sluggo Posted December 8, 2000 Share Posted December 8, 2000 I have seen a couple of references to texture problems with the Voodoo 3 card. Can anyone describe in more detail what the problem is? Is it a 'show stopper' in terms of playing CM? I would like to get this card because 3dfx is offering a $30 rebate and I don't want to invest too much money since my processor, etc. is kinda old. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted December 8, 2000 Share Posted December 8, 2000 The problem I hear most often is the "white out textures". Textures will start to disappear in the game (appearing white) and eventually a large part of the screen becomes white (I haven't seen it personally myself since I don't have a Voodoo 3 around here). This problem seems to happen when the user is running a high resolution (over 1024 x 768) and/or a large scenario with a lot of textures. The latest drivers have apparently helped a bit with the problem, but they haven't solved it completely (from what I've last heard). The following thread claims that the white-out problem was solved, for one user, with the 1.07 Voodoo 3 drivers and DirectX 8 (the DirectX 8 being the newer part of the equation for this user). Voodoo 3 white-out thread: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum8/HTML/000529.html If the card is within your budget it may be worth buying. Not everyone has seen this problem and some people have found a resolution to it (though it may not work the same for you). If you're worried I'd suggest finding out the details on the return/credit-exchange policy of the reseller you'll purchase the card from. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Posted December 9, 2000 Share Posted December 9, 2000 I had a Voodoo 3 2000 pci and originally, could not see realistic smoke. The fix was loading the current drivers from 3dfx and DX7. Worked like a charm after that but I rarely played on resolutions greater than 800X600. ------------------ "If it bleeds..we can kill it." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skott Karlsson Posted December 10, 2000 Share Posted December 10, 2000 I'm running a Voodoo3 AGP video card with 16MB and having no problems at all. Although this machine is slightly over a year old it has been a good gaming machine. Next summer I will upgrade it with a newer video card and processor then. So far though it has been a very good machine. ~Skott~ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluggo Posted December 10, 2000 Author Share Posted December 10, 2000 Just thought I would leave some feedback in case someone else is going through the search process like I was. I bought the Voodoo3 and installed it along with DirectX 8.0. So far I have had no problems at all. I am still running the Demo as I just ordered the full version a couple of days ago. Also, replacing my basic video card with a 3D card has shown much improvement. I have not had one screen lock up and the delays/jumpiness of the screen are barely noticable. I am running a 200MHz machine with 64 Meg RAM. I'm sure those of you with faster processors and faster 3D cards would notice a difference but now I'm just fat, dumb and happy with my semi-slow processer and semi-small video card. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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