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3dfx är ett företag som tillverkar avancerade 3d-kort för hemmadatorer. Deras Voodoo2 och Voodoo3-kort var bra, men Riva TNT2 kom och klassade ut dem med sina 32 mb. Men nu har 3dfx fått hämnd genom att tillverka Voodoo4 och Voodoo5-kort på upp till 128 mb! De korten är det senaste inom datorgrafik.

De olika korten i recension av 3dfx själva. (på engelska)

Voodoo2 1000

Voodoo2. Still one of the world’s most powerful 3D graphics technologies for entertainment, the award-winning Voodoo2 accelerator began shipping in February of 1998 and has since garnered sweeping support among board manufacturers and PC-makers worldwide. Voodoo2 is an expandable architecture that delivers over three times the performance of the industry resetting Voodoo Graphics. Voodoo2 enables highly immersive, interactive and realistic 3D experiences across interactive electronic entertainment platforms – personal computers, coin-operated arcade system and location-based entertainment. Voodoo2 contains a full floating-point hardware triangle setup unit for maximum triangle throughput on Pentium, Pentium Pro and Pentium II powered systems.

Voodoo2 features: 90 Mpixels/sec sustained fill rate for bi-linear textures, with LOD MIP-mapping, Z-buffering, alpha-blending and fogging enabled

Voodoo3 2000 AGP/PCI

High-Speed, High-Resolution 2D/3D Accelerator

From 3Dfx Interactive, the architect of the 3D revolution, comes a new dimension of high-resolution gaming. A snap to install, the Voodoo3 2000 replaces tired, old 2D cards in just a matter of minutes. Fusing the

world’s fastest 2D

with a dual 32-bit pipeline, the Voodoo 3-2000 pumps out over 100 billion operations per second to bring you resolutions as high as

2046x1536

and speeds of up to 60 frames per second. Generating 6 million triangles per second to bring to life

500 of the hottest titles

, the Voodoo3 2000’s Patented Single pass, Single Cycle, Multi-Texturing delivers the brilliant color and amazing clarity that has made it the standard in PC entertainment.

Voodoo3 3000 AGP

Ultra High-Speed, High-Resolution 2D/3D Accelerator

Clocking in at over

100 billion operations per second

, the Voodoo3 3000 pushes the limits of ultra high-resolution gaming. Delivering liquid smooth frame rates of over

60 frames per second

, the Voodoo3 3000 combines the world’s fastest 2D with a dual 32-bit pipeline to provide a mind-altering gaming experience. Unleashing an unrivaled

7 million triangles a second

, the Voodoo3 3000''s Patented Single-Pass, Single Cycle Multi-Texturing provides awesome visual effects at resolutions as high as

2046x1536

. Designed to enhance the latest generation of computer hardware, the Voodoo 3-3000 provides DVD hardware acceleration to ensure a seemless 30 frame per second without framedrop. And the standard TV/S-Video jack on the Voodoo 3-3000 instantly allows you to output to a compatible TV or Monitor to create the ultimate home entertainment experience.

Voodoo3 3500 TV

Based on the acclaimed Voodoo3 graphics accelerator technology, the Voodoo3 3500 TV combines the industry’s most powerful 3D and 2D graphics with complete TV tuner and multimedia functionality in a single AGP or PCI board. Featuring support for MPEG 2, DVD, FM stereo with dbx™, and high-resolution displays, the new board includes the most feature-filled entertainment card for hard-core game enthusiasts and cutting-edge multimedia entertainment consumers.

Voodoo4 4500 PCI

Voodoo4 4500 AGP

Voodoo5 5000 PCI

The Voodoo 5 5000 PCI from 3dfx is the next stage in the evolution of ultra-high resolution gaming. Utilizing a revolutionary scalable architechture, the Voodoo5 5000 PCI features dual 3dfx VSA-100™ chips for more 3D horsepower. Working in parallel, these processors produce over 667 Megatexels per second to create extraordinary 3D worlds in vivid 32-bit color. Boasting state-of-the-art Real-Time Full-Scene HW Anti-Aliasing, the exclusive T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effects engine and support for 2D resolutions as high as 2048x1536, the Voodoo5 5000 PCI raises the standard against which all other 2D/3D PCI accelerators are judged.

