[NTLUG:Discuss] VooDoo3 "1000" AGP

[alh]

> Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> > al wrote:
> > >
> > > Steve Baker wrote:
> >
> > > > Are you sure it isn't a V2?   3Dfx make a Voodoo-2 board
> > > > that's labelled V2-1000, but as you say, there isn't a
> > > > V3-1000.
> >
> > > yes its a V3 1000 16MB SGRAM AGP
> > > as its manual and box label says
> >
> > Wow!  Well, it's not listed on the 3Dfx web site - and they
> > stopped OEM'ing their chipsets - so all Voodoo-3 cards are
> > made by 3Dfx.
> >
> > > Iam using it now
> > > I know V2 too (the feed thru was what kept me from buying 3d for the
> > > early years)
> >
> > OK.
> >
> > > it is an oem"whitebox" from Fry's that I got for $69
> > > all other V3s that I have seen cost twice that for AGP
> >
> > Yep - exactly.
> >
> > $69 is less than they charge for the V2-1000!
> >
> > Well, if it's really a V3 then you are good to go. What's
> > the problem?  Install the Voodoo-3/Banshee drivers, GLIDE
> > 3.xx and Mesa 3.1 or later and you are in business.
> >
> 
> Ahhhhh.......
> If only Linux Life were that simple
> If that worked for me I wouldnt have had any questions
> 
> > I wonder where thay cut corners?  You seem to have the same
> > amount of RAM as me (16Mb - right?) and I can't believe they
> > built a new low-end chip...I can't imagine what could be missing.
> >
> > Perhaps they didn't bundle the usual collection of crap Windoze
> > games with it?  I dumped the ones that came with mine.
> >
> > I guess you could compare the specs on your board to my V3-2000.
> >
> > V3-2000:
> >    AGP 2x
> >    16Mb SDRAM
> 
> Mine says  S"G"RAM
> what ever that means
> 
> >
> >    143MHz core clock.
> >    300MHz RAMDAC
> >    Single-pass single-cycle multitexture
> >    DVD hardware assist (not that this is gonna help you under Linux)
> >    128bit 2D accellerator.
> >    Max screen res 2046x1536 at 60Hz  (But with only 16Mb RAM, you aren't
> >    gonna get much texture or Z buffer!)
> >
> > They also claim:
> >
> >    6 Million triangles/sec  (yeah - right - with a 10GHz CPU maybe!)
> >    286 Megatexels/sec       (that's true actually - it can do that)
> >
> 
> Other than the SGRAM thing and the fact that I cant find a core clock
> listing
> thats my card all right
> The manual has a FEB 2000 date on it
> 
> Did your V3 2000 come with a heatsink and fan?
> I had too add one to my 1000
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