My friend from Italy has put this interesting card on ebay. As most of you know this is the fastest piece under the 6K range.


http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5155525883

Well yes the card is indeed pretty expensive. However keep in mind that this card has 5.4ns RAM and runs at 183 Mhz what makes it a bit special. Eventually we will see what the price will be.

*ugh*

Now that's one hell of an expensive Card there.

Although special, I doubt it'll reach 1800 Euro.

It all depends of the cash flow of the DIe hard 3dfx fans.

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Although special, I doubt it'll reach 1800 Euro.

Hehe I can remember one of these going for 1500 euro. However 1800 might be a little bit too much, I agree. Like 3Dfx_tweaker said it all depends on crazy people like us.

hello to everyone, i'm the A3 owner.
price is not too high!
now it's very hard to find this card and  to be impossible to find an A3.... ;) ;) ;)

That's right it defenitely is a rare card. But if there are any rich sellers around is the question. For 1800 euro's you could build an entirely new computer.

Hehehe just half a day online and already at 505 $

and it's missing something look carefully:

here the Rev.A3 3400's of Ebay and yes it's NT2000's card ;)
http://i16.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/2d/84/53_1.JPG
http://i6.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/2d/1c/3d_1.JPG

and here a Rev.A3 3400 the way we know it mostly:
http://www.pconline.com.cn/pchardware/foreline/graphics/10312/pic/248691_2.jpg

Yes, this is what I meant, that little flap like the one the Rev.A1 1500 has  8) So for 1800's Euro's noway because it's missing a very well known part, I'd say 1200 at the most ;)

But indeed very true:

http://www.pconline.com.cn/pchardware/foreline/graphics/10312/pic/248691_4.jpg

This is insane, in just 5 minutes:


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Current bid:  EUR 1,510.00 (Reserve not met) (Approximately US $1,971.08 )

OMG! this is rather Insane it's not a Rampage ! only the price it is now is a total rampage ! lol  :D

wrote on 09.01.05 at 15:49:00:

Sorry to say but for me, now this auction is dangerous

Full ack! All bidders with zero feedback.

wrote on 09.01.05 at 14:17:02:

hello to everyone, i'm the A3 owner. price is not too high! now it's very hard to find this card and  to be impossible to find an A3.... ;) ;) ; )

Rare is in the eye of the beholder- I have a car that is very rare, but if no one wants it then it has no value at all even if it is the only one made.

wrote on 09.01.05 at 15:49:00:

Sorry to say but for me, now this auction is dangerous If i was the seller, never i will accept a bidding from some people with 0 feedback since they are on Ebay (24/08/2003 and 12/09/2004).

why???
if they want to buy this card?
no paying bidder will be receive negative feedback and report to ebay ;D ;D ;D
..... no problem for me  ;)

wrote on 09.01.05 at 19:50:15:

why??? if they want to buy this card? no paying bidder will be receive negative feedback and report to ebay ;D ;D ;D ..... no problem for me  ;)

LOL!

Except you lose you listing fee and you have to pay ebay a percent of the "sale" even if you never get paid buy the "winner"

And getting money back from Ebay is like getting blood from a stone.

Also don't forget once someone "wins" you auction they can trash your feedback with a negitive and ebay WILL NOT remove it.

Very distressing if you have worked hard for your feedback and they have "0" and can just start another account.

wrote on 09.01.05 at 20:15:38:

Didn't think that one day, i would read that...  ;D Where is the problem for somebody with 0 feedback ?? -1 ? So let's hope only for you that they are not like some people liking to play with money and the auctions, like we can see "sometimes" on Ebay... Money is exciting when you don't own it...

Yes, I agree with patience :)....I think that people with (0) feedbacks that start his experience on ebay with a item sooo expensive :o, they are no "common" purchaser, but they are people that register them self only to purchase "Voodoo5 6000 very rare card", because they are searching for it. So they are "newbie", they wouldn't know difference between 100€ and 1000€ ::)....

I hope that someone have understood my "italian-english" ;D

wrote on 09.01.05 at 15:26:54:

and it's missing something look carefully: Yes, this is what I meant, that little flap like the one the Rev.A1 1500 has  8) So for 1800's Euro's noway because it's missing a very well known part, I'd say 1200 at the most ;)

What's missing???


