http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/

Of course I'm a raging perfectionist and don't think it's quite polished as much as I'd like but sometimes the best thing to do is toss it out there and see if it floats.

I'll tweak and refine as I go along so keep an eye on it for changes and additions.  ;-)

Thanks for those who gave me input while I was banging away at the code.

Gary

@gdonovan,

Your site looks great  ;), always makes me happy to still people such as yourself who have a genuine fondness for and appreciation 3dfx's role in the pc gaming revolution  ;D

Even if its out of pure nostaligia, I intend to have/keep my 3dfx cards/systems for a long time  ;D

Missing the V5 5000 cards, the Daytona 4800, the VoodooTV FM and the DesktopTV and the V3 was also available at a 125MHz speed ;)

Perhaps you have some use for this one:
http://members.home.nl/markhuizing/voodoos.xls

Too bad I'm too busy with school otherwise I would've updated it again :'(

And don't forget this Czech site:
http://www.no-x-files.webz.cz/3dfx.htm

Perhaps my fotoalbum can also be of use when looking for Voodoo's:
http://www.tweakers.net/gallery/48384/fotoalbum

wrote on 27.09.04 at 22:29:09:

Missing the V5 5000 cards, the Daytona 4800, the VoodooTV FM and the DesktopTV and the V3 was also available at a 125MHz speed ;)

The site documents cards that I own, not ones I don't own yet.

V3 125 mhz is the first card listed on the V3 page.

wrote on 27.09.04 at 22:29:09:

And don't forget this Czech site: http://www.no-x-files.webz.cz/3dfx.htm Perhaps my fotoalbum can also be of use when looking for Voodoo's: http://www.tweakers.net/gallery/48384/fotoalbum

Czech site is at the top of the links page, will add your site now.

Ah, I thought it was just a site listing all cards ;)
(That's why I gave the link to my fotoalbum, to help you in you search)

But don't list my site, since it's not a site :P
It's just a fotoalbum I got at that site since I became a subscriber.

(and it's NitroX; no space :D)

"NitroX's 3dfx gallery- A great collection of pics!"

Hmm, maybe I could make the v6000 button at the bottom of the page a gif and animate the fans =)

wrote on 27.09.04 at 20:47:12:

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/ Of course I'm a raging perfectionist and don't think it's quite polished as much as I'd like but sometimes the best thing to do is toss it out there and see if it floats. I'll tweak and refine as I go along so keep an eye on it for changes and additions.  ;-) Thanks for those who gave me input while I was banging away at the code. Gary

Well done gary, really, mabey this coould be nice Hint for as an add-on to your lovely 3dfx site:

A guest Book or so ;) So visitors can post what they like best of your collection, or ask you things like:

"What gave you the idea to collect these wonderfull things "

Take that as an example :)

But I would like to see a photo of the backside of the Voodoo3 2000 Prototype, just wanna see how memory is layed under that Avenger chip, I hope you don't mind me asking this.

With Friendly Regards,

Obi-Wan Kenobi.

P.S. The Force of 3dfx is in you.

wrote on 27.09.04 at 23:50:04:

A guest Book or so ;)

I'll consider it but they tend to attract a bunch of morons who post tastless rubbish.


Quote:

But I would like to see a photo of the backside of the Voodoo3 2000 Prototype, just wanna see how memory is layed under that Avenger chip, I hope you don't mind me asking this.

Nothing to see, the backside is blank!

The ram is in between the chip and front side PCB.

I will take and post a different picture though, like the one for the Quantum3d S-12 AGP showing both sides.

that's true unles you could use a spam filter or something like should exist? and indeed Patience's idea is also a way of cleanig up the guest book.

Updated- heavy metal/quantum3d/prototypes.

VoodooTV 100: :)
http://www.tweakers.net/ext/i.dsp?FotoAlbumID=15508&format=full&ext=.jpg

Great site!.....Since my knowlwdge of Voodoo cards has more than a few gaps in it your site has been a  helpful resource for me.

I appreciate the time you have put in on it.

Thanks!

I think I'm going to break the Quantum3d area up into more pages. Obsidian/Obsidian2/Mercury and Raven with Voodoo3. The main quantum page is just getting to large to load proper on a modem.

