Show us your 3dfx collection - Page 6

Dodge M4S · 31st May 2011, 4:58 PM

I owned a Voodoo Banshee 16mb. It was the shit!

ZafaZ · 31st May 2011, 7:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Dodge M4S

I owned a Voodoo Banshee 16mb. It was the shit!

THat was my first 3d accelerator card

went form a 486dx2-66 to a cel-400 (oc to 500mhz) with 64meg ram 20 gig hdd and voodoo banshe, unreal tournament was the shit

Wizard2k · 9th January 2012, 7:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Cannula

Since the company hasn't existed in over 10 years and the company put 3d acceleration in gaming on the map I thought I'd ask what gear others have.
I have a few cards and would love to see what everyone else has.

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Here is my list, left to right, top to bottom:
Voodoo 1 4MB PCI, Diamond Monster 3D
Voodoo 5 5500 64MB AGP, 3dfx V5 5500
Voodoo 1 4MB PCI, unsure of brand
Voodoo 2 12MB PCI, Gainward Dragon 3000
Banshee 16MB AGP, Skywell Magic Twin Power
Voodoo 2 12MB PCI, Orchid Righteous 3D II
Voodoo 3 16MB AGP, 3dfx V3 3000

I also have a PCI Banshee 16MB in my P233 system and an MSI MS-6168 on the way which is a P2/3 motherboard with onboard Voodoo 3 2000 with 8MB.

2nd one down on the left same as mine i think

mwd · 10th February 2012, 12:10 AM

Hey All,

I suspect I am going to win this

Left to Right: Voodoo 5 5500 64MB AGP, Voodoo 5 5500 64MB AGP, Voodoo 5 5500 VGA/DVI 64MB PCI (Macintosh model).

PowerColor Voodoo 4 4500 32MB AGP (has 4x slot, but only supports 2x 3.3volts, I believe there is a mod for this card that can make it work on 1.5volts)

Below is my favourite Voodoo 2 of my collection. It has 12mb of 110MHz ram, many only have 100MHz ram. Unknown Brand.

2x Diamond Voodoo 2 12MBs and a Canopus Pure3D (Voodoo 1 6mb + TV out)

To be honest I don't remember what these cards are. I believe they were OEM cards from say HP or Dell. They are basically 8 or 16mb Voodoo 3s running with only one TMU (3dfx Voodoo 3 Velocity).

Ok the bottom right seems to be a Voodoo 3 1000 16mb. The others I am still a bit unsure of.

3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 16mb

Pair of 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 PCI 16mb

Creative Labs TNT 16mb PCI (top). Matrox Millenium 2mb (with 2mb add-on board)

Diamond Voodoo 1 4mb PCI

Magic 3D II (Voodoo 2 12mb PCI, top), Diamond Monster Fusion (3dfx Banshee 16mb PCI, bottom)

These cards are pretty nice, although not 3dfx cards.
Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 Kyro II 64MB AGP (top), Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT 32MB PCI Kyro 1 (bottom)

3dfx Voodoo 3 3500 AGP.

I have a Voodoo Rush on order from ebay, so I will post a photo when that gets here.

I'd love a Voodoo 5 6000, that would be awesome

Full res pictures here (many upside down for some reason, might be slow loading):
http://michaeldale.com.au/images/3dfx/

mwd · 10th February 2012, 12:14 AM

Oh and these

Strange1 · 11th February 2012, 9:45 PM

I miss the old clinking noises as my 4mb Orchid Righteous flicked into action *sigh*

^catalyst · 24th March 2012, 11:03 AM

This is cheeky but,

Cough.

Cannula · 24th March 2012, 5:43 PM

Awesome collection MWD, I've almost doubled my collection since the start of the thread looking at those old photos

.
I really love the 6MB Canopus Pure3D, that's a great card.

mwd · 24th March 2012, 5:51 PM

Thanks, it's pretty cool.

I actually built up a Pentium 166MMX the other week to try some of them out.

I think I've killed a couple of the Voodoo 2s

One crashes as soon as you try any 3d (I suspect it was like this when I got it from ebay, didn't actually have this one when I took the photos) and the other one looks like the video ram is failing (random purple and green colours when using 3d, this one worked for about 1-2 days, this is the Magic 3D II).

I've already purchased another Voodoo 2 to top up the collection

(one that I can hopefully use). Unfortunately they're getting harder and harder to get and they aren't cheap anymore!

Some are listed on ebay for $150! Which I think is crazy. If you hunt around you can still get them for $20-50.

Menthu_Rae · 24th March 2012, 5:55 PM

Man, the Hercules cards looked great back in the day with the blue PCBs and heatsinks (when most everything else was green or the Asus brown!).

