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Summary: I am Very Happy I Bought This Card and Not a GeForce2
Review: Four Words - Full Screen Anti-Aliasing (FSAA). This card does it the best. The drivers are rock-solid, and FSAA works with every game I own, in Direct3D or Glide. What's more, FSAA makes older games look better, which is important to me as I check out the bargin bin every now and again. Although the Geforce2 is faster, it's also more expensive, doesn't work with as many games, and it's FSAA isn't as good.If you have never seen FSAA in motion, it removes the jagged edges in 3D games, making the game look like it is running at a much sharper resolution than it actually is. Depending on the game, this makes a big difference. For example, Homeworld has a lot of straight-line laser beams contrasting sharply with the darkness of space, and is hugely improved with FSAA. Older games that don't support high resolutions will look sharp as a whistler with 4x FSAA. Newer games with more detail and thus more edges will also benefit. FSAA is not the same as turning up the resolution. Running a game at 640x480 with 4x FSAA looks better than 1200x800, because the basic problems of any resolution are effectively erased. However, FSAA won't make distance objects have the same detail as a super high resolution, but unless you are a hardcore online sniper, you'll prefer the FSAA. However, FSAA will do nothing for old, blurry textures. They will look exactly the same as before. If there are jagged edges inside a texture, they will remain. The Voodoo5 5500 also supports 32 bit color and large texture compression, although I still am not finding a lot of games that support large textures yet. It doesn't support hardware T&L, but no game supports this fully yet. Also, the card is BIG - like Sound Blaster 16 big. Get the measurements, and check the size of your computer case before you buy it.
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Summary: Make it first on your list!
Review: This is a monster of a card. True OpenGL support. None of the configuration hassles of the GeForce cards. 64MB's of RAM and dual Napalm chips mean you will reduce load on your CPU. This card was built for use immediately. While everyone else is trying to headline on features which aren't even incorporated on a single game yet, this one is built for the now! Going with this card will not let you down. Please be aware of the heat generation of this card. If you already have a cramped case, you may wish to pick up an extra cooling fan along with it.
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Summary: v4 and v5
Review: ok well im a 15 year old who loves computer games like unreal tournament and avp. when i want a good card with image quality and frame rated i want a v4 or v5. so what if the v5 isnt as fast as the geforcce 2 gts the gts has a lot of compatibility problems while 3dfx doesnt. and the v4 not being as good as the geforce 2 mx. only in fast mode the mx beat the v4 by about 20 or so frames but when in high quality the mx had over a 40 frame drop! the system was a 550 celeron overclocked to 850 and 128 MB pc133 ram. the v4 in high quality got a little over 63 frames while the mx got a little over 66. the v4 had a perfromance hit but not as bad as the mx. plus the v4 had better image quality. my 2 censt
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Summary: VooDoo5500 - is it worth it????
Review: I had a voodoo2 PCI with 12 MB of RAM. It was fine and I could even play demanding games today like Unreal Tournament and Half Life with good frame rates and resolution. Then I went out and bought a Voodoo5500 AGP with 64 MB of RAM. I have no idea what the difference technically compared to a VooDoo2, except that the VooDoo5500 has 2 chips. I played my games that I always play and guess what? I found no difference at all except that I could play games in higher resolutions like 1024x768 in 32 bit mode and it would be smooth. But, it couldn't handle Ground Control in 32 bit mode on 1024x768. It was too choppy. But other then that, all my other games that I play: rogue spear, half life, deus ex, indiana jones and the infernal machine, prince of persia 3d, motorcross madness 2, urban chaos, etc etc... all those games work super smooth in super high resolutions. But I would recommend that if you have a voodoo2 or voodoo 3 - you won't need this card cause the voodoo 2/3 is good enough probably for another year or 2 years. I had no problem installing this thing and it worked with no problems for me. End of Story!
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Summary: Holy Moly! It's great!
