Pros Great performance Good price Good features FSAA amazing Lifetime warranty

Cons Bad DVD playback Strange crashing to desktop

As we bring this review to an end, we look back at the card and are still impressed at what 3dfx has made. The company that stressed framerate over quality has taken a 90-degree turn and went for framerate and quality. That quality just blew me away. I have to mention one more time that FSAA is one of the main reasons you should buy this card. Imagine Star Trek Armada without the jaggies and rough edges; imagine Need For Speed where you can actually make out the scenery, and Everquest how it's meant to look like. When you're upgrading to a Voodoo5, you're upgrading all your games along with it. FSAA makes games look like what their programmers wanted them to look like.

I'm not going to lie to you, the Voodoo5 has some problems but none that will keep you from enjoying your gaming experience, it has everything to offer. True, the low resolution framerates were a little disappointing but the high resolution beatings it gave made up for it. Also, the final implementation of 32-bit rendering, 2048x2048 textures, etc. is great.

The card is impressive, no doubt about it and the price is equally nice. Although it is set to retail at $299, some stores are pre-ordering it for $249. This a "relatively" cheap card compared to the $350 GeForce2 while delivering almost as good a performance. Combine that with solid drivers and support and you got yourself a great card. Through all the tests, I was nervous about how it would perform because I had such high expectations of the card. But my apprehension was misplaced because this card has surpassed all my expectations and has become the best-rounded card in my eyes. I can't wait until some newer drivers come out alongside some games that support T-Buffer effects. This is an exciting time for us gamers and it's destined to only get better.

Overall Rating: 9/10 SystemLogistics