hruska · August 9th, 2003

I got my voodoo 5 5500! Hooray! Everything on the desktop is so SHARP with ClearType, witch is usually blurrish. It's cool! i love it. But i had to do MAJOR PAINFUL mods to my case: I had to take out a cathode tube

, move my hard drive, move my modem, move my Sound Blaster 128PCI, and completly reroute every cable. Phew. But the rewards are STUNNING!

If you have onboard video ( unless it's a Nforce 2 or ATI RADEON IGP 9100 ), get a Voodoo 5 5500 from ebay. you'll notice the difference.
You probably are tired of my blabbering..

**Yeloazndevil** · August 9th, 2003

thats great u finally got on, remember use glide 64 for N64 and Lewpy's glide 1.14 plug-in for PSX

a voodoo 5 is only good for emulation for today's pc games no, get a Geforce of Radeon.

but if anyone wants a voodoo 5 get the PCI version

Andrew Hruska · August 9th, 2003

you mean TODAYs TODAY games.Like D3D8 games or something
THPS 2 (DX7.1) for PC is fast on this at 640x480 with 2xAA ( which is NEAT on the School 2 level

) And yeah, i will use Glide64 0.42 and Lewpy's glide. Also, on a side note, are Amigamerlin 2.5 drivers better then the Voodoolizer drivers? It better be worth the 30-min download ( remember- i use dial-up

)

**Yeloazndevil** · August 9th, 2003

I don't kno, I don't have a voodoo card anymore

ready2rumbelX · August 19th, 2003

The only Voodoo card i've owned was a Voodoo Banshee, which was really good at the time. Then eventually, I replaced it with an S3 Savage 4 Xtreme card....then, I switched ATi and have never left since.

ready2rumbelX

slimjim · August 20th, 2003

Amigamerlin's driver is solid. I normally use that but for some strange reason im using a 3DHQ driver right now on my emu rig.
Got a voodoo 5 5500 AGP sitting spare in the cupboard, swapped my old GF2 GTS for it.

Particleman · August 21st, 2003

I still have fond memories of my Voodoo 5 (it truely was ahead of its time in terms of FSAA, and the blurring it did that made pc games look blurry actually looked good on PSX games), but I can't really see why anyone would want one nowadays unless you could get it really really cheap, since there are some pretty good value cards out there like the GFFX 5200, GF4 4200, and even the 8500. That are pretty much just as good for emulation but better for todays games.

**fivefeet8** · August 21st, 2003

Some people still like glide and the 2d/3d quality of the v5's.

Galway no Sora · August 21st, 2003

And me is one of those people. Voodoo 5 5500 PCI is a cool companion for Radeon 9800 Pro All in Wonder

.

Noxious Ninja · August 21st, 2003

And Catalyst Maker refuses to add Super Sampling to the ATi Windows drivers, so the Voodoo 5 _still_ has better image quality in games that it supports.

Which sucks, 'cause a Radeon 9700 could handle 8x RGSS in N64 and PSX games easily.

I'm building a "new" box next week (hopefully) to chunk my Voodoo 5 in. I hope it goes well.

Particleman · August 21st, 2003

I still have one 9700 Pro, I wish ATi would add supersampling too. In newer games ATi's current multisampling would probably look better than the Voodoo 5's FSAA, since it removes jaggies just as well if not better, but doesn't blur textures. The main reason I want to see supersampling is because many old games exhibit graphical glitches when you use multisampling on them. Emulation also tends to look a bit better with a bit of blurring. A lot of people who only play new games don't seem to see the need for supersampling though

August 9th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Andrew Hruska Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere Posts: 1,121	my new voodoo 5 I got my voodoo 5 5500! Hooray! Everything on the desktop is so SHARP with ClearType, witch is usually blurrish. It's cool! i love it. But i had to do MAJOR PAINFUL mods to my case: I had to take out a cathode tube , move my hard drive, move my modem, move my Sound Blaster 128PCI, and completly reroute every cable. Phew. But the rewards are STUNNING! If you have onboard video ( unless it's a Nforce 2 or ATI RADEON IGP 9100 ), get a Voodoo 5 5500 from ebay. you'll notice the difference. You probably are tired of my blabbering..

