My god should i buy voodoo5 or go with a voodoo3?

[Darkterritory3]

Can someone please help me here!! i think everyone know that i have a celeron 466id mhz with 128 ram!! i have a voodoo2 12 mb!!
But Please can someone tell me what is the best for my machine a voodoo5 pci or voodoo3 pci? i only have a pci port!! P.S i need better quality in graphics!! my voodoo2 give me good fps! but i need good graphics!! please i need voodoo3 or 5 wich 5 is antialiasing but not voodoo3!! thank you

[Secrom]

If you want improved image quality, the V5 crushes the V3. All the way.
And although the V5 seems far more CPU dependent than the V3, it will most probably be faster anyway.
Just wait for final product benchmarks.

[coolguy867]

maybe you should consider a GeForce. because the new voodoo's and the GF2 came out, the price of the GeForce is getting lower and lower. you could probably find a sdr for as low as 130 and and DDR around 180 (?) or maybe even cheaper! they have good frame rates, good image quality, and is very un-cpu dependent. if you can, get the DDR cuz the SDR isn't THAT much of an improvement over the TNT2 but the DDR really is.

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MaH SyStEm:
PIII 450, 128 RAM, i740 (the i740 was last year's best midrange 2d card, so ha!) voodoo2 sli, 4.8X toshiba DVD, 4x4x20 cd-rw

[MGallik]

I know this may not seem like a lot of help
but, I just got a GForce DDR a week ago and
slapped her into my PIII650e at 806/124 and
found it to be unbelievably fast. WhooHooo...

But ONLY in Quake 3. Every other program I
have, every game other than Q3 is about the
same as my TNT2 Ultra.

Talk about throwing money away. I may return
it. I hear that games based on the Q3 engine
will also rock, but how many of those will I
buy? Enough to warrant the $275 entry fee? It
looks like I've been suckered in along with
the masses to spend a ton of money on a product
I really didnt need. Most folks only read the
hype and parrot it back on these forums. I guess
thats what nVidea wants. They sure made a big
deal out of the Q3 benchmarks, I see why, thats
the only game you can see the monster frame
rates in.

I just talked myself into it, this thing goes
back.

I'll wait and look at the V4 4500. It looks to
be faster than the TNT2's. If they hit the
market at $150 or less I may travel that path.
I think the V5 will be an overblown windbag
like the GForce. Perhaps FSAA will make it
worth while, perhaps not.

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The more I knows, The better it goes.

[This message has been edited by MGallik (edited 05-06-2000).]

[Necessary Evil]

Dark doesnt have any AGP ports in his system. I would reccommend the Vodoo 5 4500 pci, except it will cost almost half of what you paif for that machine of yours Still it may be worth it, you may be able to save it the next time you upgrade your machine. If you buy a v3, you will be getting rid of it sooner than later!

[morphious]

dont go with ither they both suck ither go with a geforce 2 gts or a ati radeon they are both way better aqnd cost like $50 less

[Rip n Tear]

You mean you STILL haven't bought a card yet Dark? Damn, talk aobut comparitive shopping....

[Necessary Evil]

Hey Morphious...can you do either of those come in a PCI package ? Dark doesnt have AGP!!

[Kane17]

Definitly V5! V3 looks only slightly better than V2. Most of the time I couldn't tell the difference.

[Darkterritory3]

Thanks for your help guys!! all of you!!
Well i need to wait later this summer to make a choice!! like alots said voodoo5 can be good but damn here in canada this card will be close to 500$ yikeeeeees