WCP graphics improvement

Mav23

Mav23

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I saw on the CIC awhile back (yes Kris, I know... :p), that if you had certain graphics cards you could make the WCP graphics smoother on the ships and stuff, I was wondering, will that work on a Voodoo 3, or just a 4/5?
 
WCP was design to take full advance of the Glide engine. I believe that WCP was release just before the Voodoo 2 cards came out. Voodoo 3 would work just fine. Voodoo 3 is a 2D/3D card. Now the Voodoo cards have very limited support for OpenGL games and since 3dfx was sold to Nivida and it is believe that Nivida has no desire to support this chip. You can bet they wont be developing any new OpenGL wrapper for the Voodoo chip. I just bought two Dual Diamond Moster 2 Voodoo II 3dFx 24MB video PCI cards from ebay two weeks ago. Voodoo II cards are 3D only cards. I will be using them in conjunction with my Hercules 3D Prophet II MX so I can have support for Glide, OpenGL, and D3D base games. I am just waiting to see which sound card I am going to replace my SBLive with.
 
I don't think that's what I saw on the CIC, it was something else I'm pretty sure. It was in the archives...
 
Hey KV what's that on the Space Marshall's medal? Is it like that British emblem of a woman you see from time to time in old documents (Lady Brittania I think...)?
 
Voodoo3 2000. I'm quite sure none of the others had FSAA though since it was never mentioned in any driver set. I think its just Voodoo4/5s, GeForce 2/3s and Radeons with FSAA. Plus the Kyro II when it comes out.
 
oh man! that means I have to save up my money for another 80-100 bucks so I can get a Voodoo 4! I'm trying ot make the "Perfect Prophecy Machine" :)
 
I have that test mission for Prophecy. I played that for several hours once and not ONCE could I kill Thrakhath and alll the fighters...::grumbles::...At least I got that damned Crown Prince on the side of my Fighter though. :)
 
Its just the crappy little systray utility. Most graphics cards have one of some kind. If it annoys you, there should be a "hide icon" option or something like that.
 
Well you can just shut it down.
About anti-whatever (small memory span) there is a way to activate it on a voodoo3 as it seams to be there however you need a tweaker program. Tomorrow I'll post what it is as I can't remember and I havn't got the location with me. But yes it is there sort of.
 
Every Voodoo3 has the same CPU. The only differences between the separate grades is RAM clock speed, and CPU clock speed. The Voodoo3's feature set is:
  • From 143MHz to 183MHz CPU/16MB 166MHz to 183MHz SDRAM
  • 300MHz to 350MHz RAMDAC
  • 16-bit maximum color-depth
  • 286 to 366(supposedly) Mtxl/sec fill-rate
  • Available in PCI and AGP(1x) variety (3500 AGP only)
The Voodoo4 is a glorified Voodoo3. Essentially, the Voodoo chip architecture hasn't changed significantly since the Voodoo3. The Voodoo4 is a dumbed-down single-chip Voodoo4 solution that can do 32-bit color. I think they're OEM-only also... Its features include:
  • 166MHz VSA-100 dual-pixel CPU/32MB 166MHz SDRAM
  • 350MHz RAMDAC
  • 32-bit maximum color-depth
  • 333Mtxl/sec fill-rate
  • 2-sample FSAA
  • Available in PCI and AGP(4x) variety
The Voodoo5 is unique in its T-Buffer technology which allows it to do up to 4-sample FSAA without skipping a beat. This technology works in all games to improve the visuals by removing aliasing(commonly called "jaggies".) The Voodoo5's feature:
  • Dual 166MHz VSA-100 dual-pixel CPUs/64MB SDRAM
  • 350MHz RAMDAC
  • 32-bit maximum color-depth
  • 1332Mtxl/sec fill-rate
  • 2 or 4-sample FSAA
  • Depth-of-field blur
  • Motion blur
  • Available in PCI and AGP(4x) variety

What you're thinking of, Mav, is a Voodoo5 5500, a dual-chip monstrosity which is nowhere near worth the asking price. If I were you, I'd get a GeForce II Ultra. The Ultra can also perform FSAA through software which, while reducing performance and being of slightly lower quality than to Voodoo5's hardware-integrated T-Buffer, should look great anyway.

It should be noted that Prophecy does have issues with nVidia cards. Go figure.
 
Originally posted by Frosty
Every Voodoo3 has the same CPU. The only differences between the separate grades is RAM clock speed, and CPU clock speed. The Voodoo3's feature set is:
  • From 143MHz to 183MHz CPU/16MB 166MHz to 183MHz SDRAM
  • 300MHz to 350MHz RAMDAC
  • 16-bit maximum color-depth
  • 286 to 366(supposedly) Mtxl/sec fill-rate
  • Available in PCI and AGP(1x) variety (3500 AGP only)
The Voodoo4 is a glorified Voodoo3. Essentially, the Voodoo chip architecture hasn't changed significantly since the Voodoo3. The Voodoo4 is a dumbed-down single-chip Voodoo4 solution that can do 32-bit color. I think they're OEM-only also... Its features include:
  • 166MHz VSA-100 dual-pixel CPU/32MB 166MHz SDRAM
  • 350MHz RAMDAC
  • 32-bit maximum color-depth
  • 333Mtxl/sec fill-rate
  • 2-sample FSAA
  • Available in PCI and AGP(4x) variety
The Voodoo5 is unique in its T-Buffer technology which allows it to do up to 4-sample FSAA without skipping a beat. This technology works in all games to improve the visuals by removing aliasing(commonly called "jaggies".) The Voodoo5's feature:
  • Dual 166MHz VSA-100 dual-pixel CPUs/64MB SDRAM
  • 350MHz RAMDAC
  • 32-bit maximum color-depth
  • 1332Mtxl/sec fill-rate
  • 2 or 4-sample FSAA
  • Depth-of-field blur
  • Motion blur
  • Available in PCI and AGP(4x) variety

What you're thinking of, Mav, is a Voodoo5 5500, a dual-chip monstrosity which is nowhere near worth the asking price. If I were you, I'd get a GeForce II Ultra. The Ultra can also perform FSAA through software which, while reducing performance and being of slightly lower quality than to Voodoo5's hardware-integrated T-Buffer, should look great anyway.

It should be noted that Prophecy does have issues with nVidia cards. Go figure.
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And to think I had a decent vid card! A pewney monster fusion 16mb voodoo 1 :eek:

RFB
 
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