Hey all, it's beena while since I posted anything useful here, but here is something that can help many of you.

For those that use CD-ex 1.51 or any other program , here is how to setup the updated Remote feeb.

CDex setup: Make sure that you use a valid email.
The path should be: /~cddb/cddb.cgi


For other CD to MP3 convertors go here for more info

https://gnudb.org/howto.php

This has solved a lot of issues for me, now you can convert all my CD's to 320kbps MP3 or any other format you desire without losing the quality of your CD's from over use.

Hereby I hope this helps some of you here, also shared this at x-3dfx & Voodooalert.

Rock on & stay safe.

Hey all

it's been a while I did a topic here, well a decent one regarding 3dfx graphics card s I own personally.
This one was very personal; it's my old 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB Rev.A1 2900 which has PC Bios 1.18_DVI, I flashed my card with gdonovan's help back in October of 2005 I believe it was.

As for the card it has been like almost everywhere From China to me in the Netherlands to Adelaide, South Australia fora Polymer Recap and to Near Hanover in Germany for VRAM replacements and other kinds of needs.

it has been a hell of a ride but this card again has come on top of all it's craziness and well here some pics of the card from where I bought it to what it is now, just to take you guys through this long ass trip

Here all the reworks done to the card:

Backfire's Repairs & Reworks:
01. Renewed Ceramic SMD's on the rear
02. 6ns Hynix VRAM renewal for the main VSA-100 Graphics Chip
03. Renewed Heatsinks & Fans for the VSA's topside
04. Renewed Power Supply Controller Chips
05. Fixed the IC U510 Chip's pins
06. Replaced 4x TSOP-86
07. 6ns Hynix VRAM renewal for the slave VSA-100 Graphics Chip

SWZSSR's friend's Recap & Modifications:
01. Full Polymer Recap
02. Burnt Copper Heatsinks for the VSA's rear side

Which is quite the bucket list, right!

Here the card  taken in 2005, original capacitors  6ns Toshiba SDRAM & crappy AAVid fans rofl
Even the main VSA's fan is tilted xD

Top view:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v55500pcimacaquj1g.jpg

Rear view:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v55500pcimacbfjk84.jpg

Here the card after the Polymer recap and with the copper heatsinks applied by a friend from SWZSSR, this happened in Adelaide, South Australia in 2021, the card still has the same crappy AAvid fans:

Top view:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/3dfxvoodoo55500pcimac9ajrm.jpg

Rear view:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/3dfxvoodoo55500pcimacvoklc.jpg

Here the card with the VRAM of the main VSA-100 renewed by Backfire and some SMD's also renewed etc
New Industrial fans were also applied and 3dfx decals as well by Backfire, this happened July 08 of 2021

Top view:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacarpj4w.jpg

Rear view:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacbemj52.jpg

And here the card as it is now with the VRAM of the slave VSA-100 renewed, basically it's a new card now , only it's VSA-100's have never been replaced, they been on it since week 29, year 2000, which is over 21 years!

Top view:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacgreen02a2jkz2.jpg

Top view:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacgreen02b6hkkh.jpg

Headshot:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacgreen02crkkvw.jpg

D-Sub & VGA Connectors:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacgreen02dhgjbk.jpg

Some Angled shots:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacgreen02ewekyj.jpg


High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacgreen02fvljv3.jpg

Hey all!

Hmm where to start since a lot has happened in the past 3 years... Let's see.

Well okay, as some know I did sell my remaining 3dfx cards to a friend named SWZSSR that lives in Adelaide, South Australia, as I was kind of fed up of how somethings went within the 3dfx community way back then, He told me I could always buy back my parts if I ever wanted to for the same values, then again part of me told me to never to sell these cards this, but hey eventually it did happen right rofl.

And the past three years has been a true struggle for me to get back my favorite card; The PC flashed 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB Rev.A1 2900 withs PC Bios 1.18_DVI.
Being 100% disabled didn't make it an easy ride either and then Covid-19 came along as well, all the lock downs.. yea that ate almost 2 years.
All in all it was a very long haul struggle on my end, I just never gave up my hopes for this card and here we are now, it did work out well in the end, it's all worth it.

And I know it's not a Voodoo5 6000, it doesn't even need to be, this very card has a lot of sentimental value to me, so it was my ultimate goal to get it back one way or the other, it was one of my last cards of my first 3dfx collection that I had from 2001 to 2005.
This is also probably the best 3dfx V5 ever made, well production wise of course! All thanks to it's universal PCI 2.3 connector and it's DVI-D which ideal if you want to use a flat panel plus it not only supports the 33Mhz PCI bus but 66Mhz as well, lifespan wise it's better off and you aren't forced to use an expensive Kiroutu Shikou AGP2PCI Card for example.

Anyhow I did manage to get my card recapped with a Polymer recap done by a friend of SWZSSR and got the card back after that, I paid 350 Eur for the card including the Polymer Recap which isn't bad for 2021 I thought, that I was very thankful for too

So here the card before the recap top & rear side:

Hig-Res before recap:
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacolda11jt3.jpg
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacoldb14kvk.jpg

Here after the recap:

High-Res After recap:
https://abload.de/img/3dfxvoodoo55500pcimacngjsv.jpg
https://abload.de/img/3dfxvoodoo55500pcimacvzjfl.jpg

When the card arrived about 4 days after testing VRAM issues started to occur.. but I wasn't sure of it, the card is 21 years old all understandable if that was the case, which was to me irrelevant to some aspects.
Here is why --> PC parts new or old can show flaws and defects, hardware age is therefor not of relevance in this case.

