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Obi-Wan_Kenobi
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hmm The Velocity 200 Box mystery.
24.05.05 at 15:32:00
 
Hi every one, today i ahve been scrolling throug some old topics, and as far as we do know now is that the Velocity 200 has only been in Prototype fase, well I did come acros this fron DenisF:

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I actually have a velocity 200 that i bought off ebay yonks ago, i *might* have the box somewhere, if i didn't throw it away (we're talkin 3~ years ago here..)..

if it's THAT important i'll look for it.. otherwise i won't miss it that much tbh..


Hmm Denis are you sure you had a boxed Velocity 200? if you are very sure you did have one, how did it look like and what was it's color sceme?

Because, the wierdest thing is, that the Velocity 200 is only known as a prototype .
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Reply #1 - 26.05.05 at 11:21:35
 
As far as I can remember, the Velocity 200 was sold in shops within the UK!

I remember a few years ago, just after the V4/V5 series were launched, I went into the GAME store, in a shopping Mall near where I live called Meadowhall.  As soon as you walked into the store, the V3/4/5 series were right in your face, and higher up on the shelves were the Velocities.  I remember picking up the Velocity 100 and I'm pretty sure I picked up the 200 as well.
I remember because I remember thinking "What the hell are these?  I've never heard of these 3dfx cards before".

The Velocity 200 box was copper/brownish in colour.  But EXACTLY laid out like the velocity 100 box.  I remember reading the back of the boxes, and when I realised they weren't mainstream cards for games, I soon put them down and browsed around the rest of the shop.

Back then, I wasn't the big 3dfx fan I am now, although I was still interested in the Voodoo series nevertheless!  Grin
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Re: hmm The Velocity 200 Box mystery.
Reply #2 - 26.05.05 at 12:16:44
 
Do u have pictures of it?
i can imagine how it looks like since I do have the retail Velocity 100

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Re: hmm The Velocity 200 Box mystery.
Reply #3 - 26.05.05 at 13:35:00
 
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Do u have pictures of it?
i can imagine how it looks like since I do have the retail Velocity 100
Unfortunately not.  Sad  Like I said, I put it back.  I never bought one.

At the time, when they first hit the shops, I wasn't looking for a new card upgrade as I was still satisfied with my Creative 12Mb V2 SLI setup (which was getting on around 2 years old at the time).  I remember going in that day and spending about half an hour reading the back of every Voodoo3/4/5 and Velocity box!  Grin
I remember the Voodoo5 being about £279.99 GBP, and one of the Velocities was around £160.00, although I can't honestly remember which, the 100 or the 200. Sorry.  Sad

But back then, because the Velocities weren't the top of the range cards, nobody took any interest in them.  They  already had plenty to choose from with the Voodoo series and nVIDIA's GeForce2 family hitting the shops!

If I can remember correctly, the 200 may have been a 16Mb card, but cannot be 100% sure!

Just imagine the 100 box, but where there's blue, there's a
copperish brown colour
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Hope that helps.  Smiley
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Reply #4 - 26.05.05 at 14:12:12
 
More like this ?
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Reply #5 - 26.05.05 at 14:38:36
 
Someone been busy in photoshop?
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Reply #6 - 26.05.05 at 14:56:42
 
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Someone been busy in photoshop?
Yep, but I hope it looks a bit like the real one that janskjaer mentioned  Smiley
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Re: hmm The Velocity 200 Box mystery.
Reply #7 - 26.05.05 at 18:53:49
 
looks real enough.,
thats exactly what I figured in my head.

thanks thandor!  Grin
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Reply #8 - 26.05.05 at 19:13:44
 
You'd better put a 'fake' tag on it before people actually start mistaking it for the real deal. Grin
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Reply #9 - 26.05.05 at 20:00:57
 
...
3dfx Velocity 200 Retail 'Euro Version'
Even with 16MB High Speed memory  Grin
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Reply #10 - 26.05.05 at 20:15:28
 
Jeez!  Grin  That's pretty much spot on!  I thought that was actually it!  Smiley

That's exactly how I remember it.  You could not have got it any closer.

Well done.  Very impressive, to say you did it 'blind', not knowing yourself, what it looks like.  Grin
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Reply #11 - 26.05.05 at 20:18:28
 
The thing I fins strange is that there are no real photos of the card anywhere!  I cannot believe this.  Surely, there must be some, somewhere.
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Reply #12 - 26.05.05 at 20:20:03
 
Maybe we have to contact the '3dfx retailbox designer' to ask some things Wink
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Reply #13 - 26.05.05 at 21:48:05
 
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The thing I fins strange is that there are no real photos of the card anywhere!  I cannot believe this.  Surely, there must be some, somewhere.


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Re: hmm The Velocity 200 Box mystery.
Reply #14 - 26.05.05 at 21:49:26
 
The sticker on the Bios Chip raises more question than the Pic solves *ugh*

So if the Velocity 200 was a Voodoo3 2000, where would be the difference ?
Maybe 2nd TMU still disabled by the Bios and Drivers ?
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