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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Fan cooled V1 and V2 cards! Reply #1 - 16.12.04 at 10:19:45 Where's the Mercury? It's has like 2 big ol 80mm fans with chrome grills top side. Now that's impressive
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Fan cooled V1 and V2 cards! Reply #2 - 16.12.04 at 13:43:31 well my Canopus Pure 3D has Fanholes around the TMU chip , so maybe I'm missing a fan hehe not a problem, I'll go and fetch one later on lol
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Reply #3 - 16.12.04 at 14:08:34

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well my Canopus Pure 3D has Fanholes around the TMU chip , so maybe I'm missing a fan hehe not a problem, I'll go and fetch one later on lol Grin

All of them did, not all had the fan header though.

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

1998 invoice for Pure Kool fan and ad from Canopus website.

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/canopus/canopus_invoice.jpg

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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: Fan cooled V1 and V2 cards! Reply #4 - 16.12.04 at 14:56:57 @gdonovan - is it a 5V or 12V fan, just so @gamma742 knows before he goes looking for one... ...my bet is 5V!
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Fan cooled V1 and V2 cards! Reply #5 - 16.12.04 at 15:06:54 Quote: @gdonovan - is it a 5V or 12V fan, just so @gamma742 knows before he goes looking for one... ...my bet is 5V! The two big overhead fans on Mercury? Pretty sure they are a pair of 12v huffers.
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edmundoab God Member Offline Settling down back in Malaysia Posts: 651 Shah Alam, MALAYSIA Gender:	Re: Fan cooled V1 and V2 cards! Reply #6 - 16.12.04 at 16:17:02 wow , is that even needed for a V1?
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Reply #7 - 16.12.04 at 16:53:33

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wow , is that even needed for a V1?

Well Canopus did make some of the best cards and with the fan you might be able to overclock them a bit higher since they have good ram too (83 mhz in some cases). I have had one Canopus Pure3D up to 66 mhz, another has touched 70 mhz.

You also have to remember to a degree this was uncharted area back in 1996-1997! Most video chipsets didn't get very hot till Voodoo Graphics was released, if you read old reviews a lot of reviewers noted the high temps which are considered pretty normal now.

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Reply #8 - 16.12.04 at 20:07:57

Those early voodoo cards sure were hot, weather wise and other wise Roll Eyes

If I ever get my hands on another 100SB cooling will be a challenge (w/shades).

Maybe something a little more toned down from the 3 60mm server fans I have on my Mercury. Man, does that baby sing 8)

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Reply #9 - 16.12.04 at 23:41:06

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Well Canopus did make some of the best cards and with the fan you might be able to overclock them a bit higher since they have good ram too (83 mhz in some cases). I have had one Canopus Pure3D up to 66 mhz, another has touched 70 mhz.

You also have to remember to a degree this was uncharted area back in 1996-1997! Most video chipsets didn't get very hot till Voodoo Graphics was released, if you read old reviews a lot of reviewers noted the high temps which are considered pretty normal now.

Very nice card nevertheless

and I spotted the picture of the V5 5000 AGP.
Great item!

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