<edited>

DONE

whats with your villagetronic mp750?

links: the pics from the site www.bisschen.info are from guenter.f68 i guess...but i'm not sure ;)

wrote on 30.09.04 at 22:12:16:

whats with your villagetronic mp750? links: the pics from the site www.bisschen.info are from guenter.f68 i guess...but i'm not sure ;)

1) The MP750 is still in route from Europe, I just purchased a 300 mhz G3 Mac to test my Mac cards too! A steal at $101 shipped and it has a 5500 in it!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5722763134

Chances are I'll sell the Mac 5500 card and reclaim most of my cash =)

2) I'll leave it as is till someone claims the page but note the name.

Thanks!

nice job, i really like it :)

wrote on 01.10.04 at 05:05:29:

nice job, i really like it :)

Ideas/plans/thoughts

The boxes page-

When you click on a box thumbnail a larger window opens displaying the box in 800 x 600 AND the contents laid out.

Benchmark page-

Will have a series of benchmarks (current list glquake/quake ii/quake II/turok/maybe unreal) showing relative fps difference between all obsidain and major 3dfx cards when cpu speed isn't a factor.

Test machines page-

Will show the 3 testbeds used for testing cards including new 300 mhz Power Mac purchased for testing mac boards.

Case pages-

Intend to build a few "period" 3dfx theme pc's with cases with clear side window cut into the shape of the old powershield logo.

More pictures added to quantum3d pages now that they have been broken up.

Mercury tech page covering hurtles needed to bring Mercury brick back to function (cables/drivers/etc)

Master list page maybe (like on collectors page here)

3dfx triva and fact page with information compiled from around the net like postings from Hank S., old interviews, etc.

Must get sleep.

Methinks you'd better put a 'reserve' on that MAC V5500 card @gdonovan... ::)

Check out what I WON today (and more importantly - the price!) ;D

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5126282036&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

WOOHOO! 8)

wrote on 02.10.04 at 02:43:15:

Methinks you'd better put a 'reserve' on that MAC V5500 card @gdonovan... ::) Check out what I WON today (and more importantly - the price!) ;D

You lucked out- I sold my 5500 AGP card for $44 with no box at all, the Mac version with box usually clear $75

A few pics on obsidian2 page updated to larger images with less compression, three new pics of 90-2440 are up as well.

I'll be changing the card pics over as time permits from 500 pixels wide & #1 Photoshop compression to 600 pixels wide #2 Photoshop compression.

wrote on 30.09.04 at 22:12:16:

whats with your villagetronic mp750?

Picture was posted of the MP750 a day or two ago, nice card!

A bunch of sections are still getting reworked-

The VSA section was completed with new pictures, the Mac section was re-done, the prototype section was redone (with three new cards added, woop!) The V1 page was updated, the timeline was updated, and the Obsidian page was updated.

Still need to re-shoot the Obsidian 1/2 cards as I'm not happy with the current pictures except for a few.

Obsidian2 and Heavy Metal pages updated, better images and you can now click on some of them for 1024 wide images in new windows.

Man the site was mentioned on [H]ard OCP and the server is getting pounded today! The server owner is laughing his stones off, he said he never seen anything like it.

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/offsite/hardocp.png

Can you guess when the link was posted?

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/offsite/hardocp3.png

Follow up on server use.

All new pics are up in the Obsidian section and 4 new boxed cards are up in the box section. The new cards when you click on them, instead of a larger version of the box you see the box with contents displayed.

As soon as I can all of the boxed cards will be that way.

Gary

Directory hit stats-

=====================================

3dfx 52,519

3dfx/boxes 79,240 <- yikes! lots of images though.
3dfx/prototypes 31,525 <- seems popular
3dfx/quantum3d 26,344 <- ditto
3dfx/v1 25,330 <- people sure do like those V1's
3dfx/v3 22,869 <- No surprise, V3 rocked
3dfx/mac 17,541 <-surprised!
3dfx/rush 15,398
3dfx/v5 15,226
3dfx/v2 14,116 <- people liked rush better then V2?
3dfx/banshee 13,764
3dfx/daytona 7,249 <- most people don't know what one is.
3dfx/gear 6,829
3dfx/tv 4,875

wrote on 07.10.04 at 04:46:09:

Directory hit stats- ===================================== 3dfx 52,519 3dfx/boxes 79,240 <- yikes! lots of images though. 3dfx/prototypes 31,525 <- seems popular 3dfx/quantum3d 26,344 <- ditto 3dfx/v1 25,330 <- people sure do like those V1's 3dfx/v3 22,869 <- No surprise, V3 rocked 3dfx/mac 17,541 <-surprised! 3dfx/rush 15,398 3dfx/v5 15,226 3dfx/v2 14,116 <- people liked rush better then V2? 3dfx/banshee 13,764 3dfx/daytona 7,249 <- most people don't know what one is. 3dfx/gear 6,829 3dfx/tv 4,875

Well that's quite interestng especiality about the Voodoo Rush, i suppose that the Rush is more interesting, just because the way it's built.