Review: I previously owned a 3d ProphetII. I was very impressed by its extremely fast frame rates and overall game performance. However it is not a very stable card and the graphic performance was not what I expected from a $400 card. The V5 is very compatible with numerous setups or chipsets you may be running, weather it be AMD or Pentium. As well the T-Buffer engine makes for some impressive effects while the 2x or 4xFSAA is activated. Even 2-D applicatioins look sharper. The extra programs 3-Deep and True Internet Color tha come on the install cd help to make your existing color scheme more rich then ever before. It does what a graphics accelerator is supposed to do: Enhance the aestetic apperance of the games you play. It adds a dynamic level to the game environment like no other card out there can do right now. A must buy for gaming enthusiasts.
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Summary: WOW!!!!!!! Is this a REAL??????????
Review: Hoooo.First of all,get this card NOW!!!WHY??? hmmm i'll explain, when i got 300 dollars i was thinking which is better between Geforce 2 GTS and Voodoo5 5500. And i read this at the megazine. Geforce got a 9 points and Voodoo got a 8 points.So i was trying to get a Geforce but i love to play speedy action games so i really need a speedy 3dcard so i bought voodoo and i installed it and the graphic was......Fantastic. Especially the FSAA was erasing the jaggies from the games. The game was just looks like a REAL. If you are trying to buy 3d card.If you are trying to find fast 3dcard.If you are thinking Geforce2 and Voodoo5 You have to and must buy VOODOO 5 5500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Average graphic card
Review: The most original feature of this board is its hardware full screen anti-aliasing (FSAA). That's the reason that made me buy this card. A great feature, but unfortunately the penalty in frame rates can be important, making it useless on demanding games. The 32 bit colors and large textures support were implemented in most video cards one year ago, and the absence of hardware T&L support will probably be a handicap in a near future. The image quality of the V5 is much better than the previous V3, but in my opinion not as good as nVidia's GeForce, which has deeper, richer colors. My main concern is the speed of this card, which is far from impressive. In a game like Kiss Psychocircus for instance, framerates often drop dramatically, even with a fast processor (Athlon 800 mhz). Overall I think that this is a good card, but it just can't compete with the technology of nVidia or ATI Radeon boards.
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Summary: Not worth the premium over the Voodoo 3/3000AGP
Review: I upgraded to the Voodoo 5/5500AGP from a Voodoo 3/3000PCI. Obviously the Voodoo 5 offers more bells and whistles than the 3, but I have noticed that the compatibility is not as good as the Voodoo 3 (especially the GLide). I would say the Voodoo 3/3000AGP for $200 less offers 90% of the real-world performance of the Voodoo 5. In general, I think the Voodoo 5 was a let down.
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Summary: voodoo5
Review: iam very crazy about games and i love games ,graphis,3deffcts.i want to know more about voodoo5 if you could send some important information incuding price and how to buy . it will be great you could send those information .my e-mail id is ariazdeen@hotmail.com. thank you
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Summary: Voodoo 5 vs GE- Force
Review: This is a review that I believe many people in the market for a new card will find useful. The first card I purchased was the Phrophet 3D DDR-DVI and I was not exactly thrilled with the results of it on all my games. Then I bought the Voodoo 5 yesterday and here are the results. The overall picture clarity in games as Freespace 2, Tachyon, and Homeworld was not even close the GE-Force far outpaced the Voodoo the picture the Voodoo put up was hazy to say the least even with the adjustments of anti alaizing done either with it or without it. The frame rates were about the same but if I had to choose I would say the GE-Force was better. In Homeworld with the voodoo if you zoomed all the way out on the galactic mat the picture vanished needless to say not a good thing to have happen. One more thing neither card was very good on Starlancer. Now this may not be the cards problem but my system instead, an Athlon 700mhz and Abit motherboard, but thats a whole seperate issue. Final verdict for the same price buy the GE-Force over the Voodoo 5. Thanks.
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