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This is an obvious deferral from the standard 3Dfx methodology of graphics accelerator production which normally calls for a separate 3D accelerator.
In situations where only a single layered texture is used, the Banshee will outperform a Voodoo2, however in multi-textured situations, the Banshee will be shadowed by the raw power of the Voodoo2's second texture processor. Don't you just love competition? Closer inspection revealed that Guillemot bundled a very old build of the TNT2 drivers with their card, the exact revision on the CD reviewed was As always with overclocking, results will vary from card to card.
In 3D gaming and rendering situations the application of such a technique is a bit more complex, yet it follows the same basic principle. While companies like Hercules are striving to compete with the best of the best, Guillemot seems to take more of a relaxed approach to competition in the industry, most likely because Guillemot's product base is much more diversified than the Hercules' of the industry.
Presented in a single chip package, the Banshee contains essentially the same 3D texture processing capabilities as the Voodoo2 with one major disadvantage in order to decrease cost. Post Your Comment Please log in or sign up to comment. Sign up now Username Password Remember Me. Before getting into the specifics of the card itself, we have to separate the top two contenders from the 3D proprietors themselves, 3Dfx Interactive.
Guillemot Maxi Gamer Phoenix graphics card - Voodoo Banshee - 16 MB Series
This performance is courtesy of the bit 2D core that is a part of the Banshee chipset, unlike the original VoodooRush which contained a separate, external, 2D core which wasn't of the absolute best quality. However, the company they so adamantly supported ended up ditching them for exclusive sales by their new partner, STB, so what was Guillemot left with?
With that in mind, let's take a look at the mold for 3Dfx's newest chipset, will it salvage 3Dfx's name max a market that is quickly falling into the hands of the competitors? It's not uncommon for a TNT2 manufacturer to release their products with an earlier build of the TNT2 drivers as it's better to release a card with tried and true stable drivers rather than release the latest in bleeding edge driver releases from NVIDIA without first testing them thoroughly.
Maxi Gamer Phoenix Banshee
Vertical Refresh Rate Hz. Although the performance tests were maxk with the drivers in order to compare the Maxi Gamer Xentor 32 to the competition, the card's bundled drivers were used as well to make sure no performance anomalies could be attributed to the drivers.
The quality is decent, however it isn't as great as the output on the Matrox G In order to keep costs down, Guillemot, like Hercules, opted to remove the digital flat panel output from the board, a wise decision since digital flat panels probably won't become too mainstream until much later this year.
Not a big complaint, but one worth mentioning nevertheless.
Maxi Gamer Phoenix Banshee
Banshee vs Voodoo 2. Unfortunately, the core was stuck at the default Sign up now Username Password Remember Me. The Banshee boasts the same pixel processing unit which is found on all Voodoo2 boards, and therefore does retain some of the power of its bigger brother. In spite of its semi-crippled nature, the Banshee can surpass even the Voodoo2 in terms of performance when placed in the proper situation; at the same time, it can also be put to shame in a slightly different one.
If you are used to a Matrox or maybe even a high end Number 9 2D accelerator on a 17" monitor you may want to try the Banshee out on your system before making any final judgements as to the course of your purchasing decision. Love at first sight was the case with AnandTech and Guillemot's Home Studio Pro 64 professional sound solution, unfortunately since then, Guillemot has had very little of the same caliber to show the market.
Unfortunately, this decision came as a marketing ploy more than anything else for 3Dfx. Now imagine a brush capable of placing two coats of paint on a wall in a single pass 2 texture processors. Not only does it operate at the AGP 1X specification, it also doesn't allow for the transfer of textures over the AGP bus due to its lack of support for AGP side-banding the transfer of data on both the rising and falling edges of the AGP bus, i.
While the 2D image quality could definitely be improved, for most users with 17" or smaller monitors, the Banshee shouldn't be a huge disappointment. This time, everything was completely stable. Remaining fairly quiet throughout the hardware rollout season, Guillemot International hasn't had any major successes in gameer PC peripheral related field since the introduction of their top of the line Home Studio Pro 64 sound card which put the original Sound Blaster AWE64 to shame.
Guillemot's Voodoo2 and Guilleot products did attract some attention last year, as they happened to be priced more attractively than the Diamond and other competing solutions. When 3dfx pulled the plug on companies like Gulllemot and Diamond, the only option was to seek out NVIDIA and hope they had something that would sell cards…luckily, they did. After proceeding to manually install the drivers, a quick reboot of Windows 98 brought AnandTech one step closer to testing the capabilities of the Xentor
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