Review: Voodoo 5 5500

by David Ross on 26 July 2000, 00:00

Tags: 3dfx

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Summary

FSAA Summary:
Oh my god... 3dfx... FSAA... Wow! I love the combination! I guess the GeForce 2 GTS has the overall outright speed and the V5 5500 has the graphical quality. This is the first consumer video card with hardware FSAA and I feel that the rest of them will have it too as time moves along! The 16-Bit quality is very good and you can't tell the difference between 32-Bit and 16-Bit that much on this card. So, that's something sweet in my opinion ;)

2D Image quality:
This card is designed for hardcore gamers, but it also excellent 2D graphical quality, typical of 3dfx since the Voodoo 3. 2D quality is just as good as my GeForce 2 GTS. However, the main drawback could be argued to be... NO TV OUT!! What the hell are you playing at 3dfx? ;) Come on, please explain why there isn't TV Out!