www.x3dfx.com = no more = where can i find the drivers?

[Nuggut_Of_Joy]

well i noticed that x3dfx.com is now dead... and i don't have their x3dfx driver tools or drivers... anywhere i can still get them from?

[Tiretool]

Here (http://www.3dfx.com/downloads.htm) ya go.

[deanboyj]

now i told you that you shouldnt get a voodoo5!!!

[Xayd]

If all ya play is UT a V5 does nicely ;)

Xayd

[mike breck]

In fact, so does 2 x Voodoo 2 in SLI mode.

[Prew]

For the latest driver try here (haven't tried it though because I use Nvidia based cards):

http://www.gamers-ammo.com/teste/x3dfxc.shtml or

http://www.gamers-ammo.com/unsupdrive.html

[mosquito]

My voodoo 3 is still going strong. :D

[Jenni]

I've got a Voodoo3 2000 that still kicks booty. I've never once been sorry that I bought this card (thanks Giovanni!) or that I still am using it. True, if you run a benchmark like 3DMark2001, it stinks, but for games it rocks, and I've never once had a game crash because it didn't like my video card or its drivers!

[mosquito]

Yeah, it's a shame the 3dfx managers made such a mess. They made outstanding products, and it's all ruined now. (I will never purchase an nVidia product ;) )

[Tiretool]

I will never purchase an nVidia product

Then you shall never own the best! Muhuhuhuhuhahahahahahahaha!

All hail the GeForce!




umm... sorry, did I say that out loud?
:eek:

[Xayd]

Ya know, this is the first "where do I get 3dfx drivers" thread I've seen on any message board I visit in weeks, yet I know lots of people who still play games with Voodoo5s, myself included.

In fact, look at what games are out there. The market these cards were aimed at were the first person shooter market, so lets examine that market. There's Quake, Half Life mods, UT, Tribes 2, and Rogue Spear/Rainbow Six. Tribes 2 had issues with Voodoo5s, which the company supporting the game made a patch for, not 3dfx. All other games in that list have no issues to my knowledge.

I've been running the same drivers since January, who says I need a new set of them every couple weeks? All my games work fine with good framerates, that's all I ask.

Xayd

[HAL9000]

Heck, in my second system I still have my dually 12Mb Voodoo2's. Sure it's lagging by todays standards, but it still makes a pretty picture.

[mrjohnsonjr]

i still use my voodoo 5....it runs better in some situations than a kryo 2 prophet i purchased for a short while even though the prophet had a few more advanced options...i still like it for now....

don't know what card i want to purchase next...

when do the next gen cards come out....????????

[mike breck]

With so many older games being re-released at $5-$10, it can make good sense to keep a PCI Voodoo in your 'puter. Some of these games work better with 3DFX.

My son's Duron 600 has a AGP TNT Ultra and one lowly 12mb Voodoo 2. On many occasions, the Voodoo has got the game up and running until we sorted out NVidia driver issues.

The latest one he bought for $5 was Dark Reign 2. Wouldn't run with the TNT but is running perfectly with the Voodoo 2. So he's happy.

Another recent example was Shogun: Total War. Wouldn't run with NVidia drivers but did with V2. I managed to resolve that by changing the drivers to 10.80.

But if I change the NVidia drivers to make Dark Reign 2 work with the TNT then Shogun probably wouldn't work!

It's a balancing act - but thank the gods for my lowly Voodoo 2s.

BTW I'm still running the 4.11.01 drivers on my Voodoos and they work perfectly well.