voodoo4 4800 and voodoo 3 4000

[Rolo01]

Okay, here we go :
First image of my V4-4800...


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[NitroX infinity]

I thought there was only one type of V4 4800??? (PCI with VGA/TV/DVI)

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Originally posted by Rolo01

Okay, here we go :
First image of my V4-4800...


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hmm isn't that actually a 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 32MB DDR Daytona AGP???

Wasn't the 3dfx Voodoo4 4800 32MB a PCI card like the 4500 but with an extra TV-Out and DVI ?

[Rolo01]

Hmm, the card boots as Voodoo4-2 4800 with DDR, I thought the 4200 was the PCI version...

[NitroX infinity]

From what I know, the 4800 was PCI and had a TV-Out and a DVI connector.
But, I could be totally wrong about this. Maybe someone else knows for sure? Like Hank?

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Originally posted by Rolo01

Hmm, the card boots as Voodoo4-2 4800 with DDR, I thought the 4200 was the PCI version...

well yeah I may be mistaken but one thing is for sure this is a Daytona VSA-101 based card. What I thought is that this is the Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP and the other Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI. The Voodoo4 4800 PCI , well we all know it's just a normal Voodoo4 4500 PCI with an extra TV-out and DVI but of that version there is an AGP..and the funny thing is that they call it Voodoo4 4500 AGP 32MB DVI /TV-Out...or something like that in a strange way.

3dfx Voodoo4 4800 PCI 32MB:
http://my.fit.edu/~mmok/Pics/voodoo4800aMedium.jpeg

3dfx Voodoo4 4500 AGP 32MB +TV-Out & DVI:
http://my.fit.edu/~mmok/Pics/voodoo4500agp.jpg

Ive seen these photo's in this topic:

http://www.3dfxzone.it/enboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=377&SearchTerms=Voodoo4,4800

correct me if I'm wrong

[Rolo01]

The photos you mentioned seem to be based on VSA-100 with normal SDRam.
The Voodoo4-2 4200 DDR looks like this:

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Rolo01

The photos you mentioned seem to be based on VSA-100 with normal SDRam.
The Voodoo4-2 4200 DDR looks like this:

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Okay but if you compare that 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI DDR + DVI:



to this:

Voodoo4-2 4800 AGP 32MB DDR + TV-Out:



First image of my V4-4800 PCI 32MB DDR + TV-Out & DVI



You can clearly see that the layout of the VSA-101 and DDR mem is visually the same as your Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI.

Is there an explanation why that 3dfx would confuse these two cards by naming one of the Voodoo4-2 4200 DDR and the Other Voodoo4 4800 DDR?

Because it would be the way it is now, the Voodoo4 4800 PCI is nothing more than a Voodo4 4500 PCI with DVI an TV-Out, I mentioned that earlier in this topic.

So, what would be most clearly is - that the Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI is a PCI version of the Voodoo4-2 4200 and your example of the Voodoo4 4800 is actually an AGP version of the Voodoo4-2 4200...it does make more sense to me, if you look carefully at the layout of the two.

And for the Voodoo4 4800....well that is very logic I guess.

The Voodoo4 4800 PCI 32MB DVI + TV-Out, as we all know, is the only real Voodoo4 4800 there is, in my knowlage. And the Voodoo4 4500 AGP with DVI and TV-Out should be a resemblance of the Voodoo4 4800 AGP.

Normaly it would make more sense like this.

I hope you get an idea what I mean. And if you see it different, I'd like to hear you out!! May Hank know something on this one;) Let him share his word too. That means for everyone of couse

[recoton]

okay heres another strange card you have or havent seen it says in
the bios that its a voodoo 5 6000 and with certain drivers it will do
8 sample antiliasing.deffinetly a play toy for 3dfx engineers and is
32 meg of ram.you tell me what it is,by the way i used the wrong file
name .the card says its a voodoo 5 6000 with 32 meg sdram in the bios.

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[sloomy]

we can't see the image, there should  be a probem with the server. Please try  it again, or you can send it also to my  mail ( sloomy@lycos.com)

greetz

[lecram25]

Voodoo 5 6000 with a total of 32megs of ram? Is that even possible? 8megs per VSA 100 chip? I don't even think 32megs if ebough for 2xAA let alone 4x and 8x...I think the tag may mean 32megs per chip, hence totalling up to 128mb...
...guess I can only wait for a pic...

[Knuckles]

there is one V5 6000 available on ebay..., 512$US after 20 bids and 6 days on 10 day listing, link :

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2766979177&category=40157

btw, 32MB on a V5 6k? sounds almost impossible...

[recoton]

the guy that sold the card said it was a voodoo 4 4500 test card and
it has a voodoo 5 6000 bios on it.

[sloomy]

himm

It is possible, maybe they have used by driver development a Voodoo4 4500 engineering sample. The Voodoo5 6000 were too expensive and valuable for this.

Does the card have a DVI and S Video out ? Is it pci or agp `?
But a picture will be also very helpfull ? Have you sent it to my e mail ?

cheers

[recoton]

sloomy you have mail