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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / June 2004Will HL2 run with a 3dfx VooDoo2 card?
I'd like to get HL2 running on my second computer, it's a newer Emachines. On board video, and no AGP slot. I do have a PCI voodoo2 laying around. Any idea if it will work? -Ryan > I'd like to get HL2 running on my second computer, it's a newer > Emachines. On board video, and no AGP slot. I do have a PCI voodoo2 > laying around. Any idea if it will work? > > -Ryan Don't think so. > I'd like to get HL2 running on my second computer, it's a newer > Emachines. On board video, and no AGP slot. I do have a PCI voodoo2 > laying around. Any idea if it will work? > > -Ryan I doubt it.... then again.......it might if you.......naaaaa forget it!  SignatureDr C [AGHL] >I'd like to get HL2 running on my second computer, it's a newer >Emachines. On board video, and no AGP slot. I do have a PCI voodoo2 >laying around. Any idea if it will work? Paul will consider you a hero and raise a small statue of you, if you succeed. :D ----- Anders "Roshin" Simonsson 'R.E.M. sucks so hard they bend light.' - Spyder (AGHL). > Paul will consider you a hero and raise a small statue of you, if you > succeed. :D I'd say there's not a chance in hell (what drivers are you going to use)? Good luck though! I may be wrong, but I think Valve have said that the graphics card must have hardware T&L as a minimum. No 3dfx card has that. -- Paul Isn't that a 16mb card? I think I had one, I know I have a Voodoo 1 and a Voodoo 3 at one point. Even if it worked, it would have to really suck wind. I'm thinking a better 64mb card might do in the right machine. After watching the trailer, it'll be more akin to Farcry, rather than Halo. Based on same I'm thinkin you'll want 128, but could live with 64. Lots of variables unknown of course. mabey 64 aint gonna cut it. FSH > > Paul will consider you a hero and raise a small statue of you, if you > > succeed. :D [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > -- > Paul > > Paul will consider you a hero and raise a small statue of you, if you > > succeed. :D [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I may be wrong, but I think Valve have said that the graphics card must have > hardware T&L as a minimum. No 3dfx card has that. There are voodoo2 drivers for XP. And what is T&L? So if the V2 really won't work, are there any other inexpensive options? Some other older (as in cheap-on-ebay) PCI 3d card? Thanks, -Ryan >>I may be wrong, but I think Valve have said that the graphics card must have >>hardware T&L as a minimum. No 3dfx card has that. > > There are voodoo2 drivers for XP. And what is T&L? T&L is "Transform & Lighting", without which the shaders in the source engine wouldn't work, (shaders AFAIK are an integral part of the Engine) > So if the V2 really won't work, are there any other inexpensive > options? Some other older (as in cheap-on-ebay) PCI 3d card? at the moment, you can pick up a decent ATI Radeon 9600 Pro for about £70 brand new ... by the time the game comes out it may be less, since the next gen of ATI cards are already on the market.. I expect you could find them on ebay aswell. SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 > > So if the V2 really won't work, are there any other inexpensive > > options? Some other older (as in cheap-on-ebay) PCI 3d card? > > at the moment, you can pick up a decent ATI Radeon 9600 Pro for about > ?70 brand new ... Does it have a PCI version? (I paid double that for mine, thanks for reminding me) -- Paul >>>So if the V2 really won't work, are there any other inexpensive >>>options? Some other older (as in cheap-on-ebay) PCI 3d card? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > (I paid double that for mine, thanks for reminding me) oops... for some reason i didn't register the fact he said PCI... nevermind :) SignatureBen Cottrell AKA Bench "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 >There are voodoo2 drivers for XP. And what is T&L? But do they work? When I upgraded my old P2-400 system to be my 'internet' machine and installed Windows XP Pro, I found some drivers on an Italian Voodoo(2) fan site, which claimed to work. I never got them to work, and finally pulled out the Voodoo2-SLI setup, and put the cards, with a tear in my eye ;), back in their boxes. But possibly the situation has changed by now? So I'm interested in any information you have regarding this...? Regards, Patrick. http://www.voodoofiles.com >>There are voodoo2 drivers for XP. And what is T&L? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Regards, Patrick. [Quoting fixed] [Working Voodoo2/XP drivers] >>But possibly the situation has changed by now? So I'm interested in any >>information you have regarding this...? > >http://www.voodoofiles.com Interesting... Which ones are the best/most stable/etc, because there are several options available for Voodoo2/XP? Regards, Patrick. >>> Paul will consider you a hero and raise a small statue of you, if >>> you succeed. :D [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks, > -Ryan T&L is transform & lighting, I think it started with the GF2 series? McG. > T&L is transform & lighting, I think it started with the GF2 series? > McG. The original Geforce was the first hT&L card. Transform and lighting didn't start with the geforce, it was simply done by the CPU. > I'd like to get HL2 running on my second computer, it's a newer > Emachines. On board video, and no AGP slot. I do have a PCI voodoo2 > laying around. Any idea if it will work? Are capable of running a SLI configuration on the voodoo(s)? Btw this looks interesting if you decide to upgrade your rig http://www.forumplanet.com/planethalflife/topic.asp?fid=1889&tid=1406162 - Peter > > I'd like to get HL2 running on my second computer, it's a newer > > Emachines. On board video, and no AGP slot. I do have a PCI voodoo2 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Btw this looks interesting if you decide to upgrade your rig > http://www.forumplanet.com/planethalflife/topic.asp?fid=1889&tid=1406162 SLI means they are at the top of technology at the moment, the only way to increase speed being to use two cards. Fancy, expensive, but likely to be out of date before 'old skool' systems stop being useful and the new tech comes out. That doesnt mean I would want one :P > I'd like to get HL2 running on my second computer, it's a newer > Emachines. On board video, and no AGP slot. I do have a PCI voodoo2 > laying around. Any idea if it will work? Incidentally, if it's a newer machine, won't the onboard video be better than a Voodoo2? -- Paul > > I'd like to get HL2 running on my second computer, it's a newer > > Emachines. On board video, and no AGP slot. I do have a PCI voodoo2 > > laying around. Any idea if it will work? > > Incidentally, if it's a newer machine, won't the onboard video be better than a > Voodoo2? I think it's an Intel Extreme Graphics, with up to 64 MB of shared memory. I guess I'll just try it when it comes out and see. I preordered it (HL2) last weekend. -Ryan |
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