RAM transplant for v5 5500

[Uros]

I am thinking abaut giving on my Voodoo5 5500 256MB of Ram.
Has any one already done it??? Will it work???

[Avenger]

That won't work. The VSA 100 chips can only adress a maximum of 64 MB per chip, AFAIK. So the only thing that might work, is getting the V5 to 128 MB total.

[NitroX infinity]

Check falconfly's forum.
It's already done (128MB card). Card is being recognised as a 128MB card at startup but games won't use the extra 64MB, most likely a driver issue.

[Nightbird]

Sorry, not done (128 mb).
And if you're speaking about an other forum for the V5 128 mb, since they are known to be fakkers...

[NitroX infinity]

http://www.falconfly-central.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=techtalk;action=display;num=1087131259;start=150#150

[Nightbird]

Indeed, i have forgot this attempt.

[ArchAngelCD]

You would probably have better success putting faster RAM on the card.

[vider]

unless you are some sort of scintiste who has accesse to a lab
and a bunch of VERY talanted peuple, you could do it. IF you
have the Voodoo scematics and paper work, all of it.

Wow think of it, a lab wich could acttually, change the VPU to
of a the Voodoo 1/2/3/4/5 (Bashee) with a same VPU but on a
smaller micron (let's say somthing like a 0.90 could be nice).
and also change the memory to a bigger one based on a DDR type.

Ufff, why did 3DFx managment was so stupid?!

[r21vo]

changing vpu is like making a new card

3dfx was just small company and thier development speed was killing them..

[NitroX infinity]

vider; I suggest you read this topic on FalconFly's forum entirely:
http://www.falconfly-central.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=techtalk;action=display;num=1087131259

The only thing you need to replace your current RAM is the proper replacement RAM, soldering experience and a good soldering apparatus.

[secretfj]

i think replacing the V4 4500 's 32MB RAM with 64MB -5/-4ns SDRAM, followed by BIOS overclock/4x FSAA Crack would be a really great idea, maybe it can blow GeForce 2 Pro DDR away when using 4xAA with superb image quality....

[gdonovan]

A GF2-pro gives a V5-6000 a run for the money, I doubt a hot rodded V4 would even come close.

Been there, ran the benchmarks.

[secretfj]

seems Nv's AA ability is far behind Voodoo in terms of speed..
just read a review about a GeForce 2 MX and V4 4500...
V4 beats GF2MX seriously almost in all test when AA is opened...
this problem for GeForce Continue in GFFX series (i've tried a GeForce FX 5200, when 2XFSAA is opened,  it doesn't run with better visual quality but with terrible speed slowdown..

[r21vo]

GeForce 2 MX vs V4 4500 with AA? gf2mx can't do AntiAliasing afaik.
and fx5200 is a low-end that's why AA so badly impacts performance.

[secretfj]

as i can remember, there is option for GeForce 2 MX to enable FSAA....but i haven't tried it..you know, actually the cards at that time is never powerful enough to do FSAA...
the chance of V4 4500 i think is that i supports AGP 4X so new CPUs like P4 with over 3G and Athlon 64/FX can use it...and to explore its possibilities..
also giving more/faster memory to V4 4500 is the only project for VSA-100 proven working so far


http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/v44500/default.asp