This is my first post on your forum.  I have a V5 5500 AGP but I haven't used it for a loooong time  :'(

Anyway, My current rig : AMD Athlon XP 2000 - 512 MB RAM - Gainward GeForceFX 5700Ultra Golden Sample - WinXP

To run the time demo, press Ctrl+Alt+~ at the main menu.  Type : Timedemo demo1 and then ENTER

Try it three or so times and then you get a better idea of FPS you get on your current settings.

1st try » 27.5 FPS
2nd try » 30.8 FPS
3rd try » 30.8 FPS

Oh yes, it was running at 640x480, Medium Detail, 2xAA

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Come chat with us on Planetmars.co.za/forums.  Very nice people.
Adieu

Hey get in touch with ya' Voodoo self! ;)

Recycle some old PC parts and build a 3Dfx rig! ;D

As to the meaning of you post...hmm, I suppose a Timedemo comparison of different DOOM 3 compatible rigs of forum members 'would' be somewhat interesting...  ::)

I'll Timedemo L8R and post my results... ;)

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Recycle some old PC parts and build a 3Dfx rig!

The problem is the MotherBoard.  I can't find the right board for my card.  Once I have the board, the rest is easy.

I would love to see my card in action again.
*staring at the window feeling nostalgic*

Hey, I could help ya' there mate! ;)

If you want a second hand PII Intel BX based board just to build a Voodoo rig I have a few lying around that I'd part with for £10-15...whatcha think? ???

Just thought I'd let Ya' know! 8)

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Thx for the offer paulpsomiadis, but I live in South-Africa.  The exchange rate from R (Rand) to Pound is R6.70 for 1 Pound witch makes it way to expensive for me.  I'll rather check in our local Junk Mail newspaper for a board.  The problem is, I don't know wich boards to look for  ???  :-[
Luckily people here sell alot of second hand PC's for almost next to nothing, you just have to know what to look for  ;)
I want to build a PIII for my V5 - that sounds strange, doesn't it - but what board will be best?

Anyway, Doom3 is so dark I'm thinking of editing the .ini file to change the gamma so I can actually see what I'm doing.  Flashlight my a$$  :)

I guess any mobo with AGP 3.3V slot could do the job.

also you can find some more info here:
http://www.3dfxzone.it/enboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1289

Fair enough mate! :P

As for the latter question, if you're looking for an MB for your V5500... :-/

It will have to be an older model mainboard that supports 3.3V on the AGP card slot... ;)

Check THIS thread: -

http://www.falconfly-central.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=techtalk;action=display;num=1091454754;start=3#3

Hope that's O.K.! 8)

Thnx guys.  With the info you gave me, I'm sure to get the right MB.

Adieu

k7 triton Gigabyte Ga-7dxe
amd 761+686b Chipset

great for v5500 only supports to 2200

nice solid board on xp


got it at a swap meet

Continuing the DOOM 3 Timedemo scores... ::)

AthlonXP 2600+
512MB RAM
Radeon 9700Pro

High Detail (everything inc. extra 'hidden' options turned ON) 8)

800x600 res. 2xAA

1st score: 23.7
2nd score: 28.6
3rd score: 28.5

Wheeeee! ;D

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High Detail (everything inc. extra 'hidden' options turned ON)

I also tweaked some things and now I am able to play the game on 800x600, even 1024x768 although it gets slow when there are more than 2 creatures in the screen.  I still need to run time demo again to see if there were any improvements on speed.

Is it possible to upload a file to this forum?  Maybe this file has been posted.  I'll check first.

My scores,

System1:

Windows 2000 SP4
Athlon64 3400
1 gb. ram
MSI K8T Neo
Radeon 9800 pro @ core=465, mem.=380

Game settings = 1024X768, high detail, 2X AA

1) 31.2 FPS
2) 31.9 FPS
3) 32.5 FPS

*edit (new results after applying a shader patch)  ;D

1) 39.8 FPS
2) 40.4 FPS
3) 40.7 FPS


System2:

Windows 2000 SP4
Athlon XP 2400
ECS K7S5A pro
512 mb. ram
Voodoo 5500 @ 191 mhz
MesaFX

Game settings = 800X600, medium detail, shadows turned off.

1) 17.9 FPS
2) 18.1 FPS
3) 18.5 FPS

* not so bad for a near enough 4 year card  ;D

wrote on 08.09.04 at 01:23:40:

My scores, ..................................... System2: Windows 2000 SP4 Athlon XP 2400 ECS K7S5A pro 512 mb. ram Voodoo 5500 @ 191 mhz MesaFX Game settings = 800X600, medium detail, shadows turned off. 1) 17.9 FPS 2) 18.1 FPS 3) 18.5 FPS * not so bad for a near enough 4 year card  ;D

Did you use a Voodoo5 5500 AGP or PCI?

@Obi-Wan_Kenobi,

5500 AGP.

wrote on 28.09.04 at 14:18:08:

@Obi-Wan_Kenobi, 5500 AGP.

Okay that's very good for a 4,5 year old card, then i suppose that Doom3's core is still based on de Q3A engine... Otherwise this couldn't be possible.

But I've heard that even Half Life2 is possible on our VSA-100 based cards!, it seems to be that the core of the Valve2 engine still runs on DirectX 7.0 how funny.

I thought I read that at 3dfxzone.it somewhere.

even on voodoo 3 it' s possible. If we can believe "Doom" that is. I havn't seen the game running on vsa-100 cards but hey if voodoo 3 is possible I assume v4/5 is possible too  ;)

http://www.3dfxzone.it/enboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1354

@Obi-Wan_Kenobi,

You are correct about Half life 2, it seems as if this game can and will run on older cards (back to DirectX 6 or 7 I think).

Here's a link with some further info if your interested:

http://www.techimo.com/articles/index.pl?photo=138

Did every company forget the Voodoo 4 and 5 cards when specifying requirements or what?


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DirectX 6: This is the extreme low end. DX6 cards running Half-Life 2 will look a lot like HL. Textures are only 128x128 or 256x256. Everything will look very nasty. TNT2, ATI Rage, S3 Savage, Voodoo3, Matrox G200, motherboard integrated graphics. DirectX 7: A DX7 based card is what I consider the actual playable low end for Half-Life 2. You should get 3D sky, some volumetric effects, hardware T&L, 256x256 textures, decals, dynamic shadows, and medium resolution displacement maps. Geforce, GeForce2, Radeon 7000 series, nForce integrated graphics.

It's the same thing with The Sims 2. On the official page they mention geforce's and radeons but no voodoo's :-/

Just got my sweetass 9700pro 8)

system;
Abit NF7-S rev2.0, AMD AXP-M 2600+@3200+, GeiL Golden Dragon 512mb DDR400 DC kit, Built-By-ATi Radeon 9700pro stock speeds with Hercules 3D Prophet 9700pro bios

settings;
highest quality mipmaps and textures in ati cpanel, forced 4x AA and 16x aniso
800x600 ingame, medium details, 4x AA selected in 'advanced system setup', ATi shader math patch applied

1st run; 35.1fps
2nd; 41.9fps
3rd; 41.5fps

grooovy  ;D