i'm pretty sure that yes there are. from what I know some later cards used higher density RAM chips so they didn't need to have as many chips. I actually had one not to long ago but got rid of it because it was 90mhz ram and I wanted the 100mhz card to SLI with my Diamond v2

Yes, my STB cards are like that. Funny thing is the back still has solder points for the modules. Wondering if an upgrade to 24 MB is possible 😀

I was under the impression that all Voodoo 2 cards made by STB Systems had their memory only on 1 side. The Voodoo 2 1000 only ever got released with 12mb and had its memory on the front side only. The Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo 2's had their memory on both sides. The Voodoo 2 Black Magic also had its memory on both sides.

The Voodoo 2 you just purchased is the Voodoo 2 1000 so you'll most definitely have 12mb.

If still in doubt you could search for the datasheet for the RAM chips and do the math.
But since there are 12 chips and not 8 it couldn't really be an 8MB model, and AFAIK there are not 6MB V2 models, only V1.

That's indeed not cheap, though including international shipping it's probably OK. Did you check German ebay?

Any comments?

I have one of these with ram only on the front side and it's 12MB.

Yup, that's a V2 1000 allright. Here are pics of mine to compare with:

I can't believe you bought something from wiredforservice. He is so overpriced on everything. You can get a Voodoo 2 for less than what he charged you for it.

I did buy something from him once, but I made an offer instead of paying his outrageous BIN price and it was for a 24mb PCI Real3D Starfighter card that rarely comes up for sale.

sliderider wrote:

I can't believe you bought something from wiredforservice. He is so overpriced on everything. You can get a Voodoo 2 for less than what he charged you for it.

I did buy something from him once, but I made an offer instead of paying his outrageous BIN price and it was for a 24mb PCI Real3D Starfighter card that rarely comes up for sale.

50 USD for a Voodoo2 with free shipment is quite ok for me (I live in Turkey). There is no other voodoo2's around for this price, as far as I can see... 😕

Thanks a lot for the answers, yes the card is this one, and it seems to be really 12MB, that's for sure.

But Voodoo drivers (original w9x DX7 reference drivers, latest version) shows the card as 2+4=6MB card. What could be wrong?

This is what the System Info button on the 3dfx properties tab shows for mine:

You can also try the DirectX diagnostic tool, dxdiag. It should have a display tab for the Voodoo 2 with the total amount of video memory:

I'm currently using reference W9x 3.02.02 DX7 drivers.