Also what is interesting is that the Kyros and their tile-based rendering wasn't competitive way back when, but it has taken a new leap forward in mobile devices...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerVR#Technology

Cannula · 24th March 2012, 5:58 PM

I managed to get a Voodoo 2 recently that has the newer 3DFX logo with the curve on top on two of the three main chips. It was made after 2000, I hadn't seen many of them before and didn't own one. Got a second MS-6168 which I'll have to redo all the capacitors, initially looked like two were dead, it's four.

Have you flashed the MAC 5500 yet?

mwd · 24th March 2012, 6:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannula

I managed to get a Voodoo 2 recently that has the newer 3DFX logo with the curve on top on two of the three main chips. It was made after 2000, I hadn't seen many of them before and didn't own one. Got a second MS-6168 which I'll have to redo all the capacitors, initially looked like two were dead, it's four.

Have you flashed the MAC 5500 yet?

Wow that is pretty cool, I didn't know they made them that late!

Yeah don't throw out any 3dfx cards! Even if dead I am sure someone would still buy them.

I'm pretty sure the Mac 5500 came PC flashed already, I'll need to retest it!

@Menthu_Rae Yes I do really like the Kyro cards.

Sledge · 24th March 2012, 7:06 PM

Oh god the memories..
I don't have any as i always sold when upgrading, but i started with the original voodoo, and then moved up from there every generation of 3dfx until nvidia's TNT2 i think..
Though in amongst that i did have one of the kyros, which WAS competitive for a little while, but you know how things change in the industry

What was the game that came with it? Ultimate Racing or something?
Loved those days..

And in a coincidence i was emptying out an old drawer and found a receipt for a Diamond Monster 3D.. $275 on 27/6/1997

DonutKing · 22nd April 2012, 1:20 PM

Holy shit, get a load of this!
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=226781

Watercooled Voodoo 5 6000 - in and AGP-> PCI and PCI -> PCIE adapter

C-BuZz · 22nd April 2012, 3:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonutKing

Holy shit, get a load of this!
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=226781

Watercooled Voodoo 5 6000 - in and AGP-> PCI and PCI -> PCIE adapter

I'd take that over a GTX680... srs. Gotta be the best thing I've ever seen. Wish I had of won the V5 6000 on eBay I was bidding for back in 2003. I stopped bidding @ 1K LOL.

10th February 2012, 12:10 AM	#79
mwd Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 163	Hey All, I suspect I am going to win this Left to Right: Voodoo 5 5500 64MB AGP, Voodoo 5 5500 64MB AGP, Voodoo 5 5500 VGA/DVI 64MB PCI (Macintosh model). PowerColor Voodoo 4 4500 32MB AGP (has 4x slot, but only supports 2x 3.3volts, I believe there is a mod for this card that can make it work on 1.5volts) Below is my favourite Voodoo 2 of my collection. It has 12mb of 110MHz ram, many only have 100MHz ram. Unknown Brand. 2x Diamond Voodoo 2 12MBs and a Canopus Pure3D (Voodoo 1 6mb + TV out) To be honest I don't remember what these cards are. I believe they were OEM cards from say HP or Dell. They are basically 8 or 16mb Voodoo 3s running with only one TMU (3dfx Voodoo 3 Velocity). Ok the bottom right seems to be a Voodoo 3 1000 16mb. The others I am still a bit unsure of. 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 16mb Pair of 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 PCI 16mb Creative Labs TNT 16mb PCI (top). Matrox Millenium 2mb (with 2mb add-on board) Diamond Voodoo 1 4mb PCI Magic 3D II (Voodoo 2 12mb PCI, top), Diamond Monster Fusion (3dfx Banshee 16mb PCI, bottom) These cards are pretty nice, although not 3dfx cards. Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 Kyro II 64MB AGP (top), Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT 32MB PCI Kyro 1 (bottom) 3dfx Voodoo 3 3500 AGP. I have a Voodoo Rush on order from ebay, so I will post a photo when that gets here. I'd love a Voodoo 5 6000, that would be awesome Full res pictures here (many upside down for some reason, might be slow loading): http://michaeldale.com.au/images/3dfx/ Last edited by mwd; 10th February 2012 at 5:08 PM.

