Reply 20 of 26, by squareguy
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I installed the Voodoo 3 graphics card and tested it, It's working fine. I thought the 3Dfx control panel would tell me the model number of the card but it does not, although it does tell me the speed it is running. I can confirm it is a Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV-OUT running at 183-MHz http://www.hw-museum.cz/view-vga.php?vgaID=35. The BIOS on the card is 2.15.05 and as far as I can tell it is the latest version for this particular card.
I am using the latest 3Dfx official drivers 1.07.00 from http://www.falconfly.de/voodoo3.htm
I am also using the Official 3dfx OverClocking Tab (actually using to underclock) from http://www.falconfly.de/tools.htm
I would recommend this card to anyone wanting to build a late 90's gaming machine.
This is where I got mine
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-HP-Compaq-3DFX-16 … 1-/310320932421
Edit: Just in case you did not read the post when I received the card I wanted to make sure to include this here. The card is still factory sealed in it's Compaq static bag and cardboard box. Just wanted to make sure you know it is 100% NOS because I know that is important to me at least on some hardware.
Gateway 2000 Case and 200-Watt PSU
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium III 450 CPU
Micron 384MB SDRAM (3x128)
Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV Graphics Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
Western Digital 7200-RPM, 8MB-Cache, 160GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE