3dfx 5500 PCI for Mac VooDoo5 32 Bit Color Card

by 3dfx

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004YA01
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,640 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Graphics Quality, October 10, 2001

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Blair Sherman (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3dfx 5500 PCI for Mac VooDoo5 32 Bit Color Card (Personal Computers)

Even before using the Voodoo5's main selling point, the full-scene antialiasing, I was awestruck with the image quality in OpenGL, Glide, and even RAVE games. The 3dfx algorithm for texture smoothing is unparalleled, and their 16-bit support (through the use of 24-bit rendering with a dither-down) is absolutely stunning. (Even so, in OpenGL and RAVE, I run 32-bit because I can't detect a framerate difference doing so.) Once I turned on antialiasing at 4-sample, I just couldn't believe how good all of my games looked. Even now, from owners of GeForce2 and Radeon cards, I get compliments on the appearance of my games. While I do run at 800x600 to keep my framerates up under the strain of antialiasing, I definitely prefer that appearance even over high resolutions like 1600x1200 without antialiasing.