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Summary: Voodoo 5 is the best 3D card you can get
Review: There seems to be some confusing comments here about the 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 and the 3dfx Voodoo5 6000. Let's clear it up:Voodoo5 5500: Has two VSA-100 processors and 64MB RAM. It is the card you are looking at on this page. Voodoo5 6000: Has four VSA-100 processors and 128MB RAM. Costs twice as much and is going to be released in a month or so. Anyway, if you want the best video card you can get today, which just happens to be the best bang for the buck video card, then get the Voodoo5 5500. If you want to get the fastest, craziest, top-of-the-line card, then wait for the Voodoo5 6000. I'd go with the 5500 if you aren't a hard core 3D gamer. It costs less than boards based on the GeForce2 from Nvidia, and looks better. If you crave 3D game power, get the 6000.
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Summary: The Best Overall Video Card for thhe Best Price
Review: The Voodoo 5 5500 AGP is one of the best overall video cards i have ever seen, with its 2D and 3D capabilitys outstanding, the 64megs of onboard SDRAM and two seprate processors. This is a great card if you need both a good 3D card (for graphics and games) and 2D card (for MPEGS, Quicktime, or Windows Media files). Along with its great price it is defenatly worth it. But if you want an even stronger card buy the Voodoo 5 6000 AGP which will be almost twice as much as the 5500. Personally i would go for the 5500.
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Summary: Great Card for the Money
Review: This is the best card to buy if you want to have a more realistic look to your games. And as for the review saying not to buy the card, he's right about a new card coming out in about a month that will have 128 MB video memory and a 1.47 Gigapixel Per Second Fill Rate, but this card is goin to run you twice what the Voodoo 5 5500 is.
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Summary: Voodoo5 5500
Review: Although many people think the GeForce2 GTS is a better card from the specs and the benchmarks, the Voodoo5 is superior. Not only does it have more memory and is cheaper, but the anti-aliasing works all the time, on every game. The T-Buffer effects make for a more movielike game, and the speed is simply amazing. Even the anti-aliasing is better than the GeForce2's. This card is ideal for gamers who want to play sims, driving games, adventures, RPG's, etc.. If you play a lot of FPS's you'd be better off with the GeForce 2, because it is simply faster. The Voodoo5 is for games that you want to enjoy the visual glory more. So, I highly recommend it.
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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS VIDEO CARD!
Review: I have heard that 3DFX is coming out with an even better video card in just a few months! When it comes out it will blow this card right out of the water. Details are a little scketchy right now, but i've heard talk of an even bigger card on the rise a fter that one. So if you want a better card simply wait a few months and you will have the bes one on the market. ||Exodus||
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Summary: 5 stars, just from the beta test boards!
Review: Do you want a Voodoo5? The answer to that question is the answer to this: Do you want Full Screen Anti-Aliasing with minimal performance loss? If you don't say yes to that then you must either not have the 300$ or you've fallen for Nvidia's media hype. Currently the Voodoo5 line is the ONLY card that offers true FSAA. Nvidia included a last minute "quick fix" on their GeForce2 but it looks worse and runs like pure hell. So why should you want FSAA? You know those nasty white "dots" that pop up in games? You know about those nasty jagged lines at the edge of polys? You know... Well, with Voodoo5, kiss'em goodbye. It's gonna be a long 2 weeks... Even PS2 developers are complaining that the PS2 doesn't have FSAA, tsk tsk Sony... Guess we'll just have to wait for "X-box" and "Dolphin".
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Summary: NVIDIA IS FAST BUT.......
Review: As you will see in many reviews that the Voodoo 5500 doesn't have the "horsepower" of the G-Force 2 GTS. This is totally true from the speed side of the house (has a higher pixel fill rate). The difference between them is simple. If you like video games just to aimlessly run around a maze like a mouse trying to shoot other people you might want to consider the G-Force series cards. But if enjoy the effects, awesome detail and flowing graphics along with some of the most stable drivers in the industry THIS IS THE CARD FOR YOU. If you have seen my review of the Voodoo 4500 PCI card you know I like what the Voodoo series of cards can do. Since the 4500, I have upgraded my motherboard and it now supports AGP expansion. So I looked and finally bought the 5500 AGP. I cannot believe the QUALITY of the hardware and drivers! That should be 5 stars alone. The FSAA does work and some uneducated people call this "full sceen blurring" untrue. The effect FSAA has on games is incredible! 3DFX is sadly now just a page of numbers at NVIDIA corp. I have trust in them to produce cards that are diverse like continuing the Voodoo line and not just a Voodoo/G-Force hybrid. If you find this card and look at the scenes when playing a game instead of just beating it then pick it up and by the way it is less money then the older G-Force 2 GTS try and buy a GTS "PRO" or "Ultra" for the same price. Hope this helps.
