Hi ya all

well since the 3dfx Specter aka Rampage 2000 cards have been famed by all of us and yes some of us have them too, consider yourselves greatfull hehe.

Well to get this one go'n :) Are there any shots of the Rev.A0 4600 card as the Rev.A1 4700 card on one shot?

If somebody has a photo with both Rampy's on one shot, would it be possible to see that ?

These cards must cost like buying a new Daihatsu Cuore or something :-X
http://www.autotrack.nl/img/daihatsu/cuore.jpg
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http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14905-2/DSCN0138.jpg ;D

Friendly regards.

Jedi Master,

Obi-Wan Kenobi.

anyways all I have seen were some shots of some Rev.A1 boards aka the Rev.A1 4700's:

With AAvid Fan:
http://www.forumzone.it/public/uploaded/amministratore/2003430121121_rampy_s.jpg

With Clampshell Heatsink:
http://www.forumzone.it/public/uploaded/amministratore/2003430121148_rampy2s.jpg

but what about a nice pic of the Rev.A0 4600 board how does that one look lke compared to the Rev.A1 4700 boards?

That is what I am after a photo with a Rev.A1 4700 like we know them today with and without the clampshell heatsink and a pic of a Rev.A0 4600 togeather on one shot.

Quote:

3dfx Specter aka Rampage 2000

Uhm, Rampage is the codename. The cardnames would have been Specter 1000, 2000 and 3000. And the cards on the photo's you posted are all Specter 1000 cards.

I know but the card's bios is Rampage 2000 ;) and since these cards are longer well known by thier code names ;)

Do not worry i know what they are called ::)

Where have you seen/heard that?

from Gary smartass :)
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/rampage.htm

Just scroll down teh page and you will see for yourself


@ Gary

My apollogies for linking your Rampage info site, but I had to show him the real evidence lol  ::)

Oops, missed that bios image :P

no problem, but I also seen it from other Rampage keepers ;)

Anyways the only Rev.A0 4600 pics I have seen were the ones with the glueclamp:
http://www.3dfx.cz/rampage/ramp_t1.jpg

this is the card I am looking for, for a top and bottom view of that card.
The ex-3dfx employee Andy Handson seemed to have been part of the Rampage program :
http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=1156050

"#40,   They are real. Just like I remember from the lab.   :  Andy Hanson ...."

So was this Dolomite dude:

"Those are real. I know, I used to work for 3dfx.

121A is the Vendor ID for 3dfx. The version of PCI.EXE that is running on that monitor is from around '95, and Intel didn't put our Vendor ID into their exe. Run PCI.EXE with a V5 in your rig and you'll see 121A as the vendor ID string.

The reason it looks so wierd is that THOSE ARE BRING UP BOARDS!! (Note the AGP riser card for testing bus timings) It is not indicative of the final board at all."

here more info I have come across:
http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?comments=13666

So these are Bring Up boards, I still wonder how they look like from top as bottom view, anyways what was so different from these compared to the Rev.A1 4700's?

just wondering, how many of those cards made it out of the 3DFX doors before they were shut down for good?

wrote on 20.12.06 at 17:10:05:

Oops, missed that bios image :P

What the engineers called it and what the final product name (determined by marketing dept) will be are two different names.

Recall that Voodoo 3 was first called Banshee II then Avenger before it became Voodoo 3. Early bios images actually indicate "Avenger" not Voodoo 3

wrote on 20.12.06 at 20:29:31:

just wondering, how many of those cards made it out of the 3DFX doors before they were shut down for good?

A total of 20 were made (estimated) of the 20 the location of 4 are known.

Of the first batch (10) a number were known to not function or at best were used for PCB/Ram testing.

I just that the other 16 missing cards pop up one day, just hope they weren't destroyed  :'(

What were these cards caable of, could they run the Quantum3D OpenGVS demo's and did Quantum3D have plans for an AALchemy system based on VSA 200 orsay Rampage 2000?

wrote on 20.12.06 at 23:16:46:

I just that the other 16 missing cards pop up one day, just hope they weren't destroyed  :'(

I doubt they will pop up, they technically were property of Nvidia after all.

Were lucky a few slipped out, from what I understand most of 3dfx assets were checked at the door to prevent them from wandering off.

time we went to NV and had a peek inside haha like they would ever agree there ::)

I mean what usage does NV have from those Rampage cards for usage of thier later chips? If I were them I would sell 'em to a 3dfx community or so ;D, well that's my kind thinking then heh :)

I suspect most if not all were auctioned off to help pay for 3dfx debts or ended up in a landfill.

well still happy tom see that Hank and you have these glorious cards :)

But I was wondering if there are detailed shots of the Bring Up Boards, are they just like the Rev.A1 4700's but then without the ram and jumpers and so on?

a nice pic of a bring Up Board would be very nice, top view as back view ofcourse :)

Gary, you got one of these things? How did you manage that if you weren't working there? Just really curious. Nice to have connections.   :P  Kind of figured Hank would have one and also figured that Nvidia locked the place down when they took over, it's why I aske my question the way that I did.

wrote on 21.12.06 at 17:15:39:

Gary, you got one of these things? How did you manage that if you weren't working there?

Just lucky to be in the right place at the right time.

some benchmarks of that card would be great Gary :)

without FSAA, with FSAA x2 & x4 :)

if possible with the following games :)

Descent3
Quake3
Unreal Tournament Game Of The Year Edition 1999
3D mark 2001 SE default benchmark @ 1024 x 768 x32 ;)


May The Force Be With You on this one :)

wrote on 21.12.06 at 21:15:28:

some benchmarks of that card would be great Gary :)

One day, patience my Jedi friend =)

yeah norries hehe  Master Jedi :)

I'm sure it has a Hyper Drive ;D