3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 - Grand Theft Auto III (May 2002)

[@novinovic298]

I find it hilarious how game from 2002 have animation for both entering and exiting vehicle while some modern games dont do that. Also vehicle physics are pretty decent.

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

GTA 3 was a very nice game for the year 2002.

[@AndreiTãtaruknowledgeWindows]

​@@3dfxvoodoocards6I still play it and I love it,also GTA Vice City. ❤️

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

@@AndreiTãtaruknowledgeWindows GTA 3 a fost excelent, Vice City chiar mai bun. Si mie mi-au placut amandoua foarte mult.

[@AndreiTãtaruknowledgeWindows]

@@3dfxvoodoocards6 Iubesc jocurile vechi,nu se mai fac în ziua de azi ca GTA 3,Vice City,trilogia Max Payne. ❤️ Quake series si altele. Half-Life! 🥰

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

@@AndreiTãtaruknowledgeWindows si eu tot pe alea vechi le joc si azi, astea noi desi au grafica mai avansata mi se par mai putin interesante.

[@amd1055tify]

I remember my friend had a GTS 2 ULTRA ran gta3 this at 60fps. My mind was blown!

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

A Geforce 2 GTS or Ultra are much faster then a Voodoo 3. But the FPS also depends on the system, GTA 3 being very CPU dependent.

[@efpcvintageplanet3406]

Welcome back 👍. Not bad Voodoo 3 2000 fon this strong title from 2002 in Direct3D

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

Thank you. 3 months ago the motherboard (KM266) of my main system died and I took a small break. Now I purchased and made a P3 Tualatin system but I had a lot of driver problems with this one too. Well at least its working :). GTA 3 runs very well and fluid on the V3 2000 with a fast P3 like the Tualatin, even if the average FPS is somewhere around 30.

[@WitchhunteR82]

in 2000-x My GTA3 with Voodoo 3 was glitching within 15-20 minues of gameplay (freezing). I asked friend to give me his Nvidia Riva TNT 2 to play game, but he took it back within 1-2 weeks before i finished the game.

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

@@WitchhunteR82 GTA 3 and Vice City runs perfectly without freezing with the Voodoo 3 only on socket 370 and slot 1 motherboards with Pentium 3 / Celeron CPUs and with the drivers version 1.03.05. Most probably it also works with Pentium 2 and Celeron Mendocino CPUs but they are too slow for GTA 3 and Vice City anyway.

[@WitchhunteR82]

@@3dfxvoodoocards6 I had Celeron 333Mhz

[@AggressiveMenace]

Aside pure 90s gaming, which is the reason people still bought them, Voodoo GPUs has a pretty weird color rendering with anything beyond early 00s (as example, GTA III itself). A Geforce4 MX440 or maybe a Radeon 9800 Pro is the key for very early 00s rigs and games (specially using a nice CRT).

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

@@AggressiveMenace of course GTA 3 runs much better on newer faster cards but back in 2002 a lot of gamers still had Voodoo 3 cards. GTA 3 still runs acceptable with the Voodoo 3 even if it was released more than 3 years before the game.

[@tecnicoti]

Ficou excelente este Hardware, bem fluido.

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

Although it’s not running with 60 fps it still is very playable and feels very fluid. Not bad for the Voodoo 3 2000 a card released more than 3 years before GTA 3.

[@MsTatakai]

i can't see the diference =/ i probably have to play along side just to check ... the lightning and shadows are diferent ? i don't know =P

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

The Voodoo 3 is a DX6 card and its drivers are also outdated for GTA3, could be that the lightning and shadows look different than on newer cards.

[@HBKjeffrey]

how mine is stuck at 12 mb ram error cant launch it

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

@@HBKjeffrey I guess you have a Voodoo 2, its the only 3dfx card with 12 mb. Too bad I dont have one to try it out :). With the Voodoo 3 GTA3 runs very well in 640x480 with a fast Pentium 3 over 1000 mhz.

[@zion6680]

30fps back then-- And we didn't bitch and moan. Hell most of us were locked to 50hz displays

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

At an average 30 fps GTA 3 feels very nice and fluid with Voodoo 3 2000. Constant 60 fps are not really needed to enjoy a game and GTA doesn’t need perfect precision and extremely fast reflexes like Counter Strike for example.

[@jaceklutrzykowski]

GTA 3. 🖥️🎮👍👍

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

Thank you!

[@Spiritismo_]

Ce tare. Mi-amintesc ca am jucat III pe V3 3k sau 3500TV si se bloca dupa un scurt timp de gameplay.

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

Da asa e, cu Voodoo 3 se blocheaza dupa cateva secunde sau minute. Doar pe sisteme cu Pentium 3 si driver-ul 1.03.05 functioneaza perfect fara a se bloca. Cu un Pentium 3 Tualatin 1200-1400 mhz functioneaza chiar bine.

[@Spaztron64]

I'm surprised you got this game to run stable at all. My Voodoo 2 12MB could barely last for more than a few minutes before the driver ate it. I'll see if the GA-VDB16 (Voodoo Banshee for PC-9821) I'm waiting to arrive will fare any better.

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

With the Voodoo 3 it runs perfectly without crashing only on Pentium 3 systems and with the driver version 1.03.05. On what system did you run it ?

[@Spaztron64]

@@3dfxvoodoocards6 First on an identically specced system, and then on an overkill Core2 Duo E8400 machine running 2000 and XP. All 3 have this issue. I've recorded a Vice City video of the latter and put it on my channel.

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

@@Spaztron64 unfortunately I do not have a Voodoo 2 to try it out.

[@wedasantika6079]

Ps2 version?

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

Unfortunately I don't have a PS2.

[@wedasantika6079]

@@3dfxvoodoocards6 then what version is that?

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

@@wedasantika6079 this is the PC version.

[@DanielHaduniuk]

I see we all get 16bit pallete in game. 😂The game looks brighter on Voodoo 😄You off framelimiter I think.

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

@@DanielHaduniuk yes the framelimiter was off. The brightness in GTA3 can be adjusted to low or high on all cards.

[@DanielHaduniuk]

@3dfxvoodoocards6 I know but with brighter game looks strange. I mean there are seeing small disturbtion

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

@ I don’t remember exactly but most probably I selected higher brightness. I like to play the games with higher brightness :), just a personal preference.

[@DanielHaduniuk]

@3dfxvoodoocards6 I know GTA3 is dull with blur(Trails option) but its too bright without it😄