August 9th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,147	Re: my new voodoo 5 thats great u finally got on, remember use glide 64 for N64 and Lewpy's glide 1.14 plug-in for PSX a voodoo 5 is only good for emulation for today's pc games no, get a Geforce of Radeon. but if anyone wants a voodoo 5 get the PCI version

August 9th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,147	Re: my new voodoo 5 I don't kno, I don't have a voodoo card anymore

August 19th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
ready2rumbelX InnarX Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Borderline InSAnE Posts: 2,684	Re: my new voodoo 5 The only Voodoo card i've owned was a Voodoo Banshee, which was really good at the time. Then eventually, I replaced it with an S3 Savage 4 Xtreme card....then, I switched ATi and have never left since. ready2rumbelX __________________ ready2rumbelX -Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (@3200Mhz) -Gigabyte 965P-S3 motherboard -2x2GB G.Skill PC-6400 (DDR2 800Mhz) RAM (4-4-4-12) -Seagate 320GB (IDE) and Western Digital 500GB (SATA II) H.D -Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR 5 (850/4600) -Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (x64) -Realtek HD w/ Creative PC Works 5.1 -2 x L.G DVD/CD-RW Combo - GSA-H62N

August 20th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
slimjim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 102	Amigamerlin's driver is solid. I normally use that but for some strange reason im using a 3DHQ driver right now on my emu rig. Got a voodoo 5 5500 AGP sitting spare in the cupboard, swapped my old GF2 GTS for it. __________________ MAIN RIG:CPU: P4 2.8CGHz\| 1024mb Twinmoss PC 3700DDR \| PowerColor X800XT \|2 x Maxtor 120Gb 8mb cache ATA 133 HDD \| Abit IC7\| Plextor 708A \| 3COM 10/100 NIC \| 1mb Cable Modem \| Lian Li PC60USB

August 9th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Andrew Hruska Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere Posts: 1,121	you mean TODAYs TODAY games.Like D3D8 games or something THPS 2 (DX7.1) for PC is fast on this at 640x480 with 2xAA ( which is NEAT on the School 2 level ) And yeah, i will use Glide64 0.42 and Lewpy's glide. Also, on a side note, are Amigamerlin 2.5 drivers better then the Voodoolizer drivers? It better be worth the 30-min download ( remember- i use dial-up )

August 21st, 2003	#7 (permalink)
Particleman Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 462	I still have fond memories of my Voodoo 5 (it truely was ahead of its time in terms of FSAA, and the blurring it did that made pc games look blurry actually looked good on PSX games), but I can't really see why anyone would want one nowadays unless you could get it really really cheap, since there are some pretty good value cards out there like the GFFX 5200, GF4 4200, and even the 8500. That are pretty much just as good for emulation but better for todays games.

August 21st, 2003	#8 (permalink)
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,587	Re: my new voodoo 5 Some people still like glide and the 2d/3d quality of the v5's. __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel Q6600@3.2 ghertz\|4x1gb DDR2 1066\|Asrock 1600sli 110db LGA 775\|EVGA 8800gtx@620/1450/975\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\|Seagate 7000.10 500gb HD\|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Antec TP 650 watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|20.1" 5ms LCD 1680x1050 Native\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/15" Sub\|Dual Boot Winows XP Pro/Vista 64bit\|\| 2nd Rig\|\|Athlon64 x2 3800+\|2x1 gig PC3200\|BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC @450/1250 agp\|60 gig Maxtor IDE HD 7200 RPM\|40 gig Maxtor IDE HD\|Asrock Dual SATA2\|Silver Aluminum ATX\|17" LCD\|\| 3rd Rig\|\|Athlon Xp 2800+\|1.5 gig PC2700\|BFG GeforceFx 5900 Ultra OC agp\|100 gig Maxtor SATA HD\|NF7-s rev2.0\|Nvidia Soundstorm MCP\|19" CRT\|\|

August 21st, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Galway no Sora ~¤ PanZeR ¤~ idRO Thor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Valhalla, in Odin's throne Posts: 3,145	Re: my new voodoo 5 And me is one of those people. Voodoo 5 5500 PCI is a cool companion for Radeon 9800 Pro All in Wonder . __________________ Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz «» 2048MB DDR2 RAM «» 256MB onboard Graphic Onboard Realtek High Definition Soundcard «» 160 + 40 GB SATA HDD Pioneer DVD±RW «» 15.4" Widescreen LCD «» Windows Vista Ultimate Sucks ha? Yeah, that's a laptop for sure.

August 21st, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Noxious Ninja Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: teh intarweb Posts: 1,718	Re: my new voodoo 5 And Catalyst Maker refuses to add Super Sampling to the ATi Windows drivers, so the Voodoo 5 _still_ has better image quality in games that it supports. Which sucks, 'cause a Radeon 9700 could handle 8x RGSS in N64 and PSX games easily. I'm building a "new" box next week (hopefully) to chunk my Voodoo 5 in. I hope it goes well. __________________ 09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0

August 21st, 2003	#11 (permalink)
Particleman Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 462	I still have one 9700 Pro, I wish ATi would add supersampling too. In newer games ATi's current multisampling would probably look better than the Voodoo 5's FSAA, since it removes jaggies just as well if not better, but doesn't blur textures. The main reason I want to see supersampling is because many old games exhibit graphical glitches when you use multisampling on them. Emulation also tends to look a bit better with a bit of blurring. A lot of people who only play new games don't seem to see the need for supersampling though

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