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Summary: VooDoo5 vs. GeForce2
Review: Well, VooDoo has the numbers, 5 vs. 2! Anyway, I have always been pretty loyal to the VooDooline of video cards, but i have to step back a little bit here. Sure the VooDoo5 may look better due to Anti-Aliasing, and it may have cool little effects and stuff builting, but is it really better? The games may be faster and look sharper, bu twhat about people that want a great card for both gaming and general use. Where does the VooDoo fall there? I have a VooDoo3 2000 right now, so ANYTHING would be a vast improvement, but I am stuck. Get the GeForce2 with TV-Out, built in GPU, and 256-bit proccessor, or the 64MB Ram and four on-board processors the VooDoo has to offer? I personally am not huge on software and could go with an OEM GeForce2 card, thus saving money from the VooDoo5, but should I? Where am I going with this? Well, nowhere I guess. Just thinking outloud more than anything. Word of advice to everyone though, actually a few words. RESEARCH! Don't just read what people on Amazon say, check out things like... newsgroups for real-world opinions. Don't be sold by the marketing, look at the facts. Get benchmarks, get real user opinion, get anything you can. From there, figure out what is best for you, not what other people say is better for you. Also, Exodus has been posting about a better card on the horizon. While things like this are cool to know, don't let it stop you from buying the card you want. Like someone else stated, you can wait forever and better cards will keep coming out, but you will eventually have to buy one of them, or sit with no computer for a long time. They are always working on better cards, and talking about them WAY before release. Remember the first utterings of the VooDoo5 "The GeForce Killer", and we are finally seeing it now. If you want it, get it. If yopu can't afford it, wait for the price to drop or get something cheaper. EVERYONE needs a video card, weather it's the best or not. Sorry for rambling on, but everyone needs to stay informed. I just wanted to stress that, and hopefully get some responses from people with GeForce2 and VooDoo5 cards. Also, I don't know how either of them is doing for Linux support right now, but that may be another thing you might want to think about...... the thought go on. Sorry. Hope this was at least a little helpful to someone...
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Summary: 3dfx
Review: Screw what tho's other *^%&%#^& say 3dfx kick's ArSe and i still use my VooDoo3 3000 and i want this VooDoo5 5500 so babdy that im busting Brick's with my HeAd.... if it wernt for 3dfx there would be no OpenGL, OpenGL stoped at 1.4 notice it hasent been upGraded beacuse Nvidia have to suck 3dfx's Thingy to do it.. so look who's sucking what now ahahahahahha
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Summary: VOODOO 5500 AGP "APU's TRUTH"
Review: 1 of the BEST Vid Crdz !!
10+ (FPS/SPEED)
10+ (OpenGL/D3D)
8 (QLTY/CLARITY..NOT 100% PERFECT)
3 (XP Pro HEADACHE)..was TRICKY
COMP SPECZ:
KT3 Ultra2 VIA KT333 Chip
AMD ATHLON XP 1900+ (1.6 GHz)
256 MB DDR
AC 97 (onboard)
MS XP PRO SP1
VOODOO 5500 AGP
(3rd PTY Drv..Voodoolizer 1.4 B6
MANY TYPES TRIED..MANY!!
Problem: installed @ 32MB, Guess
all other drivers tried, only
activated 1 VSA-100 Chip!)
I am 1st, a DIEHARD VOODOO USER ..FROMTHE BEGINING ..( & of course AMD/3DFX COMBO ROXZ FOR GAMING)
FACT 1: NVIDIA & ATI ARE CRAP COMPARED TO 3DFX .. KICK ASS TECH ARCH & DESIGN COST MONEY!! YOU WANT THE BEST BUY VOODOO..TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS, DUMP THOSE OTHER CRDZ IN THE TRASH, & SPEND THE $!!
FACT 2: READ CARD SPEC,DESIGN OF THE CARD & IT's ABILITIES .. ENOUGH SAID !!
FACT 3: CS 1.5 (All VERY HIGH POLY MODELS!)
OpenGL 1024x768 w/ 3DFX Glide/Mini Drvz
.. 100 FPS FLAT!! LUV'n IT !! P.S. Regretfully, Consumers R tight wads, and most of U spend your money on inferior & BUG/CLITCH & UPDATE HEADACHES > NO THNX
If U R going to buy a Vid Crd for any kinda 3D/2D, buy THIS 1 (or better) .. QUALITY, SPEED, CLARITY, FLAWLESS GAME USAGE..so far about 20-25 3D & 2D games tested, ERROR FREE !! Sorry to see Voodoo 3DFX close up. U will be missed !! PUBLIC: DONT THROW YOUR MONEY AWAY ON EITHER NVIDIA or ATI ... VOODOO 5500 FOR AROUND $100.00 NOW ~ DEAL OF THE CENTURY ~ .. APU
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