Voodoo 4500 question

[Ravenous85]

I am getting a new computer (package deal) very soon and wondering if my old Voodoo 4500 PCI card would be worth using with it or if I should get a new card soon... here are the specs:
- AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.40 Ghz + Volcano fan
- 40 GB 7200 RPM Hard drive
- 256 DDR-SDRAM PC2100 (266Mhz)
- ECS K7S5A SiS635 Motherboard (4 PCI, 1 AGP4X, 2 SDRAM 2
DDR-SDRAM)
- DVD 16x/40x

Thanks in advance

[wild_andy_c]

There is no problem with the Voodoo 4 card, however you will miss out on the benefits of AGP.

The Voodoo 4 whilst slow in comparisson to today's GPU - it has great image quality.

[DarkInferno_IV]

The Voodoo will seriously bottleneck your sys. Get a GF2 Ti or someting instead.

[wild_andy_c]

Originally posted by DarkInferno_IV
The Voodoo will seriously bottleneck your sys. Get a GF2 Ti or someting instead.

For the speed the 4500 is and the way it addresses memory in a linear fashion - it won't bottleneck anything. 3dfx memory technologies whilst not being anywhere near fully AGP compliant were a saviour that meant they were always able to release PCI versions of their cards that could perform within a couple of percent of the performance of their AGP counterparts at worst.

To say that they would cause a bottleneck is nonesense.

[Just shoot]

Well said Wild Andy I agree 100 % .

There has been review after review comparing voodoo agp vs pci and pci always perfoms within a percent or 2.

If your not in to fps and like the high quality, without the high price, keep the voodoo. It will never compete with the geforce but its still a decent card.

[Warlord2]

I would keep the v4 and wait tell at gf3mx or pro or ultra to come out

it should handle all of todays games just fine

[The_Ryz_Factor]

Originally posted by Ravenous85
I am getting a new computer (package deal) very soon and wondering if my old Voodoo 4500 PCI card would be worth using with it or if I should get a new card soon... here are the specs:
- AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.40 Ghz + Volcano fan
- 40 GB 7200 RPM Hard drive
- 256 DDR-SDRAM PC2100 (266Mhz)
- ECS K7S5A SiS635 Motherboard (4 PCI, 1 AGP4X, 2 SDRAM 2
DDR-SDRAM)
- DVD 16x/40x

Thanks in advance

I think that getting a new video card depends on if you are going to be playin games on it and what games they are. My Voodoo 4 runs Starsiege Tribes (due to the fact that it is a glide game) at 120+ fps and I run Counterstrike at whatever its max fps is on my screen (something like 72). As for Tribes 2, that's a different story and is why I am soon in the market for a new video card. This Voodoo 4 just can't keep up with that. :eh?: Other than those games I really don't play any others. So yeah, I just think it all depends on what you will be using that video card for. If you're not playing games at all, or playing ones that it can handle, I say stick with Voodoo 4.

[wild_andy_c]

I know its not my card of choice, but, BIG UP THE V4 4500 POSSE - BIG UP

[Ravenous85]

What?

[wild_andy_c]

Originally posted by Ravenous85
What?

I got a Ti500, but I still apreciate the qualities of other lesser cards - although some people are too blinkered to be able to do this. This is a wonderful card Ravenous85 - don't let anyone discourage you.

[Ravenous85]

Even though I have tried it in a computer that works and it gave me the same problem, would it be a good idea to try it in a different PCI slot that the one I'm using it in?

[wild_andy_c]

Originally posted by Ravenous85
Even though I have tried it in a computer that works and it gave me the same problem, would it be a good idea to try it in a different PCI slot that the one I'm using it in?

What problem ?

[Ravenous85]

Oh I forgot to mention ... it's on another thread ...

I was playing Counterstrike and the game froze, so I pressed reset when ctrl+alt+del didn't do anything. Nothing got displayed to the monitor and the LED was amber..... now everytime I try to turn on my computer it still is amber and nothing is being shown up. The fan on the V4500 PCI spins when it's on and there are no apparent burn marks so I don't have any idea what's wrong. Like I said, I tried putting it into another computer and it gave that computer the same problem.

[Ravenous85]

Also, I've tried 2 different monitors with it so I don't think it could be the monitor.

[wild_andy_c]

Check for

PSU sufficiency - is the PSU good enough
Heat - Is the thermal solution working correctly
Memory - are your memory timings too aggressive

?

[Ravenous85]

Check for

PSU sufficiency - is the PSU good enough
Heat - Is the thermal solution working correctly
Memory - are your memory timings too aggressive



1) I've had this card and everything running like this for a long time so I doubt it has to do with enough power.

2) You mean the videocard fan? :(

3) I have 256 pc133 sdram... what do you mean about timings?

[wild_andy_c]

SOMEONE TAKE OVER ON THIS ONE PLEASE !!!!