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6400 Video Cards - Specs, Images?
FYI the 3Dfx Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 2 cards are different than most video cards - because they're designed to work in conjunction with the original video card installed in your computer. The Voodoo 1 and 2 cards don't need to be flashed - because they're already PC and Mac compatible. The Voodoo 1 and 2 cards only function with 3Dfx Voodoo and/or OpenGl games
I'm curious about performance...I found my 6400 and 6500 to be dog slow when compared to my PCI Macs, even with 32MB Rage Pro video cards. The MacBench scores are very similar, but when playing games, the 6500, even with a G3 upgrade, was noticeably slower.The G3 plugged into the ZIF socket. It worked well - though I think it was the slowest G3 upgrade offered for any Mac. I think I paid just over $200 (new) for it. The G3 L2 upgrades were faster.
I was using MagicEngine. I'm wondering if I need to pull them out and try again...
Flashed = using a freely available utility to replace the software on the graphics card (that is for a PC) with software that will allow it to work on a Mac.
Yes, you take a PC video card and replace the software in the ROM with software designed for a Mac.Hi, sorry to get off topic here, but what does the term "flashed" mean? I have a Voodoo card for Windows 95/98, so "flashed" means to make it work on a Mac? Just curious...