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First post, by rcarkk

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Hello guys. I´m new here. I have an interesting question. Today, i received a 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 PCI with 6ns SDRAM modules. My question is, the majority of cards, brings 7ns SDRAM modules and are STB cards. This one says 3dfx on the front and is manufactured in China. Is this a fake card? I only saw one on google like mine. All of the rest are STB manufactured in Mexico. Any ideas?

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Reply 2 of 6, by meljor

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I have the exact same card including the same 6ns ram chips. Mine's only mising the china sticker.

6ns is nice as they are the same as the ones on the 3000 cards so 166mhz should be easy, just put a fan on the small heatsink.

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Reply 3 of 6, by realoldguy23

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I also have the same card. The previous owner just had replaced the heat sink with a bigger one. China sticker and RAM speed is the same as on yours. The card works perfectly. Why do you think its a fake?

Reply 4 of 6, by havli

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Most Voodoo3 were made in Mexico but these chinese are rather common too. They are definitely genuine, no fake cards.

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Reply 5 of 6, by ph4nt0m

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3Dfx had quality and volume related issues with their Mexican plant at Juarez after the STB purchase in 1998, so they outsourced some production to China. These cards are just as good as Mexican. At the very least, their GPU heat spreaders were glued better on average than on those Mexican cards.

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Reply 6 of 6, by rcarkk

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Hi guys. Thanks for the replies. I thought the card was fake. Yeah, it works very well and OC to 166mhz on memory and GPU very easy. I have placed a 120mm fan blowing to the card directly. Perfect temperatures on GPU.

Baby AT socket7 - Pentium MMX 233MHz + 3Dfx Voodoo
Socket 8 build - Soyo 6FA + Pentium Pro 200MHz + 3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB
PC Remake - Pentium III 450 + Matrox G400 16MB
The K6-III build