diff --git a/src/video/vid_voodoo.c b/src/video/vid_voodoo.c
index fe02b7811..47c59a0ff 100644
--- a/src/video/vid_voodoo.c
+++ b/src/video/vid_voodoo.c
@@ -427,18 +427,27 @@ voodoo_writel(uint32_t addr, uint32_t val, void *priv)
         voodoo_queue_command(voodoo, addr | FIFO_WRITEL_FB, val);
     } else if ((addr & 0x200000) && (voodoo->fbiInit7 & FBIINIT7_CMDFIFO_ENABLE)) {
 #if 0
-        voodoo_log("Write CMDFIFO %08x(%08x) %08x  %08x\n", addr, voodoo->cmdfifo_base + (addr & 0x3fffc), val, (voodoo->cmdfifo_base + (addr & 0x3fffc)) & voodoo->fb_mask);
+        voodoo_log("Write CMDFIFO %08x(%08x) %08x  %08x\n", addr, (voodoo->cmdfifo_base + (addr & 0x3fffc)) & voodoo->fb_mask, val, (voodoo->cmdfifo_base + (addr & 0x3fffc)) & voodoo->fb_mask);
 #endif
         *(uint32_t *) &voodoo->fb_mem[(voodoo->cmdfifo_base + (addr & 0x3fffc)) & voodoo->fb_mask] = val;
         voodoo->cmdfifo_depth_wr++;
-        if ((voodoo->cmdfifo_depth_wr - voodoo->cmdfifo_depth_rd) < 20)
-            voodoo_wake_fifo_thread(voodoo);
+
+        /* Voodoo1: use higher CMDFIFO threshold to reduce wake frequency */
+        if (voodoo->type == VOODOO_1) {
+            if ((voodoo->cmdfifo_depth_wr - voodoo->cmdfifo_depth_rd) > 300)
+                voodoo_wake_fifo_thread(voodoo);
+        }
+        /* Other cards (Voodoo2, Banshee, Voodoo3, ...) keep the original behavior */
+        else {
+            if ((voodoo->cmdfifo_depth_wr - voodoo->cmdfifo_depth_rd) < 20)
+                voodoo_wake_fifo_thread(voodoo);
+        }
     } else
         switch (addr & 0x3fc) {
             case SST_intrCtrl:
                 fatal("intrCtrl write %08x\n", val);
                 break;
-
+            
             case SST_userIntrCMD:
                 fatal("userIntrCMD write %08x\n", val);
                 break;
diff --git a/src/video/vid_voodoo_fifo.c b/src/video/vid_voodoo_fifo.c
index 612ca4c18..4530e6b01 100644
--- a/src/video/vid_voodoo_fifo.c
+++ b/src/video/vid_voodoo_fifo.c
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ voodoo_fifo_log(const char *fmt, ...)
 #    define voodoo_fifo_log(fmt, ...)
 #endif
 
-#define WAKE_DELAY (TIMER_USEC * 100)
+#define WAKE_DELAY_DEFAULT (TIMER_USEC * 100)
+
+/* Per-card wake delay: Voodoo1 uses a larger delay to reduce FIFO wake frequency */
+#define WAKE_DELAY_OF(v) ((v)->type == VOODOO_1 ? (TIMER_USEC * 2000) : WAKE_DELAY_DEFAULT)
 void
 voodoo_wake_fifo_thread(voodoo_t *voodoo)
 {
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ voodoo_wake_fifo_thread(voodoo_t *voodoo)
           process one word and go back to sleep, requiring it to be woken on
           almost every write. Instead, wait a short while so that the CPU
           emulation writes more data so we have more batched-up work.*/
-        timer_set_delay_u64(&voodoo->wake_timer, WAKE_DELAY);
+        timer_set_delay_u64(&voodoo->wake_timer, WAKE_DELAY_OF(voodoo));
     }
 }