But still if decent tests were performed by the friend of SWZSSR, he would of detected them as well, so yea I ind of thought strange of this, no matter every problem has a solution, this didn't stop me.

After making a topic of this matter at Voodooalert.de, my best friend from that site that goes by the username "Backfire", he wanted to assist and fix my card, you can view that topic here:
https://www.voodooalert.de/board/forum/index.php?thread/25024-strange-vertical-lines-with-my-v5-pci-mac-during-bootup/

After I showed him what was going on, he saw immediately what caused the issues.

He told me that the VRAM was defective for the main VSA-100, which is the one on the left closest to the D-Sub & DVI-D ports.

Here the photo I showed him, this photo determined the defect with the card's VRAM of the main VSA.

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v5pcimacissueclku9.jpg

After that Backfire removed the burnt copper placed heatsinks he accidentally damaged some of the card's capacitors & SMD's, these were easily fixed though, no one is perfect,  so gladly this was not much of an issue:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/dmga6ikcq.jpg
https://abload.de/img/dmgbsdky2.jpg

And this Flux residue was also found and cleaned:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/dmgcmhjju.jpg

Hey all

Well that has been a while that I posted something new in here, even I almost forgot I had an account going on over here haha my bad for that tho, been busy running x-3dfx and the Boeing 747 Community at FB  

So yea after all the years that has past 3dfx never actually left me, o I thought time fora rebuild, but with different parts different chipset and something nice for my favored 3dfx card of all time the 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB, the card I have is mint in box an it's a Rev.A 3199,means it was made in Week 31 of Year 1999.

Here the EPoX EP-8K7A+ mainboard with it's AXP 2200+ T-Bred & 2x 1GB PC-2700 Kingston DDR Ram @ PC-2100:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/axp2200inep-8k7apkj57.jpg

So here's the specs of this particular system:

Sveta 2002

AMD AthlonXP 2200+ Thoroughbred-A, 1 Core @ 1.8Ghz
EPox EP-8K7A+ AMD 761 Chipset with Via 686B SB
2x 1GB PC-2700 Kingston @ PC-2100 266Mhz DDR
3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB Rev.A 3199
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro
Mitsubishi Electronics LS-120 F200 Super Floppy Drive
1x Seagate Barracuda V 80GB 7200 RPM Main disk
1x Seagate Barracuda V 120GB 7200 RPM Game Disk
Belkin 5 port NEC USB 2.0 PCI Card
3-Com 3C905C-TX-M PCI Ethernet Adapter 10/100Mbit
LH HD-DVD Drive 16x / 40x
BTO Plusdeck 2c Cassette Tape Convertor/Player/Recorder Drive
Antec True Power 550 Watt PSU
Addtronics 6896A Entry Level Server Tower
Compaq S710 17" Blackshade CRT from 2001
Reso @ 1024x768x32 ! 85Hz | 0.22.5 Dot Pitch
1995 Roland E-14 Keyboard

Win2K Pro + SP4 & RU1 for SP4
AmigaSport 3.0 by AmigaMerlin from 3dfxzone.it
Latest 3dfx Tools for V3 3500 TV AGP


High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/sveta2002mainp5jlk.jpg

Here the side with the fan removed:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/sveta2002sidefanremovovjgb.jpg

Here the side reattached:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/firstbootallgoodb5ykxy.jpg

All fans in the system and all the parts I neatly cleaned , made them like new again:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/newcpucoolerm5j2b.jpg

All looking pretty at night too

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/firstbootallgoodcl2ky6.jpg

Here the mint in box 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB Rev.A 3199

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/3dfxvoodoo33500tvagp1xakhk.jpg

Here some pics of this lovely card:


High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/tvtiunerconnectors0yk7x.jpg


High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v33500tvrearangled8yky5.jpg


High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/v33500tvheadshotj9jf1.jpg

Here some fun shots I did with my Gemini jets PAA B7347-121 and this 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB Rev.A 3199

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/paab747-121v33500tvagxgjjj.jpg

this last one I also chose to be used as main wallpaper of this system, PAA's B747-121 the N134PA from 1969 and the 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 17MV Rev.A 3199 from 1999, both great pieces of history yet only 30 years apart.

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/panam3dfxp9ki3.jpg

Here the main desktop with that wallpaper in use:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/win2kprostartmenu5tk56.jpg


And here the sound card not to forget, the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro aka the SB0360:< which I bought frome my friend SWZZR from Adelaide, South Australia for 100 AUSD which is roughly 48 euros or 60 USD A steam ofa deal fora Complete Audigy2 ZS Platinum pro

Here the top side of the card:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/a3zspproejzke3.jpg

Rear view, PCB date = 2703, it was made during week 27 of year 2003:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/a3zspproffejdc.jpg

Here the external cable that feeds power to the external IO Drive & Remote Control Device:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/a3zspprob5yjqj.jpg

Here the external IO drive front view:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/a3zspprocxujaj.jpg

Here the external IO drive rear view:

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/a3zspprodfxjnd.jpg

And Reggy The EPoX Mascot of course my oldest T.rex toy from 1987, which wa s made in 1985, Reggy has to be a part of this beauty!

