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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: What's this??? Reply #15 - 26.10.04 at 14:37:26 Quote: push No information.
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: What's this??? Reply #16 - 26.10.04 at 15:20:40 someone in 3dfxzone.it said it must be a prototype because of the early manufacturing date (week 6 in 1998 )
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: What's this??? Reply #17 - 02.11.04 at 18:32:43 i got it today!!! -90Mhz speed (Ram is 100Mhz labeled) -only one TMU (instead of 2) -only 4MB RAM (2MB Frame Buffer Memory + 2MB Texture Memory) -Windows recognizes it as a normal voodoo 2 -3DMark2001 runs only in 640x480, exactly 1000 Points
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: What's this??? Reply #18 - 03.11.04 at 15:43:58 could be "DCI" the brand of the card? (located on the back of the card besides the VGA connector) I did not found any information on google...
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: What's this??? Reply #19 - 03.11.04 at 16:13:10 DCI is just the board plant or sub-contractor
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: What's this??? Reply #20 - 11.11.04 at 20:13:15 okay, in x3dfx Forum one said, it is a kind of a never built Voodoo Graphics 2 .... looks possible to me!
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jblue Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 67	Re: What's this??? Reply #21 - 03.04.05 at 21:53:46 It a Voodoo2
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Chosen_One Senior Member Offline Keeper of the BIOS-files... Posts: 499 Germany Gender:	Re: What's this??? Reply #22 - 04.04.05 at 18:45:45 if you read the thread carefully you come to the conclusion that this card cannot be a normal Voodoo2.... i have the same opinion like tm30...a never released voodoo graphics 2 protoype...i guess there is no other possibility which descripes this card better than a voodoo graphics 2 prototype...
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: What's this??? Reply #23 - 04.04.05 at 19:08:30 I speculate that we can name the prototype "Voodoo 2 Value Edition", since it's only HALF a V2... ...opinions anyone? ???
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: What's this??? Reply #24 - 04.04.05 at 19:45:06 I don't think the design is all that strange. The Voodoo Graphics had such a layout and what better way to test a new chip with an already proven layout?
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Reply #25 - 04.04.05 at 21:46:15

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I don't think the design is all that strange. The Voodoo Graphics had such a layout and what better way to test a new chip with an already proven layout?

Show me one Voodoo Graphics with this layout of the RAM-chips. Wink

At most Voodoo Graphics the RAM is located in two rows to the right hand of the two 3dfx-chips. Although I've seen some different layouts of Voodoo Graphics (Skywell, VillageTronic, miro/canopus) I never saw this layout with RAM-chips above and below the RAMDAC.

As stated by TM30 himself: the card is recognized as a Voodoo 2 but with only one TMU, the inscriptions on the chips (CK=chuck, BE=bruce) indicate that, too.

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Reply #26 - 05.04.05 at 18:33:13

Full ACK @ Eye-Q Grin

this is definatly not a Voodoo Graphics,

we said it many times before...

or do you ever have seen someone running 3dmark 2001 with a voodoo graphics? or a voodoo graphics with "bruce" and "chuck" chipset???

someone said alredy that it was mentioned once in a magazine, but noone knows where ("budget voodoo 2" or "voodoo graphics 2")

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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: What's this??? Reply #27 - 05.04.05 at 18:39:41 I never said it _is_ a Voodoo Graphics. I said it _looks like_ a Voodoo Graphics.
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: What's this??? Reply #28 - 05.04.05 at 21:07:08 not really...
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OutOfRange Senior Member Offline Posts: 348 Switzerland Gender:	Re: What's this??? Reply #29 - 05.04.05 at 21:35:09 sry but why are you talking for nothing about what a card is or looks like when they is defintely based on voodoo 2 ???
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