Is it possible to identify a voodoo 2 card's memory by just looking at it? Like, any identifiable numbers printed on the chips perhaps? Or the number of chips?
Got 2 voodoo 2 cards - both Creative 3D Blaster Voodoo 2 CT6670. Ordered a couple more for another system.
Just wanted to know. Thanks!
Yes. The 8MB has fewer memory chips soldered on board. Mine's missing the 8 chips along the top on the back of the card, I'd assume most others using the reference design would be the same.
For Creative boards, they should be marked with different CT numbers. CT6671 for 8MB ones IIRC. So stay with CT6670 ones!
Ah, i got the reference:
From creative europe in Technical Specifications -- 3DBlaster Voodoo2:
Model Numbers: […]
Model Numbers:
* CT6670 (12MB)
* CT6671 (8MB)The 3D Blaster Voodoo2 card is a full-screen 3D-only solution that uses ... blah blah...
That would be misleading then... 🙁
wrote:Yes. The 8MB has fewer memory chips soldered on board. Mine's missing the 8 chips along the top on the back of the card, I'd assume most others using the reference design would be the same.
Exactly. There are 8 missing chips on the 8mb version. This can be seen from a moving airplane, no need to look for numbers 😉
So I guess this is a 12MB version then. Thanks for the comments everyone!
