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Title: Got my MSI 3D AGPhantom Voodoo Banshee today...
Post by TM30 on 23.10.04 at 13:06:32

bought it from a ebay powerseller (over 10000 feedback...) as functional and tested... now look how this card arrived at me... lol i gotta test it...

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGP Phantom Voodoo Banshee today
Post by NitroX infinity on 23.10.04 at 13:11:18

So what's the proper name of this card?

MSI 3D-AGPhantom ?

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGP Phantom Voodoo Banshee today
Post by TM30 on 23.10.04 at 13:59:04

yes i think...

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGP Phantom Voodoo Banshee today
Post by DenisF on 23.10.04 at 14:14:31

That big white sticker on the back that looks weird is actually in hebrew, means "not working"

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGP Phantom Voodoo Banshee today
Post by TM30 on 23.10.04 at 14:18:54

i will test it today... since the seller sold it as functional, i will keep it, cause its a very rare card... but i will send him an email... lets see what he will say... (that nice RMA card... lol)

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGP Phantom Voodoo Banshee today
Post by paulpsomiadis on 23.10.04 at 19:19:14

@TM30 - OUCH! That looks NASTY! :o

If it doesn't work - it could probably be reworked into a fully functional card... ::)

...problem is that the damage is SO extensive that it'd take quite a LOT of time to do... :P

Maybe with a conductive pen and LOTS of sellotape and spare time! :P

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGP Phantom Voodoo Banshee today
Post by DenisF on 23.10.04 at 19:26:57

I wonder tho, what the crappity smack did the previous owner do to give it such massive scratches...

took apart a propellor of a 120mm fan and let it loose on the back of that banshee or what? :S

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGP Phantom Voodoo Banshee today
Post by TM30 on 23.10.04 at 19:37:28

these scratches are not deep... so that card might work... i'll test it now :)

edit: windows works perfect... testing 3D

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGP Phantom Voodoo Banshee today
Post by TM30 on 23.10.04 at 20:12:02

wrote on 23.10.04 at 19:37:28:

these scratches are not deep... so that card might work... i'll test it now :)

edit: windows works perfect... testing 3D

3D doesnt work... it freezes immediately...

edit2: it was the driver... card works perfect ;D

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGPhantom Voodoo Banshee today..
Post by janskjaer on 23.10.04 at 20:25:45

Phew! Nice to hear that! At least no repair work needs doing then! It's just superficial wounds. A nice card, well done.

@DenisF- I thought you were taking the p*ss when you said the sticker said "not working". :) Only when I read on and remembered what languages you could speak, did I realise this was serious.

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGPhantom Voodoo Banshee today..
Post by DenisF on 23.10.04 at 20:50:00

Well i'm glad that the scratches are just of the coating, and didn't get to the circuts.. that card's pretty nice :)
[EMT ram.. *drool*]

@janskjaer
i live in Israel as you know, i do know a thing or two about hebrew ;)

One thing bugs me though, there isn't an RMA lab of MSI here in israel.. so why the heck does it have an rma card and a sticker in hebrew on back, is beyond me..

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGPhantom Voodoo Banshee today..
Post by paulpsomiadis on 24.10.04 at 04:55:13

Maybe MSI are conducting 'secret' 3Dfx experiments in Israel - then reporting their findings to their H.Q. in Taiwan... :o

Their tec's have to 'destroy' the evidence - but these cards 'escaped'... ::)

LOL! ;D 8)

Title: Re: Got my MSI 3D AGPhantom Voodoo Banshee today..
Post by janskjaer on 24.10.04 at 10:40:15

@DenisF - Maybe they don't have an RMA HQ in Israel, but in order for Israeli's to understand that there is the chance of the card being RMA, they must be able to read it in their native language. Maybe it does go somewhere like Taiwan in the end, but putting it in Taiwanese (is this a language?) on the back of the card wouldn't help out many Israeli's I guess.