Does anyone know if the Voodoo 3 1000 ever came with a retail driver CD by 3dfx?  ???

It was companies like Compaq and Dell that produced this card, right?

It's just that I have come across a 3dfx Voodoo3 1000 manual, that looks just like all the other manuals that were shipped with other Voodoo3 cards (e.g. 2000 AGP/PCI and 3000 AGP/PCI series).

Does this mean that 3dfx/STB also produced some of the Voodoo3 1000's for general release? As it surely would have been a Dell or Compaq manual what would have accompanied the card if it was meant for one of the Dell or Compaq machines.

So if a 3dfx manual exists for this card, does this mean a 3dfx retail driver CD also exists?

If it does, does anyone have one?

wrote on 02.06.04 at 14:27:58:

Does anyone know if the Voodoo 3 1000 ever came with a retail driver CD by 3dfx?  ???

The card is supported by the 3dfx Voodoo 3 driver set, the clock speed is set by the card bios.


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It was companies like Compaq and Dell that produced this card, right?

Depends on which version! The no-heatsink V3-1000 was just done for Compaq with no sale to general public as far as I know. I have only seen the 125 mhz no heatsink card used in Compaq's.


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Does this mean that 3dfx/STB also produced some of the Voodoo3 1000's for general release?

Sure, it's called a Velocity 100! All the Bonesteel Gateway cards (marked V3-1000) and Velocity 100 cards I have are identical except for the decal on the bios chip.

Yes, I know. I have one. ;D

But the fact remains, that a 3dfx Voodoo3 1000 AGP was also created with a Voodoo3 1000 manual, WRITTEN BY 3DFX.

This is what makes it so interesting.

If Vendors such as Gateway, Dell and Compaq were to ship their own versions of this card, surely they would have shipped it with their OWN manual, not 3dfx's.

So this leaves the question, why was the manual developed, and who for?

If there is a manual, does this mean a retail 3dfx driver CD was created also, as part of the package?

wrote on 02.06.04 at 18:46:59:

Yes, I know. I have one. ;D But the fact remains, that a 3dfx Voodoo3 1000 AGP was also created with a Voodoo3 1000 manual, WRITTEN BY 3DFX.

Are you sure about that? Take a picture of that puppy!

I have had 2 Compaq computers with 3dfx cards and they had NO manuals at all for the video cards. Everything else was there including the restore discs and manuals for sound and keyboard but no manuals. It was mentioned once before that 3dfx sold chips to compaq with no support, perhaps there is truth to that.

FWIW- The Compaq discs carry the 3dfx drivers and when the system is restored all is loaded.

wrote on 02.06.04 at 14:27:58:

Does anyone know if the Voodoo 3 1000 ever came with a retail driver CD by 3dfx?  ???

Yes, i known i have V3-1000, with 3dfx manual and drivers. but now i use drivers for V3-2k/3k (1.07. whql -W9x and 1.04 WinNt 4.0)

goodluck.
(i live in Russia, we love these card (3dfx) too!!!

edit : for the "quote"

Hi If,
Nice of you to join us in this discussion. :)

You mention you have a V3-1000 card with manual and "drivers".  But do you own the 3dfx retail driver CD for the V3-1000? Did the card come with a driver CD? Or was it just the manual?

wrote on 03.06.04 at 13:48:41:

Hi If, Nice of you to join us in this discussion. :) You mention you have a V3-1000 card with manual and "drivers".  But do you own the 3dfx retail driver CD for the V3-1000? Did the card come with a driver CD? Or was it just the manual?

i bay it in OEM package, but it comes with CD-Disk (named Voodoo3), and i dont know, it`s special for V3-1000, or for all V3 series.

wrote on 03.06.04 at 13:48:41:

Hi If, Nice of you to join us in this discussion. :) You mention you have a V3-1000 card with manual and "drivers".  But do you own the 3dfx retail driver CD for the V3-1000? Did the card come with a driver CD? Or was it just the manual?

