3DFX Voodoo5 5500 works on PCI-Express !!

[jix-reggio]

Ok, let's go ...



Cooling subsystem ready.

[m14radu]

I'm following closely your construction.
What is 'in the pipeline' ?

Can't wait to see the release....oh..December is already here....

Anyway, Grweat work jix-reggio.

[jix-reggio]

Hello Mradu, for your instable Pericom adapter
I suggest to check power wires are firmly connected,
check the 4 pins connector of the bridge, it must
be completely pushed into the PSU female connector.
I experienced problems related to this 4 pins
ie : behaviour in 2D OK, but D3D bugs (in dxdiag or in 3dmark).
Maybe it can help.

I'm late.
A little video with some informations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xpGJFNa6Bo&feature=youtu.be

Happy new year for all 3dfx community people.



14/02/2013
Special tip for Voodoo2 SLI Owners :

Look at the bridge specs --> pci runs @66mhz ...
Priced at 50 euros.
This french seller is a good one.

http://www.kalea-informatique.com/mag/fr/product-5453963.htm

[Radeux]

Hmmm looks like I'm gonnna hold off on buying a Geforce GTX! 3:D my money is most certainly going to a PCI-E 8x to PCI-x adapter w/extension cable.

[m14radu]

Thanks jix-reggio: I installed my voodoo5 and check it again.
Unfortunately the instability is still present, and the PCI-X bus can not be set under 100.

Can you post a link with your PCI 2 PCI-X adapter ? I might order one like yours. Need to see the prices first..

Any news or progress about your project ?

[jix-reggio]

Hi Mradu,
 So you can't fix this ? Huh, it's a hassle !


As I said I bought a « Startech PEX1PCI1R for Intel server 1U » converter
This item is based on Pericom PI7C9111SL 66 mhz capable chip. The datasheet is very clear about this.
Here is a link on the adapter i bougt :
http://fr.startech.com/Cartes-Aditionelles-et-Peripheriques/Extension-de-fente/Carte-riser-PCI-Express-vers-PCI-x1-pour-serveur-IPC-Intel-1U~PEX1PCI1R

In my PC, it rans fine and stable, excepted when I did'nt connect correctly the 4 pins power wire as I said before. In the bios I just set the Pci burst lenght to 64 cycles and the Pci-E freq. to 100 or 101 mhz. I tested both on Pci-E 16X and 1X motherboard slots.

For the moment I cannot play with my hardware.

As stated in the datasheet, the chip needs 10% power more @66mhz (740 mW), you could try to set a dissipator on it to improve the cooling.

The V5500 Pci can run @70 mhz with Pci-E overclocking.

On Pci-E 105 mhz clock speed my V5500 is very stable on my Asrock Dual-Sata S939 motherboard.

[jix-reggio]

Thermal pad and Copper on the VSA-100 back
helps overclocking at stock voltage.
This place gets very hot on o/c.

Here I tried  8 * Mos-C1 Enzotech.

Video of the card
showing the "Nature" 3dm2001 test
performed with 3DA emulation.

http://youtu.be/FRKRUY9o0hM

[m14radu]

Great work jix-reggio !

Can you please post some picture with the new cooling?
How did you attach the cooling on the back of vsa ?

Thanks !

[jix-reggio]

That's very easy.
VSA-100  with  4 * Mos-C1 heatsinks  =  8g of Copper



Enzotech Heatsinks products brief
Mos-C10
http://www.enzotechnology.com/mos_c10.htm

Mos-C1
http://www.enzotechnology.com/mos-c1.htm

[m14radu]

thanks jix-reggio !
did you try also with Mos-C10 on the VSA's back ?

how hot are the coolers on the back during benchmarks ?

[jix-reggio]

Sorry, I wasn't on 3dfx.
Something else is currently in the 'pipeline'.
Will be ready in 15-30 days.

[m14radu]

What's this?
The upper part from your 3dfx cooler ?

[jix-reggio]

Exactly. That's it.

[m14radu]

It's from metal?

Looks awensone  can't wait to see the final construction!

[jix-reggio]

3dfx « Black Magic » work  in progress.
8 wires power for more features.


The fan, 28 cfm, quiet and efficient.
Metal cooler upper side cutted to fit the fan