Ancient 3dfx Voodoo2 graphics card coaxed into working in modern AMD Ryzen 9 9900X-powered Windows 11 system — 12MB relic from 1998 successfully runs Quake 2 but crumbles in SLI configuration
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/ancient-3dfx-voodoo2-graphics-card-coaxed-into-working-in-modern-amd-ryzen-9-9900x-powered-windows-11-systemOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
That's what I ran Half Life on, seeing the smooth fps was awe inspiring.
Got a Voodoo Banshee mid-way through my first Half-Life playthrought. What a mind blowing experience back then. I regret that I have absolutely no idea what I did with the card though =/
At least 20fps!
Okay now do it with an AGP card
Or a VESA Local Bus card ... remember when I got my first Cirrus Local graphics card after years with ISA cards 🙂
Damn…. I haven’t thought about those in so long I forgot it was a thing for a minute.
I had that card. Adding a second card and seeing so little improvement is what convinced me to never try that again.
So that bunch of ICs can render this.
Makes me wonder if we got something wrong with our current multi-GHz, 1 GW monoliths.
To this day, I don't know how I convinced my mom to take me Black Friday shopping to CompUSA to go buy this. It was on a door buster, and my scrawny little ass squeezed past a crowd to grab the last one on the shelf. I ran that card forever and got my money's worth.
I remember SLI! Those were fun times. With today's prices I'm glad the concept never amounted to anything, though.
I'm surprised someone managed to get this to work pretty much at all. Figured it would just burst into flames as soon as the MOBO tried to pass power to that card.
@supernight52 @OldQWERTYbastard
That's what the PCI-X to PCI adaptor is for, keeping the angry pixy smoke in & pushing the 1's & 0's. :computerfairies:
I remember I jury-rigged a little fan on the PCB, cause those chip ran quite hot.
I too got recommended that video, Mr. Tom Hardware...
You are saying I can finally again use one but not both at the same time?
Oh, no SLI, still amazing!
... wait, no I can't, Windows :/.
(Nvm me, they are just one of by fondest possessions/memories so I like to mention them whenever I can.)