SFFT driver Alpha33 for Voodoo 3/4/5 cards and Windows 2000/XP:

http://www.3dfxzone.it/news/puntatore.php?uid=2076

If you want to continue using AmigaMerlin V3.1-R11, just put 3dfxvs.dll and 3dfxvsm.sys of SFFT in the AmigaMerlin package and replace existing ones, reinstalls drivers and good testing... ;)

How's the feedback coming for this one ?

Any major improvements ?

As told in this page, code optimizations and bug fixing:

http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/news/3dfx/sfft_alpha33_voodoo3_4_5/

hmm I must say that SFFT Alpha 33 rocks in 2000 and especially XP Pro, finally the XP drivers are getting fixed hehe

I tested Jedi Knight Jedi Academy with the latest Dark Forces mod @ 1024 x 768 x32 @ normal detail only shadows off  :)

my 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI 64MB Rev.A1 2900 did a nice 43 fps avr on the Dual Opteron DP 244 system :)

Quote:

...Dual Opteron DP 244 system

...on THIS system just about anything would get nice FPS! ;)

LOL! ;D

yeah now I must seek an AGP2PCI and we could do some  realy fun stuff hehe hmm that 6K could come in handy hehe I knew it would someday :)

Nah but the idea is a possibillity, first I'll upgrade the CPU's to 2x OpteronDP 250 :) 2x 2.4Ghz 2x 1MB L2 :)

the 244's run @ 1.8Ghz a piece hehe so a nice 600Mhz per CPU extra ain't so bad :)

what is the best driver for voodoo 5 5500 agp winxp directx9 ?,i have try some amigamerlin (3.1r11 3.0 2.5se) but all bug in windows with 32bit colors and in 3d games as warcraft 3 800x600 16. thank you for your answers.  ;)

well XP is the worst OS for 3dfx card My advice is still make use of Win98SE or Win2K Pro for the best performance for 98SE use the latest Raziel64 Evolution driver or AmigaMerlin 2.9 always has been my big favour.

For Win2K pro AmigaMerlin 3.1 R11 with Sage 1.9 otherwise SFFT Alpha33 with Voodoo Control, V.Control replaces your 3dfx tools very handy.

but if you really want XP to be your Voodoo OS [Bad Choice lol] use SFFT Alpha 33 with V.Control, I have tested the aplpha 33 drivers in XP as 2000, and 2000 was alot faster hehe do remember that XP didn't exsist when 3dfx was allive, and there were never drivers made for that OS, which still remains as the major problem with XP, to me old cards and new OS'es don't mix.

thenk you for your answer Obi-Wan_Kenobi you made me understand  ;D ,but I thought that the new devlopers tries to solve the problem with win xp os ,so : I have make mistake .  :-/ (excuse me for bad english Im starting ) ;).I wondered if the bios updat is importent or not?and there are officials versions? ???

I have a problem with H-KEYS in regedit, I was not able to remove theme for good because when I do that and restart windows xp detect my voodoo 5 and I recover 3dfxvs in regedit :( .what is solution pleese thenks.  ???

I have sfft alfa33 driver(with 3dfxtools 2.6.1.110) and P4 voodoo5 5500 AGP winXP directx9.I had test some drivers(amigamerlin3.1r11 3.0 and 2.5SE) but there was bugs both in on OS and 3d games too(WarcraftIII)and displayed ERREUR message.Now I test sfft alfa33,in this moment there are not bug with winXP OS since 2 days :),I don't test it with WArcraftIII but I hope that it won't crashing.at next for test results ;)

I use sfft Alfa 33(and 3dfxtools) with voodoo5 5500 agp winXP. I am at third day of test and there are not erreurs messages appears  when I work in win OS system or with 3d games (WarcraftIII) and I found a new option:its possible now to play with 32bit :Dgood, exept some slowing when there are too many effects in the game (that can be that because I have only 256mb of SDRAM ???) but I can say that I have play more than 2 hours without bug and is too much beter than hold driver versions. ;D thank you for all and good continuation ;)

