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ms-dos Junior Member Offline Posts: 51 USA	isa 3dfx card 05.09.11 at 02:21:13 I'm on ocn's steam chat and someone is telling me they found a 3dfx card that is isa at a shop was there any isa 3dfx card s I don't think there is
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: isa 3dfx card Reply #1 - 05.09.11 at 10:17:00 In 10 years since 3dfx went down no collector has ever come across an ISA 3dfx card. I myself have never even heard of it and I did a lot of browsing around to get info on 3dfx cards. Ask for the person's age. Good chance it's a youngster confusing PCI for ISA or remembering wrong.
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Reply #2 - 05.09.11 at 13:04:23

ms-dos wrote on 05.09.11 at 02:21:13:

I'm on ocn's steam chat
and someone is telling me they found a 3dfx card that is isa at a shop
was there any isa 3dfx card s
I don't think there is

It could be that the person has a 3dfx/Q3D GCI card with JAMMA interface that does resemble an ISA connector and if he doesn't know the difference could make this confusion.
It's just a thought...

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: isa 3dfx card Reply #3 - 05.09.11 at 15:59:55 I doubt that an ISA slot could handle the bandwith requirements for a voodoo graphics board, heck some sound cards on the ISA bus will stutter and carry on due to limitations of the interface. There was a fake picture floating around the net years ago with a voodoo chip mounted on an ISA card, wasn't even a good fake...
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Re: isa 3dfx card
Reply #4 - 05.09.11 at 23:53:40

G1nX wrote on 05.09.11 at 13:04:23:

ms-dos wrote on 05.09.11 at 02:21:13:

I'm on ocn's steam chat
and someone is telling me they found a 3dfx card that is isa at a shop
was there any isa 3dfx card s
I don't think there is

It could be that the person has a 3dfx/Q3D GCI card with JAMMA interface that does resemble an ISA connector and if he doesn't know the difference could make this confusion.
It's just a thought...

Yes, very good observation, that's what I think too.

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Menkau_ra YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37 USA Gender:	Re: isa 3dfx card Reply #5 - 18.09.11 at 17:33:59 Maybe a year ago I saw on ebay ISA Quantum3D card. It was huge. But I didn't se what kind of chips were on it.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: isa 3dfx card Reply #6 - 19.09.11 at 11:58:23 Menkau_ra wrote on 18.09.11 at 17:33:59: Maybe a year ago I saw on ebay ISA Quantum3D card. It was huge. But I didn't se what kind of chips were on it. Might have been a game control interface card which doesn't have any actually contacts. Just sits in the location.
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OutOfRange Senior Member Offline Posts: 348 Switzerland Gender:	Re: isa 3dfx card Reply #7 - 19.09.11 at 21:03:53 You also have to pay attention that early hard drives often were bundled with unique controller boards. Had one of these within my first harddive (21 MB ). Quantum (not 3D) made some of these, even if it's just the label. Had an ISA one of these, years ago when I was yound and pretty (today only the "and" last )
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Menkau_ra YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37 USA Gender:	Re: isa 3dfx card Reply #8 - 25.09.11 at 02:00:56 It was clearly say on the board Quantum3D with the triangle. And the board was thick. I should buy it.
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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: isa 3dfx card Reply #9 - 25.09.11 at 09:03:11 it could be a different card from Quantum3d, without 3dfx chipsets. If it"s not expensive, buy it.
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weninee YaBB Newbies Offline recent 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 1	Re: isa 3dfx card Reply #10 - 25.09.11 at 10:32:15 Might have been a game control interface card which doesn't have any actually contacts. Just sits in the location. too
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: isa 3dfx card Reply #11 - 25.09.11 at 14:12:57
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