bios upgrade for voodoo 5 to 1,16 inproves speed

Started by ElvIsAlive007, 30 March 2003, 16:02:05

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ElvIsAlive007

bios upgrade for voodoo 5 to 1,16 inproves speed heaps

the smoothest from the 1.06 bios my v5 shipped with

compare to 1.16 bios is one best upgrades to the vodooo 5 card

also i use the pci bios 1.16 on a agp voodoo 5 its runs even faster i recon, something about 3dfx working on the pci bios first then just moveing it to the agp version, but the agp voodoo 5 in hardware runs in pci mode anyway , so it works perfects the pci bios on the agp card

i hope you understand what im saying

the pci bios types can work better in a agp voodoo 5 card

who tryed this too and found the result to be postive

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ElvIsALive

 

Xando

where I find this update from BIOS? (link)
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ 1.53GHz 512MB DDR
Voodoo 5 5500 AGP BIOS 1.18
Windows XP Pro - Amigamerlim 3.0 / Voodoolizer 1.05 (no more)

Nightbird

#2
this site is the reference
http://welcome.to/3dfxBios

with a very good "release notes" for the Voodoo 4 through to Voodoo 5 6000 bios range
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Elvis, are you using the original or modified version?

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tanis2

hey man .. sorry to make into this discussion .. how can i upgrade bios  for voodoo 5 to 1,16 ?
i have the original drivers of Windows xp SP1 .. and i've changed them to Armageddin SE last version ..
can anyone help me?
 

ElvIsAlive007

original pci 1,16 bios on a    voodoo 5 agp card

work that 1 out !!!
 

DARKRAIN

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Good call on that bios ElvIsAlive007!
I am new to this board and thought i would post my findings
This is the system that has my Voodoo5 5500 in it.

815ET pro MS-6337 Ver5.0
4 128MB pc133 DIMMS PNY
celeron 1.2GHz @ 1.22GHz
Voodoo5 5500 APG (drivers-am29win9x)
Windows98SE 4.10.2222A
640x480x32

All settings for voodoo5 are at max

Here are the FPS in QIII and QII and bios used
Fastest out of 6 runs
           FOUR.DM_68      Crusher.dm2      
1.06a(APG)  QIII 49.5       QII 51.0
1.15a(APG)  QIII 51.2       QII 52.1
1.16 (PCI)  QIII 59.3       QII 58.2
1.18 (APG)  QIII 51.2       QII 51.9

I have not tried any other PCI bios yet.
 

DARKRAIN

Well it looks like every thing got turned off after the flashing, when i turned every thing back on it was way slow, sorry about that.
 

RoLLCaGe

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Elvis is the bios version 1.16 the bestfor a voodoo 5 PCI??

I see there is 1.16, 1.16 modified and 1.18...
Which one should I download and install??

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bareznacoff

QuoteOriginally posted by RoLLCaGe

Elvis is the bios version 1.16 the bestfor a voodoo 5 PCI??

I see there is 1.16, 1.16 modified and 1.18...
Which one should I download and install??

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity.

I'm also running with Voodoo 5 5500 PCI  -  So which one will work/best 1.16, 1.16 modified or 1.18.  So what happened after your flash DarkRain. Could you be more specific.
 

ArchAngelCD

The best BIOS for the Voodoo5 5500 AGP is the 1.18. That's the one I have on my card and it works very well. Use the 1.18 mod if you are going to OC your card. I have tested all the BIOS's on that site for the Voodoo5 5500 and the 1.18 is the best.

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QuoteOriginally posted by ArchAngelCD

The best BIOS for the Voodoo5 5500 AGP is the 1.18. That's the one I have on my card and it works very well. Use the 1.18 mod if you are going to OC your card. I have tested all the BIOS's on that site for the Voodoo5 5500 and the 1.18 is the best.

Yeah but what is best for the Voodoo5 5500 PCI? I actually have already succesfully upraded the BIOS from 1.11 to 1.16 (original) and everything turned out perfectly :)...but I see the 1.18 is to enable Digital Video or something? Does that make it incompatable with my card since it doesnt have a DVI out or in?
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