Geforce 2 GTS 64meg or Voodoo 5 5500

[lavaheadache]

I got a visiontek GF2 GTS and the voodoo 5. I'm looking to put together this rig for nostalgic purposes. I'm kinda partial to the voodoo 5, how could one not be? Anyways I got a whole stack of older games kicking around (Unreal, Unreal tourey, road rash, motorcross madness... you get the idea) and want to give them a run through. I also have a K6-2 500 and Asus P5A combo or a 2.0 P4 with an Intel d845 combo, which would you run? Again... I'm partail to the K6-2 500 since it's more suited to the time era and the last of the k2's... it also sports 3 ram slot versus the 2 on the intel board. I only have 3 256 sticks of ram so I'd be able to use more ram in the older board. Not sure if it'll make much difference.

Let me know what you fellas think. Maybe I'll even do a flashy case mod to show off this beast


*** edit... By the way I was tired of all the 8800 and hd3870 nonsense. I though this would bring good memories to the boards

 

[GZDynastar]

I would rock the voodoo, then update your sig.

 

[ViRGE]

If you're going to play the Unreal games, then definitely the Voodoo. Unreal 1 in particular works far better under GLide than D3D.

 

[BFG10K]

You're wasting your time with Glide in Unreal based games as most have updated OpenGL renderers that run far better than Glide and with higher image quality.

 

[Marty502]

What BFG said.

 

[angry hampster]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
You're wasting your time with Glide in Unreal based games as most have updated OpenGL renderers that run far better than Glide and with higher image quality.

However:
http://deceblog.net/uploads/20...voodoo5-5500-photo.jpg

That's just pure nostalgia. It's got so much more soul than the old Geforce

 

[Midnight Rambler]

Definitely the V5 5500 !

Like you, I have rigs for old games/apps. Right now I have two old rigs running for use with racing sims. One machine is built around a Rendition-based vid card (V2200), the other machine is running my V5. Grooving on some Indy Car, Nascar, and Grand Prix Legends ... sims, not games

 

[pcmax]

Originally posted by: angry hampster

Originally posted by: BFG10K
You're wasting your time with Glide in Unreal based games as most have updated OpenGL renderers that run far better than Glide and with higher image quality.

However:
http://deceblog.net/uploads/20...voodoo5-5500-photo.jpg

That's just pure nostalgia. It's got so much more soul than the old Geforce

Agreed, they just don't get it do they

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: angry hampster
That's just pure nostalgia. It's got so much more soul

Amen brotha'! :thumbsup: I sold my Voodoo5 last year (I think), but I still have my Voodoo3 3000!

 

[Insomniator]

haha def the v5.. cool card.. I'd run the p4 with it though.. should be wayyy faster

 

[gpse]

3dfx all the way!

 

[lavaheadache]

Ok, just got Xp setup on the K6..... way slowww. I'm going to install both cards just to play around with both. It's been so long since either card has been used so I want to play on both and then choose.

 

[angry hampster]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: angry hampster
That's just pure nostalgia. It's got so much more soul

Amen brotha'! :thumbsup: I sold my Voodoo5 last year (I think), but I still have my Voodoo3 3000!

Oh my god I remember getting my 3 3000 in my parents' old compaq. That was still a fairly hot card back then; it could play counter-strike on high graphics settings at max res on our 56k.

 

[nitromullet]

Wouldn't the Asus P5A/K6-II combo be more of a contemporary to the RivaTNT (circa 1998)?

That takes me back... My first build was a K6-II 400MHz, Asus P5A, Diamond Viper V550, with an SBLive all in huge In-Win full tower case running Win98.

...never did have a 3dfx card

 

[Sunrise089]

Agree with those above who voted for Voodoo - nostalgia all the way.

 

[SorryImLate]

amazing how far the graphic cards have come

Geforce 2 GTS vs Voodoo 5

 

[Midnight Rambler]

Time for a "List All the Video Cards in Your Closet ..." thread ?

Monster 3D
Intergraph Reactor V1000 (Rendition)
Monster 2 3D x 2 (SLI Baby !)
Hercules V2200 (Rendition)
Voodoo 3 3000
Voodoo 5 5500
Radeon 8500
Radeon 9700
Radeon 9800 (Pro & non Pro)
Radeon X850XT
Radeon X1950XT

Soon to grow as I'm building a new main rig and looking to throw together an HTPC with all the parts/pcs laying around here ...

 

[Iron Woode]

this brings back memories.

I hated the Asus P5A with a passion. Never could get it stable, until I managed to locate the very last beta BIOS made for it. The BIOS was up for only a short time, but i managed to snag it back in the day.

I much preferred the Epox MVP3G-M board. I also used a K6-2 500.

I also used both the Gforce 2 GTS (32meg) and a Voodoo 3 3000. Both were great but the GTS was the better performer.

I also was an avid Unreal Tournament player and was in the Clan CBGB. I used openGL instead of D3D. Get the driver here: http://cwdohnal.home.mindspring.com/utglr/

I eventually upgraded my system to a Epox 8RDA+ and a XP2800+ with 1 gig of ram but kept my GTS. I was getting over 100 FPS at 1152 x 864 resolution.

The good old days....

 

[CP5670]

I'm looking to put together this rig for nostalgic purposes.

Is that nostalgia for the hardware or the games?

In the latter case, the Voodoo5 is easily a better choice due to its Glide support. Unreal and UT won't benefit from Glide anymore, but there are plenty of other Glide games that don't have any updated rendering engines like that.

The absolute best option for compatibility is probably a Voodoo2 (or pair of them) though. I've seen one or two Glide games that don't seem to work correctly on anything except a Voodoo2, not even a Voodoo3.

 

[lavaheadache]

well, I had too many problems with the P5A rig so i ditched it in favor of the p4. Needless to say I've been playing a few hours of unreal tourney. Was a biatch finding decent voodoo5 drivers for xp, but I managed. Running glide no problem. Unreal tourney silky smooth at 1600x1200!!

 

[Zap]

My Asus P5A was fairly problem free. At that time I think I was running a Matrox Millenium G200.

 

[sandorski]

My Bro had a P5a. I went with the Epox mvp3-g. Both boards worked very well.

As for topic: Voodoo 5 5500 all the way. FSAA is pretty much the feature that makes the difference.

 

[chinaman1472]

Anyone could pick up a GF2 GTS, but how many people can sport a V5 5500?

 

[Midnight Rambler]

Hard to believe that no one has mentioned the almighty Abit BH6 + Celeron 300A mobo/CPU combination ... yet

 

[pcmax]

Originally posted by: Midnight Rambler
Hard to believe that no one has mentioned the almighty Abit BH6 + Celeron 300A mobo/CPU combination ... yet

Wrong forum, lol