heh while I was looking on my D-Drive on my X2 4400+ system I came accross this!

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/22310-1/V6K+Box+w00t_.jpg

heh a 3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 AGP Box attempt don't think it's real since the name tag is on the wrong side of it unless it was planned to be placed on the right side?

Anyways Got respect for the person who made this  I must say it looks very nice as relistic :)

Indeed ..... it looks very original to me too !
After a closer look, even is home made, it looks like real.
;D
Do you have more pics on your D-Drive  ?

well not of this thing but mny 3dfx folder is very big hahah let's see.

Ah here we go 1.14GB in size all the 3dfx pics of prototypes, card boxes, as pdf files & 3dfx drivers, all what is 3dfx based you can think of really 8)
http://quickload.hostingvision.com/thumbs/79983dfxstuff.jpg

My upload here isn't sufficiant for large file transfers but in my new home itwill be of great possibillites :)

here I have 52KB per sec max yaaay in my new home about 480KB per sec for the upload speed maybe more heh.
But when it's that far I will tell ja and then I will upload them via FlashFXP to you m14radu ;)

;D  

Wasn't the creator of the V5-6000 Face pic member of this very Forum ?

While I don't know if he actually made a Box of it (or Photoshopped one), I'm quite sure that's where it originally came from.

Just search around the Forum, you should find his original Thread about the Images (plus the Pictures of course, very good ones!)
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Just imagine for a second, walking out of a Shop in early 2001 with this Box and a V5-6000 in it in your arms ;D

oei I suppose the General section would be advised then heh Let's go for it guys :)

Well, send the Fotos to me !
;D ;D ;D
Maybe you sould put them all somwere on the Web, so that they can be admire from all 3dfx fans....what u think about this idea ?
@Falconfly : It's possible to open here an "3dfx Foto archive " ?  ;D

Only that thought: " walking out of a Shop in early 2001 with this Box and a V5-6000 in it in your arms" ...it's  make me shacking  !  :P

Well, sure, but I think there are already several Threads for that (they just haven't seen a Posting in a while, so they're now on Page 2+)

Well KokoHemmo from V6K Team did a nicer one check this beauty Whoo Hooo it really looks like of the Voodoo 5 6000 AGP was released afterall! Crikey Hay!
http://www.voodoo3dfx.com/Foro_V6k/viewtopic.php?t=69

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/22311-1/V6K+original+box.jpg

That box is the dream of every 3dfx fan man it's so nice. ;D

Just one thing, while you look on the small pic the name labels have a morely yellow tint than orange anyways that's what my eyes tell me heh.

that box looks awesome.

Best looking box there is ofcourse. :)

The box is definitely real; I had a snapshot of it on my website for some time.

wrote on 25.04.07 at 15:19:03:

The box is definitely real; I had a snapshot of it on my website for some time.

One problem-

1) Power supply and board won't fit in std. 5500 box

2) Marketing people state the V5-6000 was going to be shipped in a "metal tin" display box.

It might have been something for a window display.

wrote on 25.04.07 at 15:19:03:

The box is definitely real; I had a snapshot of it on my website for some time.

which of the two is real the big one I posted first or the second one which I hardly think since KokoHemmo made that second box by himself, here is how he did it :)


Quote:

KokoHemmo Said: Hi m14radu First I start scanning the big letters and number 5 in Voodoo5 5500 box, so I got original letters, because I didn't find a right font. Using hours of time with PaintShopPro and compare to the tiny original thumber picture, what is only real photo. Every Voodoo letter is cut pasted from original scanned photo and put them in right places.. Example the number 5 is just where it should be.;) Just have a lot of patience and comparing to the original one tiny picture and you can do it. Heh, the color of number 5 is that orange. what is in 3dfx logo. I have to tested as long as I found it and now it is as right (or wrong) like the original small picture. The hole box is made, including backside and sides. The text is rewrited also in orange, like it is seen in tiny picture. I added the only known original photo to the picture... Regards Kokohemmo

the thread is placed here my friends 8)
http://www.voodoo3dfx.com/Foro_V6k/viewtopic.php?t=69

@ gdonovan :)

Was that metal tin box ever made? Man it would of looked very rad!! like the 3dfx Voodoo 5 Lunchbox does, maybe the 6000 box would of had the same type of effect like the Lunchbox has? Could this be a possibillity?

Hi

Just a little more of that box project:

All other letters (including side text) are also cut pasted from scanned Voodoo5 5500 box, someone them almost pixel to pixel. That was the only way to have original letters and in original size using them and rewrite the text again letter by letter... The front Voodoo text looks fat, but it is 100% original size.  The camers flash did it bolder. Right thikness is seeing at the top of box.

