Now.

Let me guess: Primary Image Piranha? Since you already own a Barracuda it's the next logical step... ;)

Gary like we all would say :)

Can't wait for benchmarks and a small review from your self about the experience, perforamnce and image quallity of it and what it's speacial features are :)

Anyways Good to see you still gett'n nice 3dfx additions hehe.

wrote on 05.09.06 at 22:15:53:

Since you already own a Barracuda it's the next logical step... ;)

Logical.. yes, but not easy.

pictures downloading from camera now.

wrote on 05.09.06 at 22:22:54:

Can't wait for benchmarks and a small review from your self about the experience, perforamnce and image quallity of it and what it's speacial features are :)

Not sure on that, I don't even know if the board works.

What a piece of equipment though! Came from Europe via a contact in the UK, I'm VERY lucky.

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15810-1/piranha_one.jpg

ah from one Reid Campbell maybe?

wrote on 05.09.06 at 22:41:10:

ah from one Reid Campbell maybe?

Nope, this board has nothing to do with 3dfx or Quantum3D.

Aside from using 3dfx chips!

This was a production board, assuming you had the (buckets of) cash.

anyways still looks very demanding Gary 8)

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15814-1/piranha_two.jpg

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15817-1/piranha_four.jpg

VGA output and "floppy" power connector.

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15820-1/piranha_five.jpg

Backside.

Can we expect multi-texture benchmarks from this puppy? (Compared to a standard Voodoo Graphics a Q3D SB50-4440 and a Q3D 100DB?)

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15826-1/piranha_three.jpg

Voodoo Graphics SLI with 6 TMU total, 64 MB of ram.

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15829-1/piranha_six.jpg

wrote on 05.09.06 at 23:17:02:

Can we expect multi-texture benchmarks from this puppy? (Compared to a standard Voodoo Graphics a Q3D SB50-4440 and a Q3D 100DB?)

No idea- Depends if the board works and if the applications support 3 TMU's.

wrote on 05.09.06 at 23:01:47:

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15814-1/piranha_two.jpg

Hey gary what's het white gum like stuff in the right foreground?

wrote on 05.09.06 at 23:29:15:

Hey gary what's het white gum like stuff in the right foreground?

I think it is sealer around a power regulator, why it is like that I dont know.

wrote on 05.09.06 at 23:19:36:

Voodoo Graphics SLI with 6 TMU total, 32 MB of ram.

This means 16 MB per Voodoo Graphics chipset = 4 MB per chip (1 FBI + 3 TMU = 4 chips)...

If Q3D would have built such a card it would have been the Obsidian 100SB-4444.

That is really awesome - normal Voodoo Graphics had one TMU, Q3D which was high-end hat two TMU's but this is the monster par excellence aka highest-end...

wrote on 05.09.06 at 23:32:40:

That is really awesome - normal Voodoo Graphics had one TMU, Q3D which was high-end hat two TMU's but this is the monster par excellence aka highest-end...

$8000-$9000 USD+ per board (if my notes were right)

I have to double check the ram chip markings, the P-I ads indicate 64 not 32 mb of ram with the SLI board attached.

wrote on 05.09.06 at 23:32:40:

This means 16 MB per Voodoo Graphics chipset = 4 MB per chip (1 FBI + 3 TMU = 4 chips)... If Q3D would have built such a card it would have been the Obsidian 100SB-4444. That is really awesome - normal Voodoo Graphics had one TMU, Q3D which was high-end hat two TMU's but this is the monster par excellence aka highest-end...

Yes it certainly is...  ... If there was a 100SB 4444 it would have been 24MB

And it looks like you can strap (SLI) more cards together?

Any insight on that Gary?

You can hook 8 of them together, and a cruncher too.

See: http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/primary_image.htm

there is a bunch of info there in regards to the board.

Happy-Happy! The disc I was given is chuckloaded with drivers, demos and manuals, yippie!

wrote on 06.09.06 at 03:34:30:

Does this one require external power?

The manual doesn't indicate so but it does have a connector that looks like for a floppy drive plug.

I will proceed with caution of course.

Those stand-offs look a lot like the ones on the 100DB 4440 proto-type.

Are they the same?

Quote:

Backside

Is it just me or does it have a big A$$...LOL! ROFL! LMAO! ;D

Anyhow - jokes aside... :P

PLEASE GOD LET IT WORK! :o

(screenies and benchies if it does though...) ;)

Site updated with pics and pdf file.

I'm testing the board now, so far not bad.

1) The board's green LED's are all lit.

2) Windows detects 2 Voodoo Graphics based devices.

Just waiting for drivers to transfer over the network...