3 brands 1 card.

1. Atrend or any other brand like Gainward and so on.
2. Alliance Semicondutor or Macronix
3. 3Dfx.

That is what i suppose made those Voodoo Rush cards more interesting than the Voodoo2's 3 brands, in just one card but it worked!

Hmm...someone's website is getting quite famous... ::)

http://www.glideunderground.com

...some people will remember this news site from the 'old' days... ;)

Oh Gary look what they say about your great site:

" This guy just has an insane amount of pictures of old 3dfx hardware.

Sort of makes you nostalgic, ever so briefly."

You're gett'n a very good rep ;)

wrote on 08.10.04 at 11:49:22:

Hmm...someone's website is getting quite famous... ::) http://www.glideunderground.com

A little more then I would like, some good comes from it though.

I have had two people send me notes that they own X-24's with the rare cooling fan option. The second indicates it was an option from Quantum3d after the card was purchased. He is going to see if he can find his paparwork and maybe I can pry one from one of the owners ;-)

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/trivia.htm

Anything to add or corrections?

Add: Daytona

Daytona supports up to 256MB of DDR-SDRAM per chip.

Someone (Rolo01) ran a Daytona at 180MHz with no heatsink! That's a huge improvement over Napalm.

wrote on 09.10.04 at 10:19:42:

Add: Daytona Daytona supports up to 256MB of DDR-SDRAM per chip. Someone (Rolo01) ran a Daytona at 180MHz with no heatsink! That's a huge improvement over Napalm.

Yeps, that surley is, but what is so different between Napalm and Daytona?

They both have things in common , now don't they?

This is something that has chased my mind for some time.

The Daytona=vsa101
The Napalm=vsa100

The daytona used .18micron over .25micron and it used 64bit DDR ram. And because of the .18 micron it used less power.

It is a pity that that used 64bit DDR Ram on the daytonas. So the advantage of DoubleData is gone, the performance is equal to 128bit SDRam.

Daytona was a low end part.

Quote:

1) The Daytona was the first .18 micron die chip made by 3dfx, it's power consumption is so low that it can be operated at 143 mhz with no heatsink.

Cough, 180MHz. Rolo01 can confirm. At the very least 166MHz.

wrote on 11.10.04 at 07:31:21:

Cough, 180MHz. Rolo01 can confirm. At the very least 166MHz.

Hey, my 32 MB card is clocked at 143 mhz and it's going to stay that way.

Dead prototypes are no fun.

Speaking of which, I have been inside all day with a nasty cold so I spent the time benchmarking 13 diferent 3dfx cards, page coming soon.

Diamond Monster 4 MB
Quantum3D Obsidian SB50-4440
Pre-Production Voodoo 2 8MB
Pre-Production Voodoo 2 12 MB SLI
Pre-Production AGP Banshee (100/100mhz)
Gigabyte AGP Banshee (110/128mhz)
Prototype Voodoo 3 143 mhz
Prototype Voodoo 3 MCM 143 mhz
Pre-Production Voodoo 3 164 mhz
Prototype Daytona 32 MB DDR 143 mhz
V5-4500 (5500 in single chip mode)
V5-5500 AGP 166 mhz
V5-6000 AGP 167 mhz

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/bench.htm

Nice job with the benchmarks. My Diamond Monster used to beat the stuffing out of the Obsidian 50-4440. I guess because I was using Diamond drivers for the Monster and Q3D rel.3 for the 50-4440. The 50-4440 wouldn't run over 53MHz and the Diamond drivers had a slider that went from 53-57MHz. The default setting for the 50-4440 is 50MHz I believe.

I could actually push the Monster to 60MHz with no errors by adding following line in the autoexec.bat file:

SET SST_GRXCLK=60

wrote on 12.10.04 at 03:59:10:

Nice job with the benchmarks. My Diamond Monster used to beat the stuffing out of the Obsidian 50-4440.

Will depend on the game engine too- Just look at the Banshee cards compared to the Voodoo 2's. Games with single pass engines will run faster on higher clocked cards with 1 TMU but if a game like GLQuake takes advantage of extra TMU's then it will surge ahead even with a slower clock.

