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Summary: Not the Cadillac, but very reliable
Review: I have just spent another long night attempting to upgrade my computer with "better" equipment, and I finally put back my trusty, reliable, Voodoo 3 3500 TV. Why did I ever take this out when, for the most part, it has run flawlessly in two completely different computers of mine. Granted the MPEG recording leaves alot to be desired, but who needs it, I'll just record things I want to save on my VCR. Just a warning to those who feel that spending big bucks on ATI cards guarantees success, don't kid yourselves, this Voodoo card is like an AK-47, it may not be as "impressive" as ATI's M-16 (The All-In-Wonder, "I wonder why I bought it", Radeon), but you can drop this baby in the mud and it'll keep on firing. ATI's card wouldn't work at all in my new machine, but its just a no-name computer, "Its just an HP, who's ever heard of that?".
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Summary: It's fast but....
Review: I have this card and a GeForce 256 (Creative And Gullimot both have cards) based card, and head to head the GeForce kills this card. Image Quality vs Speed, The GeForce 256 chipset runs away with the "perfect" blend between beauty and Frames per Second. Most GeForce cards are around 250-300 dollars, and they support 32bit color, T&L support, OpenGL and D3D (forget Glide, according to most software devolpers this is on way out, because only one chipset supports it), and as far as overclock ability, you dont need to this card has a 256 bit processor, not a 128 like the voodoo cards. This is simply my opion take it as such, I own both cards on two exact machines, and i dont think the Voodoo 3 is worth the money for hard core gamers.
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Summary: Geforce vs. Voodoo3
Review: I have tried both the Voodoo3 and the Geforce out on Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 and the Geforce 256 outperforms the voodoo3 in every aspect. There is no way anyone could get me to buy this product again when i have a geforce sitting in my pc!
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Summary: Perfect card for the price
Review: I have upgraded from a voodoo3 2000, to a 3500, and immediately i see the results. i am computer crazy and any little glitch bugs me. so when i got this card, i expected a lot. the tv out and audio out is unbelievable, i can edit video, play my N64 and PS, or plug in my vcr and watch videos. Besides that, my computer games play great, Unreal plays wonderful with excellent frame rates and color. i wont bother you with pointless numbers that most people dont understand. This card runs smooth without any problems. All the drivers are perfect and dont need to be updated. I just got Madden 2001 and it plays perfect. when i play 2 player, there is a little choppiness, but lowering sound quality or pointless detail will fix this. No regrets so far, highly recommended.Finally TV tuner is a wonderful extra. This card is better than many 32MB cards. Despite the fact that this card is only 16MB, dont be fooled because it is dual processor 16MB, meaning it runs like a 32MB video card.
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Summary: Best Card on the market
Review: I just bought this card, and it's great! The graphics beat any on the market, and with the TV Tuner and FM support, it's the best deal out there.
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Summary: Because the rating should equal that of the V3 3000 and 2000
Review: I noticed that there was an unhappy customer for this card, comparing it to the GeForce cards. As I agree with most of what is said, I also would like to point out that Glide is not... that's "not"... on its way out. Please, the fact that it is only supported by one chipset? And how many video cards run this chipset? Yah, tha's what I thought :) Anyways, yes, the GeForce does outperform a Voodoo 3 card. It also costs $100 or more over a voodoo 3 card. But, the Voodoo 3 card outperforms the GeForce cards in OpenGl. Period. Check all the reviews :) This card is for me, and will be a happy addition to my puter's case. Please take note on the user's review commenting on the likeness of Voodoo3 to SoundBlaster. Only one company runs that chipset as well and has been THE leader ever since they showed up. I could only wish the Voodoo 4 was out already!
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Summary: High price + will not run at all on NT 4.
Review: I originally purchased this card with the intent to boot into Windows 98 to play games and stay in NT 4.0 for everything else. I made a mistake by jumping the gun and assuming I could at least run regular 2D video on NT (I didn't expect it to be able to play games on it in NT). Well, it doesn't. The best it does is 16 color 640x480 using the Standard VGA driver, since the 3dfx drivers wouldn't install or even provide regular 2D functionality. Worse, the Win98 installation originally had a regular Voodoo 3 3000 in it, and I found that not only could I not install the Voodoo 3 3500 drivers under Win98, I could no longer re-install the Voodoo 3 3000 after I removed the 3500 card and replaced it with the 3000. After re-formatting and re-installing Win98, the card did work but the TV tuner didn't work too well unless it had a direct cable-tv coax feed. In other words, I was unable to watch Nebraska football games at work on Saturdays because the tuner wasn't good enough to pick up a signal despite having a powered RCA antenna I had purchased for it. The card itself is only a bit faster than a Voodoo 3 3000, so this card is hard to recommend unless you'll only be running Windows 98 or are willing to experiment with 3dfx's beta quality Windows 2000 drivers. You'd also be better off with nVidia's card in this generation, a TNT2. As of this writing (March 2000), there are newer generation cards available which are better: An nVidia GeForce 256 powered card (i.e. Creative Labs Annihilator or a Guillemot 3D Prophet), and the older nVidia TNT2-Ultra (i.e. a Diamond Viper V770 Ultra). There are also Voodoo 4 and 5 cards coming in May 2000.
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Summary: Be careful of compatibility issues
Review: I purchased the 3DFX Voodoo3 3500 TV and had a number of problems getting it to work, It would shut down and I had to repeatedly reload drivers etc. After SIX MONTHS of this, I was told by a 3DFX tech that the Voodoo 3 3500 TV, in fact all of the Voodoo 3 line, are not compatible with Tyan (among others) motherboards. It seems that the Voodoo3 3500 needs 3.3 volts to operate, and Tyan and other motherboard manufacturers products only supply 2.1 volts AGP!!!
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Summary: Not AGP
Review: I purchased this thinking the video was AGP, It may plug into a AGP slot but it uses PCI Video. It drasticly slowed down My system, After a few hours I pulled it out of My system. Reinstalled My AGP Video card and Voodoo2 card. I am going to give this card away, Could not bring Myself to charge someone for it.:(
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Summary: Obsolete card...!!!
Review: I was dreaming to use this card with the new upgrade that I did to my computer and Opps!, I could not plug the card inside. I did an upgrade to P4 using a new D850GB Intel Mother Board (MB) and this card doesn't fit in the MB AGP bus because the card doesn't have the same "cuts" on its AGP conector like the one on the AGP slot on the MB. The AGP slot on the MB has a guide (near one side like PCI slot) that should enters in the card. The card has only one "cut" near the other side and this doesn't match the MB slot conector. The D815GB is only compatible with "AGP Pro50 interface (50 W maximum); backward compatible with 1.5 V AGP video cards. This option uses an AGP Pro 1.5 V connector, also known as an AGP Pro50 connector" (from manual...) and I thing this card is not compatible. On the card's box you can read only that this card has an "AGP Universal Bus" and now I don't really know who is the standar although the MB is newer than the 3d card. So, I had to buy anothe newer 3D card (with 2 cuts on its conector) in order to use it in my new system and I'm now using the Voodoo3 card to scratch my back.
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