I got a Voodoo5500. Recommended Drivers?

DrCR · Jul 14, 2003, 07:08 AM

I just got a 64MB PCI Voodoo 5500 to run as a secondary card on my

AMD 900MHz T-Bird
Asus A7V Motherboard, Bios: Latest.
256MB PC133
GeForce 2 GTS 64MB AGP on 30.82 Driver.
WinME.

Any suggestions on what drivers to use?

I'm currently looking at "Omega"'s 1.03 driver.

Thanks,
DrCR

P.s. I got the card cause I want to run some glide-based software, i.e. Independence War: Deluxe.

Yes, I'm behind the times.

UberLord · Jul 14, 2003, 07:11 AM

Yoiks! People still use those things? Well, try omega's or the various ones in the 3DFX links page at the top of this forum

digitalwanderer · Jul 14, 2003, 07:27 AM

Voodoolizer 1.05.00

DrCR · Jul 14, 2003, 07:43 AM

At http://www.voodooalert.de/content/treiber.php

>>What about:

Aktueller Treiber, volle DX8 Unterstützung
=Current driver, full DX8 support
Datei=File 1.08.04 ?

Is'nt this alot newer driver? What, does it drop image quality or FPS to acheive DX8 combatibility ie Why 1.05 instead?

>>Or what about:

Letzter offizieller 3dfx Treiber
=Last official 3dfx driver
File 1.04.01

What does the Voodoolizer 1.05.00 correct on this driver to acheive 1.05 status?

Just an Voodoo driver ignorant newbe

Thanks for your help!

DrCR

digitalwanderer · Jul 14, 2003, 08:13 AM

...I have no clue. The Voodoolizer 1.05.00 was the set I installed last time and that I'm running on Blue right now and I can't for the life of me recall why I chose it out of all the available ones, but they work pretty well for what I'm doing so I keep 'em. (Blue is pretty much a web cruiser/tv/dvd/mult-media machine anymore over a gamer, but just wait until I put me Tuly & 9000 Pro in there!

)

DrCR · Jul 14, 2003, 08:16 AM

Do you think I would have problems trying to run the V5 PCI card secondary to the primary nvidia GF2 GTS card?

DrCR

digitalwanderer · Jul 14, 2003, 09:29 AM

No clue, I've never tried that. I have an AGP V5 so it's an all or nothing thing for me.

~~craig588~~ · Jul 16, 2003, 11:02 AM

The 1.08 drivers are almost exactly like the 1.04 drivers. They were made slightly after the 1.04 by former 3dfx staff. The 1.09 drivers had alot more work done on them by former 3dfx staff. They have about a years worth of work. I don't know much about the voodooliser drivers, but if voodooalert.de likes them better I would go with them.

DrCR · Jul 16, 2003, 11:05 AM

Thanks!

DrCR

peterosesbookie · Jul 16, 2003, 11:22 AM

later pete

DrCR · Jul 16, 2003, 11:24 AM

huh?

Never heard of those before. Could you extrapolate or post a link or somthing?

Thanks!!!

DrCR

digitalwanderer · Jul 16, 2003, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by peterosesbookie
I recommend the IceMan Drivers

Ya can't post something like that without posting a link!

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 16, 2003, 02:20 PM

http://www.voodoofiles.com/category.asp?x=13

ab bunch of tools and drivers for you to try theres a couple for vodoo thats still being devoped in the 3rd party section

DrCR · Jul 16, 2003, 02:24 PM

I've already checkout that site. I'm curious about the Iceman drivers.

DrCR

DrCR · Jul 16, 2003, 02:32 PM

Wow, actually found the iceman drivers at that site.

"
Iceman Beta Voodoo4/5 drivers for WinME/9x

1/1/2002

version: 1.07.2
"

Will have to try this.

DrCR

DrCR · Jul 16, 2003, 02:35 PM

Will probably use 1.09 Beta10 drivers. Fed2003

**MIG-31** · Jul 16, 2003, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DrCR
Will probably use 1.09 Beta10 drivers. Fed2003

trouble is now trusting new drivers now that 3dfx collapsed a few years back unless somebody has used them.are u recomending them through experiance.

