5500 vs 4500 (PCI) on Lewpy's plug

Sanhime · August 27th, 2002

Is there any significant "REAL-TIME" differences running lewpy's plug on Voodoo5's 4500 vs 5500?

I know 5500 is stronger, but as far as "practicality" goes, I am getting the impression that 5500 does not do any better (or significant) of a job of running PSX on Lewpy's plug than 4500.

I need to know this because I'm upgrade from 5500AGP to Geforce "X", and I still want a Voodoo PCI as secondary to run PSX and older glide stuff. I may not want to shell out the extra $ for a 5500PCI if I don't think its neccessary.

I'm sticking with glide to play PSX, sorry Pete your 3D plugs is a bit to "clunky" to use.

**Kane** · August 27th, 2002

The whole point about hte Voodoo 5 is the FSAA and Glide support, desu ne?
The FSAA on the Voodoo 4 4500 is maxed out at 2x wheras the Voodoo 5 has 4x which is substatialy better.
It all depends on why you want the Voodoo. If you want it for compatibility's sake, by all means, get the Voodoo 4, but if you want image quality get teh Voodoo 5 5500

Sanhime · August 27th, 2002

"desu, ne"??? LOL Nihojin desu ka?

FSAA is not important to me. I'm just getting the impression that there very little differences of FPS between the two cards.

**Kane** · August 27th, 2002

In theory, the Voodoo 5 is twice the speed (2 processors as opposed to one) however in reality, the Voodoo 4 is about 55-60% the speed of the Voodoo 5.
The Voodoos are mostly CPU limited however, so on a more powerful CPU this will be less apparent.

Sanhime · August 27th, 2002

So I guess maybe on an Athlon 1.0ghz TB, I won't see that much of a difference?

"In therory" it would not be twice a fast because of the SLI setup. The 2 cpus (or I should say memory is more appropriate) run in "parallel", figurely speaking.

**fivefeet8** · August 27th, 2002

The voodo 5 also has twice the memory bandwidth as the voodoo 4's.. So in higher resolutions, it's noticeably faster.. And the voodoo 5 also peforms better at FSAA..

**Kane** · August 28th, 2002

I would notice the difference on my 650MHz chip, but I notice less of a difference on my current chip (Athlon XP 1600+).

August 27th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Sanhime Banned Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sacred Ground, NYC, USA Posts: 873	5500 vs 4500 (PCI) on Lewpy's plug Is there any significant "REAL-TIME" differences running lewpy's plug on Voodoo5's 4500 vs 5500? I know 5500 is stronger, but as far as "practicality" goes, I am getting the impression that 5500 does not do any better (or significant) of a job of running PSX on Lewpy's plug than 4500. I need to know this because I'm upgrade from 5500AGP to Geforce "X", and I still want a Voodoo PCI as secondary to run PSX and older glide stuff. I may not want to shell out the extra $ for a 5500PCI if I don't think its neccessary. I'm sticking with glide to play PSX, sorry Pete your 3D plugs is a bit to "clunky" to use.

August 27th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	The whole point about hte Voodoo 5 is the FSAA and Glide support, desu ne? The FSAA on the Voodoo 4 4500 is maxed out at 2x wheras the Voodoo 5 has 4x which is substatialy better. It all depends on why you want the Voodoo. If you want it for compatibility's sake, by all means, get the Voodoo 4, but if you want image quality get teh Voodoo 5 5500 __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

August 27th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	In theory, the Voodoo 5 is twice the speed (2 processors as opposed to one) however in reality, the Voodoo 4 is about 55-60% the speed of the Voodoo 5. The Voodoos are mostly CPU limited however, so on a more powerful CPU this will be less apparent. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

August 27th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,586	The voodo 5 also has twice the memory bandwidth as the voodoo 4's.. So in higher resolutions, it's noticeably faster.. And the voodoo 5 also peforms better at FSAA.. __________________ 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 28th, 2002	#7 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	I would notice the difference on my 650MHz chip, but I notice less of a difference on my current chip (Athlon XP 1600+). __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

August 27th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Sanhime Banned Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sacred Ground, NYC, USA Posts: 873	"desu, ne"??? LOL Nihojin desu ka? FSAA is not important to me. I'm just getting the impression that there very little differences of FPS between the two cards.

August 27th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Sanhime Banned Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sacred Ground, NYC, USA Posts: 873	So I guess maybe on an Athlon 1.0ghz TB, I won't see that much of a difference? "In therory" it would not be twice a fast because of the SLI setup. The 2 cpus (or I should say memory is more appropriate) run in "parallel", figurely speaking.

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