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First post, by Doornkaat

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So, I got this card a while ago. It has a rather high serial number but it is labelled as a 'Test Sample'.

Hercules Dominator BEAST back.jpg
Hercules Dominator BEAST front.jpg

Can anyone explain to me what exactly that means?

PS: Sorry for the reflections, I have suboptimal lighting for photography in my storage cellar. 😅

Reply 1 of 7, by Aebtdom

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Probably a testing card for the old Vobis computerstore back in the day to test mainboards.

Builds:

Xp3000+ gf3 ti200 + vd2 SLI 12MB + 768MB + SB live @ WinXP & 98 Dualboot.

P2 350mhz + Diamond Viper V550 + 3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB + AWE64 + 128MB SDR @ msdos / win98.

Reply 3 of 7, by Aebtdom

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An S3 Savage 3D 8MB AGP graphics card.

Builds:

Xp3000+ gf3 ti200 + vd2 SLI 12MB + 768MB + SB live @ WinXP & 98 Dualboot.

P2 350mhz + Diamond Viper V550 + 3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB + AWE64 + 128MB SDR @ msdos / win98.

Reply 4 of 7, by Doornkaat

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Aebtdom wrote on 2021-03-28, 13:24:

Probably a testing card for the old Vobis computerstore back in the day to test mainboards.

Have you ever encountered something similar or do you have any reference?

Reply 5 of 7, by Aebtdom

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I've worked in different computer stores back in the days, and this is to prevent mixups of customers hardware with the technical teams hardware.

Builds:

Xp3000+ gf3 ti200 + vd2 SLI 12MB + 768MB + SB live @ WinXP & 98 Dualboot.

P2 350mhz + Diamond Viper V550 + 3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB + AWE64 + 128MB SDR @ msdos / win98.

Reply 7 of 7, by Doornkaat

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Alright! Thanks, guys!👍