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Title: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by TM30 on 23.01.05 at 15:05:51

Voodoo 3 2000 from Garnet... bought before a couple of minutes for $9,99 buy it now 8)

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by gamma742 on 23.01.05 at 18:30:10

Nice lookin card. I like the HS.

Hey TM30 one more post and you won't be a newbie ;)

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by NitroX infinity on 23.01.05 at 19:45:02

Can you post the following specs (when you get the card)?

RAMDAC
Core speed
Memory amount

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by TM30 on 24.01.05 at 19:08:03

yep, no problem... i think i'll get it in aprox. 2 weeks (overseas shipping... USA->Europe)

*Proud not to be a newbie anymore ;) *

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by paulpsomiadis on 25.01.05 at 03:09:57

Hmm...sweet card @TM30! 8)

Some funky lookin' RAM chips on there too? ???

Let us know what RAM it has when you post the specs... ;)

...oh and welcome to the non-noob section. ;D

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by gdonovan on 25.01.05 at 05:24:19

wrote on 25.01.05 at 03:09:57:

Some funky lookin' RAM chips on there too? ???

I have a few V3 with those chips, something like E-tech of Eron.

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 29.01.05 at 00:56:35

wrote on 23.01.05 at 15:05:51:

Voodoo 3 2000 from Garnet... bought before a couple of minutes for $9,99 buy it now 8)

That's very interesting TM30 :) Never heard of the brand Garnet BTW, It sounds like a cooking brand or so :)

Your Garnet Voodoo3 looks like that big Voodoo3 2000 AGPPrototype that was on ebay a few months ago, I'll try to find the photo of it :)

While I was googleing around I came across this ASUS Mobo bundled with an ASUS Voodoo3 3000 AGP:

and here the card:

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by TM30 on 29.01.05 at 22:21:44

yeah i also did not find any informations regarding garnet, so i assume that this card came from asia...

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 02.02.05 at 02:13:02

wrote on 23.01.05 at 15:05:51:

Voodoo 3 2000 from Garnet... bought before a couple of minutes for $9,99 buy it now 8)

here it is that wierd V3 2K AGP prototype with TV-Out:

Thanks to Osckhar's great site I found a Pic of the card I meant, which almost matches the look of the Garnet V3 3K or 2K What I think it is .

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by ALT-F13 on 02.02.05 at 05:23:42

Nice find @TM30!
Well, Garnet is just one of numerous asian small gfx card manufacturers without own facilities: they just order an OEM boards and fit them with cooling/stickers/boxes. Like Point of View, BFG Tech, Crucial, GeiL, Celestica and many-many other gfx brands - some well-known all over the world, while others barely seen on any market at all...

I'm not completely sure Garnet is _still_ alive (can't recall any GF 6 Series boards from them) but a year ago they were OK...

So nothing unusual in Garnet brand, but I never heard of them making Voodoo 3! So for V3 chips we currently have: 3dfx/STB, Quantum3D, Powercolor, Supertek, Compaq, Gateway, Dell, ASUS and Garnet... Am I missed someone (except mysterious A-Trend)? 9 brands while usually (for Joe Shmoe users) it is stated that only 3dfx produced V3 cards;)

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by NitroX infinity on 02.02.05 at 08:51:11

You're missing Sigma, NIX, Falcon Northwest and Village Tronic

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by TM30 on 02.02.05 at 08:51:38

yeah so i own another card which no one others does ;D

if not, tell me ;)

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 02.02.05 at 20:09:40

I think there are still people useing Garnets Voodoo3's in the Asia area nothing special about them, it's nothing but a normal mass produced card ;)

Title: Re: ever heard of Garnet GV-2000SD?
Post by TM30 on 06.02.05 at 13:59:59

yeah but still noone other has it :P

here it is... looks like the heatsink has burned ?