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3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games
02.05.10 at 01:39:18

Hello,

I bought a voodoo 5 5500 agp a little while ago and I can't get some glide games to run in pure dos mode. SET ssth3_sli_aa_configuration=0 works for some games (Carmageddon 1 for example) but not all (Lands of Lore 2 for example). Does anyone know more solutions to run DOS games in glide with a Voodoo 5? And is it possible to get SLI and Anti-Aliasing to work with DOS games? Lastly, why won't I see the 3Dfx logo with DOS games on my Voodoo 5? My 3D blaster banshee showed it and worked fine with DOS games.

Many thanks in advance,

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games
Reply #1 - 02.05.10 at 12:21:13

Anything above Voodoo2 is not a good choice for pure DOS gaming, because the drivers do not have a proper GLIDE2X.OVL file, V3 and newer cards are meant for Windows gaming (glide2x.dll and glide3x.dll).

Some games might work (Carmageddon is a good example), but others won't work - the first Tomb Raider with glide patch won't work (as far as I remember).

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akula65 Full Member Offline Don't Feed the Trolls Posts: 155 Gender:	Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games Reply #2 - 02.05.10 at 18:58:26 Tomb Raider will work with Voodoo5 5500 IF you use the Voodoo Rush patch (I kid you not): http://www.smokeypoint.com/banshee.html#voodoo
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Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games
Reply #3 - 03.05.10 at 17:35:58

Okay, I'll try that patch. Thanks for the replies guys. Maybe I'll build another computer with Voodoo2 Sli.

Question:

I need one 2D card for use with the voodoo 2's right? Does it matter if that other card also supports 3D? A Diamond Viper II is the only card I have and it's AGP; can 2 Voodoo 2's work with an AGP card?

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Narmounet Junior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2! Posts: 85 France / Blois Gender:	Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games Reply #4 - 03.05.10 at 22:25:45 Yes you can
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ps47 God Member Offline Keeper of the 3Dfx Helppage Posts: 988 Slovakia,central Europe Gender:	Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games Reply #5 - 05.05.10 at 14:23:57 voodoo2 will work with any primary card,pci,agp or pci-e..
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Reply #6 - 16.05.10 at 13:08:52

Back again,

So I've got a voodoo2 now and I'm using it with my Viper 2 Z200 AGP card.

Of course, I'm having problems. I can't run any DOS game (again sigh).

When I start one, all I get is a black screen. I don't see the 3dfx logo either. Windows games work though.

glide2x.ovl is in my Windows directory and the game detects my card but still it won't work.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games
Reply #7 - 16.05.10 at 14:35:31

glide2x.ovl should be placed in your game folder (in the same folder with the exe of the game)

Then, you might want to check c:\autoexec.bat and c:\config.sys. A google search with keywords "3dfx" "autoexec.bat" "config.sys" might help you.

Now, for Carmageddon I reccomend searching for a file named carmav2.zip, it's the best 3dfx version. If you get a black screen you should restart your computer and try again, Carma locks the V2 cards at startup and a restart is needed.

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games
Reply #8 - 16.05.10 at 16:37:12

Hi,

Thanks for the response RaverX!

I found that reducing my CPU clock rate from 700 to 300 fixes a little.

I now see the 3Dfx logo and I can run lands of lore 2 but the keyboard is extremely laggy (the game keeps turning to the left) in DOS (even with 700 mhz) and the computer locks up after 1 minute of playing.

Carmageddon 2 won't start anymore by the way.

This is retarded, why would CPU frequency make a difference.

Also, the v2-auto.inf file doesn't make any difference, I rem'd out the SET variables for dos compatibility and the game still ran.

Do you know of anything more? I tried some config.sys and autoexec.bat files.

Btw: Do you have a voodoo2? And do you have a fast CPU with it? Maybe my CPU is too fast for it......

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Drakan Player Full Member Offline Lick dat boot boy! Posts: 103 Tank Town Texas Gender:	Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games Reply #9 - 16.05.10 at 20:06:26 This is why people are still holding onto those 486 and P1 rigs. Clock rate is key when it comes to DOS games.
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ps47 God Member Offline Keeper of the 3Dfx Helppage Posts: 988 Slovakia,central Europe Gender:	Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games Reply #10 - 17.05.10 at 16:17:44 if you don't have a dedicated dos machine (p1/voodoo1 as already mentioned),it would probably be easier to run the game(s) via some build of dosbox that has support for dosglide emulation,or try dgvoodoo glide wrapper..
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Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games
Reply #11 - 17.05.10 at 18:07:00

Thanks for the replies.

Yes, I know that but I don't like emulators. They always lag or have errors. I'd rather not play than on an emulator.

Still, I recall playing old dos games with a voodoo banshee and a 2000 mhz cpu. Everything was fine.

Perhaps my motherboard is not compatible with a V2 (Asus Cuv-4x)?

And does anyone know of people with a voodoo2+fast cpu?

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oldskool Senior Member Offline I Love 3dfx Posts: 398 uk Gender:	Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with dos glide games Reply #12 - 17.05.10 at 23:16:14 My V2's ran fine on a AMD 2500+ system, extra cooling is required on a modern system though as they will get very hot.
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