Can a Voodoo 2 8MB or 12MB be identified, physically? \ VOGONS

Can a Voodoo 2 8MB or 12MB be identified, physically?

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First post, by Malik

Posted on 2009-07-27, 11:03

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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!

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Reply 1 of 6, by Old Thrashbarg

Posted on 2009-07-27, 12:42

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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.

Reply 2 of 6, by archsan

Posted on 2009-07-27, 12:50

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For Creative boards, they should be marked with different CT numbers. CT6671 for 8MB ones IIRC. So stay with CT6670 ones!

Reply 3 of 6, by 5u3

Posted on 2009-07-27, 13:38

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My CT6670 has just 8MB RAM onboard, so there is probably no link between the CT numbering and RAM size. It's currenly up for grabs here.

Reply 4 of 6, by archsan

Posted on 2009-07-27, 13:55

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Ah, i got the reference:

From creative europe in Technical Specifications -- 3DBlaster Voodoo2:

Model Numbers: […]
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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... 🙁

Reply 5 of 6, by elfuego

Posted on 2009-07-27, 17:43

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Old Thrashbarg 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 😉

Reply 6 of 6, by Malik

Posted on 2009-07-27, 21:57

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So I guess this is a 12MB version then. Thanks for the comments everyone!

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