3Dfx 5500 64mb VS ATi RAGE FURY MAXX 64mb

MGaz · Dec 24, 2006, 07:14 AM

okay.. just for messing about with, i'm thinking about buying an old 3Dfx voodoo 5500 SLi 64mb card.

anyone that knows anything, will know it has twin 3dfx VSA-100 GPU's running SLi at 166mhz each.

this will probably be a dead lifeless thread, but i own a ATI RAGE FURY MAXX 64mb card.. & that too has twin GPU's although I can't remember at what speed??

I'll probably end up buying the voodoo5500 SLI anyway, but I'm just wondering who thinks what card is faster? twin GPU RAGE FURY MAXX or twin GPU 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 SLi?

RAGE FURY MAXX:

VS

3dfx VOODOO5 5500:

jp306 · Dec 24, 2006, 08:59 AM

It's been a while, but I think the Voodoo5 was supposed to be in the same league as the original Geforce and I don't remember ATI being a player in the high end 3D game at that point. Here ya go... I dug this up

http://www.tomshardware.com/1999/12/30/ati_rage_fury_maxx_review/page9.html

coldfrontt · Dec 25, 2006, 10:14 PM

The Maxx was supposed to be a killer card, but was very problematic in trying to get to run in Win 98 and 2000. The 5500 was a better card and a better product to work with.
Plus the 5500 has Glide support for older games.

Matth · Dec 27, 2006, 12:50 AM

The Voodoo 5500 seems to be a far better relic than the Fury MAXX, and real Glide to boot. Voodoo was a series, while ATI's original foray into dual GPU was an ill-supported one-off.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 28, 2006, 02:23 AM

WHY?

Why not buy an early radeon or geforce card that would run circles around those cards?

MGaz · Dec 28, 2006, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

WHY?

Why not buy an early radeon or geforce card that would run circles around those cards?

as u can see from my profile i have a geforce 4 4400Ti that easly runs circles around these cards anyway.

the reason i want one is for the same reason i bought an 64bit Atari Jaguar. lol

and a SEGA dreamcast, and anything else that once took my fancy. i guess some people just like messing around with old (sometimes useless) hardware.

What can i say.. i have a habit of buying things that people don't make anymore.
must be why I want an MG ZS & ZT. lol

Just out of interest, i think the voodoo 5 5500 was aimed against the top geforce 2's at the time.

And that ati RAGE FURY MAXX was even slower than my voodoo 2 SLi setup. lol

When i told this to the guy in the shop where i bought the ATi, he didn't believe me

.

but honestly, if you run a benchmark that doesn't require the voodoo2 SLi to do anything it can't (such as high textures) then its actually significantly faster than the rage fury maxx was when both cards are in the same system.

The voodoos also have a bit of a cult following, with people wighting new DX9 drivers for them, and even running games like Half Life 2 not only on the voodoo5 but even on a voodoo2 SLi

.

Check this out: voodoo 5 6000 quad SLi GPU card. sadly never made it to the shelves on time. Maybe 3DFX might of had a chance if it did. ?

OC'ed too!
thats a stupidly large gfx card.

Matth · Dec 28, 2006, 05:49 PM

That beast wouldn't fit in most cases these days, there'd be a drive bay in the way... kind of reminds me of another very old network + mouse card, the DEPCA - the very original model was full length ISA, actually reaching the tail end guides on the other side of the case.

Remembering a few other mostly defunct names:

Paradise,
Western Digital... The 90C30 was storming for a non-accelerated card, maybe one of the first to address the RAM bottleneck (32 bit RAM on a 16 bit ISA card), while the 90C31 and later had blitting (mostly realized as "hardware scrolling" at the time).
Cirrus Logic, from the AVGA3 (hardware cursor) to the pinnacle of VL-Bus, the 5428, The 5446 PCI Visualmedia accelerator, up to the PCI/AGP 546x & 548x models before they faded away - until that point, I was a Cirrus Logic loyalist - they got the job done, and didn't cost a bomb.

S3, the one time king, in the days when their card numbers resembled Porsche models, maybe their newer "Chrome" will keep ATI & Nvidia from getting too complacent. (S3 Savage 4 PCI was my first 3D card)

Matrox? - they never went away, other than abandoning the mainstream altogether.

Trident, Tseng?

Going back to other old stuff, does anyone remember the Konan Tentime, now that WOULD be a nostalgia high to put in a retro sytem.

MGaz · Dec 28, 2006, 06:15 PM

i reckon i'd get that in my case. if i move the HDD up two places,.. sure. i think the quad gpu 6000 would fit (just)

i guess some are just bigger than others. (cases i mean)

lol

Scytale · Dec 29, 2006, 06:51 AM

<~JUDAS

voodoo 5 5500... any day..

voodoo's had/have the best fsaa as well... plus 3dfx/d3d/opengl fully supported.. cmon..

and the voodoo drivers are still being somewhat upheld by the community, i wouldn't doubt it that we'd see a fully working vista 32 and 64 driver available for those cards sometime soon.

skinnie · Mar 7, 2007, 12:44 AM

v5 5500 of course

asap I'll get a 5500pci

Fahim · May 6, 2008, 11:26 PM

I have an ATI Rage Fury MAXX, i never used it, bought it as an ATI fan, still have it in my drawer, two chip doesn't work on XP, only one works, and in AGP 2X mode only.

jandarsun8 · Nov 12, 2008, 02:53 PM

If you end up getting the V5, go here for updated drivers. FalconFly 3dfx Archive

I'm still using mine in an old box for times when I want to play some of my old games.

With the V5, you have to realize that it will only work with AGP 1/2 MB's (3.3 Volt slots). They will NOT work with any AGP 1.5 volt slot your very limited on what boards you can put it in especially now since most are hard to find that still work.

Find a PCI version if you can and then you don't have to worry about it as the speeds are still about the same.

Jand.

.... Didn't realize this thread was this old...

MGaz · May 24, 2009, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jandarsun8

If you end up getting the V5, go here for updated drivers. FalconFly 3dfx Archive

I'm still using mine in an old box for times when I want to play some of my old games.

With the V5, you have to realize that it will only work with AGP 1/2 MB's (3.3 Volt slots). They will NOT work with any AGP 1.5 volt slot your very limited on what boards you can put it in especially now since most are hard to find that still work.

Find a PCI version if you can and then you don't have to worry about it as the speeds are still about the same.

Jand.

.... Didn't realize this thread was this old...

It is an old thread,posts in 2006/2007/2008 and , 2009! lol

& just so u know, I do indeed now have my V5 5500

I love it . its always in use on my other system.

Oti86 · Jul 10, 2009, 09:25 PM

3dfx Voodoo5 5500 vs. ATI Fury MAXX - LOGOUT.hu Számtech cikk
TEST!!!!!!!

Oti86 (Hungary)

jandarsun8 · Jul 12, 2009, 03:04 PM

Hey MG, yeah noticed this post was old after I posted in it. Glad you got your card. Visit Falcon's site for anything related to that card or any games or issues you have if you haven't yet. Sites still pretty active considering that 3dfx went under 9 years ago.

Oti86, graphs look cool although I can't read the rest of the site.

Good find none the less.

blibbax · Jul 12, 2009, 10:34 PM

Mmmm retro overkill.

When you're done, could I have one of those cards for my K6-2 rig? :P

Dec 24, 2006, 07:14 AM	#1
MGaz All wheel driver! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: five Cylinder Heaven, wales GB Posts: 198 Rep Power: 34 System Specs	3Dfx 5500 64mb VS ATi RAGE FURY MAXX 64mb okay.. just for messing about with, i'm thinking about buying an old 3Dfx voodoo 5500 SLi 64mb card. anyone that knows anything, will know it has twin 3dfx VSA-100 GPU's running SLi at 166mhz each. this will probably be a dead lifeless thread, but i own a ATI RAGE FURY MAXX 64mb card.. & that too has twin GPU's although I can't remember at what speed?? I'll probably end up buying the voodoo5500 SLI anyway, but I'm just wondering who thinks what card is faster? twin GPU RAGE FURY MAXX or twin GPU 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 SLi? RAGE FURY MAXX: VS 3dfx VOODOO5 5500: __________________ Processor: 7.5 Memory: 7.7 Graphics: 7.2 Gaming Graphics: 7.2 Primary Hard Disk: 5.9 [3DMARK Vantage: 9229] [3DMARK 06: 18365] [3DMARK 03: 46941] [3DMARK 2001 SE: 36059] Last edited by MGaz; Dec 24, 2006 at 08:04 AM.

Dec 24, 2006, 08:59 AM	#2
jp306 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 309 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	It's been a while, but I think the Voodoo5 was supposed to be in the same league as the original Geforce and I don't remember ATI being a player in the high end 3D game at that point. Here ya go... I dug this up http://www.tomshardware.com/1999/12/30/ati_rage_fury_maxx_review/page9.html Last edited by jp306; Dec 24, 2006 at 09:07 AM.

Dec 25, 2006, 10:14 PM	#3
coldfrontt DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: canada Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	The Maxx was supposed to be a killer card, but was very problematic in trying to get to run in Win 98 and 2000. The 5500 was a better card and a better product to work with. Plus the 5500 has Glide support for older games. __________________ [color=blue]TANSTAAFL![/color]

Dec 27, 2006, 12:50 AM	#4
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,411 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	The Voodoo 5500 seems to be a far better relic than the Fury MAXX, and real Glide to boot. Voodoo was a series, while ATI's original foray into dual GPU was an ill-supported one-off. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

Dec 28, 2006, 02:23 AM	#5
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	WHY? Why not buy an early radeon or geforce card that would run circles around those cards? __________________

