3dfx fanboys UNITE!

sdaffis · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 99

I've searched the forums for a similar topic but couldn't find one.. I think it would be nice with a 3dfx fanboy-club! Any ideas/suggestions/flames? Put them in this thread!

Those welcome are (of course) actual fanboys, wannabe-3dfx-owners and past fanboys. All your SLI-rigs are belong to us!

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HydroSan · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 3:29 pm Post subject:

I own a Voodoo3 2000 16MB. :lol:

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sdaffis · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 99

How very nice!

I hope you're using it right now?

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riis · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 4:37 pm Post subject:

sdaffis · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 99

ATM I only own a Voodoo2 12mb but am looking for a good deal on a Voodoo 5 @ eBay. Got a Tyan S1692D (SMP) with 2xP2 and ram already off ebay, planning for a kickass Gentoo box

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jonypawks · n00b Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Posts: 16 Location: Kansas

I have a voodoo4 4500 PCI somewhere, it's not in use now, but i got a lot of use out of it.

I've been meaning to put back in and use it for dual monitors, but haven't gotten around to it. I should do that, maybe this week.
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Syntaxis · Guru Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 511 Location: London, UK

Still using my Voodoo 5 here. :-)

Although one of these days, I may finally upgrade so I can play e.g. Morrowind and Republic: The Revolution.

playfool · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 7:15 pm Post subject:

I used to own a Voodoo2, it was my first real 3d accelerated videocard, I loved it so much.

HydroSan · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 7:57 pm Post subject:

meital · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 93

I own a voodoo3 if someone want's to switch his Ge-Force with me I'm open to suggestions ... :wink:

kicker69101 · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 62

I have a voodoo5 and if I didn't play winblows games I would still be using it.

Boris27 · Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:11 pm Post subject:

I still have a VooDoo Banshee PCI. It's collecting dust tho...
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sdaffis · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Nov 2003 Posts: 99

How very nice to see this kind of response!

Tell me all the juicy details about the Voodoo4/5 when you bought them. Were they expensive? Did they kick ass?! Tell me all about it!

(I always love to hear about 3dfx)

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nrl · Guru Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 446 Location: Glasgow, UK

oniq · Guru Joined: 02 Sep 2002 Posts: 597 Location: Connecticut

Glad 3dfx is dead
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yuckymucky · n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 17

I have 2 Voodoo2 12mb cards just sitting in my closet. I used to have them connected in SLI on my old machine and I was the envy of all my friends. Now I just sit and wonder what I can do with them.

Stu L Tissimus · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:31 am Post subject:

3DFX isn't dead - In fact, nVidia based their GF-FX series of card on the old Voodoo design.

And look where that took 'em.

:oops:

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Renderguy · n00b Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 12

HA! Ive got you all bet in terms of old 3dfx cards. I once had a Pentium 120 with a 3DFX Voodoo in it. I was so happy, because I could finnaly play FF7 on it. Anyway, I think that we owned a Voodoo 3 once. Ahh, the joys of having your card limited to 256x256 pixel textures.

hardcore · l33t Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 626 Location: MSU, MI

I still have my Voodoo2 cards in SLI, but not in use at the moment. They were the shit back in the day.

feliperal · Apprentice Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 168

I used to own an old Vodoo2 card...I always enjoyed how, even in the early days, they used to offer good support for Linux...Now, since they were bought out by Nvidia, I believe, there is really no competition in the marketplace.

Matrox was another company that I liked, but it seems like they will tank...The Parhellia looked like a promising card series... However, with the high costs and lackluster performance, it failed to establish a true following....Matrox has not innovated and realeased anything new.... Paying $639 dollars for a Parhelia 256 card is just plain ludicrous.

I guess we'll have to be content with ATI and Nvidia's offerrings.

JoZEr · n00b Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 3

I still have a Vodoo3 3500 in my server system. I'm working on getting the tv-tuner working on it so i can have 2 tuners for mythtv.

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wdreinhart · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:15 pm Post subject:

I have a voodoo2 and a voodoo3 AGP. The V3 is still in use, in my sister's computer. 3Dfx was way ahead of the curve in video card development. They had cards than needed multiple fans and an extra power connection WAY before ATI or nVidia did!

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