General Features	Benefits
32 MB of Graphics Memory	Enough memory to handle high-resolution 32-bit gaming with large textures.
667-733 Megapixel Fill Rate	Allows games to fly at faster frame rates and higher resolutions.
Real-time Full-Scene HW Anti-Aliasing	Removes annoying jaggies and flashing objects from the image to dramatically improve the visual quality of any title, new or old.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Motion blur	Can be used to smooth motion to improve image quality or to exaggerate motion for special effects.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Depth of Field Blur	Enhances reality by rendering a scene as if viewed through a real lens. Enables artistic depth of field effects often used in cinema, such as blurring all but the most important objects in a scene.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Soft Reflections	Enables realistic reflections from semi-gloss surfaces like polished wood or stone and stainless steel.
FXT1™ and DirectX® Texture Compression	Dramatically reduces the size of texture images with no loss in visual quality; higher frame rates and better image quality.
8-bit Palletized Textures	Widely used form of texture compression; as with FXT1, palletized textures enable higher frame rates and enhanced image quality.
32-bit Rendering	Supports the highest possible image quality for the latest titles.
32-bit Textures	Similar to 32-bit rendering; allows use of the highest quality artwork seen in today's titles.
24-bit Floating Point Depth Buffer (Z or W)	Virtually eliminates "Z aliasing," which happens when surfaces that should be visible but are occluded and visa-versa.
8-bit Stencil Buffer	Improves image quality and realism by supporting a technique widely used by 3D content developers to create complex shapes such as shadows.
Fully integrated 128-bit 2D/3D/Video Accelerator	It's not just for gaming! Voodoo5 5500AGP enables outstanding 2D and video applications, too.
2K x 2K Textures	Allows you to enjoy the full impact of the most detailed artwork used by game developers; larger textures=more stunning images.
350MHz RAMDAC	Allows users to run at insane resolutions and incredible refresh rate --2048x1536 at 85Hz for example.
The industry's most complete API support: DirectX, OpenGL, and Glide	Assures the industry's highest title compatibility.
DVD hardware assist: planar to packed-pixel conversion	Assists DVD titles in running at 30fps without dropped frames.
Windows 95, 98, NT4.0 and Windows 2000 drivers	Allows you to run the Voodoo5 6000 with standard operating systems.

Voodoo5 5500 AGP

The Voodoo5 5500 AGP from 3dfx is the next stage in the evolution of ultra-high resolution gaming. Utilizing a revolutionary scalable architecture, the Voodoo5 5500 AGP features dual 3dfx VSA-100™ chips for more 3D horsepower. Working in parallel, these processors produce over 667 Megatexels per second to create extraordinary 3D worlds in vivid 32-bit color. Boasting state-of-the-art Real-Time Full-Scene HW Anti-Aliasing, the exclusive T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effects engine, 64MB of graphics memory for top performance and support for 2D resolutions as high as 2048x1536, the Voodoo5 5500 AGP gives today's PC gamers the raw 3D power and premium 2D performance they crave.

General Features	Benefits
64 MB of Graphics Memory	Enough memory to handle high-resolution gaming with large 32-bit textures and T-Buffer effects enabled.
667-733 Megapixels Per Second Fill Rate	Fill rate delivers frame rate. Virtually all games are limited by fill rate at resolutions of 1024x768 and above so the higher your fill rate the faster your game will perform. The Voodoo5 5500 delivers the industry's highest fill rate, outside of the Voodoo5 6000, of course.
Real-time Full-Scene HW Anti-Aliasing	Removes annoying jaggies and flashing objects from the image to dramatically improve the visual quality of any title, new or old.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Motion blur	Can be used to smooth motion to improve image quality or to exaggerate motion for special effects.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Depth of Field Blur	Enhances reality by rendering a scene as if viewed through a real lens. Enables artistic depth of field effects often used in cinema, such as blurring all but the most important objects in a scene.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Soft Shadows	Adds soft edges to shadows to give them a much more realistic appearance.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Soft Reflections	Enables realistic reflections from semi-gloss surfaces like polished wood or stone and stainless steel.
FXT1™ and DirectX® Texture Compression	Dramatically reduces the size of texture images with no loss in visual quality; higher frame rates and better image quality. VSA-100 supports all five DXTC compression modes. Texture compression is critical for use of 2048x2048, 32-bit textures.
8-bit Palletized Textures	The most widely used form of texture compression; as with FXT1, palletized textures enable higher frame rates and enhanced image quality. Graphics cards that do not support palletized textures often experience severe game compatibility problems.
32-bit Rendering	Supports the highest possible image quality for the latest titles.
32-bit Textures	Allows use of the highest quality artwork seen in today's titles.
2k x 2k Textures	Allows you to enjoy the full impact of the most detailed artwork used by game developers; larger textures enable more complex, more stunning images.
24-bit Floating Point Depth Buffer (Z or W)	Virtually eliminates "Z aliasing," or having surfaces that should be visible being occluded and surfaces that should be occluded being visible.
8-bit Stencil Buffer	Improves image quality and realism by supporting a technique widely used by 3D content developers to create complex shapes such as shadows.
Fully integrated 128-bit 2D/3D/Video Accelerator	It's not just for gaming! Voodoo5 5500AGP enables outstanding 2D and video applications, too.
350MHz RAMDAC	Allows users to run at insane resolutions and incredible refresh rate --2048x1536 at 85Hz for example.
The industry's most complete API support: DirectX, OpenGL, and Glide	Assures the industry's highest title compatibility.
DVD hardware assist: planar to packed-pixel conversion	Assists DVD titles in running at 30fps without dropped frames.
Windows 95, 98, NT4.0 and Windows 2000 drivers	Allows you to run the Voodoo5 5500 AGP with standard operating systems.

