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Title: Voodoo2 an Pentium IV
Post by: PanoramixDruida on 24 May 2003, 23:50:47

I wanna build a PIV system. I wanna use two Diamond Monster II (Voodoo2) in SLI. Do you know if there's some problem with the different chipsets (VIA, INTEL, SIS, etc.)
Thanks.

Title: Voodoo2 an Pentium IV
Post by: Nightbird on 25 May 2003, 11:35:50

hum,

i run my pc's with Amd Cpu's on chipsets Via...

But I see 1 problem : the high fsb

According Quantum3D "Also be aware that Voodoo2 and Voodoo Banshee (Raven) based cards will likely not work with many newer motherboards due to a hardware incompatibility issue in the original 3Dfx chipset with a 133MHz front side bus (FSB). 133MHz front side bus is common among many modern day mainboards. Thus, if you are having problems installing or operating your Voodoo2 (Obsidian2) or Voodoo Banshee (Raven) based video card, please first verify that the motherboard for your computer system does not use a 133MHz FSB (try setting your system up to operate at 100MHz FSB if possible) and then verify you have installed the appropriate driver for the video card

so, i will try that :
- in first 1 Diamond Monster II in order to see the stability of the card then the second in SLI
- perhaps an extra cooling might help, if necessary

anyway, if your new system runs, you will have a nice pc with a perfect compatibility with the Glide :)

if you're thinking to XP, i will install also Win98SE

Title: Voodoo2 an Pentium IV
Post by: Glide on 25 May 2003, 16:01:13

- PanoramixDruida:

no problem with 3dfx Voodoo2 and 3dfx Voodoo2 SLI on Pentium 4 based systems with Intel or other manufactures chipset ;)...
Enjoy

Bye bye

Title: Voodoo2 an Pentium IV
Post by: ArchAngelCD on 26 May 2003, 20:40:42

The Asus board I have has locked AGP and PCI speeds so you can OC without effecting the slots. If you don't OC you should have no problems with any of the P4 boards out there.

Asus P4PE/L i845PE | Intel 2.53 GHz P4 @ 2.85 GHz | 512 Mb Kingston PC2700 DDR RAM | 80 Gb Western Digital SE HD | Plextor 12/10/32A CD-RW | Win2000 SP3 | ATI Radeon 9500 Pro | SoundMAX Digital Audio 5.1 |

Title: Voodoo2 an Pentium IV
Post by: PanoramixDruida on 27 May 2003, 01:37:33

Thanks guys for your help!!!. It's big news to me I can use the Voodoo2!!!. Thanks a lot!!!

Title: Voodoo2 an Pentium IV
Post by: Spectrobozo on 17 July 2003, 08:14:39

i use pentium 4 system with voodoo 2 ,
I only paid to 15 dollars for mine voodoo 2 and want to buy another one for 15 dollars to make SLI = D

Pentium 4 2000mhz+256RDRAM+MaxtorDiamondMaxplus9+Voodoo2 Monster 3dII 8mb

Title: Voodoo2 an Pentium IV
Post by: Glide on 17 July 2003, 21:24:48

- Spectrobozo: good idea. You could buy another Monster 3D II 8mb (SLI with mismatched cards is no full drivers supported and sometime poor of compatibility).

Bye bye

Title: Voodoo2 an Pentium IV
Post by: Glide on 17 July 2003, 21:49:35

Pentium 4 based system (Intel chipset) - Creative 3D Blaster Voodoo2 SLI 24mb - Windows XP - FastVoodoo2 2.5 driver - UT High Quality settings

(https://www.forumzone.it/public/uploaded/Joshua/20035520046_v2_ut_s.jpg) (https://www.forumzone.it/public/uploaded/Joshua/20035520032_v2_ut.jpg)

Click on image to enlarge.

Bye bye

Title: Voodoo2 an Pentium IV
Post by: trigger on 24 July 2005, 14:06:02

What about speed issues with games running too fast! Say with games like Wipeout2097/XL or other psygnosis titles. I heard there was a tool for slowing old games down, anyone heard of it?

Title: Voodoo2 an Pentium IV
Post by: Nightbird on 24 July 2005, 14:37:50

Moslo
http://www.hpaa.com/moslo/
Mo'Slo has been a favorite utility for slowing fast PCs to run speed-sensitive programs

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