Dec 28, 2006, 05:49 PM	#7
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,411 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	That beast wouldn't fit in most cases these days, there'd be a drive bay in the way... kind of reminds me of another very old network + mouse card, the DEPCA - the very original model was full length ISA, actually reaching the tail end guides on the other side of the case. Remembering a few other mostly defunct names: Paradise, Western Digital... The 90C30 was storming for a non-accelerated card, maybe one of the first to address the RAM bottleneck (32 bit RAM on a 16 bit ISA card), while the 90C31 and later had blitting (mostly realized as "hardware scrolling" at the time). Cirrus Logic, from the AVGA3 (hardware cursor) to the pinnacle of VL-Bus, the 5428, The 5446 PCI Visualmedia accelerator, up to the PCI/AGP 546x & 548x models before they faded away - until that point, I was a Cirrus Logic loyalist - they got the job done, and didn't cost a bomb. S3, the one time king, in the days when their card numbers resembled Porsche models, maybe their newer "Chrome" will keep ATI & Nvidia from getting too complacent. (S3 Savage 4 PCI was my first 3D card) Matrox? - they never went away, other than abandoning the mainstream altogether. Trident, Tseng? Going back to other old stuff, does anyone remember the Konan Tentime, now that WOULD be a nostalgia high to put in a retro sytem. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

Dec 28, 2006, 06:15 PM	Thread Starter #8
MGaz All wheel driver! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: five Cylinder Heaven, wales GB Posts: 198 Rep Power: 34 System Specs	i reckon i'd get that in my case. if i move the HDD up two places,.. sure. i think the quad gpu 6000 would fit (just) i guess some are just bigger than others. (cases i mean) lol __________________ Processor: 7.5 Memory: 7.7 Graphics: 7.2 Gaming Graphics: 7.2 Primary Hard Disk: 5.9 [3DMARK Vantage: 9229] [3DMARK 06: 18365] [3DMARK 03: 46941] [3DMARK 2001 SE: 36059]

Dec 29, 2006, 06:51 AM	#9
Scytale DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: N/A Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	<~JUDAS voodoo 5 5500... any day.. voodoo's had/have the best fsaa as well... plus 3dfx/d3d/opengl fully supported.. cmon.. and the voodoo drivers are still being somewhat upheld by the community, i wouldn't doubt it that we'd see a fully working vista 32 and 64 driver available for those cards sometime soon. __________________ N/A

Mar 7, 2007, 12:44 AM	#10
skinnie DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 77 Rep Power: 0	v5 5500 of course asap I'll get a 5500pci __________________ DFI NF2 Ultra+Athlon XP-Mobile 2600+ [SP97] 2x512 Mushkin Redline Xp4000 [OCZ XTC Cooler] Albatron 6800GT@Ultra 256mb DDR3 [VF900CU] Terratec Aureon Space 7.1@Prodigy 7.1 Audigy 2 ZS Logitech X-530 5.1 Sennheiser HD201

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Fahim DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In Front of my PC Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	I have an ATI Rage Fury MAXX, i never used it, bought it as an ATI fan, still have it in my drawer, two chip doesn't work on XP, only one works, and in AGP 2X mode only. __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ ASUS CROSSHAIR AM2 Motherboard 2 x 1GB Corsair XMS PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz SDRAM 160GB+500GB+750GB+1TB+1TB+750GB+250GB+750GB+750GB+ 1TB+120GB+400GB [COLOR=green]NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB (650,1940)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000][color=red]ATI RADEON HD 3870 512MB (800,2340)[/color][/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000][color=red]ASUS AX800 XL 256MB (??)[/color][/COLOR] Coolermaster Real Power 1000W PSU

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jandarsun8 HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MN, US Posts: 321 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	Re: 3Dfx 5500 64mb VS ATi RAGE FURY MAXX 64mb If you end up getting the V5, go here for updated drivers. FalconFly 3dfx Archive I'm still using mine in an old box for times when I want to play some of my old games. With the V5, you have to realize that it will only work with AGP 1/2 MB's (3.3 Volt slots). They will NOT work with any AGP 1.5 volt slot your very limited on what boards you can put it in especially now since most are hard to find that still work. Find a PCI version if you can and then you don't have to worry about it as the speeds are still about the same. Jand. .... Didn't realize this thread was this old... Last edited by jandarsun8; Nov 12, 2008 at 02:54 PM. Reason: Dated thread.

Jul 10, 2009, 09:25 PM	#14
Oti86 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: 3Dfx 5500 64mb VS ATi RAGE FURY MAXX 64mb 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 vs. ATI Fury MAXX - LOGOUT.hu Számtech cikk TEST!!!!!!! Oti86 (Hungary)

Jul 12, 2009, 03:04 PM	#15
jandarsun8 HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MN, US Posts: 321 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	Re: 3Dfx 5500 64mb VS ATi RAGE FURY MAXX 64mb Hey MG, yeah noticed this post was old after I posted in it. Glad you got your card. Visit Falcon's site for anything related to that card or any games or issues you have if you haven't yet. Sites still pretty active considering that 3dfx went under 9 years ago. Oti86, graphs look cool although I can't read the rest of the site. Good find none the less. __________________

Jul 12, 2009, 10:34 PM	#16
blibbax What does this do? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 3,697 Rep Power: 169 System Specs	Re: 3Dfx 5500 64mb VS ATi RAGE FURY MAXX 64mb Mmmm retro overkill. When you're done, could I have one of those cards for my K6-2 rig? :P __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!