3dfx Archive - Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI

Komponent Senior Member Offline 3dfx modder Posts: 282	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #15 - 29.10.13 at 15:20:53 osckhar wrote on 29.10.13 at 11:53:50: komponent- do you want to go for V3 PCI @32Mb mod? I don't have money available to buy one. Many projects I could have completed are postponed indefinitely due to lack of funds. So go for it if you want to!
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ultima God Member Offline Always searching Posts: 876 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #16 - 29.10.13 at 18:36:41 Well, I do have one, I can send to you for shipping costs, maybe with the deal that I can buy it back for the modding costs + shipping if all works well?!
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Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI
Reply #17 - 30.10.13 at 01:23:21

osckhar wrote on 29.10.13 at 11:53:50:

komponent- do you want to go for V3 PCI @32Mb mod? If you go for this I have in mind a Banshee @32Mb. I have some idea what resistor are needed to set 16Mb with only 4 memory bank. Now looking for ELITME 4Mb 5.5ns per chip.

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Oscar

Niether the Banshee nor V3 will use the extra ram since they only operate in 16 bit color.

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Loeschzwerg Senior Member Offline AAlchemy PSU maker :-) Posts: 396 Germany -> Bavaria -> Augsburg Gender:	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #18 - 30.10.13 at 07:04:48 ...and only 256x256 texture support. So I guess if it works we won't see any performance benefit at all.
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Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI
Reply #19 - 30.10.13 at 08:28:51

gdonovan wrote on 30.10.13 at 01:23:21:

osckhar wrote on 29.10.13 at 11:53:50:

komponent- do you want to go for V3 PCI @32Mb mod? If you go for this I have in mind a Banshee @32Mb. I have some idea what resistor are needed to set 16Mb with only 4 memory bank. Now looking for ELITME 4Mb 5.5ns per chip.

Regards,
Oscar

Niether the Banshee nor V3 will use the extra ram since they only operate in 16 bit color.

but won't the extra ram be used if the resolution is crancked up high enough? Or would it require such a resolution that it would become unplayable anyway?

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Aerocool Strike-X Air
SuperMicro H8DAE
Dual Opteron 280 @ 2.4Ghz (4 cores)
4 x 1GB PC3200
3DFX Voodoo5 5500MAC PCI
WD 160GB ATA100/133
Diamond MonsterSound MX300
Windows2000 SP4

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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #20 - 30.10.13 at 09:30:26 Agree 99'9% this memory upgrade will not work but until we did not try, we will not know. I think card will boot up showing 32Mb on display video bios but possible not benefit performance. I want to check if card respond using high resolution. Regards, Oscar.
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ultima God Member Offline Always searching Posts: 876 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #21 - 30.10.13 at 09:31:18 as I said, I have a card available which can be used
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Loeschzwerg Senior Member Offline AAlchemy PSU maker :-) Posts: 396 Germany -> Bavaria -> Augsburg Gender:	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #22 - 30.10.13 at 09:43:06 Not enough raw power and missing featureset (2k texture support) will kill the benefit of more memory. But it would be nice to see the card just recognizing 32MB
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ultima God Member Offline Always searching Posts: 876 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #23 - 30.10.13 at 10:37:39 it will just be a POC (Proof of Concept) then, jsut cause it can or can't be done.
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Komponent Senior Member Offline 3dfx modder Posts: 282	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #24 - 30.10.13 at 20:52:28 I'll try to do the Voodoo3 to 32Mb possibly next week. Let me see if I can borrow one card from a fellow countryman. It would be easyer and faster this way.
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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #25 - 31.10.13 at 10:17:23 @komponent, I will be out at least 10 days. So, go for V3 MOD. I want to see bios screen showing 32Mb Voodoo3. Regards, Oscar.
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m14radu God Member Offline Take your chance ! Posts: 555 Timisoara, Romania Gender:	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #26 - 15.11.13 at 17:21:21 @Osckhar: Did you manage to find some time for unsoldering the BGA chips on the dead 6k card ? The V5-6000 @256Mb will be one of a kind
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Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI
Reply #27 - 25.11.13 at 11:55:39

Komponent wrote on 30.10.13 at 20:52:28:

I'll try to do the Voodoo3 to 32Mb possibly next week. Let me see if I can borrow one card from a fellow countryman. It would be easyer and faster this way.

Hi komponent,

Did you try the mod?

This weekend I got a V3-3000 pci SGRAM and I was checking the bios. I was wrong- I thought the card used resistor strapping for enable 16Mb with only 4 sgram chips but seems the card also used the set 2 sgram chipset. So I dont think is possible to enable 32Mb easy manner. Since first should to find the right strapping for enable 16Mb with only 4 chips bank without second sgram chipset enabled and later to enable the second sgram chipset once added the extra 4 modules chip... Or perhaps I am wrong.

Regards,
Oscar.

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Komponent Senior Member Offline 3dfx modder Posts: 282	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #28 - 25.11.13 at 17:50:38 Yes, I tried it and didn't work.
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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI Reply #29 - 26.11.13 at 11:09:57 Pity to hear it and the problem is there is not a datasheet for AVENGER chip, but I guess if 3Dfx used the second sgram chipset for enable 16Mb with only 4 chips. Possibly there is not another way to do it and will not be possible to enable extra 16Mb. - Oscar.
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