Adding notes and polishing up the page now, will also have some screenshots too.

Nice work of the V2SLI  ;). I wonder what it looks like in a faster system. But anyway, Gdonovan you proved me that a Voodoo graphics card can run with CPU higher thatn 800mhz.
Maybe this 1000mhz cellie is just a rare exception, but if it is not I wil try my Voodoo graphics (when I get it) on my athlon 2600Xp+ (when I fix my cooling system  :P). What if the voodoo2 had 16mb ram per TMU, it would own that 143mhz vooodoo3 ;) (maybe 5fps faster).

wrote on 12.10.04 at 08:39:02:

Nice work of the V2SLI  ;). I wonder what it looks like in a faster system. But anyway, Gdonovan you proved me that a Voodoo graphics card can run with CPU higher thatn 800mhz.

I don't see why it would not but clearly the cards are bottlenecking- I did do some tests with the pc downclocked to 667 (10 x 66) but didn't include the results as I had enough work to do ;-)

The only game where the Monster card picked up anything of note was Quake 3 of course, 18.1 vs 19.8 fps. The Obsidian card did better, 24.7 vs 27.2.

The SLI rig did really pick up from 667 vs 1000 down in the low resolutions for Q2 and Q3, here are the results.

Quake 3 667 mhz = 50/50/44
Quake 3 1000 mhz =70/66/46

Quake 2 667 mhz =110/92/65
Quake 2 1000 mhz = 130/99/67

GLQuake = no change.

Quake 3 is such a CPU hog!

Remember most of the cards were pre-production, a set of production boards with hotter clocks or more refined bios settings would generate better numbers. Just look at the spanking the GA-630 gives the 3dfx Banshee! That card smokes!

If I have some spare time I'll toss in some production boards and note the numbers and do a little overclocking for fun.

I have my V2 SLI running at 100mhz in a Athlon2600xp.
If I have my system up and running againg I wil do some test. I have posted some teste some time ago on 3dfxzone.

This pure3d card I'm testing right now is scaring me- The damn thing has overclocked to 65 mhz without breaking a sweat and just keeps on going!

Time to try 70 =)

No go on 70, starting to get some texture corruption.

66 is the best it will do, not bad. That's 16 mhz over spec.

wrote on 12.10.04 at 08:39:02:

Nice work of the V2SLI  ;). I wonder what it looks like in a faster system.

i actually have a voodoo 2 SLI in my Voodoo PC (see signature...) and i play Unreal Tournament in 1024x768 max details with 70-90 FPS!!! amazing!

The pure3d II SLI is on the grill now =)

Pure3d = 66 mhz
Pure3d II SLI = 105 mhz
Voodoo 3 = 220 mhz

Both the Pure3d II and the Voodoo 3 cards topped out the overclocking adjusters with no problems. I didn't have the heart to start hacking the registry and push them any further.

Was that the Pure3D you got from me?

wrote on 16.10.04 at 04:41:55:

Was that the Pure3D you got from me?

No the LX is safe in a box, I have 3 spare TV models.

Wow! That's good for a TV card. I sort of thought the LX was faster. But the LX on my P3DII had slower memory. The TV card had -20 and the LX had -25.

Nice 20ns Edo-ram, these fast memory chips are hard to find, and I am stil looking for somebody to supply me a couple of 48 of these chips.

wrote on 11.10.04 at 08:24:23:

Hey, my 32 MB card is clocked at 143 mhz and it's going to stay that way. Dead prototypes are no fun.

I totally agree on that one, You pay alot for them too.

The important thing is that you keep your 3dfx cards as original as possible.  8)

Yes if you only have 1 card of it. I have a lot of exactly the same voodoo2 cards. So if I get my ram I wil solder it on 2 or 4 of the voodoo2 cards. And then I will have some Highly tweaked cards. I'll tweak it for what its worth!!!!!!!

Voodoo Graphics page now has sound clip of Orchid card, updated info about Obsidian GE card.

Voodoo 3 page added pictures of blank V3 PCB & 200 MHZ 3500 with fan.

VoodooTV page added pictures of VoodooTV/FM

Daytona page updated with pictures of A0 4200 card.

Box page updated with new boxed cards and whole V-I section has had pictures updated. Now when you click on the pictures it shows box with contents. As time permits each section will be like that, as well as the new boxed items when they come in.

