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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #30 - 18.02.05 at 17:59:48 No- This is a 200SB with 16 MB instead of 24 MB of ram. It has TWO Voodoo II chipsets on it, not one.
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #31 - 19.02.05 at 00:57:59 Quote: It has TWO Voodoo II chipsets on it, not one. I still admire that SBi with on 1 V2 chipset on it How r@re can that be?
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Re: Luck of the Irish?
Reply #32 - 19.02.05 at 01:26:29

Actually there is two and the clarity of image rendering is striking, it's the first thing you notice.

Cut'n paste time.

"Actually, I told him about the crisp output and he said that was because the output on that board was not routed near something (terminology that went over my head) that normally causes small amounts of degradation. Or something like that... I have
emailed him to scribble down some of the details so you can post it."

I'm trying to work a deal and obtain the second one as well.

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Reply #33 - 19.02.05 at 04:06:48

So IQ better than a standard V2 but certainly not exceeding the production 200SBi that is awesome. I think it couldn't be said better that in Oscars eBay listing.

"200SBi is that it has a slightly better visual quality than the X-24 or 200SB. This is a phenomenon both I and the only other gamer I know who uses a 200SBi have noticed, and we can only assume it's because the SLI connection is kept on one board as PCB traces instead of using pins which could be more prone to interference. The 200SBi is in my opinion the ultimate 3dfx video card for real-world use, because it's the most advanced (and cool looking) Voodoo2 SLI design and Voodoo2 cards can be used alongside more modern 3D cards."

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #34 - 19.02.05 at 04:43:24 Quote: So IQ better than a standard V2 but certainly not exceeding the production 200SBi that is awesome. NO- the image qualty EXCEEDS the regular 200SBi.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #35 - 26.02.05 at 06:21:34 http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/album81 <fixed links>
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #36 - 26.02.05 at 07:47:31 Wow! look at those 2 dually cards! Those are nice!!! Did you score everything pictured from the same person?
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #37 - 26.02.05 at 07:54:30 Just came from the gallery. Never seen so many not-for-sale 3dfx cards grouped together before. Nice catch!!
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edmundoab God Member Offline Settling down back in Malaysia Posts: 651 Shah Alam, MALAYSIA Gender:	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #38 - 26.02.05 at 09:57:10 fantastic! now thats a real dream for me
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Re: Luck of the Irish?
Reply #39 - 26.02.05 at 14:00:07

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Never seen so many not-for-sale 3dfx cards grouped together before.

The only card that isn't unique is the Voodoo3-2000 on the lower right, and even then I'm not sure as it has an odd decal on the back I have to investigate.

All the rest have "not for resale tags" or are stupendously rare (Avenger with 3dfx LCD chip, 4500 Copper PCB) and a 3dfx internal Banshee 34/98 date.

The shirt and golf markers were from Ebay, everything came in one shot yesterday.

The only card that doesn't work is the copper 4500... but a scan of the PCI bus shows that it is there so there is a very good chance it can be repaired. The 5500 with no ram I didn't bother plugging in as it appears to be some sort of a test board and with no ram or heatsinks...

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omega_supreme Full Member Offline Posts: 220 Netherlands Gender:	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #40 - 26.02.05 at 14:13:52 That voodoo 5 5500 is working without any memory?
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Re: Luck of the Irish?
Reply #41 - 26.02.05 at 14:22:04

I thought of that as I was drinking my coffee..

(I need a sign over my desk that reads "don't post while under the influence of beer or under insufficient amounts of coffee")

That one I did not even think of plugging since I don't expect it to do anything. Seller indicated it had something to do with power supply testing related to the recall they had on the early 5500's.

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omega_supreme Full Member Offline Posts: 220 Netherlands Gender:	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #42 - 26.02.05 at 14:43:04 hehe allright Well, I already thought you forgot about it but since the little v3 also has no memory visible I though I should ask.
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #43 - 26.02.05 at 17:00:26 Quote: but a scan of the PCI bus shows that it is there so there is a very good chance it can be repaired. Is it a broken trace on the PBC? I've had pretty good luck repairing motherboards the people got careless with a screwdriver while mounting the heatsink/fan on the CPU.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Luck of the Irish? Reply #44 - 26.02.05 at 17:04:48 Quote: Is it a broken trace on the PBC? I doubt it.
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