High-Res:
https://abload.de/img/epoxmascotbjkor.jpg

Hey all

Now I know the message is the same, but it words it at it's best.

As co-owner of the x-3dfx facebook section I have decided with my crew to mass report this so the more reports ebay gets the sooner it will be taken down.

Here the Fraudulent Voodoo5 6000 listing:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/3dfx-Voodoo-6000-tested-working/362751530027

Seller info:
https://www.ebay.de/usr/sewil6573?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

Even that they have 16 Feedback points, could be friends of them or alt accounts made by the same seller
https://feedback.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=sewil6573&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2545226.m2531.l4585

If I am not aloud to post this here, feel free to let me know and I will remove it.

Hereby I will advise Surrimugge to also report this seller for stealing their photo material of their own card, there is a way to contact ebay manually which is the way I'd go for I'd phone them and get this sorted out as soon as possible.

Stealing & using photo's from others for sales is breaking rules with ebay even as other market place sites goes using fake photo's or stolen photo's is always a big no no, so you can report the seller from doing this.

At x-3dfx we have already mass reported this sale but the more people report the better and the sooner ebay will have it removed as well.


So please help warn your own 3dfx communities for those that are part of other ones so no one needs to fall for this fraudulent sale thereby helping to protect your own members.

Keep your members safe 3dfzone.it especially from such fraudulent listings, DO NOT fall for it!

General Kenobi out.

Hey all

If any of you are seeking a cool Overload League there is the Overload Teams League aka OTL for short
Check 'em out here:

http://otl.gg/


The OTL was founded by my friend roncli
This league will give it's players a very competitive gameplay within the game Overload, in forms of competitions to tourneys and just fun games alike

You can join the OTL here view their discord:
http://otl.gg/discord

At the OTL we are always looking for new players, players can also make their own squadrons just as long they consist of 2 or more players.
This gives the player more freedom as well.

Overload is made by Revival Productions, which is based of the same developers that made the original Descent & Freespace series as Parallax Software & Volition Software.

Hereby I hope to see many more new members and I hope it's okay for me to make this thread here.

Hello everyone

Here is a new dinosaur survival game a good friend of mine is making he goes by the name of "Matthew Weiss" and his Team

It already has better core gameplay than the isle: like swimming/diving, flying, weather, you can play as marine reptiles too like as Mosa to lunge into a poor dinosaur on the shore and drag it down to drown it


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1596433999/beasts-of-bermuda

Here their Discord page:
https://discord.gg/GPFyJG5

The $70 tier gains Early Access to the game that will allow you to play it and test it as patches are made make proper bug reports etc.
Being part of this game's development can be a great deal for some as for me it certainly would.

Beasts of Bermuda is to me and many others the ultimate replacement of The Isle thanks to it's Aquatic, Air and Land unit support players can also create their own skins  and this all can be taken use of if doing the 70USD pledge.

So lets help the Devs of this game gain some publicity and help them succeed their mission goals for making it through their KS Campaign and gain the dino survival game of everyone's dreams.

Their Goal is 35.000 USD and I have a feeling they can pull that off quite well [:+]

Here a god interview of Matthew Weiss and You Tuber; Anthomnia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp7aD_jt9Tc&t=220s

Also the price is only high because of the KS Campaign the final retail product will be sold at 20USD same as it's competitors.
The reason I added this, is to avoid confusion

Hey all!

As one of the Alpha Backers of Descent Underground from Descendent Studio's;
Hereby I make an announcement to call out some more friends & people to join me with this game, it's a 6DoF FPS game that requires Team Cooperation and Team Support to succeed as it's Survival, Team Anarchy & Cooperate War game modes go, they are to me the best game modes, but there are also many other modes as well.

Descent Underground has a Free Demo that includes all game modes and maps with one of the many flyable drones, which is the Wasp, these can deploy turrets to support team mates when capturing zones for example when playing Survival mode.

Do keep in mind this game is an Early Access game and the Descendent Studo's Developers are doing their utmost best to keep this game up to date, you can view Wingman's Hanger on You-Tube every Friday at 6PM GMT +1 but sometimes also on Twitch which will hold live Streams.

Here the Descendent Studio's Main page:
https://descendentstudios.com/

Here their main forum page:
https://descendentstudios.com/community/

Here the Descent Underground Store page on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/360950/Descent_Underground/

This game runs on Microsoft Windows 7+ Linux & Apple OS but Operating Systems do need to be 64Bit and not 32Bit.
VR is supported, although not required

So hereby I hope to see you all Underground

Hello all

It has been a long time that I have posted something new here and yes I have been out of it since 2011 I think, ah well, I did manage to reobtain my old 3dfx Voodoo5 5500/6000 system, and here is how I got it, renovated it cleaned and rebuilt it, first with the ASUS A7V333-R Rev 1.02 and later on I bought an EPoX EP-8K3A+ Rev 1.2  from daywhite_01 from Vooodooalert.de he even renovated the 8K3A+ with new capacitors so hay I am back ya know, and I have to admit I missed all of you here, I hope all is going well.


