Biostar Venus 3D

My very first Voodoo Rush! Despite the Voodoo Rush is not the best solution 3dfx made, I've always liked the boards somehow. The Voodoo Rush is known to be a tad slower than the Voodoo Graphics (which is older) and the 2D chip is not quite powerful. With high resolutions the RAMDAC even fails to deliver steady images! Drivers are not that best updated and the board itself doesn't run in every PC out there. It's quite a picky board.

For sure; I wonder why I like the Voodoo Rush considering it was not a decent board. Maybe it's because of the fact that this was 3dfx' first 'multimedia' board with 2D/3D and TV-out functions. Too bad my first Voodoo Rush has no TV-out chip meaning the TV-out connector is sitting and waiting for nothing ;).

Specifications

Chipset
PCB date
9751
Chip date
9751
RAM
6MB EDO 25NS (tm)
Interface
Condition
OEM
TV functions?
Yes
Engineering sample?
No
RAMDAC
Integrated
Board revision
1.1

Drivers

Driver nameRelease dateOperating systemDownloadInfo
Hercules Stingray 128/3D V1.00.0b1997-06-11

Win31 WfW31 WfW311 stingray128_3D-Win...N/A
3dfx Voodoo Rush (Single planar) V3.01.001999-05-01

DOS Win95 Win98 Win98SE WinME voodoorush-30100-s...N/A
3dfx Voodoo Rush (Dual planar) V3.01.001999-05-01

DOS Win95 Win98 Win98SE WinME voodoorush-30100-d...N/A
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