Quantum3D section now broken up into four pages, AAlchemy page added, Ventana 50 added, PCI Raven added, 100SB-4400V added, SB50-2400 added.

Trivia page updated (more to come)

Benchmark page updated with more screenshots, redid some benchmarks and tables, added in the 100SB-4400V

Obsidian page updated with pictures of  2200 and 4400

And a new page added! I hope you like it =)

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/q3d_arcade.htm

Voodoo 3 page added pictures of blank V3 PCB & 200 MHZ 3500 with fan.    <--- nice info and photo's gary, your site is really coming along nice, great job.  i really enjoy the background info you give with the hardware.

I'm hoping to add more information as needed as time passes, I tend to get the images up ASAP with short pieces of info and add more detailed facts time permitting.

Info score!

http://www.overmind.ws/lexiw/23_Dec_1996/press/960516.html

The arcade page has been updated with more chunky info and there is a secondary page with general information on Home Run Derby with a picture or two.

I can only say WOW, that fast  voodoo3 is really nive  ;D.

wrote on 28.10.04 at 10:30:57:

I can only say WOW, that fast  voodoo3 is really nive  ;D.

I love it! I'm waiting to hear back from the seller now, he states he has some 3dfx promo goods (a 3dfx golf bag cover?!) and early prototype cards.  One of the 200 mhz cards is due to be traded or sold off since I only need one, seller indicated he might have another somewhere.

I'm going nuts waiting for the pictures to show up  =)

I am happy that you have made a website about 3dfx cards, mainly because the world can now see those rare cards. Who was that man of yours, I mean the seller with the gol bag and stuff, did he work for 3dfx?

Ex-3dfx and Quantum3D and still in the business, was just luck that I stumbled across his name and e-mail address and asked the right questions ;-)

The Quantum3D Voodoo Rush Ventana 50 card I obtained from him is priceless IMHO!

@ gdonovan

Awesome, your 3dfx site is great !
Very impressive, especially all the background information.
I have a Daytona 32MB DDR prototype at home, this one is not shown on your site. Tell me whether you want some pics.
I am interested in that 200Mhz Voodoo3 that is soon up for trade. Are you planning to sell it here or will you put it on ebay ? What are you interested in ( in case you wanna trade ) ?

wrote on 28.10.04 at 17:05:47:

@ gdonovan Awesome, your 3dfx site is great ! Very impressive, especially all the background information.

Thanks, the hardware is always nice but I find the story behind the hardware just as interesting.


Quote:

I have a Daytona 32MB DDR prototype at home, this one is not shown on your site. Tell me whether you want some pics.

Go ahead and send them to my e-mail address in my profile, I have been toying with the idea for a page with cards I don't have.


Quote:

I am interested in that 200Mhz Voodoo3 that is soon up for trade. Are you planning to sell it here or will you put it on ebay ? What are you interested in ( in case you wanna trade ) ?

Normally I'd rather trade then take cash since if the other party has extra cards or is in a location where it is difficult for me to obtain cards then it works out for everyone.  I have been rethinking that strategy since the last person I made a deal with... has not come through, yet.. and I have no sense of humor in these matters.

Yes, your site is very interesting. A lot of information about the cards I never know, since now 8)

Glad you like, more to come! I have all sorts of ideas and people have been sending in trivia (including some people who worked at 3dfx judging by the quality of information)

Mercury page has been updated as well as the prototypes & VSA-100 page (new card, whoop!)

wrote on 27.10.04 at 22:57:16:

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/q3d_arcade.htm

I have a chance to purchase the following parts (examples can be seen if you follow the link above)-

1) Another Blitz (voodoo graphics) PCB, with or without PROMS ($40/$50)

2) Quantum3D Obsidian2 90-2440 ($25 each)

Plus Shipping!

The items above *do not function* and should be considered display items. If you want me to pickup the items send me an e-mail via the address listed in my profile or PM, first come first served.

Yeee haaaa Grand Pa!!!!!

you got one of the most rarest Voodoo5 cards around:

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/prototypes/proto_5500_agpx4.jpg

Sh'e a beauty man woei.

Does it perform better with FSAA x4 with it's AGP=x4 connector than the Regular AGP x2 models? If so would like to a compare benchmark with the two cards, that might be challanging and interresting also ;)

The Force Is With YOU Gary  ;)

wrote on 30.10.04 at 12:14:16:

Does it perform better with FSAA x4 with it's AGP=x4 connector than the Regular AGP x2 models? The Force Is With YOU Gary  ;)

1) I would think it would not be faster since it was tested in the same 1x/2x intel BX chipset motherboard I use for testing everything.