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15875-1/piranha_properties.jpg

GLQuake Please ;D

or Quake3 Arena ver 1.32 if possible ;D it should be able to run Q3A fine since it has a whopping 64 MB of ram!

wrote on 07.09.06 at 05:11:36:

GLQuake Please ;D

Not sure that will work with Pirahna, but might with Barracuda.

You see a glide driver is required and both these boards run through Tempest which doesn't have a normal glide handle.

I do have glide dll's for Barracuda though.

hmm maybe the glide.dll's of the Barracuda might work on the Piranha, since the Big Barra should be able to do the same 3d renders as it's predecessor the Piranha ;)

Just an idea there :) If that does not work what about the Glide.dll's of a Voodoo Graphics or an Obsidian 100DB-4440?

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15879-1/pi_screenshot.jpg

Piranha running Tempest tank demo at 1024 x 768

wrote on 07.09.06 at 12:53:33:

hmm maybe the glide.dll's of the Barracuda might work on the Piranha, since the Big Barra should be able to do the same 3d renders as it's predecessor the Piranha ;) Just an idea there :) If that does not work what about the Glide.dll's of a Voodoo Graphics or an Obsidian 100DB-4440?

Tried them all already (last night as a matter of fact)

did you make any kills with that Tank which look like an Abrams Tank :)

@Gary - I'm assuming  that you had the same problem as  the Q3D stuff with Screen cap. programs... ::)

...namely that a camera picture shows ALL the detail that the card renders, whilst a screen cap. program only captures one TMU and looks crappy. :P

Then again. maybe not - I'm just assuming! :-X

Have not had a chance to try any screen cap problem, the one picture I took was minutes before I had to leave for work  ;D

wrote on 05.09.06 at 23:01:47:

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15814-1/piranha_two.jpg

I'm happy to see it's functioning. I was concerned when I saw the writing on the back bracket. It looked a lot like "def." as in defective.

wrote on 08.09.06 at 04:59:57:

I'm happy to see it's functioning. I was concerned when I saw the writing on the back bracket. It looked a lot like "def." as in defective.

Developer maybe? So far the board functions flawless.

Worked on the Barracuda board tonight, still have a bit of work to do before I try running it again. Some stuff was knocked off by the lout on Ebay.

Maybe tomorrow I'll try some more screenshots, I think I have hypersnap around here somewhere...

use IrFaNView Gary it works perfect with OpenGL, Direct3D and Glide Screenshots :)

You can ven set the gamma if pics are too dark and so on and sharpen them if needed.
here's IrFanView, It free and it's all you need!:
http://tucows.alaska.net/files2/iview398.exe

wrote on 08.09.06 at 12:29:44:

use IrFaNView Gary it works perfect with OpenGL, Direct3D and Glide Screenshots :)

I can try it but I'll stress this point again- The Piranha card doesn't use any of those API's.

Just Tempest.

wrote on 08.09.06 at 12:29:44:

use IrFaNView Gary it works perfect with OpenGL, Direct3D and Glide Screenshots :)

No dice- Piranha works with two monitors and the program captures whatever the primary screen is showing.

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15932-1/tempest_screenshot.jpg

I did get a nice screenshot of the Tempest control panel though.

I figured out how to get the screenshot to function  ;D

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15936-1/tempest_blokes_1.jpg

Some troops working out.

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15939-1/tempest_tank_1.jpg

Joyriding about in a tank.

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15942-1/tempest_flight_1.jpg

Coming in for a landing!

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15945-1/tempest_flight_2.jpg

Amazing stuff for 1996!!!

Nice B744 Gary !! w000t B744 = Boeing 747-400 ;)

does it fly well, is there also a cockpit mode?
Anyways the graphics look pretty sicko for that time of day, man glad to see you got it's runn'n and does it need Windows NT4.0 + SP6 to run or does 98SE do the job well enough?

There is an "inside view" but I have not found a cockpit setting yet.

Runs fine under Windows 98SE.

press F1 is the game while running it :) might show some key instructions :)

wrote on 09.09.06 at 19:44:12:

press F1 is the game while running it :) might show some key instructions :)

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/15932-1/tempest_screenshot.jpg

wrote on 09.09.06 at 19:20:28:

There is an "inside view" but I have not found a cockpit setting yet.

There is none. The early glide games never used cockpit view. It's the same for all early glide games. I never knew why is that so... D3D had the cockpit view.

wrote on 09.09.06 at 20:08:54:

There is none. The early glide games never used cockpit view. It's the same for all early glide games. I never knew why is that so... D3D had the cockpit view.

Piranha doesn't use GLIDE.

Quote:

Joyriding about in a tank.

If it was really a realistic simulator - you could blow up / squish the cow! ::)

YUMMM - Instant Hamburgers! :o

LOL! ;D

Some numbers came back to me today in regards to production numbers:

Piranha 100 to 175
Barracuda 350 to 750