Here a new rebuild and cleanup I did the entire day to 3AM in the morning xD
It's that AthlonXP 2700+ I used to use during my 3dfx days and it's also this system I ran the Legendary Voodoo5 5000 AGP's PCI and 6000 AGP in as well.
The 6000 AGP was used in an other mainboard though, the EPoX EP-8K3A+ that was, I still seek one of these, so if anyone can help me, please send me a PM

This system was used by my uncle Herman, since he had a stroke not so long ago, he could not use the computer anymore and he wanted me to have it back  :love:  
So I took this wonderful opportunity and thereby planned to make it reborn as my die hard 3dfx Voodoo5 gaming PC

But now this system is back in it's full self again, fully restored and renovated all the parts are like new as well, the operating system of choice is the obvious one I always loved using:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional UK + Service Pack 4, this OS is super stable with this setup as with the 8K3A+ as well, it does what I need it to do, and that makes it complete  

So here the pics I Made as I went along with this fun project

Sveta-2002 before Treatment it looked utterly gross and needed an urgent vital cleanup, ewww

High res:
http://abload.de/img/sveta-2002beforetreatu1jcv.jpg

It also only had 1x 1GB Kingston Hyper X PC-3200 good I Kept my 1x 1GB Corsair XMS Platinum PC-3200 module, so now is has 2x 1GB

High res:
http://abload.de/img/sveta-2002beforetreatezjfr.jpg

That awkward fan mounting I did years ago, my gawd I removed that crap  :topmodel: cries

High res:
http://abload.de/img/sveta-2002beforetreatluj6b.jpg

Le Heatsink iz Le Gross Doh xDDD

High res:
http://abload.de/img/heatsinkbeforetreatmeznk66.jpg

Here that chanceless CPU fan, Man oh man! I removed this senseless blue fan thing  :bonk:

High res:
http://abload.de/img/heatsinkfanremovedrepatkmh.jpg

Here the cleaned heatsink Nais and shineeezz xD Dat V5 Doh

High res:
http://abload.de/img/sveta-2002sheatsink8vks9.jpg

My AMD AthlonXP 2700+ Thoroughbred-B @ 2167Mhz and an L2 of 256KB, this used to be my dad's CPU as he bought it with his desktop during  a PC Prive Project via Recontec BV, hos old job.

High res:
http://abload.de/img/sveta-2002samdathlonx40kw4.jpg

For the ones that don't have a manual and want to remember our the IO Panel is connected, Just make a picture of your current settings , this helped me remember  :topmodel:

High res:
http://abload.de/img/iopanelcorrectconnectoak1p.jpg

Here I started work on the SB Audigy2 Live Drive:

High res:
http://abload.de/img/sbaudigy2livedrivecle3bkjq.jpg

Never mind the bent stuff if it works why fix it xD It's been like that since 2002, so norries there doh, I just cleaned it doh xDD

High res:
http://abload.de/img/sbaudigy2livedrivecle71kkk.jpg

Here the SB Audigy2 Platinum + Live Drive after Treatment

High res:
http://abload.de/img/sbaudigy2livedriveaftpxk7n.jpg

Like new again   The Audigy2 is a good card still even today, it's not as good as the X-Fi but still does a decent job for music and games

High res:
http://abload.de/img/sbaudigy2livedriveaftruje2.jpg

Here a card I bought from Maktek from Voodooalert.de, I still have his old card, here it is after I cleaned him up

High res:
http://abload.de/img/v55500aftertreatmentacfkog.jpg

Headshot of this beauty <3

High res:
http://abload.de/img/v55500aftertreatmentbytjt3.jpg

As you can see it's a Rev.A 2500, Week 25, Year 2000, this card is almost 16 years old rofl  

High res:
http://abload.de/img/v55500aftertreatmentc7ckjo.jpg

And still it looks good, no wear nothing, cleaning hardware makes it live the longest

High res:
http://abload.de/img/v55500aftertreatmentd5mjze.jpg

And here the network card I use a Realtek:

High res:
http://abload.de/img/realteknetworkcardaft5yk7j.jpg

That were all the parts separately here all the parts cleaned for the 3dfx PC, there was also a Leadtek A400 AGP 128MB 256Bit DDR Rev.A 0428 (Final Revision, Year 2004, Week 28.) as well which I also cleaned, so here the pics of that before I Continue with the rest of the build.
So here I also cleaned this GeForce 6800 AGP 128MB DDR for my VGA card collection, it just looks cool and it too needed a good cleanup

Here the Leadtek A400 before treatment, I seen worse but I did it so it looks nicer in my collection of clean VGA cards

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbbefor9bjdd.jpg

Here I cleaned the plastic shroud parts of the HSF with Hot water and Dreft:

High res:
http://abload.de/img/cleaningplasticpartsourslj.jpg

And here a cleaned A400 AGP , like new again

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbafterxvj4y.jpg

Here a nice angled shot I took of this nice card

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbafter2ojw3.jpg

Here a closeup of it's NV40 GPU This GPU has 12 Pixel Shaders and 5 Vertex Shaders, it's not like the GT, Ultra or Ultra Extreme that have 16 Pixel Shaders and 6 Vertex Shaders, this one has a laser cut die

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbafterd2k8b.jpg

Here the A400 ready for reassembly

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbafter76jve.jpg

And a clean other side as well

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbafterkkkso.jpg

When mounting the heatsink to the GPU make sure those four holes align with the long sticking out screws on the PCB:

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbreassrlked.jpg

These spring screws hold the entire thing together

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http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbreass58kca.jpg

And here the cleaned result

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbreassx2k4n.jpg

This Leadtek A400 AGP 120MB DDR looks like new again!

