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http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl This & That >> Marketplace >> [W] Voodoo 5 5500, PCI or AGP http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1374464656 Message started by RaptorZX3 on 22.07.13 at 05:44:16

Title: [W] Voodoo 5 5500, PCI or AGP
Post by RaptorZX3 on 22.07.13 at 05:44:16

i'm looking for that card, i know it'll take a while though. I don't mind if there's no box, as long as it can be shipped properly and inside an anti-static bag.

i would be more interested in trading though, my situation right now isn't very good, so i would need to keep more money for foods and spendings.

i have old PC stuff here, no 3DFX cards though. To make a quick list, i have:

-2/4mb PCI video cards, some newer ones (16/32mb AGP)
-AOpen AP53 Socket 7 main board (x3)
-a few Pentium 1 Socket 7 CPUs (no MMX)
-EDO RAM sticks, SDRAMs
-SB16, SB32 sound cards and other brands (no Gravis)
-PCI SCSI 68-pins card
-9.1gb and 36.7gb SCSI 68-pins HDDs (10k rpm)

Also, i just found a set of 2 IDE hard disks that are the exact same model and size (Seagate ST 340016A 40gb), so i believe they could be used in RAID.

Title: Re: [W] Voodoo 5 5500, PCI or AGP
Post by RaptorZX3 on 13.08.13 at 21:44:30

someone i've met in a meeting recently had a PC with a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP in it...i was jealous of him, but i don't think he's going to sell it anytime soon...

Title: Re: [W] Voodoo 5 5500, PCI or AGP
Post by RaverX on 13.08.13 at 22:32:08

RaptorZX3 wrote on 13.08.13 at 21:44:30:

someone i've met in a meeting recently had a PC with a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP in it...i was jealous of him, but i don't think he's going to sell it anytime soon...

Don't be jealous, V5 5500 AGP is not a rare card and it's not very expensive either. I'm sure you'll find one soon, keep an eye on ebay and on your local sites (from Canada), you'll grab one.

Title: Re: [W] Voodoo 5 5500, PCI or AGP
Post by RaptorZX3 on 13.08.13 at 22:39:00

Kijiji is lame for stuff like that, though there's someone in Montreal selling a Voodoo 3 2000 AGP for 15$, and someone else in Laval selling a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI for 40$ which is a bit expensive...

Tell me, what would be the equivalent in the ATI or Nvidia for the 5500? I know they don't use the same technology, but heh...if it can be compared to other cards.

Title: Re: [W] Voodoo 5 5500, PCI or AGP
Post by ultima on 14.08.13 at 10:25:15

The cards from nvidia & ati that were available at that time, were the Geforce2 gts/pro/ultra and the radeon ddr cards.

To compare em to the 5500 is double sided, on 1 hand pure speed / raw power, the 5500 is not the best, but image quality.... 3dfx was arguably the 2nd best in the entire market, only allowing Matrox as a better one.

UT99 still looks at it's best on glide, and 3dfx can run that, and a lot better then their competition at that time.