3dfx Archive - A month of 3dfx goodness

Thema Senior Member Offline Hardcore Powah Posts: 485 Slovenia Gender:	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #30 - 18.11.05 at 14:54:03 I suppose they have some sort of device for just some fast testing of vital functions. Now I have no idea how that goes if they test them all, or just say every 100th or one out of a batch.
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Chosen_One Senior Member Offline Keeper of the BIOS-files... Posts: 499 Germany Gender:	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #31 - 18.11.05 at 15:17:38 if it is a working one please dump the bios the sticker 2.05 looks good...maybe there is a bios 2.05.xx on it...
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Re: A month of 3dfx goodness
Reply #32 - 18.11.05 at 15:33:47

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hmm what can be understanded by Internal testing, because attaching a monitor cable internally would be alittle trick wouldn't it?

Sorry on this behalf, but that's a little new to me lol.

Well I just cited what I was told

Can't explain more thoroughly. I suppose that their term "Internal testing" means "testing done by manufacturer on specific industrial testbed and this dumb connector can't be used by end user so stop bothering me with questions about useless things which I don't know exactly by myself"

But I heard almost the same replies from ATI, NVidia, XGI and few card makers (Gainward, Sapphire, etc.) Of course, due to my work most of my contact persons are PR/Marketing specialists and not the board engeneers

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Thema Senior Member Offline Hardcore Powah Posts: 485 Slovenia Gender:	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #33 - 18.11.05 at 15:40:16 Fully working I don't do much bios work, any good app?
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #34 - 18.11.05 at 22:46:06 Quote: does the Vel100 Proto opperate like the Vel200 Proto there by it has 2 TMU's or does it have 1 TMU like it's production model? Didn't check in this case aside from checking for normal function (it works fine)
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #35 - 19.11.05 at 00:10:14 Hmm...internal testing... ...just a theory here, but how about when they are beta testing the BIOS of the card and need to re-flash it when it's NOT in an AGP / PCI slot. I mean they can't do that if it's soldered onto the board...unless they have a 'flash' connector!
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Re: A month of 3dfx goodness
Reply #36 - 19.11.05 at 00:28:56

Improbable, there would be no need for such a connector on a production board, especially not for testing beta bioses.
Also... in a developing part of the plant it's highly probable that there is plenty of AGPs and PCIs.
It might be some connector to check the vital functions, I suppose they have some sort of test on certain noumber of cards before putting them on the market after production.
The problem is I might be wrong as well as you, since noone is willing to tell the purpouse of such connectors.

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #37 - 19.11.05 at 12:32:57 11-19-05 Powercolor EvilKing 3 Extreme 183mhz
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #38 - 19.11.05 at 14:13:51 prototype? or why does it have a papercard attached?
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Chosen_One Senior Member Offline Keeper of the BIOS-files... Posts: 499 Germany Gender:	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #39 - 19.11.05 at 14:21:44 maybe only for ID...i use hangtags for ID the card... Name Build Date / Rev. RAM Clocks BIOS
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #40 - 19.11.05 at 15:03:20 Quote: maybe only for ID...i use hangtags for ID the card... Correct, this is a production card I had tagged so not to confuse with another card.
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Reply #41 - 19.11.05 at 17:14:00

hmm nice catch it has 5ns SDRAM like my Power Colour Evil King 3 Pro hehe same brand mem also hmm interesting Gary very Interesting.

anyways mine does infact run @ 166Mhz but it's max OC was core/mem 220Mhz heheh rather high for a 3K AGP

I wonder how far your Extreme will go , maybe 220Mhz also since the core and mem is actually the same only it runs at a different clock.

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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #42 - 19.11.05 at 18:15:36 220 is really good! i thought my 217Mhz with the Compaq V3 3500 was extreme...
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #43 - 19.11.05 at 22:48:36 hehe yeah it sure was, I tested that on my AthlonXP 2700+ some 2 years ago. BTW TM 30 217Mhz is also very L33T
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: A month of 3dfx goodness Reply #44 - 20.11.05 at 00:54:28 indeed, but you're more 1337 8)
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