Voodoo5 6000 AGP

The Voodoo5 6000 AGP from 3dfx represents the pinnacle of Voodoo5 technology. Taking advantage of the revolutionary scalable architecture of the 3dfx VSA-100™ chip, the Voodoo 5 6000 AGP features four processors working together to be the world's first 3D accelerator to break the Gigapixel barrier. Clocking in at over 1.33 Gigapixels a second, the Voodoo5 6000 AGP can create breathtaking 3D worlds in vivid 32-bit color. Boasting state-of-the-art Real-Time Full-Scene HW Anti-Aliasing, the exclusive T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effects engine, 2D resolutions as high as 2048x1536 and a whopping 128MB of graphics memory, the Voodoo5 6000 is the ultimate 2D/3D accelerator for the hard-core PC enthusiast.

General Features	Benefits
Fully integrated 128-bit 2D/3D/Video Accelerator	It's not just for gaming! Voodoo5 6000 AGP enables outstanding 2D and video applications too.
128 MB of Graphics Memory	No, we're not kidding. How about having enough graphics memory to handle 1600x1200, 32 bits per pixel, with full-scene hardware anti-aliasing enabled?
1.32 to 1.47 Gigapixels Per Second Fill Rate	Not kidding about this one, either. The first gigapixel board delivers frame rates beyond belief. Virtually all games are limited by fill rate at resolutions of 1024x768 and above so the higher your fill rate the faster your game will perform.
Real-time Full-Scene HW Anti-Aliasing	Removes annoying jaggies and flashing objects from the image to dramatically improve the visual quality of any title, new or old.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Motion blur	Can be used to smooth motion to improve image quality or to exaggerate motion for special effects.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Depth of Field Blur	Enhances reality by rendering a scene as if viewed through a real lens. Enables artistic depth of field effects often used in cinema, such as blurring all but the most important objects in a scene.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Soft Shadows	Adds soft edges to shadows, giving them a much more realistic appearance.
T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effect: Soft Reflections	Enables realistic reflections from semi-gloss surfaces like polished wood or stone and stainless steel.
FXT1™ and DirectX® Texture Compression	Dramatically reduces the size of texture images with no loss in visual quality; higher frame rates and better image quality. VSA-100 supports all five DXTC compression modes. Texture compression is critical for use of 2048x2048 and 32-bit textures.
8-bit Palletized Textures	The most widely used form of texture compressio. As with FXT1, palletized textures enable higher frame rates and enhanced image quality. Graphics cards that do not support palletized textures often experience severe game compatibility problems.
32-bit Rendering	Supports the highest possible image quality for the latest titles.
32-bit Textures	Allows use of the highest quality artwork seen in today's titles.
2k x 2k Textures	Allows you to enjoy the full impact of the most detailed artwork used by game developers; larger textures enable more complex, more stunning images.
24-bit Floating Point Depth Buffer (Z or W)	Virtually eliminates "Z aliasing," or having surfaces that should be visible being occluded and surfaces that should be occluded being visible.
8-bit Stencil Buffer	Improves image quality and realism by supporting a technique widely used by 3D content developers to create complex shapes such as shadows.
350MHz RAMDAC	Allows users to run at insane resolutions and incredible refresh rate --2048x1536 at 85Hz for example.
The industry's most complete API support: DirectX, OpenGL, and Glide	Assures the industry's highest title compatibility.
DVD hardware assist: planar to packed-pixel conversion	Assists DVD titles in running at 30fps without dropped frames.
Windows 95, 98, NT4.0 and Windows 2000 drivers	Allows you to run the Voodoo5 6000 AGP with all popular operating systems.

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Sidan redigerades senast den 26 november 1999.