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbreassjej66.jpg

Cleaned rear side. all that copper <333

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbreass8yj8j.jpg

And nice Leadtek logo shot

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http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbreass1hk81.jpg

Here a nice headshot I made of this beautiful GeForce 6800 AGP 128MB

High res:
http://abload.de/img/leadteka400128mbreass6cj8p.jpg

And back to that AthlonXP 2700+ system

Here all the main parts in a cleaned up state, CPU, System Ram, Mobo, VGA, Sound & Network Card:

High res:
http://abload.de/img/maincomponentscleanedycboh.jpg

Here at an angled show, all these parts look kind of like new to some point  

High res:
http://abload.de/img/maincomponentscleaneddgyj2.jpg

Here I did a test fit setup, of what it might be like:

High res:
http://abload.de/img/maincomponentstestfitlvaxd.jpg

Doing this gives me a first impression of how it will look like, before reassembly of the entire system

High res:
http://abload.de/img/maincomponentstestfitfca2o.jpg

I just used an old Dell laptop box, just make sure you have a cardboard underground thereby avoiding damage to the underside of the mainboard.

High res:
http://abload.de/img/maincomponentstestfit4gyca.jpg

Here a final shot, it is kind of art to some sense as well <3

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http://abload.de/img/maincomponentstestfitc2af2.jpg

After all the parts I Started to work further on the Case, the NEC Floppy Drive & NEC DVD Rewriter the Seagate Baracuda V 120GB  7200.7 rpm ATA-133 HDD  and the HIPRO 300 Watt PSU.

Here the cleaned case

High res:
http://abload.de/img/caseaftertreatmentatbz3m.jpg

Here an other angle of this UBER cleaned case

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http://abload.de/img/caseaftertreatmentbg5ydi.jpg

Here the IO Drives cleaned up ready for system reassembly

High res:
http://abload.de/img/cleanediodriveshbxyj.jpg

The AMD AthlonXP 2700+ is applied with Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound, I use this stuff for almost everything, never had an issue with it yet :topmodel: Yeee xD

High res:
http://abload.de/img/noctuant-h1thermalcombjbbx.jpg

And here it is the entire system completed renovated like new again, Okay I did forget some dust on that CPU fan lel, whaps! xD :topmodel:

High res:
http://abload.de/img/sveta-2002renovatedanv1b0k.jpg

Might be weathering lel, but yeah for the rest this system is lovely :love:

High res:
http://abload.de/img/closeupofcpuramvgaqkl1t.jpg

Here an undershot I took when I crouched on the floor Made this cool shot

High res:
http://abload.de/img/lowerangledshotiulyo.jpg

I remained crouched to make this closeup of the V5

High res:
http://abload.de/img/v5closeuprfy4j.jpg

And there ya have it, all neatly built in and clean looking Now it can last a few more years I am hoping

High res:
http://abload.de/img/cablemanagementalsoneclyi9.jpg

And here the final shot I made before I went to install Win2K Pro + SP4

High Res:
http://abload.de/img/sveta-2002readyforuseetyav.jpg

Anyways I hope you all enjoyed my little 3dfx comeback here , this was very good exercise as well  

Hai all

Here a new Descent game and yes it is happening finally!!

All behold the 4th Descent installment!!! Descent Underground!!!!! This is a Prequel to Descent First Strike! which was released on December 17, 1994.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P0fXVnXw0E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJCRyYuYJJk

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/descendentstudios/descent-underground

http://descendentstudios.com/community/blog/8/entry-54-drone-bay-sneak-peek/

Here are the livestreams that WingMan and his team did to talk more about the game and the focus of development.
http://www.twitch.tv/descendentstudios/profile/past_broadcasts

This is THE moment we all have been waiting for  even I myself find it hard to even believe it is finally happening, feel free to support this fabulous project  

Here their main page:
http://descendentstudios.com/

Here their forum:
http://descendentstudios.com/community/

Over there  I go as Obi-Wan Kenobi at the forums and I am just helping them get some publicity, they are using Unreal Engine 4.0 and the game will be fully SMP Friendly and have full 64 Bit Support.

