Voodoo2 on modern hardware: Running with a Ryzen 9 and 32/64bit drivers

Wait… what? A Voodoo 2 on a Ryzen 9 PC using a PCIe-to-PCI enclosure? And there are 64-bit drivers for the 3dfx Voodoo 2?! That shouldn’t be possible, and even if they did exist, there’s no way they’d work on Windows 11, right? Well, back in 2006, developer Ryan Nunn (aka Colourless) pulled off the impossible: he wrote experimental 64-bit drivers for original 3dfx cards. Today, we’re putting those drivers to the test on modern hardware, including a Ryzen 9 CPU and Windows 11 23H2.

Chapters:
00:00 - Can Voodoo2 run on Ryzen 9 + Windows 11?
00:27 - Does it work in a StarTech PCI-E to PCI enclosure?
01:03 - PCIe adapters vs full-size Voodoo cards
01:41 - Booting Windows 98 on AM5 with Voodoo2
02:29 - FastVoodoo vs official drivers
03:11 - 3DMark 2001 and CPU bottlenecks explained
03:47 - Why standalone PCI video cards crash
04:50 - Voodoo2 works thanks to no bus mastering
05:28 - Running Voodoo2 on Windows 10 32-bit
06:05 - The legendary 64-bit driver by Colourless
07:04 - Fixing Glide DLLs for 64-bit compatibility
07:50 - Voodoo2 running on Windows 11 23H2
09:02 - Does SLI work on modern builds?
10:03 - Period-correct Pentium II build for SLI
11:01 - Why Windows 98 is still the best for Voodoo2
11:41 - Final thoughts + SDZ-Mods shoutout

Hardware Used:
• Creative 3dfx Voodoo2 12MB
• Joytech Apollo 3D Fast II (12MB) — slightly faulty but functional
• StarTech PCI-E to PCI Expansion Enclosure - this was sent to me by StarTech a while ago:
www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pex2pci4
• AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (AM5) & Ryzen 9 3900X (AM4)
• ASUS X670 & Biostar X470 GTA motherboards
• Pentium II 350MHz + Soyo 440BX build

Get the drivers from here:
https://www.3dfxzone.it/public/uploaded/Glide/Voodoo2-Windows-x64.zip

#3dfx #Voodoo2 #RetroGaming #Windows11 #RetroPC #PCGaming #Hardware #GPU #Glide #SLI #AMD #Ryzen9

Дата на публикация: 5 декември, 2025
Категория: Наука и технология
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