So you can imagine, how long time it took, but closer to original I can't get.

Ps. Glueing paper is long story too to avoid air bubbles under paper. Also needed quality color printer and good thikness paper.

Obi, the small tint of yellow is actually orange. I tested it several times shrinking my picture and lower resolution as small as the tiny one and when you use 256 color palette (low res) orange turns to yellow...  

Regards
Kokohemmo

aha oke but okay still odd that the big "5" isn't the same colour as the ones on the 5500 AGP / PCI / PCI MAC boxes as the lunchbox and other Voodoo 5 promotional stuff.

here my old 5500 USA boxes, I have these two sealed now hehe :

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/7265-2/DSC00626.jpg
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/7262-2/DSC00624.jpg

Here the MAC USA box Which I have now :)
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/16186-1/VoodooMAC+5500+USA.jpg

As you can see the PCI 5500 boxes have a green 5 while the AGP 5500 has a greenish yellowish number 5, so then I thought that the 6000 number 5 would have the same tint as the 5500 AGP's number 5 ;)

Heh but yeah you are right when compressing the ornage number 5 to 256 colours it indeedly goes yellow heh!

Hi Obi

Yes, you are right.. ;) I tested the number 5 several times and i noticed, that it is a mix of 5500 number 5 mark. Just keeping those other darker sides what is  inside number 5 and adding orange on the other areas  makes it looks like in tiny one. So the number 5 is not as others voodoo5 boxes in it's coloring.

Regards

Kokohemmo

Hi

Just imagine, that you cut paste the Mac voodoo5 number 5 mark and replace the green area in orange... ;) (3dfx logo's wing orange) That makes the trick


Regards
Kokohemmmo

hehe oke :) well thought I might as well ask since it seemed abit odd myself hehe :)

The problem is I think I won't have the patience for building a such precise thing it's just not my kinda thing  :-/.

I'll PM ya why, it's in the way of other problems.

Hi

Yes, it is  quite of job. I take it as a hobby and I really enjoy of doing it.

This box was also testing my patience limit too...



Regards
Kokohemmo

Well yah I can imagine that heh but I honor you for your effots KokoHemmo, I really do as the rest of this very fine board 8)

Whoah!!!
That V5 6k box is awesome! Hyvää työtä KokoHemmo!
V5 6000 is the card what do want the most. How did you ever guys get your hand on them. I have troubles to find V5 5500. because GF2 was way more popular than V5.
Too bad that I've lost my orginal V2 box, fortunately I still have tha manual an d the driver cd.

hey Mansfield,

The V5 6000 is still being built by Hank Semenec I think, he has a few pcb's left with chips and all and he'll build you one for I think around 800 euries at least.

Don't know if he still does, but he used to.

if you look around on ebay.de and ebay.co.uk you'll find a few v5 5500's, most agp, some pci.

They pop up from time to time. Most don't have boxes tho.

find some here:

AGP without box

http://cgi.ebay.de/Original-3dfx-Voodoo-5-5500-AGP-64MB-Raritaet_W0QQitemZ280106724424QQihZ018QQcategoryZ21889QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

PCI with box

http://cgi.ebay.de/Original-3dfx-Voodoo-5-5500-PCI-64MB-Raritaet_W0QQitemZ280106724796QQihZ018QQcategoryZ19568QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

AGP without box

http://cgi.ebay.de/3dfx-Voodoo-5-5500-AGP-64-MB_W0QQitemZ290109833301QQihZ019QQcategoryZ21889QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

AGP without box

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3DFX-Voodoo-5-5500-Graphics-Card-Rare_W0QQitemZ250107502284QQihZ015QQcategoryZ3762QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

enough to choose. :)

Like Gary said,
maybe make the box go bigger, like those we see in Asus or MIS packaging these days :-)
to accomodate for the Power Brick other goodies.

wrote on 25.04.07 at 19:11:29:

One problem- 1) Power supply and board won't fit in std. 5500 box 2) Marketing people state the V5-6000 was going to be shipped in a "metal tin" display box. It might have been something for a window display.

I never said it would actually contain the gfx card. Just that the box existed. Also, since the card was still 'in production' maybe someday it could have fitted inside the box. :)

wrote on 26.04.07 at 11:14:21:

Whoah!!! That V5 6k box is awesome! Hyvää työtä KokoHemmo! V5 6000 is the card what do want the most. How did you ever guys get your hand on them. I have troubles to find V5 5500. because GF2 was way more popular than V5. Too bad that I've lost my orginal V2 box, fortunately I still have tha manual an d the driver cd.

to be honest the Voodoo 5 was far more popular than the GeForce2 since which is normal for any true die hard 3dfx fan ;)