Also I made my intro with my Descent/Freespace collection which is the largest of it's kind in the world:

http://descendentstudios.com/community/topic/888-hello-there-here-a-descent-collectors-intro-8/

Since I still enjoy playing Descent 1 & 2 and sometimes 3 as well I thought I'd pass this along here, so you new gen gamers can also try out this new game when its ready for Early Access

The game is a 6DoF meaning Six Degrees of Freedom so it will be like flying a Harrier Jump Jet in many ways, DU will have Single player & full Multiplayer support over ISP and LAN,

But yer feel free to check it out it's pretty good looking and the gameplay will make this a hit I am thinking, we needed a new Descent badly and I am sure that this will surly give the Descent fans what they all have been waiting for, catch ya around my DBB Buddies  :E


And here a link showing the so far planned roadmap

http://descendentstudios.com/community/blog/12/entry-47-a-view-from-above-roadmap/

Proving Grounds starts in August 2015 and goes on forever - as people will be testing new weapons and maps before they are approved to go into alpha testing.
Alpha Testing starts in October 2015 - a few good pilots needed to help us balance all the game play.
Backer Beta starts in January 2016 - you backed early, you play early.
Launch (Single Player Prologue and Multi-Player) March 2016 - Wohoo!
Epic Single Player Campaign August 2016

I have backed this project with a 250 USD Pledge, Since this is a new Descent and I love Descent to the core ! <3

We love Descent so lets keep the game we all love alive, thanks to the DU Team we are gonna get a new Descent

Hi everyone @ 3dfxzone.it It has been a long time that I ever did a 3dfx collection topic here, but I think now it is the time, since something interesting was added

It's a lot smaller but there is a new addition a Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB Rev.A2 3500 Pre-Production Prototype it's one of two Rev.A2 3500's known in the oworld, goriath and I are it's only owners. There may eb more of course, but so far none of them have been found. Many thanks go to rottentreats for helping me out
He has proven that he has changed and he gave me a very good deal, and everyone knows what I mean here, I wasn't ripped off it was a very good deal, in other words no capitalism was taken place! So this is good news after all for that matter alike

Its not massive like most out there, I am very selective as card types go and I use them all as well, so collecting factory sealed or boxed ones has no meaning yet, that can change, but for now that has noo interest nor importance.

So here my 3dfx collection for what it is now:

3dfx Voodoo3 1000C AGP 16MB Rev.A0 3399

High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45066-1/3dfx+Voodoo3+1000C+AGP+16MB+Rev_A0+3599+top.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45063-1/3dfx+Voodoo3+1000C+AGP+16MB+Rev_A0+3599+rear.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45060-1/3dfx+Voodoo3+1000C+AGP+16MB+Rev_A0+3599+headshot.jpg

3dfx Voodoo3 3500C AGP + TV-Out 16MB Rev.A 4699

High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/55433-1/3dfx+Voodoo3+3500C+16MB+_+TV-Out+Rev_A+4699+top.jpg


High-Res:

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/55437-1/3dfx+Voodoo3+3500C+16MB+_+TV-Out+Rev_A+4699+rear.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/55440-1/3dfx+Voodoo3+3500C+16MB+_+TV-Out+Rev_A+4699+headshot.jpg

3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB Rev.A 2500

High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/57275-2/3dfx+Voodoo5+5500+AGP+64MB+Rev_A+2500+rear.jpg[/img]
High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/57273-1/3dfx+Voodoo5+5500+AGP+64MB+Rev_A+2500+rear.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/57276-1/3dfx+Voodoo5+5500+AGP+64MB+Rev_A+2500+headshot.jpg

3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI 64MB Rev.A1 2900

High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14678-3/5500PCIback.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14687-2/V5+5500+PCI+back.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/14690-2/V5+5500+PCI+Headshot.jpg

3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB Rev.A1 2900 With PC Bios 1.18_LCD

High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/31244-1/3dfx+Voodoo5+5500+PCI+Macintosh+64MB+Rev_A1+2900+Top.JPG


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/31237-1/3dfx+Voodoo5+5500+PCI+Macintosh+64MB+Rev_A1+2900+Back.JPG


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/31241-1/3dfx+Voodoo5+5500+PCI+Macintosh+64MB+Rev_A1+2900+Headshot.JPG

3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP x4 64MB Rev.A2 3500 Pre-Production Prototype

High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/57665-1/3dfx+Voodoo5+5500+AGP+x4+64MB+Rev_A2+3500+top.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/57669-1/3dfx+Voodoo5+5500+AGP+x4+64MB+Rev_A2+3500+rear.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/57672-1/3dfx+Voodoo5+5500+AGP+x4+64MB+Rev_A2+3500+PCB+Date.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/57675-1/3dfx+Voodoo5+5500+AGP+x4+64MB+Rev_A2+3500+angled.jpg

I will make better pics of the Rev.A2 3500 once it arrives and I will compare it with the Rev.A 2500 also  

As you can see, the Voodoo5 5500 AGP x4 64MB Rev.A2 3500 is about a full inch orsay 2.5CM shorter than the regular Voodoo5 5500 AGP Rev>A 2500.

Gdonovan a famour 3dfx collector found out why these cards were smaller than their larger counterparts:

"Judging by the date and configuration of the PCB, it suggests that this PCB would have superceded the longer board we know so well. It has an AGP x 4 connector, has a DVI spot on the PCB (perfect for G4 Mac applications) and compared to a normal V5 PCB is shorter and uses less components which saves money so you can offer the card at a lower price."

