# Voodoo3

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voodoo3/207603>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voodoo3/207603 "2003-10-15T16:57:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tallayan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Tallayan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tallayan)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voodoo3/207603/1 "2003-10-15T16:57:54Z")

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Sorry if this is a stupid question but does anyone know where I can find the most recent upgrade for a 15mb 3dfx Voodoo3 3000D AGP.  
Thanks in advance and sorry if its stupid.

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voodoo3/207603/2 "2003-10-15T17:28:30Z")

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Sure…

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Of course, at this point you should be thinking of upgrading to a new 3D accelerator as 3dfx is now defunct and their cards are near useless if used with most current games (it’ll still do the trick for old games though).

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voodoo3/207603/3 "2003-10-15T17:35:34Z")

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Yeah, 3dfx died… whoa. A long time ago, that’s for sure. I admit I own a 12M Voodoo 2, but I think the last game it supported was Carmageddon 2.

[http://www.voodoofiles.com/](http://www.voodoofiles.com/) is about the last site with 3dfx drivers, but I doubt you’ll get any game released after about 2000 running on it if that’s what you’re trying to do. 😉

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**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voodoo3/207603/4 "2003-10-15T17:37:52Z")

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The 1.07 drivers were the last official drivers from 3dfx before they went out of business.

A couple of groups have gone on to make some really nice drivers that work with Windows XP. Check out [http://www.geocities.com/xpentor/](http://www.geocities.com/xpentor/)

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**Author:** ![BrianS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@BrianS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianS)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voodoo3/207603/5 "2003-10-15T19:20:34Z")

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I had a Voodoo 5 AGP card, and after 3DFX died, it became impossible to use.

It worked fine for old games, but playing any new games required me to wait for a new driver to be released by whatever Voodoo enthusiasts group felt like doing it.

To put it simply, it sucked.

Get a new card.

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voodoo3/207603/6 "2003-10-15T22:42:06Z")

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Although they could just as easily go the way of 3DFX the two video card makers now battling for supremacy are nVidia and ATI.