11th February 2012, 9:45 PM	#81
Strange1 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Blaxland, NSW Posts: 2,656	I miss the old clinking noises as my 4mb Orchid Righteous flicked into action sigh __________________ OCAU Extreme Cooling Club H2O Member AMD CPU 1400MHz @ 1672MHz / 2.13V / Ambient +20°C Cyclone 2 / Inline Rio1100 / Falcon aircon core

24th March 2012, 5:43 PM	#83
Cannula Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lisarow 2250 Posts: 475	Awesome collection MWD, I've almost doubled my collection since the start of the thread looking at those old photos . I really love the 6MB Canopus Pure3D, that's a great card. __________________ "Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity." \| OCAU Aquarium Club Member #133 \| OCAU Night Owl #233 \| OCAU GuitarPlayers Club #133 \| OCAU METAL CLUBMEMBER #33 \| TUALATIN IN A VIA 133A CLUB \| \|Successfully Traded With: 34 in total, last 20 were; tez, Fluffy_duck, tan50, jOb, Kyl3, MeoW, half-cut, Ozdood, x0nt, unixyk, _slacker_, bombastic, mototo, ]-[ellfire, Omarko, kona_boy, Flash, vazzy, Cyb3r, tez\|

24th March 2012, 5:55 PM	#85
Menthu_Rae Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Northern Beaches, Sydney Posts: 6,142	Man, the Hercules cards looked great back in the day with the blue PCBs and heatsinks (when most everything else was green or the Asus brown!). Also what is interesting is that the Kyros and their tile-based rendering wasn't competitive way back when, but it has taken a new leap forward in mobile devices... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerVR#Technology __________________ System Specs: i7 3770K, Noctua NH-U12P SE2, 32GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3-1600, ASUS P8Z77-V Premium, 2048MB Zotac GTX680, ASUS Xonar Essence One, 120GB/240GB Samsung 840 SSDs, 2x 3TB Toshiba HDDs [RAID1], 2x Zalman ZMMFC-1 Plus, Dell U3011 30" LCD, Creative T-40 Series II 2.0, LianLi PC-A71B, 8x Scythe SFF21G, 1kW Silverstone ST1000P. Over 50 Trades.

24th March 2012, 5:58 PM	#86
Cannula Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lisarow 2250 Posts: 475	I managed to get a Voodoo 2 recently that has the newer 3DFX logo with the curve on top on two of the three main chips. It was made after 2000, I hadn't seen many of them before and didn't own one. Got a second MS-6168 which I'll have to redo all the capacitors, initially looked like two were dead, it's four. Have you flashed the MAC 5500 yet? __________________ "Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity." \| OCAU Aquarium Club Member #133 \| OCAU Night Owl #233 \| OCAU GuitarPlayers Club #133 \| OCAU METAL CLUBMEMBER #33 \| TUALATIN IN A VIA 133A CLUB \| \|Successfully Traded With: 34 in total, last 20 were; tez, Fluffy_duck, tan50, jOb, Kyl3, MeoW, half-cut, Ozdood, x0nt, unixyk, _slacker_, bombastic, mototo, ]-[ellfire, Omarko, kona_boy, Flash, vazzy, Cyb3r, tez\|

10th February 2012, 12:14 AM	#80
mwd Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 163	Oh and these

24th March 2012, 11:03 AM	#82
^catalyst Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: melbourne Posts: 10,061	This is cheeky but, Cough.

24th March 2012, 5:51 PM	#84
mwd Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 163	Thanks, it's pretty cool. I actually built up a Pentium 166MMX the other week to try some of them out. I think I've killed a couple of the Voodoo 2s One crashes as soon as you try any 3d (I suspect it was like this when I got it from ebay, didn't actually have this one when I took the photos) and the other one looks like the video ram is failing (random purple and green colours when using 3d, this one worked for about 1-2 days, this is the Magic 3D II). I've already purchased another Voodoo 2 to top up the collection (one that I can hopefully use). Unfortunately they're getting harder and harder to get and they aren't cheap anymore! Some are listed on ebay for $150! Which I think is crazy. If you hunt around you can still get them for $20-50.

24th March 2012, 7:06 PM	#88
Sledge Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 3,124	Oh god the memories.. I don't have any as i always sold when upgrading, but i started with the original voodoo, and then moved up from there every generation of 3dfx until nvidia's TNT2 i think.. Though in amongst that i did have one of the kyros, which WAS competitive for a little while, but you know how things change in the industry What was the game that came with it? Ultimate Racing or something? Loved those days.. And in a coincidence i was emptying out an old drawer and found a receipt for a Diamond Monster 3D.. $275 on 27/6/1997 __________________ http://sledge1.mybrute.com OCAU Clan Last edited by Sledge; 24th March 2012 at 9:23 PM.

22nd April 2012, 1:20 PM	#89
DonutKing Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Tweed/Gold Coast Posts: 499	Holy shit, get a load of this! http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=226781 Watercooled Voodoo 5 6000 - in and AGP-> PCI and PCI -> PCIE adapter