2) Actually I wasn't going to try and install it on a 4x motherboard, just to be on the safe side.

3) I have had a wicked string of luck the last few months, indeed there is some force at work. Been at the right place at the right time more then a few times.

Persistance pays off too.

wrote on 30.10.04 at 02:03:04:

1) Another Blitz (voodoo graphics) PCB, with or without PROMS ($40/$50)

Seller has 2 left, all the other items are sold.

@gdonovan
Can you look if the V5 5500 AGP4X has MEM5ns?

Regards,
Oscar

-6 Micron

You mean Nanoseconds. Because there is no way those chips were made with 0.06micron technology!!!!!!!

Micron is the maker of the memory chip

Okay then I wil aplogize  for my stupic remark once agiain  :-[.

No worries, misunderstandings happen.

[-6 Micron ]
Curious!!! Then, there are differents models of V5 5500 AGP4x!!!

@Gary,
It has some sticker NOT FOR RESALE or PROTOTYPE?

Regards,
Oscar

No decals, but the board is covered with hand attached resistors and other parts. It's been worked on a number of times by the looks of it.

Corrected Obsidian information regarding 100DB-4440, updated pages.

Now all I need to finish the Obsidian line is that pesky 100SB-4440.

Quicksilver page added, Quantum3D Ventana page updated, big list page updated.

Gary,

That was some interesting read on the Quicksilver. As you know I'm a huge fan of the 100SB product. I thought originally that it was an early piece of the mercury family. If anyone has a SB100 they want to sell, let me know at hotmail.com


Gamma742

Canopus page added

Obsidian2 page updated (X-24 with fan, S-12 PCI added)

Quicksilver page updated (added bare chassis pic found via webarchive.org)

VoodooTV page updated (boxed US DESKTOP TV FM with STB card and STB disc)

Arcade page updated (SF Rush PCB, Arcade AMP, Sportstation Raven with 7 ns ram)

Mercury now 3 sections (brick, system, faq)

"Not for resale" section added with rare cards & prototypes broken into 6 pages

New Stealth cooler added to Gear page

Box page updated, boxes added- Colormax V1, Pure3dII lx, Obsidian2 S-12 PCI, 2the max banshee, supertek voodoo 3

Updated-

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/gear.htm
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/q3d_obsidian.htm
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/pro_v1.htm
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/pro_v4.htm
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/pro_v6k.htm
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/pro_daytona.htm

New-

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/q3d_4116.htm
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/q3d_work_system.htm

Well gone, Gary !

Cant wait to see some results from that overclocked daytona  ;D

I'll try to get the Iron system page done tonight and perhaps one other new page, I'm thinking about working on connectors for the 4116 board though.

Have to rummage through my electronics bin and see if I can find a voltage regulator or some resistors to step the 5 volt rail down to 2.6-2.8 for the core voltage, hmm.

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/pro_v3.htm

Proto v3 page updated.

ah, very nice  ;)

The Close up of holographic decal in the V1 proto-types.

That looks awesome 8)

"Asia" market boards pulled from V3 and V4 pages, added to new "Asia market" page with other boards.

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/overseas.htm

I'll add pics of the 2000/3000 mini box contents tomorrow, have to get to bed (work in the morning)

Fixed bricks picture on V5-6000 page.

later`

great collection of v3`s

my powercolors the same as your version one except mines not marked 166

`Powercolor EvilKing 3 Version 1.0! 3dfx licensed Powercolor to sell V3 cards outside of the United States'

the manual it came with shows the control panel stating a 183 speed ? !

i believe my nuvision v33000 pro must be the same as your

`This Powercolor EvilKing Pro card has 5.5 ns ram, TV output and 166 mhz clock speed'

have to check it !

Updated-

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/overseas.htm

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/boxes.htm

New page-

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/q3d_iron_system.htm

Main page has been updated with some new logos, Mercury system page updated with some new info.

Have a great holiday folks and enjoy your weekend.

wrote on 24.12.05 at 17:03:52:

Looks good Gary  ;D You have a great holiday, too  ;)

Thanks, updated again, lol.

yeah looks brilliant have a nice Holliday as well mate :)

May The Force Be With You Always,

Ben Kenobi.

