HELLO GUYS!

       well , im writing to tell everyone there`s one more person who`s fallen under the "voodoo" spell! after buying a used gateway for my daughter i found a voodoo banshee inside ,after asking a friend about it@ work he said it was nothing specail,then asked me to sell it to him!! ive visited here several times looking for up`d  drivers and ive gotten hooked you guys(and gals) are great! but one question, can anybody list all  of 3dfx`s cards from the company`s start  to its  end ?? if there is anybody who can help i would be very thankful!!  i think i will start collecting voodoo cards and the beggining is the best place to start!!  hope everyone is well!  by

                                 bat21

Listing all cards is nearly impossible since there are so many different manufacturers who sold 3dfx-based products.

This site has loads of info though:
http://www.no-x-files.webz.cz/3dfx.htm

hello again!


      wow :o    you guys are fast!!!  i do appreciate you helping out the"new guy" so fast,one more question ,the voodoo banshee ive got p#6001005 has had a little problem running fighter ace 3.5,i mean it doesnt  hang or anything but the fusalodge of the planes (all of them...) have almost a prizm affect when backgrounds and backdrops all look great,any ideas  ???    thanx again for the link and the awsome response  ;D ;D

                  bat21

If you post your P.C. specifications and the O.S. you are using, we can recommend the best drivers to use... ;)

Oh and glad to see a new face in the Voodoo scene! :D

WELCOME! 8)

bat21: welcome! ;)

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i think i will start collecting voodoo cards and the beggining is the best place to start!!

I think it's easier to collect everything you can get..

whatsupeeguys,

                here are the specs you asked for , gateway 750(p3 , slot1,750mhz) intel ws440bx  , voodoo banshee -gateways p#  on the banshee is 6001005 thay have pics on the "vood" @ there spot if that helps,  the funny thing is after doing a little research  @ gateway i found out this box originaly  came with a tnt2 card   :( but lucky enough someone added  a little joojoo ;D  oh the os is windows 98se    ;)almost dropped that one    thanx for the help 8)  later!


                                              bat21

Go to the driver page of the archive here: -

http://www.falconfly.de/banshee.htm

And download these drivers... :D

"Raziel64' s Evolution Driver Version 1.00.00.Beta"

These are the latest available beta drivers for Win9x systems... ;)

GOOD LUCK! 8)

hey thanks for the hit , ive installed the driver but im having sone lock up probs with it  ill let you know whats up when im done flippin it around :-[maybe i can  do something with it .......which may take some time considering my limited skills :-[ thanks to all for the help!!!

@bat21,

Welcome to this great forum, there are many friendly knowledgable people/collectors here to help with any questions you may have.

Here's a quick & dirty list of chronologically released 3dfx cards :

Voodoo 1
Voodoo rush
Voodoo 2
Banshee
Voodoo 3
Voodoo 4
Voodoo 5

Up to the voodoo 3, 3dfx did not manufacture cards, thus a large quantity of vendors (Diamond, Creative, Orchid etc) licensed 3dfx reference design's/gpu's.

Around the voodoo 3 era 3dfx abandoned this business model (and partners)  ??? and decided to acquire a board manufacturing company (STB), and began exclusively producing there own branded boards.

If you go to General discussions > Who collects 3dfx cards on the board? you will get a very good start on all the different variations of cards (released and prototypes  ;)

wrote on 17.08.04 at 19:27:54:

Up to the voodoo 3, 3dfx did not manufacture cards...

Wrong, 3dfx also did a V2 1000 :)

http://www.tweakers.net/ext/f/15380/full.jpg

@NitroX infinity,

You are technically correct, 3dfx did produce a branded voodoo 2 card.

The point I was trying to make in my post was that starting with the voodoo 3, 3dfx changed there business model and were not licensing there technology to former/previous business partners. From what I have read in various articles this change in plans was in hindsight a really bad decision, it tied up money and caused substantial delays in upcoming/future product release dates which as we all know contributed greatly to 3dfx's demise.

If I remember correctly 3dfx released this card much later than other company's voodoo 2 offering's.

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The point I was trying to make in my post was that starting with the voodoo 3, 3dfx changed there business model and were not licensing there technology to former/previous business partners.

Wrong again ;)
Several companies made Avenger (V3) based products and Napalm based products ;D

@NitroX is correct, after all there IS an MSI Voodoo 3 based mainboard! ;D

And Asus and Powercolor made V3 and V4 products for sale in the markets outside the USA.

Ok, my use of "exclusively" in a previous post was somewhat misleading and it would have been better worded as "almost exclusively".

Except for what ? a handful of board makers/products after the STB acquisition, 3dfx wanted and did take control of the board manufacturing/sales side of the business.

3dfx's success came from focusing there efforts/resources on selling there technology to business partners, not wasting it trying to operate and maintain a board manufacturing facility also

Non 3dfx manuctured/branded boards produced after this acquisition = Trivial

Interesting 3dfx articles:

http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=412
http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=413
http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=414

@NitroX infinity,

Your right, I neglected to mention these other cards  :-[

 ;DTHIS IS WHY I DROP IN WHENEVER I CAN ALL THESE PEOPLE WILLING TO SHARE INFO   .....AND NOT CHARGE   IVE LEARNED MORE IN THE LAST FIVE MINS THAN A WEEK OF SEARCHING    ???  question though 3dfx`s demise ,   was internal or was it the competition???  and back to the board i have  creative banshee  is there a pci excel. card that can attach to mine to improve performance??? i saw one on ebay and was gonna take a run @ it  i think it said it connected to an agp card     will check further     ;Dhope everyone`s  well     later 8)

@Bat21:

3dfx' demise was caused by both: internal they made some bad decissions, external they couldn't keep up with nVidia's agressive production tactics.

As for the second thing, you could hang a V2 on there but I don't know if you'll see a performance increase.

      really...... :'(   i was looking for a solid reason togo after it     ::)   owell ill do it anyway atleast it will add to my stash    nastalgia being what it is and all.....you said v2 ???   guy on ebay lists it as a voodoo 1000 pci   same thing? or more wishful thinking  on my part?


  sellr on ebay just got back to me and relisted it as a voodoo2 1000 pci with a 34 pin header on top ,also got some #`s  

                s50-422v-02rev2    #s on primary chip marked 3dfx    500-0010-01
                       d60314.00be
                       9803-2004   taiwan 1001  

   standard board right? it seems im gonna have to figure out how to read these #`s so i can tell one from the other :-/