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Reply #60 - 08.02.05 at 02:13:03

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Sjooooooo Cooooooooool does that one really work?

Yup.

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Well, it looks like ATi AMR technology or 3dfx SLi Cheesy

or was each Savage4 chip needed for a dual VGA setup?

Just a dual VGA setup- Think two individual chipsets on a single PCB. Real funky having a 2048 x 768 desktop.

They also made a 4 chip/4 monitor model too, I'll have one in a few days.

Don't know much about S3 products and the specs or release dates.

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Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past...
Reply #61 - 08.02.05 at 02:20:00

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Yup.

Just a dual VGA setup- Think two individual chipsets on a single PCB. Real funky having a 2048 x 768 desktop.

They also made a 4 chip/4 monitor model too, I'll have one in a few days.

Don't know much about S3 products and the specs or release dates.

wow a quad chip version also nice

well I gotta say S3's 2D isn't that bad all really my S3 Savage 2000 has better 2D than my ATi Radeon 9700 Pro, but it's the speed difference lol

I'm gonna do some benchmarking with it this upcomming week, in my AXP 2700+, my card is now in my mom's PC, it's a ViperII Z200

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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #62 - 08.02.05 at 12:58:41 Don't forget to post a picture of your card, when you'll have it! to Obi: no, I won't bid on it since I got debts now and need to refund my parents
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #63 - 11.02.05 at 21:59:26
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #64 - 11.02.05 at 22:44:10 Hels Gary just Hels man Ya know what i mean haha, a quad chip S3 Savage4 wow, does it work loke ATi's AMR of 3dfx's SLI?
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #65 - 12.02.05 at 00:49:01 Actually the quad board isn't savage 4 powered (I think) I have to look into it a bit more when I get some spare time.
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #66 - 13.02.05 at 14:18:35 Quote: Actually the quad board isn't savage 4 powered (I think) I have to look into it a bit more when I get some spare time. That would be Nice, I wonder it would be, it could be Savage 2000 or is that too new for the quad board?
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #67 - 19.02.05 at 22:17:41 my NV1... first 3D Acclerator
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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #68 - 20.02.05 at 15:41:08 Nice one! Does anybody have a link to some pages with the specs for the Savage 4? I need to know if it's better to keep my G400 or to put a Savage 4 (16 MB) instead.
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Reply #69 - 06.05.05 at 08:11:34

Here we have a nice video card from Colorgraphic Communications powered by four S3 Trio64V2/DX chips!
Two on the front and two on the back with their respective memories (two or four MB, I don't know yet). Notice the cool mention "QUAD BIOS" on the BIOS chip. The red bands are also really cool; the card itself is really beatiful IMO. I really like this four-screens graphics card...

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #70 - 06.05.05 at 13:10:43 love it Luxkiller65 a quad chip S3 Trio64 4x 2MB 8) must of been very expensive for it's time and indeed 4 monitors was even possible then, never knew that the world of videocards were so highend in that era
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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #71 - 06.05.05 at 13:53:16 Yes, that's a lovely card, my dad gave it to me in december or january I don't remember. Here are the specs (unofficial page): http://www.peteweb.com/ftp/mirrors/hardware_specs/v/C-D/53141.htm
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #72 - 07.05.05 at 03:07:05 Nice GFX @LuxKiller65! 8) ...but what do the DIP switches do? ???
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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #73 - 07.05.05 at 08:41:45 I was never able to know the function of the switches. On the link on my last post here, it says "Factory configured - do not alter. I guess I should leave them as they were when I got the card.
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Rick YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 6	Re: non-3dfx 3D Accelerators of the past... Reply #74 - 07.05.05 at 17:19:10 i only used voodoo3 for years now i think
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