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Eye-Q

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Just got an odd card
20.01.05 at 18:45:52

I found a card at ebay which i have never seen before:

Front

Back

As you can see the places for the connectors and some more chips are present, and at the back side there is memory, too. Anyway, it can't be a Q3D-card because of the missing connectors for the shadecard and the missing marks.
At the back side right above the sticker there is the number "600-0013-05" (i couldn't catch it because my cam isn't as good as i want Wink

). Afaik the number "600-0013-02" marks the obsidian 50-4220 and the 50-4400 but i couldn't find any hints on this number.

Maybe anyone here has seen such a card. ???

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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Just got an odd card Reply #1 - 20.01.05 at 19:23:17 It's a Magic 3D Plus from Skywell Technology if I'm not mistaken. Seems to be an 8MB card (Makes sense since the Magic 3D is a 4MB card)
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Reply #2 - 20.01.05 at 19:24:04

It's a Magic 3D card as the board states, a low end Voodoo board maker from Asia.

The ram chips are of odd configuration, I don't know if it is 4 meg board with 1/4 mb chips or an 8 meg board with 1/2 mb chips. I suspect the former since it does state it's a voodoo graphics plus.

Date on the chips state Febuary 1998, so it's late to the party for a Voodoo Graphics board. The Voodoo II was released at the same time the chips on this board were made.

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Re: Just got an odd card
Reply #3 - 21.01.05 at 12:16:33

Thanks for the quick replies, i already thought it would be a Skywell but i wonder why the card apparently has the PCB of a Q3D-Card...
The ebay-auction states it is an 8 meg-board but i couldn't find out if it's proper. I installed the board but i didn't want to install drivers so tools like everest Home Edition and SiSoft Sandra unfortunately didn't state the amount of RAM. Undecided

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janskjaer Ex Member	Re: Just got an odd card Reply #4 - 21.01.05 at 18:51:13 If you mean 'Q3D-baord' as in black, this is not a rarity I'm afraid. There are many other 3dfx boards that have been built upon darker PCB's, such as STB's BlackMagic 3D2 (later evolving into the 3dfx V2 1000 PCI model).
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Eye-Q God Member Offline Posts: 522 Germany Gender:	Re: Just got an odd card Reply #5 - 21.01.05 at 18:56:24 No no, i know that there are non-Q3D-cards in black but no ones with the places for the connectors. Look at the Link "Front" and you know what i mean.
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3Dfx_tweaker Guest	Re: Just got an odd card Reply #6 - 21.01.05 at 20:45:38 yes this board looks like the 3dfx reference version, of the obisidians. There is the capability to enable SLI with a little soldering offcourse.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Just got an odd card Reply #7 - 21.01.05 at 20:57:26 Quote: There is the capability to enable SLI with a little soldering offcourse. Wish it was that easy- Already tried that so my dual card SLI rig would run again, no such luck. There are other changes to the boards.
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