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Message started by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 20.12.04 at 21:30:38

Title: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC...
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 20.12.04 at 21:30:38
Well I do have the photo for quite a while, It popped up at 3dfxzone.it once, but I don't know what it really was meant for, okay it's a Voodoo5 5500 AGP x4 with DVI, but was this actually planed a VoodooMAC 5500 AGP x4?

Was this a Voodoo5 5500 with a Dual Head function, or wasn't that possible yet?

http://www.tweakers.net/ext/f/15472/full.jpg

http://www.tweakers.net/ext/f/15471/full.jpg

I suppose that this is the rarest Voodoo5 around.

If anyone else has some more pictures of info on this one, I'm very interessted in this model :)

Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by OutOfRange on 20.12.04 at 21:42:10
imho all the 4x agp models of the 5500 has the circuits and plugs for an dvi port on the pcb.



but i never seen one with a mounted port before  :o

gr00vy  :D

Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by gdonovan on 20.12.04 at 21:57:15

wrote on 20.12.04 at 21:30:38:
Well I do have the photo for quite a while, It popped up at 3dfxzone.it once, but I don't know what it really was meant for, okay it's a Voodoo5 5500 AGP x4 with DVI, but was this actually planed a VoodooMAC 5500 AGP x4?


99% sure the card pictured is a Mac 5500 based on the bios revision and VCI decal on board.

I'm sure 3dfx was looking at the mac market hard since it had high profit margins and no real graphics competitor there.

The PC and Mac cards used the same PCB's.




Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by OutOfRange on 20.12.04 at 22:00:00
what about the v3 ?

on ebay.de i've seen often Voodoo3 cards in the mac section. and they always tell that the cards are runing both on mac and pc  ???

Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by gdonovan on 20.12.04 at 22:29:51

wrote on 20.12.04 at 22:00:00:
what about the v3 ?



3dfx released a Mac flasher utility and Mac bios for the cards.

Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 21.12.04 at 01:18:24
hmm Thanx Gary :) Never knew that MAC's had AGP x4, I though they only had PCI and a special type of AGP that was different from the normal AGP, anyway this just another step closer to what 3dfx made.


As you can see it's a Rev.A2 3300 :) So' it isn't that late hehe

I wonder how many of the MAC 5500 AGP x4 cards exsist? Anyone a clue ?

Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by gdonovan on 21.12.04 at 04:12:37

wrote on 21.12.04 at 01:18:24:
As you can see it's a Rev.A2 3300 :) So' it isn't that late hehe

I wonder how many of the MAC 5500 AGP x4 cards exsist? Anyone a clue ?


1) Have to remember the PCB was the same as made for the PC.

2) Who knows! AGP was in one use though I think on the G4 Mac? A number of people flashed the PC 4500 AGP over to a Mac bios for use on that platform.



Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 21.12.04 at 11:16:14
Wow that's cool, but a Voodoo5 5500 or 6000 AGP x2 wouldn't work in a MAC because of thier connetors, right :)

MAC has only AGP x4 support I thought hehe. It would be really funny to see a Voodoo5 6000 in a MAC  hay everyone  :P

Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by Chosen_One on 04.01.05 at 19:19:35
who owns this card?

Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 04.01.05 at 21:45:55

wrote on 04.01.05 at 19:19:35:
who owns this card?



hehe I was asking that myself too, really I do not have a clue. :-/

Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by osckhar on 18.01.05 at 19:27:40

Quote:
who owns this card?


Quote:
hehe I was asking that myself too, really I do not have a clue.  

Well, his owner is NIGEL from ITALY!  ;D

Regards,
Oscar

Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by goriath on 20.01.05 at 00:02:50
Hi! Osckhar! I think that you know more about it....isn't it? ;D

Title: Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Post by osckhar on 20.01.05 at 11:11:32

Quote:
Hi! Osckhar! I think that you know more about it....isn't it?  

Not too much. Simply I have spoken with Nigel sometime!  ;)

Ciao,
Oscar

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