pandamoan said:
yeah, i've got a voodoo 3 just sitting here, i could do that too if that's the case. can you use the glide hardware without switching cables and etc?
that'd be groovy!
No... it won't work with Voodoo3.
Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo2 were designed as 'pass-through' cards. The primary video card's output would go into this beautiful, big, heavily shielded cable and into a dsub15 input on the Voodoo2. Your monitor would then be connected to the Voodoo2's video out.
During normal operation, the primary graphics would (due to FCC emissions regulations) be passed through a basic filter on the Voodoo2, meaning extra deluxe high resolutions (like over 1600x1200) will gain some extra blur, unfortunately... but otherwise things would be totally normal.
Any time a game requests the Voodoo2, the V2 will totally ignore input from your primary card and 'take over' the display, outputting its own 3D graphics (no 2D, except using in-game hacks like Diablo II's. Voodoo2 does not conform to VGA standard, and has no logic for running 2D graphics natively).
Voodoo3, on the other hand, is a fully integrated 2D/3D card, and as such doesn't use that pass-through. If you want to use a Voodoo3, you have two choices: Multimonitor, or multiple hardware configurations and swapping cables.
Mmm, it's been a long time since I last rambled about something 3dfx-related. :holiday: