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EMPEROR Junior Member Offline 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 67 Germany Gender:	How to know if a VSA100 chip is genuine? 05.12.13 at 00:03:10 Somebody here mentioned alibaba.com, so just out of curiosity I've decided to search for VSA100 chips. And I found many sellers with prices from $10 to $50 a piece. So the big question is, how to make sure one chip is genuine and not rebranded NVidia or some other company?
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RaptorZX3 Full Member Offline Canadian 3DFX user Posts: 218 Montreal, Quebec (Canada) Gender:	Re: How to know if a VSA100 chip is genuine? Reply #1 - 08.12.13 at 00:57:57 if they are really VSA100 chips...would that mean you could build your own Voodoo4 or 5?
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Re: How to know if a VSA100 chip is genuine?
Reply #2 - 08.12.13 at 18:48:53

EMPEROR wrote on 05.12.13 at 00:03:10:

Somebody here mentioned alibaba.com, so just out of curiosity I've decided to search for VSA100 chips. And I found many sellers with prices from $10 to $50 a piece. So the big question is, how to make sure one chip is genuine and not rebranded NVidia or some other company?

I highly doubt that someone would try to fake those chips for a few dollars per chip.

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Varus Full Member Offline recent 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 164 Poland Gender:	Re: How to know if a VSA100 chip is genuine? Reply #3 - 08.12.13 at 18:56:38 If you prefer version 220 of VSA-100 chips I can sell you 2pcs new.
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EMPEROR Junior Member Offline 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 67 Germany Gender:	Re: How to know if a VSA100 chip is genuine? Reply #4 - 08.12.13 at 20:46:36 Well I was just curious since it's a long time since 3Dfx was sold and so many quantities of VSA100 chips left behind is kind of suspicious...
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ultima God Member Offline Always searching Posts: 876 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: How to know if a VSA100 chip is genuine? Reply #5 - 08.12.13 at 23:04:12 Best to have is version 320, right?? Those were stable a little over 200Mhz right??
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RaptorZX3 Full Member Offline Canadian 3DFX user Posts: 218 Montreal, Quebec (Canada) Gender:	Re: How to know if a VSA100 chip is genuine? Reply #6 - 10.12.13 at 05:06:59 how do i know which version of chips i have on my v5500 without removing the coolers?
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EMPEROR Junior Member Offline 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 67 Germany Gender:	Re: How to know if a VSA100 chip is genuine? Reply #7 - 10.12.13 at 13:42:27 There is now way to tell I guess, but almost certainly they are 220, as 320 I believe were used only in 6000. But I might be wrong, so somebody should clarify...
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ultima God Member Offline Always searching Posts: 876 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: How to know if a VSA100 chip is genuine? Reply #8 - 10.12.13 at 14:03:53 as far as I know, only later versions of the 6000, as in Rev 3900, maybe the 3700 as well, and very very maybe the 5500 agp 4x card as well. other then some software that can read out 3dfx chip revisions, I don't know any other way to find out if your card has 220 or 320.
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