An other important note:
" Even though these cards have a 4x connector they operate at 3.3 AGP volts & 1/2x AGP mode only.

That was because the SLI function disabled the VSA-100 to function in AGP x4 mode, it was something like this, I will ask around about this though, it would be interesting to find out more of these cards, the Voodoo5 5000 AGP 32MB Rev.A0 3700 which I had twice, also had the AGP x4 connector, but it too only could function @ AGP x2 @ 3.3AGP voltage."

Also this is the reason why AGP x4 never worked:
"Although the card features an AGP4x/8x compatible connector, it works only with 3.3V. That's at least the thing when it comes to other Rev A2 cards of that type. Maybe within week 35 3dfx changed something.
The VSA100 SLI connection internally works only with PCI66, so no, it doesn't work with or benefit of AGP2x/4x. Only AGP1x, which is simply double PCI 33 => PCI 66."

More here:
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/pro_v5.htm

gdonovan only has the Rev.A1 3000, there was also a Rev.A2 3300 with and without the DVI-D.
the Rev.A2 3500, the one I have is the latest V5 5500 ever made but also the rarest of the 5500 AGP x4 cards, so far only two are know world wide, there might be more, but it seems that 3dfx only made two batches of these Rev.A2 3500's, back then you had 10 cards per batch, makes it a total of 20 Rev.A2 3500's.

Hi all


Here a new Dual P3 project of mine which will involve a PC Flashed 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh as main VGA and an AWE64 Gold! as sound card with two Intel Pentium!!!/S 1400Mhz CPU's each with 512KB L2 Cache  

I just bought the following parts for this project

The Motherboard + 1x P3/S 1400Mhz with HSF new from old stock:

SuperMicro P3TDLE + Intel Pentium!!!/S 1400Mhz SL6BY With HSF:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/151016626063?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/p3/le/p3tdle.cfm


Official photo's btw xD

1x Intel Pentium!!!/S 1400Mhz SL6BY CPU:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/110541157747?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649


2x Thermaltake Golden Orb for Socket 370 new from old Stock Boxed:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/130615851147?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649


I will keep this thread up to date as I progress it

The other parts I have for this beauty are these xD

3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh with PC Bios 1.18_LCD:
Top:


Rear:


Headshot:


Creative Labs CT4540 AWE64 Gold! Second Revision:
Top:


Rear:


Headshot:


here the name and final specs of this build:

Sveta SMP 2001

Dual Intel Pentium!!!/S Tualatin 1400Mhz Server CPU's
Supermicro P3TDLE with Serverworks Serverset III LE Chipset
4x 512MB PC-133 ECC Reg. HP/Micron Server Ram , 4x 1024MB PC-133 ECC Reg. HP/Micron as later upgrade.
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh PC-Flashed to Bios 1.18_LCD & Modded to 2x 128MB 166Mhz ISSI SDRAM by Loschwerg from Voodooalert.de.
Creative Labs CT4540 AWE64 Gold! ISA 8MB
1x Samsung 1.44MB Floppy Drive
1x Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB 7200rpm HDD
Addtronics 6896A Entry Level Server Tower
Enermax EG 565 VE PSU
Iiyama Vision Master Pro 452 Max Reso: 1600 x 1200 x32 @ 76 Herz, Advised Reso: 1280 x 960 x32 @ 92 Herz
Compaq S710 Max Reso: 1280 x 1024 x32 @ 60 herz, Advised Reso: 1024 x 768 x32 @ 85 Herz. as temporal solution

Windows 2000 Professional UK + Service Pack4
AmigaMerlin 3.1 R1
AmigaMerlin 3.1 R6
AmigaMerlin 3.1 R11as main stability driver.

Here some other milestone projects that were achieved by Komponent @ Falconfly.de:

The group-buy of 16Mb chips for VSA100 based cards:
(Contains some nice infos)
http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1220381997

Voodoo4 4500 AGP 64MB:
http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1145604124

Voodoo4 4500 PCI 64MB:
http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1223587794

Voodoo4 4500 AGP 128MB:
http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1232877537

Voodoo5 5500 AGP 128MB:
http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1223002040

Voodoo5 5500 PCI 128MB:
http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1364630437

So I wanna be the first to have a PC Flashed 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macntosh 256MB

This is the Monitor I bought for this retro Duallie
http://britaincloud.co.uk/45720-iiyama-vision-master-pro-452.html  

Here a pic of the one I bought:


Pic is from the seller I got it from

But yeah Dual P3/S 1400's with a 256 meg PC Flashed V5 PCI Mac in the main PCI-X 64Bit 66Mhz Slot. This is quite the 3dfx dream machine I always wanted to build and hay these days it's all very affordable too
Since that getting a Voodoo5 6000 is a bit out of reach these days, I thought about getting the max out of my PC Flashed Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh, by upgrading it with 8x 32MB 166Mhz ISSI SDRAM Chips, so that is 128MB 166Mhz SDRAM per VSA-100, this is possible due to the research done with that Voodoo4 4500 AGP 128MB as the auto Bios support goes for 128MB for VSA-100 and that it does work.

