Voodoo2 Memory Question

• Why does the Voodoo2 have “so many memory chips”? (as noted in a recent review)

• 12 MB (MB => MegaBytes) onboard memory

  • 4 MB Framebuffer
  • Two 4MB Texture memories
  • Uses EDO DRAM

• 3DFX claims a 192 datapath

  • operating at 2.2 GB/s, interleaved memory

• Supports 800x600 with double buffering, 65K colors, 16-bit Z-buffer

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