Conclusion
| Voodoo3 Advantages | Voodoo3 Disadvantages |
| High frame rates in current and most likely also future gamesUp to date 2D performanceHigh-performance RAMDAC at 350 MHz, supporting highest resolutions and the best monitorsOptional digital output for flat screensBest 3Dnow!-support of all 3D-chipsGlide supportSignificantly improved image quality over Voodoo2 | No support of AGP-texturing, thus problems with games that are using large texturesNo support of 32-bit rendering, whilst the whole competition does.No OpenGL-ICD.Performance not far ahead of Voodoo2 SLI at resolution of 1024x768Limited availability of Voodoo3 3500 expected. |
I guess you want to know now if I would recommend Voodoo3. As a matter of fact I do. However, I don't recommend the purchase of Voodoo3 because it's really satisfying my expectations, I recommend it because there's currently nothing better out there. I would also like to criticize 3Dfx's ambitious claims Voodoo3 would run games at no less than 60 fps at 1280x1024. Have a look at my benchmarks and check if Voodoo3 was anywhere near 60 fps at resolution of even less than 1024x768. Voodoo3's life spawn won't be as long as the life spawn of Voodoo1 or Voodoo2. It won't be long until a competitor has a product ready with the same performance but with support of AGP-texturing and support of 32-bit rendering. So I would like to commend 3Dfx for a job well done for the time being, Voodoo3 is faster than any other 2D/3D-solution and it can surpass Voodoo2 in most situations as well. Even owners of two Voodoo2-cards should consider Voodoo3, because the Voodoo3 offers a definitely superior 3D-image quality and higher resolutions that are certainly playable, although not at 60 fps.
All in all Voodoo3 is a decent product and can offer a lot of fun to most of the 3D-gamers. It's not a big step forward though, which I consider as a bit disappointing. 3Dfx got away with it for now, but times will get a lot harder for them pretty soon.
