nVidia 'NV5 (RIVA TNT 2 Ultra)'

Diamond Viper V770 Ultra (AGP)
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra (AGP)

This is the competitor of the Voodoo3. With the TNT2 nVidia made a good chip capable of all the new 3D techniques. One 'big' difference with the Voodoo3 is 32-bit rendering where the Voodoo3 only did 16-bit. Even though the Voodoo3 rendered more than 16-bits internally (with 22-bit output) people often claim that the 16-bit output is 'worthless'. Image comparisons don't show the exact image quality of the Voodoo3 because not everything that creates the final image is rendered in the Voodoo3-chip itself.

An interesting twist can be found on this Diamond Viper V770 Ultra; it can be configured at AGP2x or AGP4x manually by using a jumper.

Generally speaking the V770 Ultra was a good card. It lasted pretty long (performance wise) while providing good image quality. > Read more