Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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There was a turn of phrase I'd heard back in the late 90s: "If you want your Voodoo to go faster, just give it more CPU."

So, how much CPU is too much CPU for the venerable Voodoo3? In this video I test 7 CPU speeds across four platforms to find out exactly that.

Bottoms up!

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:08 - Theory; "Back-of-the-Napkin Math"
04:34 - Test Setup
05:13 - GLQuake Realtime Comparison
05:43 - Quake 2 Realtime Comparison
06:15 - Quake 3: Arena Realtime Comparison
06:49 - Delicious Bar Graphs
07:40 - Conclusion and Final Thoughts