Voodoo 3 3000 -vs- Voodoo 4 4500, strange

[zipper]

> Strange results. P96 speed shows bizzare ultra terrible benchmark results for the Voodoo 4 4500 and good results for the Voodoo 3 3000. However in Quake II the Voodoo 4 4500 wins in all resolutions.

Easy explanation: Voodoo4/5 "support" was added to P96 about May -03 but is highly unoptimized and has not been updated ever since. I don't know if the hardware acceleration works at all - the difference between V3000 and V4500 is staggering. In 3D they are about as fast - no wonder as the clock is the same and the better hw in 4500 is not utilized.

[zipper]

> My own advice would be to let the Prometheus stand on those merits, rather than trying to play up 3D figures that are still very sub-par, any way you look at them.

I don't complain if I get some extra fps via my Prometheus. If I want those 150-300 fps, I'll go shopping for some decent hw - and that moment is getting close with digital cameras and broadband. But that's not fun like tinkering with ancient hw - like my A500T/060@57 MHz ;-)