DrCR · Jul 16, 2003, 03:16 PM

craig588 posted earlier on:

"The 1.08 drivers are almost exactly like the 1.04 drivers. They were made slightly after the 1.04 by former 3dfx staff. The 1.09 drivers had alot more work done on them by former 3dfx staff. They have about a years worth of work. I don't know much about the voodooliser drivers, but if voodooalert.de likes them better I would go with them."

I have just about all the versions worth looking at downloaded. Just wanted to see if anyone really praised one or the other. Will probably try drivers in this order:

1.04.01 - Last official drivers
Voodoolizer 1.05.00
1.08.04
1.09 BETA 10
Iceman

Once I can compair them, I be sure to post my thoughts. I'm still waiting for someone to really praise a particular driver based on experience, but hasen't happen yet.

DrCR

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 16, 2003, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by johnybravo
trouble is now trusting new drivers now that 3dfx collapsed a few years back unless somebody has used them.are u recomending them through experiance.

well actually there is a teams of driver gurus from voodoo... (the same guys that made the orginal drivers) makeing some of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so try them bechmark /load a few games then see wich is best

DrCR · Jul 16, 2003, 03:39 PM

Will do

digitalwanderer · Jul 16, 2003, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DrCR
Will do

Please do! I'm hoping to get a chance to swap out the mobo/memory/CPU on Blue tonight and I know it's a LOT more fun playing with the V5 on the Tuly 1.4Ghz instead of the PIII800.

**MIG-31** · Jul 17, 2003, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The_Neon_Cowboy
well actually there is a teams of driver gurus from voodoo... (the same guys that made the orginal drivers) makeing some of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so try them bechmark /load a few games then see wich is best

should be allright,just stating my opinian.

DrCR · Jul 17, 2003, 09:00 AM

No problem.

RDoggy · Feb 28, 2004, 10:06 PM

These people Really know about 3dfx cards. look for advice on there forum.
They have people running Call of duty and need for speed underground on the old voodoo cards.
http://www.falconfly.de/

DrCR · Mar 1, 2004, 11:48 AM

Wow it's been a while!

I actually wanted to give an update, but I lost track of where this thread was.

The Voodoo 5 5500 64MB PCI is running just fine on my system. I tryed voodizer and a few other ones but I eventually went with the last official voodoo driver (works for me since all I wanted to do was play Independence War 1...actually just finished the campain a few weeks ago

).

Asus A7V
AMD 900MHz
MSI FX5600 128MB VIVO
Voodoo 5 5500 PCI 64MB (secondary)
512MB PC133 CL3
WinME

DrCR

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Geminiwave · Jul 19, 2004, 10:36 AM

does anyone have a voodoo 6600? Ive seen one before and there are a ton of broken ones on ebay. I'd be interested to see how they perform. Er sorry for the offtopicness.

DrCR · Aug 8, 2004, 12:24 AM

The V5 6000 was never released. Only a few 'development' boards were made. Would be at least GF3 level, perhaps even on the GF4 side of things, but I doubt beyond that.

Just an update...

I sold my primary video card (Radeon 9700 Pro). I've have quite a few over the years with my V5 secondary to those. So I've been running on my V5 exclusivily. My WinOS crashed today (what's new lol. FYI I'm checking out Linux, Slackware10 in particular) so when I reinstalled, I when ahead and tryed the 1.09 Beta10 drivers. They're awesome! You can customize your refresh settings! So sweet since my monitor didn't like the default options the 1.4 driver included. The only bummer with the 1.09 Beta10 is that the desktop gamma slider is missing. It is mentioned the the readme as 'I'll get to that soon', but I haven't seen a newer version. Oh well. That's what you get when your running a 5 year old computer part and the manufacturer is long gone! lol

It silder is present for 3D modes (DX and OpenGL) so that's all that really matters anyway.

Is 3DHQ no more? Just curious. I really wouldn't be suprised if they were considering how old these cards are now.

DrCR

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DrCR · Aug 8, 2004, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RDoggy
These people Really know about 3dfx cards. look for advice on there forum.
They have people running Call of duty and need for speed underground on the old voodoo cards.
http://www.falconfly.de/

Awesome link...and it is still active! Wow! A BIG thanks to you!

DrCR

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