What "little flap"

The back plate is missing, I'm sure that's not what your talking about.

maybe the power hookup....but i don't think its really missing...it's original ;)

wrote on 09.01.05 at 22:29:34:

What's missing??? What "little flap" The back plate is missing, I'm sure that's not what your talking about.

If you carefully at this photo of a Rev.A3 3400 it has a little flap behind the AGP connector at the end of the card:

http://www.pconline.com.cn/pchardware/foreline/graphics/10312/pic/248691_2.jpg

but the ev.A3 3400 from ebay has no flap on it:
http://i16.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/2d/84/53_1.JPG

So that's my pioint, look clearly at the cards and you'll see what I mean.

He means the extra PCB on the bottom of the card that was meant to be cut off in the factory the boards where made. For me it has very much extra value if its not broken off and I discussed t with Obi-Wan several times. Really, for most people it means nothing, they rather have the board without it.

and the fact that he has to pay for listing fee
and risking a non paying bidder.

Very scarry to get 0 feedback dudes.. sigh, I've had so much problems with em.

I ban them from my auctions, it is your right as a seller to set rules.

ahh I see. Thanks for pointing it out for me.

Is this the newest rev. for the 6K? For some reason I was thinking 1500/2500/3500 and 3500 being the newest of course.

thought there was a Rev 3700 also
but eitherway, im not in for a fight for that card with its current price LOL.
I'd probably gotta eat less if I even think of being the winner of that auction =)

3700 is the last revision.

this is the real photo of my card:

http://www.sl-italia.it/p1.jpg

http://www.sl-italia.it/p2.jpg

Edited- Please resize pictures if going to be shown on the forum please.

No more then 800 wide or 1024 wide at the most.

I see that the AGP to PCI converter has a white connector, what is that for, is that for extra power ?

I wish you the best NT2000
I have just got a fraud case where I lost $560 dollars due to credit card charge back when the buyer claim that I have not sent the item.

Even with proof of delivery and proof of item purchased, could not save me from losing those funds
Especially when you ship to an unconfirmed address and you are inegligeble for seller's protection policy. I'm talking about DUMB paypal. They can't even help me in any case.

In the opposite case when I purchased an X800XT PE card from a fraud seller. Paypal could not offer 100% refund, and gave me a mere 50% refund. saying they regret this issue and will work on resolving the issue.
PAYPAL is just so dumb sometimes.

its all the 0 feedback idiots doing this. So be careful if the highest bidder has 0 feedback,
especially from South America. Don't be like me.

though I would say yours is a large amount of money involved on ebay and also a very rare item indeed.

wrote on 10.01.05 at 21:34:53:

its all the 0 feedback idiots doing this.

I actually time the end of my auctions so I can be on hand- I have one window refreshing the "items for sale" so I can watch several at once, another window open to the cancel bid page, another window open to the ban bidder page and the final window open to "report bad person to ebay" page.

well good for you,
Im sure you've been well prepared. I'm a newbee learning about all the bad sides and ups and downs of ebay.. sigh

Well, I recently had a good experience with paypal.
I bought a V5-5500 boxed in the USA, transfered the money but never got the item. Seller didnt respond to emails, so I filed a complaint in paypal. 14 days later I got my money back.

well I did have the same type of experience with my DOA Voodoo5 from Annecy From France.  Bought it a an Auchan, and it was sealed so I couldn't say it didn't work.

Came home after a 1287 KM dribe, and I tested the card, don't worry this card was meant for use it was the year mid 2000, so I tested the card, it worked fine in 16 Color mode, I installed the drivers which were added on the CD, and o oh, my PC crashed, the screen went crappy stripes everywhere, I tested it in Linux Debian and there Linux saw the the card as a Voodoo4 4500 and not a Voodoo5 5500. I let the card be examined, by my friend Japie struik, he knows lots about videocards, he found out the VSA-100 -A  was in good shape but it;s memory was dead and VSA-100-B was in bad shape ant it's memory was in good shape, but even Linux Debian crashed in a while, which was a bad sign because Linux Debian is normally uncrashable, it isn't Microsoft which is a big difference.

So I starten E-Mailing that Auchan, but they never replied the Lame basterds. Never got a reply, I sent like 40 Mails in a year time, never got a reply so that was like 734 Euro's down the drain yyaaaaayyy. very Bigh SIGH.

