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Reply #15 - 29.10.13 at 15:20:53
 
osckhar wrote on 29.10.13 at 11:53:50:
komponent- do you want to go for V3 PCI @32Mb mod?

I don't have money available to buy one.  Cry Many projects I could have completed are postponed indefinitely due to lack of funds. So go for it if you want to!
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Reply #16 - 29.10.13 at 18:36:41
 
Well, I do have one, I can send to you for shipping costs, maybe with the deal that I can buy it back for the modding costs + shipping if all works well?!
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Reply #17 - 30.10.13 at 01:23:21
 
osckhar wrote on 29.10.13 at 11:53:50:
komponent- do you want to go for V3 PCI @32Mb mod? If you go for this I have in mind a Banshee @32Mb. I have some idea what resistor are needed to set 16Mb with only 4 memory bank. Now looking for ELITME 4Mb 5.5ns per chip.

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Niether the Banshee nor V3 will use the extra ram since they only operate in 16 bit color.
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Reply #18 - 30.10.13 at 07:04:48
 
...and only 256x256 texture support. So I guess if it works we won't see any performance benefit at all.
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Reply #19 - 30.10.13 at 08:28:51
 
gdonovan wrote on 30.10.13 at 01:23:21:
osckhar wrote on 29.10.13 at 11:53:50:
komponent- do you want to go for V3 PCI @32Mb mod? If you go for this I have in mind a Banshee @32Mb. I have some idea what resistor are needed to set 16Mb with only 4 memory bank. Now looking for ELITME 4Mb 5.5ns per chip.

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Niether the Banshee nor V3 will use the extra ram since they only operate in 16 bit color.


but won't the extra ram be used if the resolution is crancked up high enough? Or would it require such a resolution that it would become unplayable anyway?
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Reply #20 - 30.10.13 at 09:30:26
 
Agree 99'9% this memory upgrade will not work but until we did not try, we will not know. I think card will boot up showing 32Mb on display video bios but possible not benefit performance. I want to check if card respond using high resolution.

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Reply #21 - 30.10.13 at 09:31:18
 
as I said, I have a card available which can be used
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Reply #22 - 30.10.13 at 09:43:06
 
Not enough raw power and missing featureset (2k texture support) will kill the benefit of more memory.

But it would be nice to see the card just recognizing 32MB  Smiley
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Reply #23 - 30.10.13 at 10:37:39
 
it will just be a POC (Proof of Concept) then, jsut cause it can or can't be done.
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Reply #24 - 30.10.13 at 20:52:28
 
I'll try to do the Voodoo3 to 32Mb possibly next week. Let me see if I can borrow one card from a fellow countryman. It would be easyer and faster this way.
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Reply #25 - 31.10.13 at 10:17:23
 
@komponent, I will be out at least 10 days. So, go for V3 MOD. I want to see bios screen showing 32Mb Voodoo3.  Cheesy

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Reply #26 - 15.11.13 at 17:21:21
 
@Osckhar: Did you manage to find some time for unsoldering the BGA chips  on the dead 6k card ?
The V5-6000 @256Mb will be one of a kind  Smiley
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Reply #27 - 25.11.13 at 11:55:39
 
Komponent wrote on 30.10.13 at 20:52:28:
I'll try to do the Voodoo3 to 32Mb possibly next week. Let me see if I can borrow one card from a fellow countryman. It would be easyer and faster this way.


Hi komponent,

Did you try the mod?

This weekend I got a V3-3000 pci SGRAM and I was checking the bios. I was wrong- I thought the card used resistor  strapping for enable 16Mb with only 4 sgram chips but seems the card also used the set 2 sgram chipset. So I dont think is possible to enable 32Mb easy manner. Since first should to find the right strapping for enable 16Mb with only 4 chips bank without second sgram chipset enabled and later to enable the second sgram chipset once added the extra 4 modules chip... Or perhaps I am wrong.

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Re: Voltmod guide Voodoo5 5500 PCI and Voodoo4 AGP&PCI
Reply #28 - 25.11.13 at 17:50:38
 
Yes, I tried it and didn't work.  Angry
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Reply #29 - 26.11.13 at 11:09:57
 
Pity to hear it and the problem is there is not a datasheet for AVENGER chip, but I guess if 3Dfx used the second sgram chipset for enable 16Mb with only 4 chips. Possibly there is not another way to do it and will not be possible to enable extra 16Mb.  Cry Cry Cry

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