Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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My unofficial entry into PixelPipes' #GPUJune event is here!

When I was younger, a friend of mine told me with great confidence that it would be pointless to put a Voodoo card in my Cyrix; the CPU was just too weak. Was my friend right? Let's find out!

Join me at the tail end of GPUJune to see what happens when you put a Voodoo 3 into a Cyrix MediaGXm!

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:47 - Caveats
02:49 - Forsaken (1998)
05:02 - POD (1997)
12:01 - Quake & GLQuake (1996, 1997)
13:35 - Quake II (1997)
14:23 - Quake 3 Arena (1999) & Conclusion

Nico Bendlin's PodHacks repository: svn.nicode.net/podhacks/bin

Test system specifications:

CPU: Cyrix MediaGXm 266MHz
Motherboard: ECS P5GX-M MediaGX motherboard
RAM: 32MB PC100 SDRAM CL2
Chipset: Cyrix CX5530 MediaGX Companion Chip + NatSemi PC97317 SuperIO chip
Video cards: 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 PCI 16MB, S3 ViRGE OnBoard 86C325 4MB
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster 16 (CT2740)