So that is when I stated to get the idea that the Voodoo5  wasn't a safe product, my collegue which lives about 15 KM away from me had the same but he did recieve his money back, so then I back off from 3dfx for good, Anyway i did have the Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP from Geneve Switserland, and I swapped it for Japie's Voodoo4 4500 PCI, just to see what 3dfx FSAA was, and that Voodoo4 4500 PCI still gave me hope and so 2 years later I saw a nice boxed Voodoo5 5500 AGP, it was from a bloke from Canada who was for a short stay in the Netherlands,  his nephew wanted a Voodoo5, be he had one so he sold it on Marktplaats.nl, so I called the guy, asked if that Voodoo5 5500 was still in great codition, becaus my experience with My DOA and that  of my colleague wasn't that great.

His name was Johnathan, he said with true words that this card works perfectly, so I bought it and I'm still useing it ever since, bough it on Friday, March 15 2002, and that was the daythat my good feeling for 3dfx came back :)

Anyway bad experiences are a risk even when buying new or old gear.

wrote on 11.01.05 at 04:57:23:

well good for you, Im sure you've been well prepared.

Experience is often a harsh teacher.

very true gary,
and I am learning it the hard way at the age of 23

wrote on 11.01.05 at 09:33:56:

Well, I recently had a good experience with paypal. I bought a V5-5500 boxed in the USA, transfered the money but never got the item. Seller didnt respond to emails, so I filed a complaint in paypal. 14 days later I got my money back.

How many days passed from when you paid the item and you filed compliant in paypal, Rolo01? (sorry, this phrase is very bad :-[, but this is the best that i can do....)

Yeah I didn't know you could do that with PayPal. I was thinking of using a credit card, some protection there.

Yeah its more like me against the Credit Card company now rather then dealing with the buyer itself. Because when he claimed that he did not buy the item. the CC company credits back the funds to him and then go looking for me to get compensation for what they have lost.

I don't know but my account got frozen by paypal before.
They have suspected me to have illegal funds and barred me from withdrawing funds, sending money and receiving payments.

Paypal never compensated for the trouble they caused me.
customer service told me, "if you want continue using paypal services, you have to comply with our terms and agreement." in a rude way.

I guess I have been the minority that has been victimized badly. Felt as if the government was going after me for some big time fraud activity.
In the end they found me innocent

@ Goriath

Three weeks after I paid for the item I had heard nothing from the seller, I got no delivery and he did not respond to emails. I was unsure what to do because in his first emails he seemed to be honestly and serious.
I then checked his feedback on ebay and guess what :
2 other buyer left bad feedback exactly with the same reason I was experiencing. So I filed a complaint in paypal. I guess the seller didnt respond to their emails as well, so I got my money back...

That's good to know. I tried work through SquareTrade, Talk about a waste of time and the $20.00 USD I spent to have a mediator only to tell me this issue cannot be resolve therefore I am closing the case.

omg, that sounds so paypal to me.
I guess, they are just there to earn the money.

CC is still very insecure I feel.
especially for online payments.

well 3dfx people I just came accros this V56K Rev.A 3700:

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3762&item=5156414029&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

also very absrud pricing 1600 Euro's  :-/

Hey that's the guy that bought a t-shirt from me :D

yeah okay but 1600 Euro's for a Rev.A 3700 , sorry too insane. >:(

He is italian too.
Yes for 3700 revision, 900€ is right price but 1000€ is MAX! All strongly IMHO, of course ;D

Too rich for my blood :o

yeah i think only in europe that these prices can be actually imaginable..

Wish him good luck. Its sure big bucks

nah , there are quite alot of owners in Europe that have one, in USA or Asia or Australia they are way more Rare than in the European Union.

so what they are asking for it that is rediculous.

If I were still in Australia, and I saw it for that money maybe then I would have gone for it, but still it's alot of AUS Dollars, well over the 3500 AUSD, could buy a good occasion Car for that, so still it would be a little overboard, Ya know what I mean.      :-/

Like I have mentioned before, it certainly is going to be interesting to see if bidders are up for that price.
:)

1600$ for a v5 6000 is quite normal here in germany...iwellius sold his v5 6000 3700 final rev for about 1200 euro...

I got my V5 6000 Rev 2600 A2 for $929.00 shipped.
and I thought it was already one big bomb planted inside my wallet.

I suppose I won't afford the final revision then.

Had a couple of offers before, one even went as low as $595 Rev 3.
Unfortunately, I have just upgraded my PC and cannot afford to buy it. I regret it until today