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So who remembers 3dfx?

yeah, i remember 3dfx lol first ever graphics card i purchased way back in '99 or '00 sometime, think if memory serves it was the 4500 PCI model, they didnt do the 5500 in pci did they? used to play midtown madness on it lol.
Amd K6 333Mhz, 64Mb ram voodoo4 4500 pci, 15Gb HD 14" CRT haha those were the days
 
I only ever had one 3dfx card and that was the Voodoo 5 64mb dual gpu, back in early 2001. One of thee best cards I have ever used. I used it in my rig for approx a little over two years and then all of a sudden new games that came out just ran like a slide show...Project IGI 2, Unreal 2 The Awakening and iirc Max Payne. I then knew it was time for a much 'needed' upgrade. I then bought an ATI 8500 64mb le, couldn't believe the difference in speed.

I hope I can get at least as much longevity out of my 4870x2. :D
 
3DFX cards were cracking, even though I was young at the time I remember them fondly. Picked up 2 Voodoo 2's on the bay for about a tenner (NEW :eek:) and have great time playing many of the classics.

Berserker said:
I'd be happy to donate it to a loving home if anyone wants it
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I know sirlemonhead said about it but I wouldn't mind it if possible :) I have a rig with 2 Voodoo2's in it but wouldn't mind having TV out and a little extra oomph :D It'll be well looked after :p
 
Voodoo 2 here, damn that was one impressive jump in graphics having proper 3D and all. Played the classics obviously but does anyone remember Jet Moto lol ? The wacky arcade with futuristic waterbikes. :D



- Ordokai
 
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Never actually owned a 3dfx card, I go into gaming just as nVidia appeared on the scene with the Velocity 128. The beginning of the end for 3dfx, sealed by the TNT series and then GeForce.
 
sirlemonhead said:
I'd take the voodoo3 if nobody else REALLY wants it :)
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richb93 said:
I know sirlemonhead said about it but I wouldn't mind it if possible :) I have a rig with 2 Voodoo2's in it but wouldn't mind having TV out and a little extra oomph :D It'll be well looked after :p
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I've no idea what I did with the breakout box. Found it a few years ago on my last clearout run and have a horrible feeling it got binned. :(

I'll save the card from the skip though and will have a search but it's likely to be 2-3 weeks. Email in trust. :)

PS - before anyone says 'MM', hardware donations outside MM have historically been allowed, so I'm sure the Dons will be OK with this.
 
Berserker said:
They pioneered some of the technologies we take for granted - not least, SLI.
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The trademark for SLI was one of the things Nvidia got when they bought 3dfx, but the technology itself was killed.

The SLI we have now is called that for marketing reasons, trading on the goodwill 3dfx had - but it's completely different.

3dfx introduced Scanline Interleaving - where the 2 cards would draw every other line of the output - essentially meaning each card was responsible for rendering a half height display.

When Nvidia released SLI, it became Scalable Link Interface - a fast interconnect between 2 or more cards allowing them to pool triangle units etc.

I had a 3dfx , and it was awesome for its time :)
 
sldsmkd said:
The trademark for SLI was one of the things Nvidia got when they bought 3dfx, but the technology itself was killed.

The SLI we have now is called that for marketing reasons, trading on the goodwill 3dfx had - but it's completely different.

3dfx introduced Scanline Interleaving - where the 2 cards would draw every other line of the output - essentially meaning each card was responsible for rendering a half height display.

When Nvidia released SLI, it became Scalable Link Interface - a fast interconnect between 2 or more cards allowing them to pool triangle units etc.

I had a 3dfx , and it was awesome for its time :)
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Damn....I wanted to post that :)
 
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