Not looking too rosey for 3dfx
Written: Nov 12 '00
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Pros: 64 Mb of memory, reasonable technology
Cons: theres much quicker cards at a lower price
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| CyrixDes's Full Review: 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP |
This is 3dfx's latest release into the video card market. All eyes were on this card because it was crutial ro 3dfx that it was the tops because of the already high number of lost sales that the Voodoo 3 range lost to Nvidia's GeForce 256 range. Unfortuanately for 3dfx it hasn't been able to regain its status as the worlds premier video card maker because despite being released after Nvidia's GeForce 2 and ATI's Radeon, it is beaten considerably by both of these chipsets.
The Voodoo 5 5500 i'm afraid doesn't live upto expectation because in all benchmarks it is beaten overwhelmingly by all of the GeForce 2 range and by the ATI Radeon range also who both offer far superior products, as these benchmarks show. You can still expect to pay £215-00 for a Voodoo 5 5500. For this you'll get a card using AGP and with 64 Mb of memory. However for around £195-00 you can pick up a Creative GeForce 2 GTS, admittedly with 32 Mb of memory but despite this lesser memory it still leaves the Voodoo 5 5500 in its tracks. My pick of the graphics cards at the moment though has to be ATI's Radeon range. You can get a Radeon 64 Mb with DDR (double data rate memory) which in my opinion is the quickest graphics card available at the moment, for around £220-00. This is definitely the one to go for and you won't be dissapointed with the performance. It just shaves it over the 64 Mb GeForce 2 and is around £70-00 cheaper than the GeForce 2 to boot.
Overall i'm afraid its the end of the road for 3dfx the way things stand it is anyway. However i'm sure they'll be back soon with another new product, but will it be good enough to beat ATI and Nvidia???
Recommended:
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