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difficilis optio est
15.05.13 at 12:54:59

Hallo guys,

I have two V5500 and will sale one. The question is...which one to keep??

Here the specs of the Cards:

Card 1: PCB Rev A
         ICT - T2 9
         Bios: 1.06
         RAM: Hyundai HY57V653220B TC-6
         OC max (?) 205MHz

Card 2: PCB Rev A
         ICT - T1 11
         Bios: 1.06
         RAM: Hyundai HY57V653220B TC-6
         OC max (?) 191

The Card two is with orig. box.. but not so good in OC as the Card one... Which one to Keep....

Thx in advance for help guys...

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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #1 - 15.05.13 at 13:59:31 Put card 1 in card 2's box and sell card 2.
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Barisan YaBB Newbies Offline recent 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 34 Germany Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #2 - 15.05.13 at 15:08:24 Hmmm.. difficult decision... but I have to accept reality and sel the Card 2.
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ultima God Member Offline Always searching Posts: 876 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #3 - 15.05.13 at 15:10:56 but why is it a difficult decision? btw, what tool do you use for overclocking your voodoo5?
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goriath God Member Offline Ruggedized Retro Gamer Posts: 599 Italy/Slovenija Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #4 - 15.05.13 at 18:21:26 Barisan wrote on 15.05.13 at 15:08:24: Hmmm.. difficult decision... but I have to accept reality and sel the Card 2. The box is in no way related to the card. You can do as NitroX suggested without regret. P.S. Can I ask you PCB date codes of both cards? Just curious...
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Barisan YaBB Newbies Offline recent 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 34 Germany Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #5 - 15.05.13 at 18:55:56 @goriath where exactly I can find them? I am not so sophisticated with, collecting the 3dfx cards not so long. Do u have a directory of "best/rarest" issues from 3dfx? Thx in advance.
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goriath God Member Offline Ruggedized Retro Gamer Posts: 599 Italy/Slovenija Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #6 - 15.05.13 at 20:08:11 On the Voodoo5 5500 you can find them on the back of the card just up to the white 3dfx logo; PCB date codes are composed by four number, the first two represent the week of production, the last two the year. For example: '2300' PCB date code is from a Voodoo5 5500 built on the 23rd week of year 2000.
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Barisan YaBB Newbies Offline recent 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 34 Germany Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #7 - 15.05.13 at 20:49:45 Card 2 - 2100 Card 1 - 2100 Thx for help
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Reply #8 - 15.05.13 at 22:51:45

I personally would keep the card in the best physical condition then. (or one with fans that make less noise if that is applicable)

Please do let us know which tool you are using to overclock. If I recall, there are a few tools that only overclock the first GPU... (I use VSA100_OC and KoolSmoky's V_Ctrl to ensure *all* GPU's are overclocked)

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Barisan YaBB Newbies Offline recent 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 34 Germany Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #9 - 22.05.13 at 19:47:16 I have been using V-Control..Wrongy Here is another Voodoo1 Card I can't identify... Additionally I have one Voodoo2 with FCCID 600-0027-02-B, so far so good, in the database is this FCCID for Hercules Stingray Voodoo2. But... the PCB is black (the pic in database show card with green PCB).
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Barisan YaBB Newbies Offline recent 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 34 Germany Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #10 - 23.05.13 at 09:35:49 @rottentreats Apropos OC tools, where I can download these? Cheers
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #11 - 23.05.13 at 10:32:03 The Voodoo Graphics card is a Skywell Technology Magic 3D. The Voodoo2 could be a Skywell Technology Magic 3D II.
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Barisan YaBB Newbies Offline recent 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 34 Germany Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #12 - 23.05.13 at 17:32:50 I does the "count" in my collection, and found two other cards which are hard to identify.. This time two Voodoo Rush cards...
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #13 - 23.05.13 at 17:55:03 The green one is an Eagles Voodoo Rush and the blue one most likely a Skywell Technology Magic 3D Rush Lite
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Barisan YaBB Newbies Offline recent 3dfx enthusiast Posts: 34 Germany Gender:	Re: difficilis optio est Reply #14 - 24.05.13 at 15:24:18 @NitroX infinity thx for help. Who can read have clear advantage, on the second card was the description printed on the PCB, I haven't see this... Blind.. I am nearly finished with inventory....
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