Update coming up this weekend =)

Something in a Quantum3D flavor I hope ;D

Say did you ever get that 4116 off the ground?

hehe good to hear your gett'n some nice 3dfx updates again Gary, it's been a long time, though I understand you had a very buisy time behind ya, and hope all American's here had a fantastic 4th of July, Independence Day that is ;)

May The Force Be With All Of You.

Anxiously awaiting for the link ;)

Let'em Rock'n Roll Matey!!

new info is always very welcome :)

wrote on 08.07.06 at 06:11:58:

Anxiously awaiting for the link ;)

I'll be working on them tonight, I have a bunch of stuff to handle today.

Final links won't be till Tuesday as there is a late entry or two coming in the mail =)

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/updates.htm

Note: The Primary Image page isn't complete, I have some more information to add and general polishing later.

Gary

love the Rev.A3 3400 thta card looks like The Ultimate PWnage for a Voodoo5 6000 fan I guess though the Rev.A1 1500 hehe is a beauty as well, is the Rev.A3 3400 rarer than the Rev.A1 1500?

The MAC Prototypes are great too Gary!!

The Primary Image page really does it for me 8)

Just amagine having 8 of those cards running together :o

That's gotta beat the crap out of Q3D's Mercury System.

Primary Image which one Gamma, the Rev.A3 3400 you mean?
heh 6 of those in SLI would be destrutive :-X All stable @ cores/mem 183Mhz hahaha man Ultimate rig that would be, only a few problems, no mobo's with so many AGP slots and to get so many AGP2PCI of AGP5 adapters would be outch also.

wrote on 09.07.06 at 18:27:57:

Primary Image which one Gamma, the Rev.A3 3400 you mean?

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/primary_image.htm

Pics of items added:

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14313-2/pi_barracuda_large.jpg

Barracuda and Cruncher

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14317-2/box_v1_powercolor.jpg

New Powercolor VG

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14318-2/gear_hat_brown.jpg

Voodoo Magic hat

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14320-2/gear_keychain_oldlogo.jpg

Keychain

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14322-1/gear_lanyard_ii.jpg

New Lanyard

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14326-1/gear_shirt_staff.jpg

Staff event shirt

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14327-1/gear_v2_tray_ck.jpg

New CHUCK chips

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14329-1/gear_yoyo.jpg

New Yo-Yo

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14331-1/proto_rush_mxic.jpg

Proto Rush

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14350-1/proto_rush_single_plane.jpg

Proto Rush

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14333-1/proto_v3_35k_ver1.jpg

V3-3500 TV Version 1.0

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14340-1/proto_v3_cable.jpg

Proto cable

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14337-1/v3_agp_183mhz.jpg

Proto 3500

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14341-1/proto_v5_agpx4dvi.jpg

Mac 5500 AGP with DVI/VGA

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14343-1/proto_v5_mac_pci.jpg


Mac 5500 PCI with DVI/VGA

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14348-1/gear_casebadges.jpg

Case badges

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14354-1/proto_banshee_16mb.jpg

Proto Banshee 16MB (I already have an 8 MB card with same configuration)

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14347-1/v6k_3400_large.jpg

V5-6000 "3400 A3"

Hit the "updates" page again, a number of minor updates to several pages today.

hey Gary that Proto 3500 shouldn't that be a proto 3000 AGP - TV-Out?

sure looks like a common Voodoo3 3000 AGP = TV-Out 16 MB hehe unless it's bios states 3500 ofcourse :)

@ Thandor

he kinda of told me,ya know, via msn and stuff. ::)

@ Gary

your site is gett'n greater and more complete by the day and yeah nice cards indeedydo  8)

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14354-1/proto_banshee_16mb.jpg

Interesting- I fired this one up tonight for the first time, it has 50 mhz core clock and 78 mhz memory clock.

Needless to say it runs Quake 3 fairly slow.  ;D

oh man even a single Voodoo2 maybe faster with those speeds and maybe even a Voodoo Graphics haha funny man. ;D

@Gary - just noticed two typo's on the Primary image page... :P


Quote:

70% of XGI's staff are former Primary-Image personal.

The sentence should read... ::)

70% of XPI's staff are former Primary-Image personnel.

Oh, and if it's possible for any one person to be put into a state of total dumbfoundedness (yeah, I made it up) over the sheer number of TOTALLY cool 3Dfx stuff on your site...I'm there man! :o 8)

==EDIT==

Typo No. 2


Quote:

the srever sid ran on the PC.

Should read...

the server side ran on the PC.

