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3dfx Voodoo1 Rush PCI

The 3Dfx Interactive Voodoo Rush accelerator provides the highest performance 3D solution with full PC compatibility for multimedia graphics acceleration. The 3Dfx Voodoo Rush is a high performance 3D accelerator that works in conjunction with a compatible 2D accelerator. The 3Dfx Voodoo Rush seamlessly connects to the 2D graphics accelerator to function as a high performance 3D engine for PC games or professional.

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The 3Dfx Interactive Voodoo Rush accelerator provides the highest performance 3D solution with full PC compatibility for multimedia graphics acceleration. The 3Dfx Voodoo Rush is a high performance 3D accelerator that works in conjunction with a compatible 2D accelerator. The 3Dfx Voodoo Rush seamlessly connects to the 2D graphics accelerator to function as a high
performance 3D engine for PC games or professional applications in the CAD or authoring markets. This unique architecture allows full, simultaneous access to the multimedia features of the 2D device and the advanced 3D functions in the Voodoo Rush 3D accelerator.

Voodoo Rush specifications

3dfx Voodoo Rush chipset
8MB EDO DRAM onboard, with 2 or 4 Megabytes of texture memory
PCI 2.1 compliant
True colour 180 MHz RAMDAC
Max resolution 1600x1200 (24 bit mode)
Vertical refresh rate (Hz) 56-200
Maximum colors 16.7 Millions
3D standard supported: Direct3D, and in addiction OpenGL and 3Dfx Glide
Connector 15-pin D-sub

Standard 3D Features

Seamless interface to compatible 2D accelerators
Advanced triangle setup in hardware
Perspective correct texture mapping
Bi-linear and tri-linear texture filtering
Level-of-detail (LOD) MIP mapping
Sub-pixel and sub-texel correction
Gouraud shading and texture modulation
Full 24-bit rendering, dithered to 16-bit RGB
13 texture formats including 8-bit compressed and 8-bit paletted formats
Full bi-linear blending of paletted and compressed textures
2 or 4 Mbytes EDO DRAM of texture memory

Scalable Performance

45 Mpixels/sec sustained fill rate for bi-linear or advanced filtered textures
1,000,000 Textured triangles/sec on a P-166 PCI system

Additional Features

Anti-aliasing
Depth buffering (16-bit linear, 22-bit effective)
Alpha blending
Per-pixel special effects: fog, transparency, translucency
Texture compositing, morphing, animation
Linear frame buffer access

Leading Performance

45 Mpixels/sec sustained fill rate for bi-linear or tri-linear filtered textures with LOD MIP-mapping, Z-buffering, alpha-blending and fogging enabled
Over 1M triangles/sec for filtered, LOD MIP-mapped, Z-buffered, alpha-blended, fogged, textured triangles

3D Software and Development Support

3Dfx Interactive 's Voodoo Rush is compatible with the Voodoo Graphics chipset and offers equivalent 3D features while providing full PC multimedia support. Driver support includes the 3Dfx Interactive Glide programming library for low level access to the 3Dfx 3D engine. In addition, Voodoo Rush provides the most complete support and highest performance for Microsoft 's Direct3D API. APIs supported include:

3Dfx Glide
Microsoft Direct3D
OpenGL
QuickDraw 3D Rave
Criterion RenderWare

3D Performance

For high performance 3D games, 3Dfx Interactive Voodoo Rush delivers over 45 Mpixel/second texture mapped performance and over 1M full-featured triangles per second. Unlike other entry level 3D accelerators, Voodoo Rush offers full performance with all features turned on. This 3D power translates into fast action games with full, interactive frame rates. For professional applications, Voodoo Rush delivers crisp screen updates and fast previews of high complexity 3D objects and animation sequences.

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