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Strange VillageTronic MacMagic? And Voodoo 2 T&L?
02.10.13 at 15:17:49
 
So I bought really cheap one VillageTronic MacMagic on eBay (sorry for the bad quality pics):

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It is completely black with no signs whatsoever... only thing readable (also in black) is v1.2
Is this actually VillageTronic MacMagic, as looking at this pics there are couple of differences:

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I am missing the heatsinks, white lines, components are not marked (R, C, L)... It almost looks like painted (although it's not made by hand, but by machine) and there is a green?! PCB showing below... So really curious what actually is this and is it stock look...



While looking at info over the net, I accidentally found this article:
http://www.purepc.pl/karty_graficzne/historia_3dfx_voodoo_narodziny_i_upadek_leg...
Does anyone actually have a VREngine/VD-1 or VD-2?! Would really appreciate some high resolution pictures...

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Reply #1 - 02.10.13 at 20:54:45
 
No idea, but it looks fantastic!
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Reply #2 - 03.10.13 at 13:48:52
 
Probably an oversight or one of the last PCB's used?

As for the VREngine, it's elusive. There are if (I'm not mistaking) 3 VREngine's; a Voodoo Graphics based version, a Voodoo 2 based version and a Voodoo 2 SLI version.
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Reply #3 - 03.10.13 at 20:03:36
 
I have NEC TE4E card which seems to be RealVision VREngine/TE-1
That means GA400 chip was real Smiley
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Reply #4 - 05.10.13 at 01:34:49
 
NitroX infinity wrote on 03.10.13 at 13:48:52:
Probably an oversight or one of the last PCB's used?

As for the VREngine, it's elusive. There are if (I'm not mistaking) 3 VREngine's; a Voodoo Graphics based version, a Voodoo 2 based version and a Voodoo 2 SLI version.


I didn't know about V2 SLI. But there is also a V3 version


http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de/attachments/547743d1337098540-rip-ehemalige-gr...

Or that one has another chip for T&L?

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Reply #5 - 05.10.13 at 08:51:08
 
Wasn't that the voodoo3 card which had an external DAC, it can be found on gary's site under prototypes
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Reply #6 - 05.10.13 at 09:25:28
 
@ultima This is actually Voodoo 3 + Mitsubishi IMPAC-GE T&L Smiley

Seems these VREngine VD1 and VD2 are pretty hard to find...

Any other ideas about my card guys?! Smiley
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Reply #7 - 06.10.13 at 12:37:13
 
Yes, there is a V3 with geometry engine, but it was an internal 3dfx thing done by Hank. He still has the card last time I heard. It is the card on the image.

The V3 with external RAMDAC is another card.
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Reply #8 - 06.10.13 at 15:24:48
 
Do you know if the voodoo3 actually works and tge geometry chip as well?

One could expect it' performance to be  faster then a normal voodoo3, right?
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Reply #9 - 06.10.13 at 16:33:49
 
Even if the hardware is working, I doubt somebody actually did the drivers for it...
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Reply #10 - 06.10.13 at 20:41:32
 
ultima wrote on 06.10.13 at 15:24:48:
Do you know if the voodoo3 actually works and tge geometry chip as well?

One could expect it' performance to be  faster then a normal voodoo3, right?


Microcode for the g engine wasn't finished.
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Reply #11 - 06.10.13 at 22:43:02
 
Hi,
There is a chance that VREngine cards are not only fake. Them may exist. A long time a go i downloaded from realvision main site this brochure.

http://3dfx.pl/files/VREngine.pdf

sorry but only in Japanese language

PS.
I can't see any information about Voodoo1 from Realvision
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Reply #12 - 07.10.13 at 00:35:04
 
I'm trying to imagine a V5 6000 with a T&L chip. That would be probably one of the most "good looking" card.

That what one of the things that I liked about 3dfx - they had not only great performance, but also great looking cards... V2 was awesome - 3 chips... a lot of memory modules, separate chips for ramdac, all only for a 3D addon card.

V3 was boring as hell - 2D+3D+ramdac in one sinlge chip...

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Reply #13 - 07.10.13 at 02:14:15
 
Varus wrote on 06.10.13 at 22:43:02:
Hi,
There is a chance that VREngine cards are not only fake.


They are NOT fake indeed, and I don't know how you could ever think of:

NEC GA-330 + Voodoo Graphics
http://tweakers.net/ext/f/N1gwodZqEGFWaogHGEEPxsnQ/full.jpg

The VREngine/VD-1 posted previously is a Voodoo2 equipped with NEC GA-400 geometry engine.

VD-2 variant should be simply the same with a daughterboard that brings a second Voodoo2 chipset + memory modules, like Obsidian2 X-24/200SB cards.
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Reply #14 - 07.10.13 at 10:15:40
 
Btw talking about HW T&L, wasn't supposed V5 6000 to have one when announced, but then plans changed I guess?

Also is there any Rampage with Sage chip out there?
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