The game we are looking at here is Tomb Raider.
It is an action adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive
in 1996.
The PC used in this video is from 1997 and this is what the game looks like in the standard
320 x 200 resolution.
We will look at the computer in a bit more detail later on.
The PC version of Tomb Raider supports a higher 640 x 480 resolution.
We can clearly see the PC struggling and the game is not smooth at all.
And this is 3Dfx Voodoo version.
It also runs at the 640 x 480 resolution, but with a locked 30 fps, texture filtering,
mipmapping and antialiasing.
Let's look at that again.
Here is the standard PC version.
And this is what the game looks like on the same PC, but with a 3Dfx Voodoo.
Let's put them side by side to really see the difference.
And that right there is the 3Dfx Voodoo difference.
Enjoy this video We will look at some more game comparisons
later on, and of course check out the Voodoo card, but now let's a have a look at the
system used in this video.
Over the last few weeks I reviewed a range of popular Socket 7 processors.
It all started with a DOS gaming PC build that the viewers could vote on, choosing the
processor, graphics card and MIDI device.
The motherboard is an Asus SP97-XV with a chipset from SIS.
We are using 32 MB of SDRAM, a Tseng ET6000 PCI graphics card and for sound we got an
ESS AudioDrive.
To really show the 3Dfx Voodoo difference, we are using the Cyrix 6x86 200 again, this
was the slowest processor that we looked at and is great for demonstrating what an upgrade
you're going to get with a Voodoo card.
Here we are looking at Descent II running on the Cyrix 6x86 200.
Is a 1996 first-person shooter video game developed by Parallax Software and published
by Interplay Productions.
It is the second game in the Descent video game series and unlike standard first-person
shooters, the player must control a flying ship that has a six degrees of freedom movement
scheme, allowing the player to move in any 3D direction.
The game is kind of playable, but far from optimal.
Once again the 640 x 480 resolution is just a little bit too demanding for this machine.
The game actually has a built-in frame counter and we are getting just over 20 fps.
And this is the 3dfx Voodoo version on the same machine.
Look at the difference.
On the Voodoo the game is locked at a constant 60 fps most of the time.
There are some occasional dips in framerate when the scene is busy, but most of the time
we are getting silky smooth 60 fps.
And of course we get texture filtering, resulting in a less blocky image.
Let's compare them side by side and we can clearly see just what a difference the 3dfx
Voodoo makes The 3Dfx Voodoo launched in November of 1996.
It is a PCI 3D only graphics card, that required a pass-through cable from a separate 2D card,
in our case we paired it up with the Tseng ET6000.
A large number of companies produces the 3DFx Voodoo, however the Orchid Righteous
3D as well as the Diamond Multimedia Monster 3D can be considered as the most popular models.
The card I'm using is a Diamond Monster 3D.
Although we are only looking at DOS games in this video, there are a vast range of 3D
accelerated Windows games that run perfectly on the 3DFx Voodoo.
The card doesn't need any drivers, however you can control certain aspect of it through
simple environment variables.
Here is an example of a batch file I like to use, which lowers the gamma a little bit,
as the default setting is extremely bright, sets the refresh rate to 60 Hz and also enables
v-sync.
I've done a video previously showing the different gamma settings and I've also uploaded
drivers and other resources onto my website, I'll put the links down below in the description.
Depending on your region, prices for a 3Dfx Voodoo can vary greatly.
At the moment the cheapest Voodoo available to us Aussies goes for 60 Australian dollars.
So do check in your area, chances are you get a much better deal, but you got to realise
that anything from 3Dfx is highly saught after and prices can get a bit silly.
DOS games would receive patches, usually a new executable, that you just copy into the
game folder to launch the improved 3Dfx version.
Game support for Voodoo cards has always been excellent, everyone made sure that their games
would run well on cards from 3Dfx because of their popularity with gamers.The next game
we're looking is Screamer 2, or in other regions knows as Bleifuss Zwei.
It is the follow-up to Screamer, an arcade-style racing game.
Offering more of rally-oriented gameplay it comes with four customisable cars, high resolution
graphics, tracks from regions such as the US, England, Switzerland, Egypt and others.
It also has some really catchy CD audio tracks and a built-in CD player that lets you change
tracks during gameplay.
Screamer 2 is an extremely demanding DOS games when run at 640 x 480 resolution.
It also uses also uses 16 bit colours which certainly doesn't make it any easier.
Our machine is clearly not fast enough to run this game at a decent frame rate.
And this is the 3Dfx Voodoo version.
There is just no comparison, it's like a completely different game.
While we don't have a frame counter, it does feel like locked 60 fps with the occasional
dips below that.
We also get some nice texture filtering and overall the image looks more pleasant to the
eye.
Here we have the two versions side by side.
If you ever wanted to know what the 3Dfx Voodoo difference is, just look at this example.
If you had a 3Dfx Voodoo back in the day, you know exactly why we love them so much.
These cards changed gaming, many established graphics cards companies got caught with their
pants down and it forced everyone in the industry to either adapt or perish.
Share your 3Dfx Voodoo memories down below.
What was that game that made you go out and buy one.
For me it was Tomb Raider.
When I saw the graphics the 3Dfx Voodoo card pulled out, I knew that PC 3D gaming was about
to make a huge leap forward.
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