GOOD LUCK in finding the drivers and test software for the Barracuda! ;)

...and of course in finding a Pirahna too! ;D

Who knows, since the Barracuda will work as a 'normal' (yeah RIGHT - with all that kewl hardware!) 3Dfx card, maybe you could give Q3A a test run (OpenGL) and U.T. as well (GLiDE). 8)

We can only hope and pray! :D

As for the vintage shots...COOOOOOOL!!! 8)

wrote on 11.07.06 at 12:37:06:

oh man even a single Voodoo2 maybe faster with those speeds and maybe even a Voodoo Graphics haha funny man. ;D

Well I'm sure a Voodoo II would outrun this example since they run at 90/90 but I wager even a Obsidian 50-4440 would be outrun for the following reasons.

The Obsidian would have the advantage of having a second TMU run at the same speed (50 mhz) but the Banshee's ram is running at 78 mhz and it is a unified 16 MB.

If you check one of my benchmark pages I think in one example (Quake III) it showed a Gigabyte Banshee smoking a V2 8MB due to the unified ram.

wrote on 12.07.06 at 02:52:21:

@Gary - just noticed two typo's on the Primary image page... :P

Thanks! Fixed!

I added some technical corrections by former staff and a blurb about Tempest as well, nothing very exciting though.


Quote:

Oh, and if it's possible for any one person to be put into a state of total dumbfoundedness (yeah, I made it up) over the sheer number of TOTALLY cool 3Dfx stuff on your site...I'm there man! :o 8)

The site is pushing close to 50 megs in size now, amazing considering it is all html and jpgs aside from a few small files.


Quote:

GOOD LUCK in finding the drivers and test software for the Barracuda! ;)

I have a line on some test software, no way to know if the board is good or not though till I have it in hand.

I'm a patient kinda guy though.

Tinkering with the Barracuda for the first time- It looks like it needs an external power source to the board to function.

I'm waiting to hear back from a soruce in regards to the connector pinout, perhaps we will know more soon.

I think this weekend I'm going to start working on making up the connectors for the 4116 board and powering it up.

nice Gary the 4116 might do FSAA x4 and 8 too dunno if the Avenger chip is capable of do'n that though :)

but cool to see that you are go'n to power up that 4116 :)
give it some Q3A also if possible :)

The Barracuda does indeed use external power- Someone sent me a manual and it lists the requirements =)

Now I just have to figure out the pin configuration without cooking the board.

wrote on 16.07.06 at 14:08:53:

The Barracuda does indeed use external power- Someone sent me a manual and it lists the requirements =) Now I just have to figure out the pin configuration without cooking the board.

Can you point me to where the power connector is on the board? Oh and does the Cruncher card need external power as well?

Top right corner, a black four pin connector hiding under the daughtercard. Cruncher has one two, might be easier to see.

I hope to have a power lead in route this week.

Primary Image page updated- New picture, 4 PDF files some minor information added.

hmm intersting Gary :)

Interesting to say the least...

That Primary Image card is the Bomb :o

Nah, it's not the bomb... ::)

...it's a tactical mini-nuke with a tungsten-carbide plating trown in for extra measure... :P :o

YEAH BABY! 8)

like the Russians say in Read Alert : !A-Bomb Ready! it' nuke allrighty haha nice one Paul ;)

@Obi-Wan - you have a typo under your avatar...


Quote:

ÜBER MIRCO

should read...

ÜBER MICRO

yeah I know my eyeballs were fuzzy LooL  ;D ;D ;D

Updated Mercury System page (3 new correct pics) Graphite page (2 pics) and gear page (added PC Games and Hardware mag)

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/updates.htm

hmm look'n great there Gary :) nice Merc Sys hehe that's for sure  8)

that system must weigh like lead with all that silicon in there! :o  :-X

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/updates.htm

Updated- Added 2 items to gear page and the V3-3500SI was added to the V3 and a exploded box view added to boxes.

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/updates.htm

Primary Image page updated with screenshots and added 3dfx videos page! Know any good 3dfx related videos not shown? Send me the link!

I'd really like to find some vintage game footage.

I have obtained a Barracuda power cable, I'll try to take a picture of it tonight.

ah very nice Gary :D love the Vid section and cool you obtained a powercable for the
Big Barra ;)
http://www.quickload.hostingvision.com/thumbs/4172Baur%20Cuda.jpg

That's not me guys, it's just an Aussie bloke with a Big Barra I came accros on the internet, thought it would suit my post pretty well :)