Hello dudes! My first topic here, so don't laugh at my modest English...
I recently received one dead Voodoo 3 2000 (card only). As I used other 3DFX products in the past, I knew that the retail cards were produced at STB Mexico, but there were few OEMs licensed to produce video cards powered by Voodoo GPUs, often with different PCB design.
My unfortunately dead Voodoo 3 2000 that just came into my posession has original 3DFX design, with minor exceptions (a few different looking capacitors). On the PCB there is marked:
"(c) 1999 STB SYSTEMS, INC." on the front and
"3DFX Interactive 210-0364-003" plus 3dfx logo on the back.
Almoust the average, one in a million Voodoo 3 2000 piece... But, surprise: on the front PCB there is a sticker that states:
"MADE IN CHINA"I have no foto camera to upload pictures of the card, but lucky me..., as I googled for the serial number on the back (other sticker) I received only one result: one topic on 3dfx.cz 's forum, with pictures included. I cannot understand the language so it gave no real use to me, but there is the link:
http://forum.3dfx.cz/viewtopic.php?t=319Maybe somebody here can translate it for me...
But first the fotos linked from there:
My Voodoo has PCB date:
0300 and on the AGP notch:
4 -different than on the fotos, the rest is the same: REV C...
Please help me identify the OEM of this card and if possible provide me a translation of the topic at forum.3dfx.cz (
http://forum.3dfx.cz/viewtopic.php?t=319 )
Is it a rare card? I think it is the reference Voodoo 3 2000, but assembled in China ??? Anybody here owns such a piece?
Thanks! 8)