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Old 06-March-05, 12:30 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Stop bitching and post some video cards. Here is a dead Ti4600 I have, with the heatsink removed.
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Old 06-March-05, 12:38 PM   #62 (permalink)
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Ok, stop talking and start posting video card pr0n already.

Agreed. I've had enough; let's get back on topic.
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Old 06-March-05, 01:32 PM   #63 (permalink)
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bow to your *UPDATED* 3dfx []D [] []\/[] []D's collection

Top to bottom, left to right:

Row 1: Voodoo 1 6mb , Voodoo 2 Black Magic, Diamond Voodoo 2 ISSI EDO RAM version, two matched Voodoo 2 Black Magics w/SLI cable, I have the VGA pass-through cables too.

Row 2: Diamond Voodoo 1 4mb, Diamond voodoo 2 12mb EtronTech EDO RAM version, Gateway Velocity 100 8mb w/K6-2 cooler mod

Row 3: Compaq Voodoo 3 1000 16mb Siemens SGRAM version, Compaq Voodoo 3 1000 EliteMT SGRAM revision w/K6-2 cooler mod, Gateway Velocity 100 8mb, Voodoo 3 2000 PCI 16mb EtronTech revision

Row 4: Creative 3D Blaster Banshee 16mb PCI, MaxiGamer Voodoo Banshee 16mb AGP, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 16mb w/hyundai TC-55 RAM, early Voodoo 3 2000 AGP 16mb w/ same Hynudai TC-55 RAM

Row 5: Voodoo 3 2000 PCI 16mb EtronTech revision w/P3 cooler mod, Voodoo 3 2000 LC 16mb (a Banshee die with V3 2k speeds), Voodoo 3 2000 LC 16mb w/passive P3 cooler, Voodoo 3 2000 16mb SDRAM EtronTech revision

Row 6: *RARE* Quantum 3D Raven 16mb AGP (Banshee chipset, ty Fu3lman), Compaq Voodoo 3 1000 16mb SGRAM with P3 cooler mod, was supposed to be danbangers card but the sale fell through, Voodoo 4 4500 32mb AGP with the highly overclockable Hyundai TC-6 chips, P3 copper cooler modded, Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 64mb, Samsung memory revision, modded with P3 coolers

Row 7: Voodoo 3 3500 TV with A / V cable pod, Voodoo 3 3000 core, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 16mb, Micron SDRAM revision, P3 cooler mod.
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Asus 9800XT in a SSF case. Along with the fan box I added to the side to keep it cool enough to be used
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When you live in the desert, dust is a fact of life.
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Asus 9800XT in a SSF case. Along with the fan box I added to the side to keep it cool enough to be used

Just a side thought: Without the cutout, were the fans to that graphics adapter almost directly against the side of the case?
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Just a side thought: Without the cutout, were the fans to that graphics adapter almost directly against the side of the case?

Yes they were. I had originally cut a window on that side directly over the heat sink fans, but that didn't do anything.
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someone should start a videocard joke thread--
like "yomama jokes...
your videocard is soo old that it overheats trying to play starcraft....god im a dork
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your videocard is soo old that it overheats trying to play starcraft....god im a dork

well...i do have a system with an integrated ATi Rage XL....4 MB. (w00t!) And I also used to have Cirrus Logic 5430 PCI 1 MB I think.
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I have a Voodoo collection going too, not quite as many as J-Dogg, but the are some of the most legendary version to ever come from 3D-FX.
They will end up in a K6-2 500 (Overclocked to 550+) for an old skewl gaming rig.



It's a pair Voodoo 2 "SLI" Cards, and a Voodoo 5 AGP, the last card that was ever "Oficially" made before 3D-FX imploded and went out of business.
I also have the box from a 16MB Voodoo 3AGP that was the first card i ever bought new. I sold it to a friend who sold it to someone else, and is probably long gone by now...


And here are my new SLI cards, 256MB BFG 6800 Ultra OC



Even though they are good looking and fast as hell, they still don't hold a candle to the Voodoo cards when it comes to the "Kewl" factor
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Well i just bought a new Zalman VF700 for my X800Pro like a week ago and while i was cleaning my system out with my air gun my friend came from behind me and scared the crap out of me and the air nozle hit the fan while i was blasting it with air... And this is what happand... New zalman Vf 700 on the way right now from newegg.


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I don't remember where this photo originally came from but I found it on my hard drive. It's a photo of the graphics card out of an old SGI Indy workstation.

*edit*

Also, here's a Cirrus Logic 16-bit ISA VGA display adapter with 512K of memory.

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Well i just bought a new Zalman VF700 for my X800Pro like a week ago and while i was cleaning my system out with my air gun my friend came from behind me and scared the crap out of me and the air nozle hit the fan while i was blasting it with air... And this is what happand... New zalman Vf 700 on the way right now from newegg.


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was it bottled air or was it an actual air gun? (or was it just a nozzle attached to an air compressor?) what pressure were you cleaning it with?
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It was the air nozzle attached to my air compressor! I was shooting about 75Psi i would think! not to much cleans it great.. Ive been doing this for over 2 years now and i have never broke anything by doing it But this fan!




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It was the air nozzle attached to my air compressor! I was shooting about 75Psi i would think! not to much cleans it great.. Ive been doing this for over 2 years now and i have never broke anything by doing it But this fan!




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An order of magnitude lower air pressure would still be more than enough pressure to remove any dust from that card.

This is unrelated to breaking the fan, but have you been remembering to use a moisture trap on your nozzle whenever using it on computer parts?
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