And one more...
At this time i use the lastest drivers for V3 series (from Internet), i try to seek this disk.

wrote on 03.06.04 at 20:08:20:

Welcome  :) Can you put online a picture of this cdrom ? And on this CD-Disk, what do you find exactly on it ? What's the version of the cd-disk ? Sorry for these questions but i would say that my curiosity is excited   ;)

i scan it, and can to send it in e-mail.

wrote on 03.06.04 at 20:15:05:

i scan it, and can to send it in e-mail.

or how i can to show image on this page (forum).

wrote on 03.06.04 at 20:08:20:

Welcome  :) Can you put online a picture of this cdrom ? And on this CD-Disk, what do you find exactly on it ? What's the version of the cd-disk ? Sorry for these questions but i would say that my curiosity is excited   ;)

i send image for you

hmm, thats the same dick i got with my v3 3000, and here's another on ebay http://cgi.msn.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=40157&item=5100041182&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

here's what i got for my cd's

v3 2000 pci-- same blue disk as above(only says voodoo3)
v3 2000 agp-- purple disc voodoo3 2000
v3 3000 pci-- same blue disk as above(only says voodoo3)
v3 3000 agp-- green disk voodoo3 3000
v3 3500 agp-- blue disc voodoo3 3500

i wonder if this is just a pci generic disk.
if anyone has it any different please post, ty

wrote on 06.06.04 at 00:34:11:

here's what i got for my cd's v3 2000 pci-- same blue disk as above(only says voodoo3) v3 2000 agp-- purple disc voodoo3 2000 v3 3000 pci-- same blue disk as above(only says voodoo3) v3 3000 agp-- green disk voodoo3 3000 v3 3500 agp-- blue disc voodoo3 3500 i wonder if this is just a pci generic disk. if anyone has it any different please post, ty

i think so to (pci generic disk), but it has come with my videoboard (V3-1000). Just, if  seller has included this disk In itself (good man to  good man).

Yes, but the disc if scanned is an 'off-grey' colour. So it is most likely that it is different from the blue disc.  ;D

And, yes, it is a colour scan of the disc, otherwise how would you explain the red colour used on top of the manual  :P? (whatever it is  ???)

those pci disc are more grey than blue, and it looks like its version 1.4  but its a little blury, id like to see the card too.

yes you are right ::)

wrote on 08.06.04 at 02:32:18:

yes you are right ::)

i scan it in 24bit color, CD-Disk color is gray, but i use bed scanner (Mustek 1200UB+)
Red color i make in photoshop=> it show increased text from the bottom in official manual.

and again, i take it with my V3-1000 videoboard!

yep thats the disc, more grey than anything, but it has some blue in it id say, i got 3 of those disc that cam with different cards and there all the same , the 1.4 version

wrote on 10.06.04 at 02:28:24:

yep thats the disc, more grey than anything, but it has some blue in it id say, i got 3 of those disc that cam with different cards and there all the same , the 1.4 version

sorry, color is Brown (not gray)

wrote on 10.06.04 at 10:06:21:

sorry, color is Brown (not gray)

Along with the Velocity 200 Driver CD  ;D (if anyone has seen one?  :().

brown? hmm never saw that one before, what version is it?

wrote on 10.06.04 at 20:03:06:

brown? hmm never saw that one before, what version is it?

this text included in readme file on disk (root\Win9x - dir)


Voodoo3 Windows(r) 9x Driver Kit
--------------------------------------
Voodoo3(tm) Driver kit: 1.03.05
Voodoo3 Win9x 2D/3D Display Drivers: 4.12.01.1220
Voodoo3 Glide(tm) 2.X Driver: 2.61.00.0440
Voodoo3 Glide 3.X Driver: 3.10.00.0443
Voodoo3 3dfx Tools: 1.5.1.54
OpenGL(r) Driver Version: 1.0.0.0507 ICD

Copyright ( 1998-1999 3dfx Interactive, Inc. )
All Rights Reserved

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3dfx16v3.drv

version - 4.12.01.8222
date - 17 jan 2000