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20.12.05 at 15:49:20
 
Hello dudes! My first topic here, so don't laugh at my modest English...  Smiley
I recently received one dead Voodoo 3 2000 (card only). As I used other 3DFX products in the past, I knew that the retail cards were produced at STB Mexico, but there were few OEMs licensed to produce video cards powered by Voodoo GPUs, often with different PCB design.
My unfortunately dead Voodoo 3 2000 that just came into my posession has original 3DFX design, with minor exceptions (a few different looking capacitors). On the PCB there is marked: "(c) 1999 STB SYSTEMS, INC." on the front and "3DFX Interactive 210-0364-003" plus 3dfx logo on the back.
Almoust the average, one in a million Voodoo 3 2000 piece... But, surprise: on the front PCB there is a sticker that states: "MADE IN CHINA"
I have no foto camera to upload pictures of the card, but lucky me..., as I googled for the serial number on the back (other sticker) I received only one result: one topic on 3dfx.cz 's forum, with pictures included. I cannot understand the language so it gave no real use to me, but there is the link:
http://forum.3dfx.cz/viewtopic.php?t=319
Maybe somebody here can translate it for me...
But first the fotos linked from there:
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My Voodoo has PCB date: 0300 and on the AGP notch: 4 -different than on the fotos, the rest is the same: REV C...
Please help me identify the OEM of this card and if possible provide me a translation of the topic at forum.3dfx.cz ( http://forum.3dfx.cz/viewtopic.php?t=319 )
Is it a rare card? I think it is the reference Voodoo 3 2000, but assembled in China ??? Anybody here owns such a piece?
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Reply #1 - 20.12.05 at 19:25:39
 
Hi,

I own the same card its not that rare. There is another card that was listed on the forums that is much rarer and looks similar. Cheesy The card is a Voodoo 3 2000 Grin
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Reply #2 - 20.12.05 at 21:19:17
 
That's normal chinese V3-2000. Quite rare in USA and Europe but typical for ex-USSR and Asian markets.
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Reply #3 - 21.12.05 at 01:33:09
 
Welcome to our corner of 3Dfx land Komponent! 8)
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Reply #4 - 23.12.05 at 09:30:24
 
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Welcome to our corner of 3Dfx land Komponent! 8)

Thanx! Great guys here ... You keep Voodoo power still alive!
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That's normal chinese V3-2000. Quite rare in USA and Europe but typical for ex-USSR and Asian markets.

OK, I got the ideea, my card is not common here in Europe, but it is just one in a million on asian market. That still doesn't answer my question: If this model was mass produced in China, what company produced this cards?
It is just a clone of 3DFX reference model for Voodoo 3 2000, that's clear, but I know nothing of 3DFX Interactive having any factory in China, ... or did they had assembly lines there?
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Reply #5 - 02.01.06 at 12:38:05
 
No informations yet about the manufacturer...
Maybe it is one black-market video card, so-called vapor-ware?
We have chinese members here; no answer means even the chinese guys know nothing about the company that produced the clone Voodoos "made in China".
Well... maybe it has some collector vallue after all... Anybody interested for a trade? Or all the collectors here allready have such a piece? This Voodoo doesn't seem so common after all...
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