Help identify this 3Dfx card

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:32 pm

It's a Diamond - obviously. It's PCI. What model?

I plan to mount it in a picture frame. I toyed with "In Emergency, Breakl Glass", but I'm just gonna put in the make, model, date and specs.

Check the THREE cores!!! LOL.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:05 pm

Voodoo 2, need to see the back side to determine if it's 8 or 12 megs. They use EDO ram @ 25ms

The official title is:
DIAMOND MONSTER 3D II PCI

Thank god you don't run a videocard help page...

Arch · Post by **Arch** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:09 pm

Come on Mobi, you didn't know that was a Voodoo 2 card? Sheesh...

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:21 pm

/me instantly recognizes 3 chip voodoo2 design. * Reaches over into shelf, pulls out Diamond Monster 3D II 8 MB card, yep, thats a Monster 3D II, gotta see the back to tell if its a 8 MB or a 12 MB tho. 8 MB only has 4 memory chips on the back, 12 MB has the full 12 memory chips on the back.

IIRC the two upper chips are the texture units, the lower chip is the pixel unit.

-Krom

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:28 pm

Mobi, you can also look on the back of the card and run a search using the FCC ID on the FCC website.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:28 pm

*pulls out gun*
come here mobius

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:28 pm

Obviously that's the Bitchen Half-Assed Daisychain Pluss Pluss.

Just hang it on the wall with pins throught the holes in the PCB. That's what I did with my Voodoo 5.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 2:50 pm

Jebus... Is that a floppy port in the upper left corner???

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:08 pm

/me slaps Vindi...

No, that's where the SLI cable goes to daisychain two cards for twice the performance

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:12 pm

When their powers combine...they become...Voodoo Floppies! The magical ghost of a disk that's a friend to everyone. Whee!!

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:23 pm

hahaha lmfao.. Nice!

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:36 pm

those 4 on the bottom right, they say 100 MHz, what are those for?

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:56 pm

They're decoration. It helps the product to look complicated, so stupid people would pay more.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:15 pm

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:41 pm

Wicked - thanks guys. I've never owned a 3Dfx card - so I had no idea what it was. Yeah - it's the 8MB model, only 4 chips on the back of it. I wondered about the "floppy cable socket" too!

FYI, it was wired through an S3 Virge 2D card in a box with a Pentium 200 in it.

My first 3D card was the Matrox G400 and prior to that I had some crappy 2D thing with 512KB of RAM in my 486 DX66! HEH.

I wonder what original purchase price was? Musta been hella expensive yeah? Must have been someone's pride and joy at some stage. My buddy was gonna chuck the box in the skip - but when I saw it was a Voodoo (I knew *that* much!) I figured it was a great piece of history for my Technology Museum.

pipsqueak10 · Post by **pipsqueak10** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:56 pm

Who cares what kind of card it is. I'm too busy looking at stresstest's avatar! Yes I know, worthless, pointless post that doesn't contribute anything but I couldn't help myself. Sorry Mobi.

Honest Bob · Post by **Honest Bob** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 5:05 pm

Hey I got one of those!

I tried to chain it with my Voodoo 3 2000 back when I found it. Cant remember if it worked or not though.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 6:33 pm

Voodoo 3 2000 didnt have a SLI connector, i had two of them, one for my puter and one for my dads. they did not have that connector on it

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:08 pm

I've got the exact same card! Mobi...maybe we could breed them!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:44 pm

Ace, your stupidity never ceases to amaze me. The Voodoo3 cards dont have SLI, they are single chip cards. We arent talking about Voodoo3s here, we are talking about Voodoo2s! Voodoo3 2000 != Voodoo2 8MB.

-Krom

KompresZor · Post by **KompresZor** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:59 pm

I have an old Diamond Monster Fusion with the dreaded Banshee chipset. I think it's in the old P200 the wife is using.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:01 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Krom:
 Ace, your stupidity never ceases to amaze me. The Voodoo3 cards dont have SLI, they are single chip cards. We arent talking about Voodoo3s here, we are talking about Voodoo2s! Voodoo3 2000 != Voodoo2 8MB.

-Krom<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Um... Krom?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Honest Bob:
 Hey I got one of those!

I tried to chain it with my Voodoo 3 2000 back when I found it. Cant remember if it worked or not though.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That is the post directly above Ace's.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:03 pm

KROM = PWND3D!!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:25 pm

Yeah I noticed that right after I posted, but didnt feel like changing it because its still true and I'm a lazy bastard.

MehYam · Post by **MehYam** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:45 pm

Mobius, why would you call yourself a lazy bastard? You should do something about that, like join a gym.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:02 pm

no one answered my question about those 4 chips on the bottom right that have "100MHz" written on them, are those the Bus clock chips or what are they?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Krom:
Yeah I noticed that right after I posted, but didnt feel like changing it because its still true and I'm a lazy bastard.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

STFU, lazy, im right

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:58 pm

They are RAM chips, just like all the others, just happens that the Voodoo2 in question uses two different types of RAM chips instead of just one kind for them all like mine. The stepping on the actual chips differs on my Voodoo2 also.

-Krom

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:50 am

OK Ace since your A1+ clueless

VoodooÂ²

V2 8MB = 4MB frame buffer& 2MB texture buffer& 8MB onboard ram
V2 12MB= 4MB frame buffer& 4MB texture buffer& 12MB onboard ram

In SLI mode Onboard Ram on the second card was disabled and ONLY the Frame/Texture buffer was used on the Second card

V2 in sli = you doubled Frame/texture Ram but maintained 8/12MB onboard ram

the stuff at the top is for the single Pixelfx 2 and two Texelfx 2 units. The rest is on the bottom right and on the back is SDRAM MEMORY( 25ns 100MHz )

V2-1000( 12MB ) by 3dfx was the card designation when the V3's came out the only card that supported SLI from the 3dfx branded line
V3 2000 was a PCI card V3 no SLI

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:22 am

yeah cause the V3 had no need for a 2D card like the V2s did cause they where made for 3D not 2D\3D like the Voodoo Rush and V3+

IIRC the 1st Voodoo card was a daughter card just like the V2 but slower and onley 4mbs if my memory works right

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:39 am

lol, we still have our Voodoo 2 12mb card in one of our older machines here

I still have a lot of fond memories of that thing. Playing D2_3DFX and Quake II with it on an old Pentium classic box...mmm, yeah, those were the days

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:01 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by BUBBALOU:
 OK Ace since your A1+ clueless

Text Replaced with "BLAH BLAH BLAH"
"The rest is on the bottom right and on the back is SDRAM MEMORY( 25ns 100MHz )"

Again replaced with "BLAH BLAH BLAH"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

thank you again Mr. Need-for-absolute-techno-babble-that-had-nothing-to-do-with-my-question.

TY, so those are RAM Chips

i didnt need a breakdown of the entire card, i just wanted to know what those 4 chips were