VOODOO 2 SLI

Hi, I think I allready know the answer to this question, but is it possible to set up 2 voodoo cards (SLI) that are manufactured by different companies? One is a 12MB (creative), the other is 8MB (Diamond). I am pretty sure the answer is no, but the reason I ask is because when I got the 12MB (Creative), I put the card in a computer which still had the other Daimond Voodoo 2 drivers on it , and the card worked fine and actually got a higher 3D benchmark (using 3DMark) than what it did when I later put its own drivers on.... Can anybody help? thanx :-) Peter, Australia Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

When I bought my second voodoo2 card DiamondMM told me I needed a card of the same size and manufacturer as my original one. That doesn't mean it won't work though. -- Scott Pittman FssPro Administrator www.fsspro.com

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> Hi, > I think I allready know the answer to this question, but is it > possible to set up 2 voodoo cards (SLI) that are manufactured by > different companies? One is a 12MB (creative), the other is 8MB > (Diamond). I am pretty sure the answer is no, but the reason I ask is > because when I got the 12MB (Creative), I put the card in a computer > which still had the other Daimond Voodoo 2 drivers on it , and the card > worked fine and actually got a higher 3D benchmark (using 3DMark) than > what it did when I later put its own drivers on.... > Can anybody help? thanx :-) > Peter, Australia > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

I *believe* that the newest 3dfx reference drivers allow for mismatch of 12MB and 8MB. They DEFINITELY allow different manufacturers, because Metabyte did this quite a while ago and 3dfx incorporated it into their drivers. But I *believe* that the 8MB and 12MB combo regards both cards as 8MB.

I have a STB 12mb Voodoo2 card, would I see better performance with a Voodoo3 or by adding 2nd Voodoo2 card.? 3dfx is offering a $30 rebate on their Voodoo2 card. So I could get one for aroung $50. Thanks, Krusty

You can try this link, http://home.earthlink.net/~aosnovich/ . Once you get past the guy's picture, he does have some interesting info on mis-matched SLI setups, including drivers and patches. Good luck. Zog

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> Hi, > I think I allready know the answer to this question, but is it > possible to set up 2 voodoo cards (SLI) that are manufactured by > different companies? One is a 12MB (creative), the other is 8MB > (Diamond). I am pretty sure the answer is no, but the reason I ask is > because when I got the 12MB (Creative), I put the card in a computer > which still had the other Daimond Voodoo 2 drivers on it , and the card > worked fine and actually got a higher 3D benchmark (using 3DMark) than > what it did when I later put its own drivers on.... > Can anybody help? thanx :-) > Peter, Australia > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

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> Hi, > I think I allready know the answer to this question, but is it > possible to set up 2 voodoo cards (SLI) that are manufactured by > different companies? One is a 12MB (creative), the other is 8MB > (Diamond). I am pretty sure the answer is no, but the reason I ask is > because when I got the 12MB (Creative), I put the card in a computer > which still had the other Daimond Voodoo 2 drivers on it , and the card > worked fine and actually got a higher 3D benchmark (using 3DMark) than > what it did when I later put its own drivers on.... > Can anybody help? thanx :-) > Peter, Australia > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

My friend can run my 12M Best Data and his 12M AOPEN unit in SLI w/o any trouble. Mixing 8 and 12M cards doesn't sound promising, but I'm just guessing at that. 3Dmark99Max "Race" and "FPS" both show a ~60% performance boost when SLI is engaged. Fill rate nearly doubles. (AIR) To our dismay, GPL doesn't seem to run any faster at 800 or 1024 res. $0.02 - Greg -- Note! Anti-spam tactics engaged! Remove the duplicate "g" and "s" before replying.

> I have a STB 12mb Voodoo2 card, would I see better performance with a > Voodoo3 or by adding 2nd Voodoo2 card.? 3dfx is offering a $30 rebate on > their Voodoo2 card. So I could get one for aroung $50. A V3 2000 will match SLI performance and give you the ability to run resolutions as high as your processor can handle. If you like tinkering, a V3 2000 with an added fan can clock to almost V3 3500 levels (in SOME cases, it's not a given).