Voodoo 3 – 3000 – PCI – Compatibility

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hot_denim
Aug 2, 2003
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I have been using the s3 3D virge DX/2 4MB video card. Its not a 3D card at all Just 2D, despite the name.

It has served me fine….never have ever had a need for anything more..or requreied more from it.

I wanted to get a 3D card, These days 2D/3D cards are combined into 1 card. So it will ‘have’ to go. I will replace it with the Voodoo 3 3000 PCI 16MB.

Using Windows 2000 default drivers specific for my old card, adobe gamma has a problem that when you adjust the gamma, there is no onscreen change, only a chnage is seen in 256 colour mode. I even modified accelation. Since the cards drivers from manuafacturer are last updated 1998, and WIndows 2000’s 2000 there was nothing I could do driver wise.

Can people give me there experiences/ideas of how the Vooodoo 3 will be at 2D and also with photoshop. Do you know if it will/will not have the gamme problem that I (and others, mayeb diffrent card) have had ?.

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hot_denim
Aug 2, 2003
My system is old. PCI bus only…so I have no choice than old hardware.

Does windows 2000 not have it’s drivers for it ?, id expect it too.

Does the card not exhibit the adobe Gamma problem I mentiond ?.
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r_harvey
Aug 2, 2003
My system is old. PCI bus only…

Same drivers for PCI/AGP.

Does windows 2000 not have it’s drivers…

Same era as 2000, and when I ran the 2000 is-your-computer-ready test, it said it was fine.

Does the card not exhibit the adobe Gamma problem I mentiond ?.

I know nothing about running games. The only problems I’ve seen are with Star Office and OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org>, where the 3D shape tools draw garbage all over the screen, and the 3D screen savers (3D Maze) randomly blue-screen. MS DirectX Diag seems okay.
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hot_denim
Aug 2, 2003
Im am not refering to games, adobe gamma is a utility that installs with photoshop that letts you alter the display.
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r_harvey
Aug 2, 2003
Adobe Gamma works.
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r_harvey
Aug 2, 2003
Im am not refering to games, adobe gamma is a utility that installs with photoshop that letts you alter the display.

That was answered in the first post:

It works fine with just about everything, including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.

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