We have learnt that the Napalm Bios automatically adapts and detects the upgraded VRAM buffer of 128MB, so in theory a V5 5500 AGP, PCI/PCI mac should be able to detect the extra dded VRAM per VSA-100. In theory a V5 5500 is nothing but a Dual V4 4500. And Since ISSI makes 32MB SDRAM chips clocked @ 166Mhz this project can be proceeded by Loschwerg, he is the techie to take on such things, I am willing to be the first of such a project and I hope this will help convince other V5 5500 users that such a VRAM upgrade is possible, if it is effective? Well that is where that Iiyama Vision Master Pro 452 comes to place.

It can do 1600 x 1200, which is the ideal Resolution to test the V5 5500 PCI Mac 256MB and see if the Extra VRAM took any impact to the card's overall performance. What I want to prevent is VRAM Loss in games, so it will never run out of VRAM in any resolution beyond 1152 x864 x16/32, so with this VRAM upgrade I think that limitation can be penetrated.

I always wanted to do a new 3dfx project, but I never could find what to do, until this crazy plan came to mind

G'day 3dfxzone Peeps!

Well I bought some very nice 3dfx cards from Edmundoab yesterday here some pics , once they arrive I will make a new post with better quality shots of the boxes and the cards themselves

3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB USA Boxed Rev.A 9951 with NTSC Philips TV Tuner

Go here for more pics:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/v/3dfx_collectors/collectors_goldleader/album85/V33500TVAGPUSA/?g2_navId=x4ac2a47b

3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB USA Boxed Rev.A 1900 one of the first produced 5500 AGP's hence the early PCB date

Go here for more pics:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/v/3dfx_collectors/collectors_goldleader/album85/V55500AGPUSA/?g2_navId=x4ac2a47b


3dfx shall be reborn this way!!

Whoo Hooo!

G E T - V O O D O O ! ! !

Diamond Multimedia Savage4 Xtreme AGP 32MB 128Bit SDR Rev.A 4299 Boxed USA:

High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45851-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+4299+USA+top.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45848-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+4299+USA+rear.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45845-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+4299+USA+headshot.jpg



High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45842-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+4299+USA+Boxed+top.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45839-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+4299+USA+Boxed+rear.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45866-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+USA+Box+side+flap+info.jpg

Diamond Multimedia Stealth III S540 Xtreme AGP 32MB 128Bit SDR Rev.A 4299 EUR:

High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45814-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+4299+EUR+top.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45811-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+4299+EUR+rear.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45804-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+4299+EUR+headshot.jpg

Diamond Multimedia Savage4 Xtreme AGP 32MB 128Bit SDR Rev.A0 1699 175Mhz Engineering Sample:

High-res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45831-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A0+1699+175Mhz+Engineering+Sample+top.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45828-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A0+1699+175Mhz+Engineering+Sample+rear.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45822-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A0+1699+175Mhz+Engineering+Sample+headshot.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45818-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A0+1699+175Mhz+Engineering+Sample+backplate+info.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45825-2/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A0+1699+175Mhz+Engineering+Sample+ram+layout.jpg]


Diamond Multimedia Viper II Z200 Gamers Edition AGP 32MB 128Bit SDR Rev.A 0200:

High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/36776-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Viper+II+Z200+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+0200+top.JPG


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/36767-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Viper+II+Z200+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+0200+rear.JPG


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/36755-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Viper+II+Z200+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+0200+headshot.JPG


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/36779-1/Viper+II+box+and+accessories+a.JPG


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45857-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+USA+_amp_+Diamond+Multimedia+Viper+II+Z200+EUR+Boxed+top.jpg


High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45854-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+USA+_amp_+Diamond+Multimedia+Viper+II+Z200+EUR+Boxed+rear.jpg


Many thanks to Tim for the Savage 4 Xtreme Boxed and that 175 mhz Engineering Sample, thank you for sparing me these S3 gems!  :respekt:

High-Res:
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/45835-1/Diamond+Multimedia+Savage4+Xtreme+AGP+32MB+Rev_A+4299+USA+Boxed+_+ES+Set.jpg

Howdi Pilots!

Well here is something you oughta have alook at
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/DescentRangers



As the Steam group goes all I need is your Steam account name, PM me if you need my nick, then by adding me I can add you to the Steam Descent Rangers! People can only be added if they are a contact of one of the Admins, me as being one thx to 1i [One Eye] after I added him as friend to my list, he made me an Admin, thus that being I can add other Rangers that are willing to be part of the Descent Ranger Steam Community

Here is what can be done if you are willing to join The Descent Rangers

Go to the Rangers forum website here:
http://www.descent-rangers.net/forum/index.php

make an account and then post something about yourself in the recruiting area, which is here:
http://www.descent-rangers.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=19

Over there one of members will reply or you get a PM from one of our Squad leaders and he or she will aks you what squad you'd prefer, as you can see I went for Gold Phoenix Squadron, but my sponsor being KoolBear is from the Red Dragon Squadron.

After recruiting you will be asked to join a game with us and install Mamble for communication with your clan mates, yopu will then be PM'ed a password to enter the mamble server we are on and also a squadron password so if you want to talk with squad mates in priivate this is also a possibillity

For others that are willing to join the Rangers everyone here @ DXX-Rebirth is welcome!

May The Force Be With You, Always and Keep Your Wings Levelled!