Okidok, after a day of hard work (and only half of the available Hardware looked at), I got a preliminary list done :

Identify 3dfx Hardware
http://www.falconfly.de/identify-3dfx.htm

It's basically aimed at non-3dfx people who need to find some useful Information and general Driver Support in one place.

Since no Website on earth (!) seems to list the 3dfx-specific model Numbers, even Users familiar to 3dfx might find it useful to identify less known models, or get at least a chance to find out exactly what manufacturer actually built the Card at hands, if in doubt.

Still alot of stuff missing, e.g. Video RAM for several cards, overall Page polishing and Sorting etc.
The ID Section is planned to get cross-linked to the Virtual Showcase (Images of each Card and Retail boxes where available), which should give final confirmation if still in doubt.

In the end (when finished), the Data, Identification features, Specifications and Images from the cross-linked Sections will offer the unique chance to make a solid Identification and Evaluation possible, even if only equipped with fragments of Information or minimal details.

(latter might also come in handy to safely Identify interesting EBay Items, for which sellers often have only generic desriptions and/or poor Imagery)

PS.
Feel free to double-check the List for errors and/or voice your Opinion

Definitely

I also already have some cases where I'm simply not sure, and even the FCC ID's don't seem to exist in the FCC Database

So far, I got an ATC2465 Card that is green (but might be no A-Trend), and a supposedly Typhoon 3D MAX that looks similar to the Retail Box image, but actually has a Yakumo Sticker and slightly different writings on it (?)
(FCC ID: I27MM-VI02A , but that is nowhere to be found)...

What I could really use, would be the 3-letter FCC ID Code for all Manufacturers, that ever did 3dfx based Cards.
(Searching the other way around seems almost impossible, at least I didn't get useful results from the FCC Database)

I know, and I didn't use those 3dfx-specific Model/Product Numbers for FCC searching

I only used those that actually had "FCC ID :" next to them.
Still, those few I needed failed for me; either I didn't grasp the concept or they're simply not there...

I think I'll tackle the FCC part again on Wednesday, when I return from work.

Hm (?)
I didn't see him posting that anywhere...?

Oh well, anyway, we'll continue and improve the list with more Cards/Version soon.

Hm, this is really difficult for some Cards.

So far, I got :
- above 'duplicates' on the Voodoo1...
- a Macronix VoodooRush, that (identical P/N and FCC ID) could be a 2theMAx , Gainward Dragon 2000 or a Cardexpert one
- ambiguity between a "Voodoo3 1000" OEM (which might not actually be a true V3-1000, and the 3dfx/STB Velocity 100

It'll probably take me days, if not weeks, to figure those ones out

Thanks for the Info, I really would like to sort out those Cards that can run normal Voodoo3 Drivers, and those that would need the Velocity Drivers (or appropriate RegTweaks).

Since the Visitors of the New Page likely have no clue what they're holding in their hands (the reason they typed Model Numbers into a Search Engine), I'd like to keep these things straight
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The list that I could build is now complete, with the exception of a handful Cards still built into some of my Systems.
I will look at those in 2 days, should be several Hercules Stingray 128/3D, a Powercolor Voodoo4 4500/TV and another Macronix VoodooRush.

From there on, I'd like to ask Patience and all other Collectors to scan through their Collections for confirmation of existing numbers and/or extension with more/different Cards or Markings.

Beware though, that this is a pain in the arse *g* , and one has to take care not to list (useless) running Serial Numbers
But a good ROT (Rule of thumb) is : the more Markings/Numbers, the better

Okidok, thanks

Already, I believe the Voodoo3 1000 definitely has 16MB (although, stick a Cooler on it, and you could call it a Velocity 200? ), while the top 2 Cards (Velocity 100 I reckon) should have 8MB...

If possible, check the Model Numbers.
I expect
210-0380-001-A0 or -xx on the 2xVelocity 100 and
210-0383-001-A0 or -xx on the V3-1000

Trouble starts, should we find those Model numbers mixing across, or one of the Velocity 100 launch with a Voodoo3 1000 Video Bios Startup-Screen

And would be nice to know, if the V3-1000 (w/out Cooler) actually runs at 125MHz Stock speed. (seems pretty high without any Heatsink).

Just be careful testing the Cards, especially in newer Systems (IMHO they can get lightning hot within Seconds if they exhibit the known "Temperature Bug", almost killed a Creative 3D Blaster Banshee PCI that way )

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The Velocity is a Voodoo 3 chip with the TMU disabled in software or bios, this was proven in several reviews most notably Anandtech. He showed a "hack" to enable the other TMU.