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3dfx Cards Break On P4's

by Jack Mathews, Nov 30, 2000 7:53am PST
Related Topics – 3dfx

Here's another interesting tidbit on the P4 situation (thanks Kyle Bridges). The Register is reporting that Voodoo 3 and Voodoo 5 AGP cards do not work on Pentium 4 motherboards. Voodoo 4 owners can breathe easy though, because those parts work. Here's a small FAQ on 3dfx's site showing nice pictures to demonstrate the problem and how to know if your hardware will work. Apparently, Intel's mobo's are breaking the AGP spec (that they wrote) and not putting a 3.3V connecter on the AGP slot. It seems though that no other graphics cards except for the AGP Voodoo 3 and Voodoo 5's have this problem. So basically, this puts 3dfx up shit's creek. It'll be 3dfx screaming "Hey, why didn't you support the standards?" and Intel screaming back "Why didn't you design your boards the same way as everyone else?"




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