Welcome, Guest. Please Login 3dfx Archive
 
  HomeHelpSearchLogin  
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print
Voodoo3 on modern (Core2Duo) system - is it safe? (Read 269 times)
Huk
YaBB Newbies
*
Offline


recent 3dfx enthusiast

Posts: 4
Voodoo3 on modern (Core2Duo) system - is it safe?
28.07.10 at 11:07:31
 
Hello everybody.

This is my first post here - please be "gentle" ;]

Some time ago, I bought Voodoo 3 2000 PCI card. Now, I was wondering - is it safe to use this card with my Core2Duo PC? I found some warnings about overheating problems with banshee, but there is a note for Voodoo3 as well:

Quote:
This overheating effect has been observed to a lesser extend with the Voodoo3 as well.


What does "to a lesser extend" means? Is it safe, or unsafe to try this card with modern PC?

Exact PC specs:

Motherboard: Asus P5Q SE
CPU: C2D E7200
RAM: 4x1024 Kingston
PowerSupply: Chiftec CFT-600-14-CS

Thanks in advance for the answers.

P.S

Sorry for my English
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
RaverX
God Member
*****
Offline


Voodoo2 fan

Posts: 533
Oradea, Romania
Gender: male
Re: Voodoo3 on modern (Core2Duo) system - is it safe?
Reply #1 - 28.07.10 at 17:01:29
 
You should be ok, as long as you add sone active cooling there. A fan blowing air from the side should be more than enough, if it's not hot inside your.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Huk
YaBB Newbies
*
Offline


recent 3dfx enthusiast

Posts: 4
Re: Voodoo3 on modern (Core2Duo) system - is it safe?
Reply #2 - 30.07.10 at 17:44:22
 
I think, I'll try to put a small fan from the other card on the V3 radiator then.

Thank you.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Thandor
Full Member
***
Offline


What's the fuzz all about?

Posts: 226
Re: Voodoo3 on modern (Core2Duo) system - is it safe?
Reply #3 - 30.07.10 at 20:30:33
 
Both Voodoo3 and Voodoo4 worked just fine here in i965 motherboards with Pentium D and Core 2 Duo. I didn't add extra cooling on the passive Voodoo3 cards.
Back to top
 
WWW  
IP Logged
 
voodooban_cn
YaBB Newbies
*
Offline


I love 3dfx

Posts: 33
shang hai, China
Gender: male
Re: Voodoo3 on modern (Core2Duo) system - is it safe?
Reply #4 - 22.11.10 at 09:20:17
 
Yes,it could be OK,no worry about it,plenty of power to feed Voodoo3,and PCI is a general bus interface.so V3 PCI can run on all mobos with PCI slots.(except the early mobo without enough power maybe),I have runned V3 PCI on Tyan S2875 with AMD 8000series chips which is my latest mobo till now. Wink
Back to top
 

Opteron 250 X2/Tyan K8W /Infineon REG ECC DDR400 1G x3/Seagate 160GB+2 x WD 640GB/NMB 460W/Intel Tower/Nvidia 5950U/ECHO MIA MIDI/&&======================
WWW 448324829  
IP Logged
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print