I've been searching around the net for information on the 3Dfx Rampage lately.  I've heard of it numerous times, but I just assumed it was another card that wasn't mass produced as much as other Voodoo cards.  After reading exactly what it was and what it was intended to do, it made me want to cry a river knowing that we would never get to see it in our PCs.  I did end up downloading some Rampage drivers hoping to find out some juicy details about how the hardware worked, and then thought to myself, "How many people actually have a 3Dfx Rampage anyway?"  Assuming one of you does, what's it like?  Did it actually have a programmable pipeline?  Thanks.

Hi !
You're Right Rampage wasn't mass produced : only 20 were made  ::).
Check Gary's page to know more, and yes he got one :
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/rampage.htm

I'm still sad when I look at it  :'(

Well I have yet to see one pop up in Texas so never give up looking for one.

Narmounet wrote on 02.03.10 at 11:34:23:

I'm still sad when I look at it  :'(

Me too. Whenever I read about 3dfx and its history it makes me a little teary eyed. I watched a few of the original commercials a few days ago.   :'(

do you have any links to those?? I'd like to see em.

And I would have loved to see a Rampage that has more then just the Rampage chip on it, too bad they never actually built a prototype with a Sage chip on board. :(

Click the first link in the thread, there's some pictures of the 3Dfx Rampage (Spectre) there :)

I think he's talking about the commercials.

ultima wrote on 03.03.10 at 11:45:13:

do you have any links to those?? I'd like to see em. And I would have loved to see a Rampage that has more then just the Rampage chip on it, too bad they never actually built a prototype with a Sage chip on board. :(

There is only one pic that I know of thus far on the net that has two Rampage gpus as well one Sage but only low res.

http://www.3dchip.de/Grafikkartenmodds/Grafixmodds/3dfxRampage.jpg

However I think it is a fake.

When in doubt. Check youtube.   ;)



http://www.youtube.com/v/DmaYH1F6kho&hl=en_US&fs=1&;


http://www.youtube.com/v/ldiYYJNnQUk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"

http://www.youtube.com/v/o72T8qQr7GE&hl=en_US&fs=1&;

Drakan Player wrote on 04.03.10 at 19:46:28:

ultima wrote on 03.03.10 at 11:45:13: do you have any links to those?? I'd like to see em. And I would have loved to see a Rampage that has more then just the Rampage chip on it, too bad they never actually built a prototype with a Sage chip on board. :( There is only one pic that I know of thus far on the net that has two Rampage gpus as well one Sage but only low res. http://www.3dchip.de/Grafikkartenmodds/Grafixmodds/3dfxRampage.jpg However I think it is a fake.

Yea it's completely fake.

there is also a 2nd fake pic
http://www.abload.de/img/31337-munich-policekmyz.jpg

Thanks for clearing it up. So did they even bin the sage chip?

Drakan Player wrote on 04.03.10 at 20:52:32:

Thanks for clearing it up. So did they even bin the sage chip?

I don't think Sage ever taped out.

Tim wrote on 04.03.10 at 22:36:36:

Drakan Player wrote on 04.03.10 at 20:52:32: Thanks for clearing it up. So did they even bin the sage chip? I don't think Sage ever taped out.

That is a shame but maybe one day we will find out.  :(

Tim wrote on 04.03.10 at 22:36:36:

Drakan Player wrote on 04.03.10 at 20:52:32: Thanks for clearing it up. So did they even bin the sage chip? I don't think Sage ever taped out.

Hum last year I ask the same question, look : http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1235950780

So far we only have rumors...

Interesting, I forgot about that, I even read the thread lol.

in one of the 3dfx specials on PCGH was somewhere a DIE shot from the "Scalable Architecture Geometry Engine"

Narmounet wrote on 05.03.10 at 10:34:05:

Tim wrote on 04.03.10 at 22:36:36: Drakan Player wrote on 04.03.10 at 20:52:32: Thanks for clearing it up. So did they even bin the sage chip? I don't think Sage ever taped out. Hum last year I ask the same question, look : http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1235950780 So far we only have rumors...

Interesting radio of the dies and yes they are typical black top BGA. The die sits the transistor side facing out while the pins are connected via flying wire method but protected in the thick black plastic. The die is bonded to the sub straight with lead tin or silver tin soldier. They should have used the flip chip method with a IHS for better thermals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLpd6EKb9Uc&feature=related

This person claims to have every Voodoo 5 6000 + Rampage.  The Rampage at the end does appear to be real, but what do you say?

well, seeing as the user who posted it is called GSDonovan, I am tempted to believe him, as he also owns www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx where you can see them all.

