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Title: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP with black heatsink
Post by Thandor on 29.12.14 at 10:55:20

A little bit special: a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP with black heatsink. I don't recall seeing this before. The V3 3500TV also has a black heatsink but with a part cut off.

Note that not all the pictures in the eBay ad. belong to this card.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-3Dfx-Interactive-VOODOO3-3000-16MB-AGP-video-card-210-0364-003-WORKING-2-/351267099741?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item51c926945d

Picture for future reference:

Title: Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP with black heatsink
Post by m14radu on 29.12.14 at 14:12:09

yes, never saw one of this before :)

Title: Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP with black heatsink
Post by mirage111 on 29.12.14 at 14:18:10

Interesting, I've never seen this before.

Right, in the pictures there is at least two different cards, the one with black heatsink and one made in China. Can not understand why people do this in the ads...

Title: Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP with black heatsink
Post by RaverX on 29.12.14 at 16:52:08

Maybe the heatsink it's simply painted by the original owner, from what I see in some areas the pain is not there anymore and you can see the original silver color.

Or the entire heatsink was replaced, I have seen a lot of cards with heatsink replaced, one example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3Dfx-Voodoo-Banshee-16MB-AGP-RARE-/301460067896

Title: Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP with black heatsink
Post by Thandor on 29.12.14 at 21:41:34

mirage111 wrote on 29.12.14 at 14:18:10:

The picture with 'Made in China' is probably a mixup (or lazyness) by the seller; in one of the other ads he/she sells a Voodoo 3 with 'Made in China' sticker.

RaverX wrote on 29.12.14 at 16:52:08:

Maybe the heatsink it's simply painted by the original owner, from what I see in some areas the pain is not there anymore and you can see the original silver color.

It's either a bit damaged or a very good paint job. Inside the holes that don't have pushpins it's black as well and the black matches the black color of the V3 3500TV.

Title: Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP with black heatsink
Post by goriath on 02.01.15 at 14:08:12

The card also lack of two SDRAM caps, they seem popped off.

Title: Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP with black heatsink
Post by Varus on 02.01.15 at 19:44:51

I have in my collection one V3 3000 card with black heatsink. It is orginal heatsink not repleaced or pained.

Title: Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP with black heatsink
Post by Thandor on 02.01.15 at 21:11:58

Very nice, Varus.

It also lacks a capacitor in the right top corner. Does the card work? And what is the PCB date of that card?

Title: Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP with black heatsink
Post by Varus on 02.01.15 at 21:49:06

PCB date is 4599. Card if fully working. But i tested the card after I soldered the missing capacitor.