Re: voodoo3 pci price

Posted on 2015-02-08, 11:10

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by mwdmeyer

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Yep the powercolor models only support 3.3volts. Interesting that you say that are more rare. I have 3 (full size no TV out, full size TV out and that L-shape one). I actually purchased the full sized no TV out model new in box back in 2001-2002 a bit after 3dfx went under. I think is was $AUD85, so …

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Re: voodoo3 pci price

Posted on 2015-02-08, 10:30

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by mwdmeyer

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I'm sorry, I have about 5 Voodoo 4s... From my understanding the V4s are worth a lot more than any V3. Based on my testing the Voodoo 4 is also a lot faster than the V3 when in games such as Quake 3 (where a lot of texture memory can be used). The cheapest Voodoo4s I've found are the powercolor V4 …

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Re: Osbone 486 DX2 66 VL-Bus (My 1st PC ever)

Posted on 2015-02-08, 01:46

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by mwdmeyer

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Very cool! I have a similar system. I also previously had a DX4/100 model but the motherboard died. My system is running NT4 and has 40MB ram I think.

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo 1 cards

Posted on 2014-11-10, 22:07

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by mwdmeyer

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I'd keep them all!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-10, 11:56

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by mwdmeyer

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I purchased this a while ago but thought it was pretty cool (I don't think I've posted it before). Boxed VLB ET4000 😀

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 vs 3000 bench

Posted on 2014-07-24, 01:02

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by mwdmeyer

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Quake 3 at 1024+ res should show some difference even on that P3 I would think.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-07-23, 08:26

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by mwdmeyer

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: Had a "you only live once" moment yesterday and purchased a V4 4500 and V5 5500 off eBay Australia from a fellow VOGONS member 😊 From borgie03? 😁 I missed one of his V3 3000 PCIs which would have been nice, hard to get...

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Re: Vogonswiki?

Posted on 2014-07-19, 13:38

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by mwdmeyer

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Sign up and I will approve you. It's manual due to spam.

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Re: Phil's Voodoo 2 (and SLI) processor Scaling project - 65 pages, 875 benchmark results

Posted on 2014-07-19, 12:35

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by mwdmeyer

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http://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/3dfx_Benchmarks !!

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Re: Phil's Voodoo 2 (and SLI) processor Scaling project - 65 pages, 875 benchmark results

Posted on 2014-07-15, 13:18

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by mwdmeyer

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Very nice work! Just had a quick read over it. If I were using a Voodoo 2 with or without SLI, I'd really want to use 800x600 or higher, so based on your testing I'm thinking a Pentium 2 400+ is a good match for it. For the Pentium 1s there is no point in SLI at all, which isn't really a surprise.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-07-15, 12:05

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by mwdmeyer

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Based on my benchmarks: http://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/3dfx_Benchmarks A V4 4500 32bit colour in Quake 3 1024x768 is almost as quick as a V3 3000 in 16bit Colour. All my testing has shown that the V4 is quicker than the V3 clock for clock. Those tests were done years ago so I am planning to do …

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Re: Thoughts on Emulating BBS Door Games with Node.js?

Posted on 2014-07-14, 09:51

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by mwdmeyer

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it would be nice if it was as simple and cheap to set up a BBS as it is to set up a website (if you have the know-how). It is (if you are talking about running a telnet style server and not full dialup), just get a cheap VPS and run it on debian or something. digital ocean is $5/month and there are …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-07-14, 08:23

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by mwdmeyer

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Yeah. Currently I think I'll use my Althon 1200, that motherboard does 3.3 volts for the other 3dfx cards. The Athlon 1200 + Voodoo 5 is a pretty good match in terms of age. A Tualatin 1400 would be awesome, but don't have one... I've got Tualatin-S 1.2GHz but no mobo.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-07-14, 08:00

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by mwdmeyer

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Nice! I couldn't justify it, but what I nice package :) So the 4500 is the only one with AGP 1.5V support? Performance wise between the V3 and V5 5500? Thanks! Yeah it is the only model with 1.5v support. Powercolor made some V4s but even those didn't support 1.5v (although I believe there is a mod …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-07-14, 07:13

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by mwdmeyer

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Just picked up a V4 4500 AGP in box 😁 I've wanted a nice 3dfx branded V4 4500 AGP for a while due to the 1.5volt AGP support and I just like to collect them...

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Re: Geforce2 MX200 64mb

Posted on 2014-06-27, 00:50

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by mwdmeyer

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I don't disagree that the Geforce 2 series was bandwidth starved, I just think it is impressive that a Geforce 2 MX 200 with about half the memory bandwidth of the TNT2 is still faster, so there were improvements. And the MX400 was pretty pointless as it just increased the GPU clock and not the …

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Re: Geforce2 MX200 64mb

Posted on 2014-06-25, 12:02

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by mwdmeyer

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Yes it seems to be. Surprising because everyone always said that the Geforce 2 was memory bandwidth starved. Even the Geforce 1 with DDR was a big improvement over the SDR version.

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Re: Geforce2 MX200 64mb

Posted on 2014-06-24, 23:11

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by mwdmeyer

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From my testing a Geforce 2 MX 200 is still a bit faster than a TNT 2 Ultra, which is pretty good really. Interesting is that the memory bandwidth on the TNT2 Ultra is about double that of the MX 200, so nvidia must have made some improvements on the Geforce. The Geforce MX 4000 is basically a very …

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Re: Old computers for daily tasks?

Posted on 2014-06-12, 04:50

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by mwdmeyer

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Does a 2009 27" iMac count? 😁 Seem pretty retro compared to my laptop...

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Re: Your speaker and headphone system(s)

Posted on 2014-06-02, 08:13

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I have a bit of audio gear :) The main setup is a Rotel RA-03 with a pair of Krix Phoenix floor standing speakers. In the kitchen I have a 27" iMac hooked up to this tiny t-amp (works surprisingly well!) with a set of jamo cornet 145k speakers. The bedroom is very similar to the main setup Rotel RA- …

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