As far as I know, Gary is the person on earth with THE biggest collection of 3DFX cards/prototypes and Quantum3D stuff as well.

blueshogun96 wrote on 16.03.10 at 04:58:20:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLpd6EKb9Uc&feature=related This person claims to have every Voodoo 5 6000 + Rampage.  The Rampage at the end does appear to be real, but what do you say?

That's Gary from the dodgegarage, hes got a Rampage.

do we actually know who owns a rampage besides Gary??

guys from 3dfxzone.it should have the second,and Hank should have the third..those three are probably all that survived from the 20 prototypes (10 A0 batch,10 A1 batch.all 3 cards should be A1) that existed..

I say them are more

If I'm not mistaking, one or two A0 boards are in the hands of eastern-european collectors.

mean this one?

http://www.abload.de/img/kopievonkartensammlungp3b0.jpg

Could be.

I have heard someone named Nightbird from 3dfxzone.it has one.

razrx wrote on 17.03.10 at 00:40:29:

I have heard someone named Nightbird from 3dfxzone.it has one.

Should be correct. That one should be from ^SiRtA^/Amigamerlin used for test and review

exxe wrote on 16.03.10 at 21:35:39:

mean this one? http://www.abload.de/img/kopievonkartensammlungp3b0.jpg

that one is from Hank-when we were doing the first CZ-SK 3dfx party a couple of years ago,he was kind enough to send it there so we could all see it.its the one with no fan and removable heatsink/gpu.

ahh,good old times.


I can post all rampage pictures I have if you are interested..

no
we dont want pictures  ::)

heh.


actually,I got more info today,seems like we have a fourth one somewhere in eastern europe as well.


edit: went through some old threads,and I can definitely see pictures of 4 different boards (2x 3dfx fan,2x removable heatsinks).seems like the  italian guys actually got their hands on two,but this info is 7 years old..and the name that was mentioned was Paolo (AKA Sirta),not Nightbird.


edit2: I know you don't really want pictures,but anyway,here are the four rampage cards we know about:

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/rampage/rampage_front_hr.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/741/im001343.jpg
http://www.dogskin.net/computer/MIDI/Rampage.jpg

Now we need someone to actually show us what they can do!

they cannot do much,really,the drivers (and the boards themselves) are alpha,but they are functional enough to run quake3 in opengl mode and half-life1 in d3d mode..no glide support (was supposed to be provided via glide to opengl wrapper,if memory serves),UT runs only in software mode.

http://www.atris.it/files/rampage/quake6.jpg
http://forum.nexthardware.com/attachments/schede-video-e-acceleratori/1237-rampage-road-games-screenshot-updated-hlrampage.jpg?stc=1


if you are asking if rampage can be used for some oldschool gaming,the answer would be no-v5 6000 is much better for that.

ps47 wrote on 17.03.10 at 20:40:25:

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/741/im001343.jpg

did you know how owns the daytona AGP from this series of pictures?

goriath wrote on 17.03.10 at 01:50:06:

razrx wrote on 17.03.10 at 00:40:29: I have heard someone named Nightbird from 3dfxzone.it has one. Should be correct. That one should be from ^SiRtA^/Amigamerlin used for test and review

As I said in a brief reply, thanks to Amigamerlin that bring Rampage to Italy, Paolo (aka ^SiRtA^ from nexthardware.it) made tests and review of the sample. He was the owner. Next, Rampage was sold to someone. Today that person should be Nightbird from 3dfxzone.it

exxe wrote on 19.03.10 at 12:55:10:

ps47 wrote on 17.03.10 at 20:40:25: http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/741/im001343.jpg did you know how owns the daytona AGP from this series of pictures?

its Vykupitel from 3dfx.cz,he should still have it.


..the thing is,you can see two different rampages on that italian photo.one got sold (Nightbird),but wonder what happened to the other one..

ps47 wrote on 19.03.10 at 09:12:56:

they cannot do much,really,the drivers (and the boards themselves) are alpha,but they are functional enough to run quake3 in opengl mode and half-life1 in d3d mode..no glide support (was supposed to be provided via glide to opengl wrapper,if memory serves),UT runs only in software mode. http://www.atris.it/files/rampage/quake6.jpg http://forum.nexthardware.com/attachments/schede-video-e-acceleratori/1237-rampage-road-games-screenshot-updated-hlrampage.jpg?stc=1 if you are asking if rampage can be used for some oldschool gaming,the answer would be no-v5 6000 is much better for that.

My guess is that the drivers are the biggest issue for the Rampage boards (programmer's intuition).  I understand that the boards were still in alpha stages and contained bugs, but if the specs of the Rampage were out there, I think a better 3rd party driver can be written.  Probably not worth it though, assuming that most of the critical features weren't finished (i.e. Programmable pipeline).