3dfx Voodoo2 1000 PCI Powered 3D Accelerator3dfx Voodoo2 1000 PCI Powered 3D Accelerator
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- Plays Direct3D and Glide games
- Install two V21000 cards in SLI mode for double the 3-D performance
- 3 million triangles per second
- 12-MB EDO DRAM
- 4-MB frame buffer memory and 8-MB texture processing buffer
Newer 3dfx cards offer both 2-D and 3-D acceleration, eliminating the need for a separate 2-D card, but the V2 1000 needs to connect to your existing video card, making installation slightly trickier. However, the easy-to-follow manual walks you effortlessly through the process, with quick troubleshooting tips and a toll-free tech support number in case you encounter problems.
As the predecessor to the newer Voodoo3 models, the V2 1000 offers all the basics of an accelerator card without the frills of later versions. Although the performance is still top-notch, there are only two reasons why you would purchase this card. The first is if you have another accelerator, based on a non-3dfx chipset, and want to run Glide applications--3dfx's proprietary API. The second reason is if you already have a V2 1000 card, and want to connect the two V2 1000 cards in SLI mode to achieve resolutions as high as 1,024 x 768.
Pros:
- Inexpensive
- Can attach two V2 boards in SLI mode for increased performance
- Glide API support
Cons:
- Trickier installation
- Lower resolution support
- Outdated by newer boards
- Personal Computers: 0 pages
- Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 95
- Publisher: 3DFX
- Label: 3DFX
- Studio: 3DFX
- Sales Rank in Electronics: #382865
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:  great graphics card, By mike barrett (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews This review is from: 3dfx Voodoo2 1000 PCI Powered 3D Accelerator (Personal Computers) I just got this product the other day because i had a sorry ati rage IIc card, i have a pentuim II 350 mhz computer with 128 mb of ram and this card works like magic. I have unreal tournament and this game with everything on high at 800x600, i got an average of 27 to 40fps. For being an older card this can cook. Don't even get me started about SLI, with two of these together you get voodoo 3 3000 performance which is fast, very fast. This card would be a great edition to anyone looking for the best low cost 3d card. I recommend it. 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:  Works (sort of), By Jon Adair (Tampa, FL) - See all my reviews This review is from: 3dfx Voodoo2 1000 PCI Powered 3D Accelerator (Personal Computers) I wanted to add fast 3D to a machine that had a good 2D card (TV tuner, video capture, etc.) I didn't want to remove. The Voodoo2 card did the trick...sort of. It works great and Quake3 and other games look great.The only problem stems from the fact that you have to feed the output of the 2D card into this card. If I'm in 3D mode and something makes Windows flip back to 2D mode (game crashes, window pops up, etc.), the 3D card almost never switches back to letting the 2D video through. All I have to do it move the video cable back and forth between the video cards to work around this, but it is annoying. The latest drivers from 3dfx don't seem to help with this at all. The good news is that Quake3 almost never crashes and the card looks great at 800x600 (you can add a second identical card and chain them together to run higher resolutions, which I might try). 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Still an Excellent Card, By A Customer This review is from: 3dfx Voodoo2 1000 PCI Powered 3D Accelerator (Personal Computers) Even though this card is only 12megs remember that it is a 3D accelerator that is added as an expansion of your regular video card. This card handles the 3D processing exclusively. As well, two card can be put together to give 24megs and double the processing power.To correct a few mistakes by other reviewers. VooDoo2 works great with the latest DirectX. The only problem you might have is if you are using old drivers. Get the latest drivers from [their website] The other comment made by a reviewer here stated that this card was only good for Starcraft. Well Starcraft is not a 3D game. VooDoo does nothing for Starcraft, you...Read more |