Hey, 8)
Its importent to update the BIOS version of my voodoo 5 5500 AGP  ???(I have the original version: 1.06) ,I use win XP.
thenks for all ;)

no.

ok Ps47 yu explaine me very well :P thenk yu. ;)
thenks for Obi allso ;D, but sorry Im not ready to use the old win OS's because I m abituated to Win XP.
and good continuation . ;)

400 MHz Pentium II or equivalent.
128 MB of RAM.
8 MB 3D video card (TNT, i810, Voodoo 3, Rage 128 equivalent or better) with DirectX® 8.1 support.
It is the minimum system requirement for WARCRAFT III game (use Direct 3d I suppose).
Although I have a system configuration distinctly more
importent(specified down),I have some slowings when I play (800x600 32bit).
I have sfft ALPH33(with 3dfxtools 2.6.1.110), Windows XP ,Directx 9c.
Someone can help me to increase performances ?
thenks to all ;)

I have an athlon1400/voodoo5 and W3 slows down anyway.it was slowing down even when I had a radeon8500 in that machine.ask me,those minimum system requirements are completely fake.

Hi everybody,
before beginning just for your information ps47, WARCRAFT III game is faster while selecting "Single Chip Only" (compatibility mode).:)
Now I have a question.
I have compare the 3dfxtools options of
Amigamerlin 3.0 XP and SFFT Alpha 33 driver added to 3dfxtools 2.6.1.110.
why the 3dfxtools (associated with SFFT driver)obtions is incomplete ???
Thre are 3 big pages :
I)3dfx advanced fuetures:here there are not the following options:
1-Global Setings with all its components.
2-Direct 3d :
2 Pixel-per-clock Rendering.
D 3d Guardband Cliping.
Edge-Aliasing.
Rendering Color-Depth.
Scan Line-Height.
Speed setings.
Trilinear Texture Filtering.
3-OpenGL/Glide:
2 Pixel-per-clock Rendering.
Edge-Aliasing.
and auther...
II)3dfx Color:No problem.
III)3dfx Antialiasing:
1)Direct 3d:
Speed setings.
2)OpenGL/Glide:
#In Amiga3.0xp:there are Speed setings option.
#In SFFT alpha 33(3dfxtools):There are AA demo key option.
In this moment I have SFFT alpha33(with 3dfxtools 2.6.1.110) and my system is down.
If you use as me the sfft driver and 3dfxtools ,you can verify what I say here: http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/bestsettings/am30xp/gs.htm
Does someone have an explanation?
Thenks ;)

wrote on 19.01.06 at 15:17:51:

I have an athlon1400/voodoo5 and W3 slows down anyway.it was slowing down even when I had a radeon8500 in that machine.ask me,those minimum system requirements are completely fake.

Heh, W3 gets choppy on an A64 3700+, 1GB OCZ PC4000 VX Gold, GeForce 6800GT system at 1280x1024.

It's a hog.

@in3d

I think most people use VoodooControl instead of 3dfx Tools for the SFFT Driver.
Not sure, but I think the independent Vctrl Applet is much easier and more failsafe to use than 3dfx Tools on the latest 3rd party Drivers (3dfx Tools relies on 100% correct entries in the Registry provided by the Driver for all Options it displays, also only within the limits as what it can display in the first place)

Someone can explain me how to make the updating of Amigamerlin 3.1 R 11 with the new SFFT Alpha 33 driver ?
Thenks. ;)

wrote on 03.01.06 at 12:08:00:

If you want to continue using AmigaMerlin V3.1-R11, just put 3dfxvs.dll and 3dfxvsm.sys of SFFT in the AmigaMerlin package and replace existing ones, reinstalls drivers and good testing... ;)

;D ;)

Please Sanford, say me just, from where you have bring this news ? :o From a chemical laboratory ? ;D

wrote on 24.01.06 at 04:29:02:

Please Sanford, say me just, from where you have bring this news ? :o From a chemical laboratory ? ;D

Directly from Amigamerlin, I used that driver-mix many times with every new SFFT release and without any kind of problem.

Before new driver installation don't forget to use Driver Cleaner Pro (and delete "3dfxvs" key in the registry) for total uninstall of the current version.