3dfx Archive - Hypothetical questions

NitroX infinity

YaBB Moderator

Offline

Posts: 1936
The Netherlands
Gender: male

Hypothetical questions
11.10.04 at 07:38:34

Some hypothetical questions related to this topic:
http://www.falconfly-central.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=techtalk;action=displ...

1. What would a Voodoo 5 with 128MB RAM be called?
(5600/5700/5900?)

2. What would a Voodoo 5 with a modified PCB be called? (One chip on each side (effectively reducing the size of the board), 128MB RAM)

3. What would a Voodoo 5 'Daytona' be called? 5800?
And would the amount of RAM change that number?

If so, what would the following be called?
V5 Daytona 64MB / V5 Daytona 128MB / V5 Daytona 256MB / V5 Daytona 512MB

Back to top

My Blog

IP Logged

R21vo

Junior Member

Offline

Posts: 85
Latvia
Gender: male

Re: Hypothetical questions
Reply #1 - 11.10.04 at 08:43:36

Quote:

1. What would a Voodoo 5 with 128MB RAM be called?
(5600/5700/5900?)

I guess 5600

Quote:

2. What would a Voodoo 5 with a modified PCB be called? (One chip on each side (effectively reducing the size of the board), 128MB RAM)

Maybe 5600S..

Quote:

3. What would a Voodoo 5 'Daytona' be called? 5800?
And would the amount of RAM change that number?

I guess 5800 with 128 DDR RAM, 5700 with 64 DDR RAM.

Quote:

If so, what would the following be called?
V5 Daytona 64MB / V5 Daytona 128MB / V5 Daytona 256MB / V5 Daytona 512MB

512? Don't you think it's too much for card like this? Wink

Back to top

the man who makes not collects

IP Logged

NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #2 - 11.10.04 at 13:26:23 Why would 512MB be too much? Would run Doom3 a lot better Another question: Is Daytona a native PCI card (Like Napalm) or is this the first native AGP card from 3dfx?
Back to top	My Blog IP Logged

gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #3 - 11.10.04 at 14:40:03 Quote: Is Daytona a native PCI card (Like Napalm) or is this the first native AGP card from 3dfx? You have to refine your question a bit- The Banshee was an AGP part. The VSA-100 was the first part that would do AGP x 4. The 5500 doesn't do x 4 due to it's 2 chip design, I think it had something to do with winblows.
Back to top	Rampage is alive! IP Logged

NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #4 - 11.10.04 at 15:19:10 A Voodoo 5 (Napalm) or any 3dfx videocard for that matter runs at PCI66 or something like that. Which means that the card is a native PCI card. Was the Daytona also a native PCI card or was this a full-blown AGP card?
Back to top	My Blog IP Logged

gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #5 - 11.10.04 at 15:26:42 Quote: A Voodoo 5 (Napalm) or any 3dfx videocard for that matter runs at PCI66 or something like that. Which means that the card is a native PCI card. No- it means Windows doesn't support the dual chip setup in the proper AGP modes. The Voodoo 4 is a AGP x 4 card, the V5 isn't for the above reason.
Back to top	Rampage is alive! IP Logged

NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #6 - 11.10.04 at 15:29:22 Oh, I misunderstood the whole PCI66 thing then
Back to top	My Blog IP Logged

gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #7 - 11.10.04 at 15:43:42 Quote: Oh, I misunderstood the whole PCI66 thing then PCI slots run at 33 mhz AGP slots run at a base mode of 66 mhz plus AGP modes if the card supports them. The Quantum3D S-12 Obsidian2 AGPTV runs at 66 mhz bus compared to other Voodoo 2 cards =)
Back to top	Rampage is alive! IP Logged

NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #8 - 23.10.04 at 13:42:53 I was thinking, with all this talking of expanding memory on the V4/5 cards and a Dutch guy trying to mod his V2's; Is there a chip that lets you control the speed of the graphics-chip and the memory seperately?
Back to top	My Blog IP Logged

janskjaer Ex Member	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #9 - 23.10.04 at 16:43:18 You mean like RadLinker for Radeons? Not that I am aware of, by maybe someone else knows of such a 3dfx tool.
Back to top	« Last Edit: 23.10.04 at 16:43:31 by N/A » IP Logged

NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #10 - 23.10.04 at 16:56:40 Nonono, not a tool! An actual chip that you can put on a PCB so that you can regulate the speed of the memory and graphicschips seperately. Sorta like the northbridge for motherboards with which you can control the speed of the CPU and the memory seperately.
Back to top	My Blog IP Logged

3Dfx_tweaker Junior Member Offline Posts: 85 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #11 - 23.10.04 at 20:56:38 This would be very usefull, for ALL the voodoo's
Back to top	IP Logged

NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #12 - 23.10.04 at 20:58:24 Yeah, especially for the Daytona 200MHz core, 400MHz memory
Back to top	My Blog IP Logged

DenisF Senior Member Offline So fluffy it hurts Posts: 409 Israel Gender:	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #13 - 23.10.04 at 20:59:02 Redesigning a 3dfx board? count me out.
Back to top	[ Powered By: ] [ Abit NF7-S Rev2.0 ] [ AMD Athlon-XP Mobile 2600+@200x12 1.7v ]&&[ GeiL Golden Dragon PC3200 512mB Dual Channel Kit ] [ ATi Radeon 9700 PRO 128mB ] && IP Logged

3Dfx_tweaker Junior Member Offline Posts: 85 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Hypothetical questions Reply #14 - 23.10.04 at 21:03:56 Yeah, thats the problem, But The chip used will be very likely small, and it would just look like a lot of re-wiring. It wouldn't look good, but if it works it is okay.
Back to top	IP Logged

	Welcome, Guest. Please Login