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3dfx Voodoo5 5500 |
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24/11/00 (196 review reads) |
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Advantages: Extra Abilities to enhance displayed graphics.
Disadvantages: Unable to succeed in producing high frame rates for games (i.e. Quake III)
Voodoo, when I first saw it I thought, hmmmmm...too well advertised to be good, but then I discovered that they were great pieces of technology! But now, once again I’m not so sure...please don’t have a dig at me, I’m just writing about what I know from research (i.e. I don’t have one).
1.Not another Voodoo! I just got the latest Voodoo, and now there’s another one! Is there a point in getting this one?
Personally, I believe that Voodoo is being over advertised now. There are many other graphics cards available on the market right now, their performances are much better than the Voodoo 5 5500.
2.Do you have any proof of this?
Yes, these are results from December 2000’s PC Direct. They used exactly the same machine to run these tests. To avoid confusion, I have listed them best to worst:
2D Business Graphics WinMark
Creative Labs 3D Blaster GeForce2 GTS = 351
Hercules Prophet II GTS = 350
Asus V7700 Deluxe = 349
Elsa Gladiac GeForce2 GTS = 345
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR = 336
3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 = 332
3D Winmark 1024x768
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR = 101
Asus V7700 Deluxe = 91
Elsa Gladiac GeForce2 GTS = 90.8
Creative Labs 3D Blaster GeForce2 GTS = 90.6
Hercules Prophet II GTS = 90.4
3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 = 69.7
3D WinMark 1600x1200
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR = 53.1
Hercules Prophet II GTS = 41.7
Asus V7700 Deluxe = 40.1
Creative Labs 3D Blaster GeForce2 GTS = 39.5
Elsa Gladiac GeForce2 GTS = 39.5
3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 = 10.9
Quake III Arena frame rate (fps)
Hercules Prophet II GTS = 78.3
Creative Labs 3D Blaster GeForce2 GTS = 78.2
Elsa Gladiac GeForce2 GTS = 78.0
Asus V7700 Deluxe = 77.8
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR = 76.8
3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 = 66.1
3.So, which graphics card is best value for money at the moment?
The Creative Labs 3D Blaster GeForce2 GTS. At
the moment, this graphics card is the best value for money at £194.90. The price is outstanding compared with the performance of the card. Definately a must get if your wallet isn’t stuffed.
4...and which is the best for performance?
The ATI Radeon 64MB DDR has the best performance, but unfortunately, performance doesn’t come cheap. The card weighs in at a hefty £254.00. But performance and detail is going to dazzle you if you invest wisely.
5.Any reasons why the Voodoo 5 5500 was so much different to the other graphics cards then?
Yes, this was because the Voodoo 5 5500 uses detail as a priority rather than performance. One example of this is the Voodoo 5 5500’s ability to smooth off pixel lines. This can be handy for people who play many strategy games such as Command and Conquer or Total Annihilation.
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