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Why the lower clock speed?
18.12.05 at 02:58:08

I pick up a V3_2K board on eBay, it's a Voodoo3 2000. I owned one of these before (haven't we all) but this one is clocked at 125MHz ???

I have the latest reference drivers on Win98SE and installed the V3 O.C. utillity. It's now running at 143MHz. I have the Q3 demo running in a continuious loop and it's been running fine now for about 15 minutes. Prior to the O.C. I Quaked it for an hour, no lock-ups.

The BIOS reads as a V3 2000 2.15.07.

Is this correct? ???

Why does it run @ 125MHz Default

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #1 - 18.12.05 at 10:26:22 What does the print say on the Bios decal?
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Thandor Ex Member What's the fuzz all about?	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #2 - 18.12.05 at 17:36:11 And what kind of numbers (part numbers, revision numbers, and so on) does the card have ?
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #3 - 18.12.05 at 17:49:16 First thing that comes to mind is that the previous owner might have flashed the wrong bios.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #4 - 18.12.05 at 19:05:11 Quote: First thing that comes to mind is that the previous owner might have flashed the wrong bios. Possible but the only 125 mhz V3 I know of is an SGRAM not SDRAM board.
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #5 - 18.12.05 at 19:11:32 yeah the Voodoo3 1000 AGP 16MB the one compaq USA used for thier 5000 series PC's.
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Re: Why the lower clock speed?
Reply #6 - 18.12.05 at 21:25:04

On the Video BIOS screen it states 2.15.07 Voodoo3 2000

If you look at the pic in the auction you can see a square white sticker that says "CE" in big letters and under that it says 1.0(125)

At the top of the card above the memory is says:

(C) 1999 STB SYSTEMS INC.

Near the back of the AGP tab there is a white 3 inside a white square box.

Backside:

P/N 210-0364-003

Serial Number 0860001A000000000000099D8YA7

Near the back plate:

Ti3 (stencilled)
TW-5 RU (The "R" is backwards)
94V-0 2399 (year 99 month 23??)

BIOS chip

ATMEL
AT49BV512
12JC
9932

Memory Chips

SEC KOREA 934
KM416S1120DT-G7

And the Card does have the new 3dfx Logo on the back.

The card ran fine for over an hour on the Quake3 Demo loop test Clocked @ 143MHz.

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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #7 - 18.12.05 at 21:26:09 What about the 125MHz Garnet card? thumbnail
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #8 - 18.12.05 at 21:33:43 Mine doesn't look like that. It looks like a standard V3 2K, Heatsink, Memory, everything..
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #9 - 18.12.05 at 22:00:19 I know, was talking about it's BIOS; 125MHz and SDRAM
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #10 - 18.12.05 at 22:00:54 Quote: On the Video BIOS screen it states 2.15.07 Voodoo3 2000 If you look at the pic in the auction you can see a square white sticker that says "CE" in big letters and under that it says 1.0(125) Damn skippy, a never seen before variation of a V3-2000 clocked at 125mhz! All for $3.
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #11 - 19.12.05 at 00:01:15 Hmm... Maybe I can trade it for something yummy 8)
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #12 - 19.12.05 at 00:39:08 Here are some pics of the card. Sorry about the BIOS screen, my camera is a cheapie... You may have to click the image again to go full screen.
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #13 - 19.12.05 at 01:08:55
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Why the lower clock speed? Reply #14 - 19.12.05 at 01:19:41 The Default Clock speed for this card is 125MHz.
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