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Reply #435 - 25.01.09 at 21:25:49
 
gdonovan wrote on 25.01.09 at 20:49:36:
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The IBM boards are only 16MB

I thought you meant this card was also intended for IBM machines.
They do have the same pcb as i can tell from my IBM Daytona here
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and I would NOT mind a memory upgrade  Roll Eyes
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Reply #436 - 25.01.09 at 21:46:48
 
Would or wouldn't? Grin
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Reply #437 - 25.01.09 at 22:15:31
 
G1nX wrote on 25.01.09 at 21:25:49:
I thought you meant this card was also intended for IBM machines.
They do have the same pcb as i can tell from my IBM Daytona here



Yes the same PCB.

There are some other differences too like an extra voltage regulator and I assume other board level changes (strapping perhaps?)

I just know the IBM board will work in about nothing even with the 32MB bios but the 32mb card works in everthing.


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Re: 3dfx pictures thread
Reply #438 - 26.01.09 at 19:41:53
 
G1nX wrote on 25.01.09 at 21:25:49:
gdonovan wrote on 25.01.09 at 20:49:36:
[quote author=681E41772F0 link=1171810382/420#433 date=1232909641]

The IBM boards are only 16MB

I thought you meant this card was also intended for IBM machines.
They do have the same pcb as i can tell from my IBM Daytona here
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and I would NOT mind a memory upgrade  Roll Eyes
10x Nitro


Now, that is something I always wanted to do: modding a VSA101 card. 32Mb should be easy; don't know about 64Mb...
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Re: 3dfx pictures thread
Reply #439 - 26.01.09 at 20:37:23
 
Komponent wrote on 26.01.09 at 19:41:53:
G1nX wrote on 25.01.09 at 21:25:49:
gdonovan wrote on 25.01.09 at 20:49:36:
[quote author=681E41772F0 link=1171810382/420#433 date=1232909641]

The IBM boards are only 16MB

I thought you meant this card was also intended for IBM machines.
They do have the same pcb as i can tell from my IBM Daytona here
...
and I would NOT mind a memory upgrade  Roll Eyes
10x Nitro


Now, that is something I always wanted to do: modding a VSA101 card. 32Mb should be easy; don't know about 64Mb...


32mb would be fine with me Smiley
for 64mb i think a little killing of similar card would be required.
but we can dream on...
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Reply #440 - 26.01.09 at 21:07:55
 
G1nX wrote on 26.01.09 at 20:37:23:
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32mb would be fine with me Smiley
for 64mb i think a little killing of similar card would be required.
but we can dream on...

Argh, no, there are better alternatives. Like killing nVidia cards Grin
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Reply #441 - 26.01.09 at 21:18:32
 
G1nX wrote on 26.01.09 at 20:37:23:
Komponent wrote on 26.01.09 at 19:41:53:
G1nX wrote on 25.01.09 at 21:25:49:
gdonovan wrote on 25.01.09 at 20:49:36:
[quote author=681E41772F0 link=1171810382/420#433 date=1232909641]

The IBM boards are only 16MB

I thought you meant this card was also intended for IBM machines.
They do have the same pcb as i can tell from my IBM Daytona here
...
and I would NOT mind a memory upgrade  Roll Eyes
10x Nitro


Now, that is something I always wanted to do: modding a VSA101 card. 32Mb should be easy; don't know about 64Mb...


32mb would be fine with me Smiley
for 64mb i think a little killing of similar card would be required.
but we can dream on...


True. If Chip_Select signaling is not hardware locked, as it is with Voodoo4 PCI, one would only need to solder extra memory chips on the empty places on the PCD of a Daytona and adjust the BIOS to use the CS1 bank... and a 32Mb VSA101 card should be born. The 64Mb (or 128Mb) card would be alot harder to resolve and I know no other method to do it excluding removing the GPU out of a sacrifice-board to study the pinout. I would never, never do that on a functional Daytona (or Voodoo5 6000 or AAlchemy). I find it so hard to kill one somehow common Voodoo5 PCI for the future good! Still, I dream that someday I will be able to add more RAM to a VSA101 card...
Funny that I write that right after I finished soldering two 16Mb chips on one of your Voodoo5 cards... Sorry, friends, for the off-topic.
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Re: 3dfx pictures thread
Reply #442 - 26.01.09 at 21:22:11
 
NitroX infinity wrote on 26.01.09 at 21:07:55:
G1nX wrote on 26.01.09 at 20:37:23:
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32mb would be fine with me Smiley
for 64mb i think a little killing of similar card would be required.
but we can dream on...

Argh, no, there are better alternatives. Like killing nVidia cards Grin

Not killing one for the memory modules but for finding out where are the solder points for the extra traces are for higher capacity memory modules if any. No nvidia card can provide that  Wink
Like in the case of the v5 pci... one must die for others to be modded  Cry
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Reply #443 - 26.01.09 at 21:46:50
 
why one must die?
just try the same shots on the back of the GPU like on the AGP and look its working



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Reply #444 - 26.01.09 at 23:58:56
 
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Reply #445 - 27.01.09 at 18:10:48
 
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Reply #446 - 27.01.09 at 18:12:40
 
nice
i only have the baord

did yours have a 2k or 3k?
8 or 16MB?
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Reply #447 - 27.01.09 at 18:20:16
 
exxe wrote on 27.01.09 at 18:12:40:
nice
i only have the baord

did yours have a 2k or 3k?
8 or 16MB?


V3-2000 with 16mb
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Reply #448 - 27.01.09 at 21:16:47
 
hope its not so rusty like my one

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Reply #449 - 27.01.09 at 22:21:35
 
exxe wrote on 27.01.09 at 21:16:47:
hope its not so rusty like my one


Like new actually, I don't think it has been used.
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