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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM...
29.07.04 at 21:47:56

Hello, today I was google'n around and I came accros this strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM:

Can anybody explain what type it is.

Were there also Voodoo3 2000 & 3000 AGP's wth SGRAM as the PCI versions are? What I do remember is that there is a Voodoo3 2000 AGP with SGRAM But I can't find a pc of it anymore.

Okay I came across this one on ebay:

Looks like a Voodoo3 2000 AGP with SGRAM:

hier is the main link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=40157&item=5112390067&rd=...

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM... Reply #1 - 29.07.04 at 23:06:12 The top one is a picture of one of the 10 or 20 Beta boards 3dfx sent out to review sites late feb/march'99 You can see other boards pictured in Tom's Hardware and Sharkys reviews. The bottom one just looks like an early V3 board with a heatsink.
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FalconFly YaBB Administrator Offline 3dfx Archivist Posts: 2445 5335N 00745E Gender:	Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM... Reply #2 - 30.07.04 at 08:34:52 IMHO, both images show an identical Card, someone needs glasses Nice find there, looks you got one of the rare, early designs there.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM... Reply #3 - 30.07.04 at 11:48:34 Quote: IMHO, both images show an identical Card, someone needs glasses Open the bottom one in photoshop and crank the gamma, it doesn't have a fan.
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FalconFly YaBB Administrator Offline 3dfx Archivist Posts: 2445 5335N 00745E Gender:	Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM... Reply #4 - 30.07.04 at 12:29:15 I know, but the Fan/Cooling is usually optional (and always tended to vary over time). The PCB is what makes the Card special, and this is the early Voodoo3 PCB, regardless of actual Cooler used.
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DenisF Senior Member Offline So fluffy it hurts Posts: 409 Israel Gender:	Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM... Reply #5 - 30.07.04 at 12:31:23 And while we're at it - that pcb is sooo sexeh!
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM... Reply #6 - 30.07.04 at 14:11:48 MX200-32 http://www.yjfy.com/oldhard/video/voodoo3.htm bottom card looks a bit like it. babelfish translation; Japanese - English: http://babel.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yjfy...
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM... Reply #7 - 30.07.04 at 14:21:29 Quote: The PCB is what makes the Card special, and this is the early Voodoo3 PCB, regardless of actual Cooler used. Quote- The bottom one just looks like an early V3 board with a heatsink.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM... Reply #8 - 30.07.04 at 14:25:37 Quote: MX200-32 Looks just like a Compaq pcb card.
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM... Reply #9 - 30.07.04 at 14:36:32 Quote: Looks just like a Compaq pcb card. You may be right. It seems to have connections for TV out, DVI and something else.
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janskjaer

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Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM...
Reply #10 - 30.07.04 at 19:31:36

But if you look closer, they both have that extraordinary 'Voodoo 3' logo, which was used in the early stages of Voodoo3 dev. And it also has the OLD 3dfx logo!

If I'm not mistaken, the retail boards had that removed and have the NEW 3dfx logo!
I would imagine this also applies to compaq boards as the boards were released to Compaq and Gateway, at the same time the retail boards got distributed to customers. Would that be right?

I would go with the card being an early beta board myself.

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: Strange Voodoo3 AGP with SGRAM...
Reply #11 - 31.07.04 at 05:56:19

Quote:

The top one is a picture of one of the 10 or 20 Beta boards 3dfx sent out to review sites late feb/march'99

You can see other boards pictured in Tom's Hardware and Sharkys reviews.

The bottom one just looks like an early V3 board with a heatsink.

Well I do not have it Undecided

But I just came across it on ebay, I also collect 3dfx pics. And this one made me wonder a little Wink

But hey it would be nice to have.

I thought that you already had it Cheesy

P.S. this quote was meant for FalconFly

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