<s>
Voodoo3	B-Device
was	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
computer	O
gaming	O
video	O
cards	O
manufactured	O
and	O
designed	O
by	O
3dfx	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voodoo3	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
at	O
COMDEX	O
'	O
98	O
and	O
arrived	O
on	O
store	O
shelves	O
in	O
early	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
line	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
manufactured	O
by	O
the	O
combined	O
STB	O
Systems	O
and	O
3dfx	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avenger	O
was	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
the	O
Banshee	O
core	O
with	O
a	O
second	O
texture	B-General_Concept
mapping	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
TMU	O
)	O
added	O
-	O
the	O
same	O
TMU	O
which	O
Banshee	O
lost	O
compared	O
to	O
Voodoo2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
was	O
made	O
of	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
(	O
christened	O
'	O
Avenger	O
 '	O
)	O
and	O
its	O
16-bit	O
color	O
rendering	O
limitation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
in	O
fact	O
quite	O
complex	O
,	O
as	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
operated	O
to	O
full	O
32-bit	O
precision	O
(	O
8	O
bits	O
per	O
channel	O
,	O
16.7M	O
colours	O
)	O
in	O
its	O
texture	O
mappers	O
and	O
pixel	O
pipeline	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
previous	O
products	O
from	O
3dfx	O
and	O
other	O
vendors	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
only	O
worked	O
in	O
16-bit	O
precision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
save	O
framebuffer	B-Algorithm
space	O
,	O
the	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
's	O
rendering	O
output	O
was	O
dithered	O
to	O
16	O
bit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
's	O
RAMDAC	B-Device
,	O
which	O
took	O
the	O
rendered	O
frame	O
from	O
the	O
framebuffer	B-Algorithm
and	O
generated	O
the	O
display	O
image	O
,	O
performed	O
a	O
2x2	O
box	O
or	O
4x1	O
line	O
filter	O
on	O
the	O
dithered	O
image	O
to	O
almost	O
reconstruct	O
the	O
original	O
24-bit	O
color	O
render	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
's	O
framebuffer	B-Algorithm
was	O
not	O
representative	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
output	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
,	O
screenshots	O
did	O
not	O
accurately	O
portray	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
's	O
display	O
quality	O
which	O
was	O
actually	O
much	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
24-bit	O
outputs	O
of	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
RIVA	B-Device
TNT2	I-Device
and	O
ATI	O
's	O
Rage	B-Device
128	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avenger	O
's	O
other	O
remarkable	O
features	O
included	O
the	O
128-bit	O
GDI	B-Operating_System
accelerator	I-Operating_System
debuted	O
in	O
Banshee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
2D	O
engine	O
led	O
the	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
to	O
be	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
high-performance	O
video	O
cards	O
of	O
its	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
2000	O
,	O
3000	O
and	O
3500	O
differed	O
mainly	O
in	O
clock	O
frequencies	O
(	O
memory	O
and	O
core	O
were	O
synchronous	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
this	O
gave	O
the	O
3000	O
and	O
3500	O
a	O
notable	O
theoretical	O
advantage	O
in	O
multi-textured	O
fillrate	B-General_Concept
over	O
its	O
main	O
rival	O
,	O
the	O
TNT2	B-Device
clocked	O
at	O
125MHz	O
,	O
the	O
TNT2	B-Device
had	O
nearly	O
twice	O
the	O
single-textured	O
fillrate	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
consisted	O
of	O
one	O
multi-texturing	O
pipeline	O
,	O
the	O
TNT	O
series	O
consisted	O
of	O
twin	O
single	O
texturing	O
pipelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
was	O
disadvantaged	O
in	O
games	O
not	O
using	O
multiple	O
texturing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
modern	O
multi-texturing	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Quake	B-Application
III	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
and	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Tournament	I-Operating_System
were	O
considered	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
's	O
performance	O
territory	O
,	O
as	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
's	O
primary	O
competition	O
upon	O
release	O
was	O
the	O
dated	O
RIVA	O
TNT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nvidia	O
's	O
RIVA	B-Device
TNT2	I-Device
arrived	O
shortly	O
thereafter	O
and	O
the	O
two	O
traded	O
places	O
frequently	O
in	O
benchmark	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
was	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
the	O
Voodoo2	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
often	O
beaten	O
by	O
Voodoo2	O
SLI	O
cards	O
in	O
direct	O
comparisons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voodoo3	B-Device
remained	O
performance	O
competitive	O
throughout	O
its	O
life	O
,	O
eventually	O
being	O
comprehensively	O
outclassed	O
by	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
GeForce	B-Device
256	I-Device
and	O
ATI	O
's	O
Radeon	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
3dfx	O
created	O
the	O
ill-fated	O
Voodoo	B-General_Concept
5	I-General_Concept
to	O
counter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3dfx	O
released	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
business	O
/	O
value-oriented	O
cards	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
Avenger	O
chipset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3dfx	O
Velocity	O
boards	O
came	O
with	O
only	O
8	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
16	O
MB	O
on	O
a	O
regular	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
board	O
's	O
clock	O
speed	O
was	O
set	O
at	O
143MHz	O
,	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
a	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
set	O
of	O
drivers	O
officially	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Voodoo3	B-Device
on	O
Win9x	O
was	O
version	O
1.07.00	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dual	O
monitor	O
support	O
with	O
V1.1.3b	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
and	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
–	O
3Dfx	O
Velocity	O
cards	O
only	O
have	O
1	O
working	O
TMU	O
enabled	O
on	O
OpenGL	B-Application
and	O
Glide	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
both	O
TMUs	O
working	O
under	O
DirectX	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
