Near the end of 1998, 3dfx released the Voodoo Banshee, which featured a lower price achieved through higher component integration, and a more complete feature-set including 2D acceleration, to target the mainstream consumer market.

Voodoo3 was a series of computer gaming video cards manufactured and designed by 3dfx Interactive. It was the successor to the company's high-end Voodoo2 line and was based heavily upon the older Voodoo Banshee product. Voodoo3 was announced at COMDEX '98 and arrived on store shelves in early 1999. [1] .

The Voodoo 5 was the last and most powerful graphics card line that was released by 3dfx Interactive. All members of the family were based upon the VSA-100 graphics processor. [ 1 ] Only the single-chip Voodoo 4 4500 and dual-chip Voodoo 5 5500 made it to market.

May 27, 2024 · 3dfx Voodoo - the graphics card that revolutionized PC gaming. Reflective surfaces, smooth frame rates and the awesomeness of GLQuake. We explore how the 3dfx Voodoo 3D accelerator changed...

The Voodoo Graphics 4 MB was a performance-segment graphics card by 3dfx, launched on October 7th, 1996. Built on the 500 nm process, and based on the SST1 graphics processor, in its 500-0003-03 variant, the card supports DirectX 5.0.

Aug 2, 2015 · Once in a while a lot of questions come by about voodoo cards so i decided to make a list with some info. Might be useable for new people that want to use one. These cards have good direct3d support but their strongest feature is …

From the ground up 3dfx planned to build high end 3D gaming board capable to deliver smooth gameplay at 640x480 resolution with bilineary filtered textures. Voodoo Graphics is connected to a VGA output of 2d graphics and when 3d rendering starts …

Apr 4, 2019 · First of all, 3dfx had made the audacious choice to not support 2D rendering. The Voodoo1 had two VGA ports, one acting as output and the other as input. The card was designed as an add-on which took as input the output of the 2D VGA card already installed in a PC.

This is a in-depth retro review of the 3dfx Voodoo 3 graphics card. Big thanks to Artex from Vogons for letting me use your photos! In this video: - History / background - Variants - Clock speeds - Image quality - 2D core - 3D core - 16 bit colour support only - 2x2 box filter and 22 bit equivalent (video analysis) - Drivers - Overclocking ...

Voodoo 3. Well performance graphic card (2D + 3D). Commonly found with STB cards although there were other constructions (even motherboards). Typically they have 16MB memory. MSI-6168 (motherboard) PowerColor EvilKing 3; Garnet