Here that mint in box 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB (PAL) that my friend SWZSSR helped me obtain:


it's 100% complete and almost as good as new, or say very well preserved and cared for:


this was around 308 USD for me to get it's very rare to find in this quality for under the 310 USD.
Most of these go for well over 450 a 500 USD or even more, it was a golden find this 20 year old graphics card, a true collectors item as well:


The pics are from the seller, I will make better ones once it arrives, as I always do with everything I get here hehe

Here the rear view:


The original price is also still found on the box, since there is a D-Mark & Euros value on the box;
549D-Mark which  was back then equivalent to 280.69 Eur which would of been around 311.24 USD.
So due to that find, I am thinking this is one of the last 3dfx cards sold around 2001 to 2002! :cool:

That to which a very cool indication what a high end 3dfx card from 1999 was valued at.


3dfx Quick Install Installation CD, still sealed so to see:


3dfx Quick Install full sized manual:


3dfx Quick Install mini booklet:


3dfx registration card , still unused, well filling this in now 20 years after this card was made doesn't have much use hah :D


Here pics of the card:

the card is also very clean looking and it's been well cared for <3 :)
So yes I a very proud and amazed I found this card in such a good pristine state and for such a good deal.
Something like this is very hard to come by these days, considering it's a 20 year old mint in box 3dfx card.

Top view:


Rear view:


3ft IO pod & cable this part is vital as you need to connect your monitor to this as well


Many more to come the pics I used are from the seller, so they were used for reference my photo's will be much nicer and of course I will happily upload them too once the other parts come around!
All this for the love of 3dfx Interactive and retro gaming in it's whole, this will be one hell of a ride and follow me down memory lane once more but now it's a good 20 years ago :)

Some people asked me hay Goldie what card did you buy in 32019.. Oh a 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16 MB mint in Box from 1999 , a 20 year old Graphics card basically haha
Whaaa Zaaa  xD
 
That was just funny all round, their faces in general man, loved it.
So as my main OC Frostora a Legendary Frozen Feathered Novaraptor from Primal Carnage Extinction, I just waved as in hi guys yaps go'n back to Voodoo Land  xD

Ooooiiiiyyy

Many thanks man, yeah it's all a matter of time now, just have to wait till the packages arrive so everything is here , just easier to work with then :)
Won't be that long I am thinking, V3 is coming from Austria and the AXP 2200+ from the UK, Still no Brexit yet so no custom taxes from UK either so that's nice still hah
 
But that will change once Brexit happened many think here in the EU.

Coolness ....

The CPU arrived today 


AMD AthlonXP 2200+ Thoroughbred-A from year 2002 week 37 as 0237 goes:





under side, all pins checked out fine


And here in the EP-8K7A+ mainboard:

First of all I would like to thank the one that given me my 53rd Blue Ribbon

it's done 100% complete and working
So here's the specs then!
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Sveta 2002
 
AMD AthlonXP 2200+ Thoroughbred-A @ !.8Ghz
EPox EP-8K7A+ AMD &61 Chipset with Via 686B SB
2x 1GB PC-2700 KIngston @ PC-2100 266Mhz DDR
3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB Rev.A 3199
VIA 616 Onboard Sound --> Audigy2 ZS Platinum Upgrade is next
1x Seagate Baracuda V 80GB 7200 RPM Main disk
1x Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB Game Disk
Belkin 5 port NEC USB 2.0 PCI Card
3-Com 3C905C-TX-M PCI Ethernet adapter 10/100Mbit
NEC ND-1300A DVD-RW Drive
Sony 3.5" Floppy Drive
Antec True Power 550 Watt PSU
Addttronics 6896A Entry Level Server Tower
Compaq S710 17" Blackshade CRT from 2001
Reso @ 1024x768x32 ! 85Hz
 
Win2K pro + SP4 & RU1 for SP4
AmigaSport 3.0 by AmigaMerlin from 3dfxzone.it
Latest 3dfx Tools for V3 3500 TV AGP.
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So yeah there you have it I'm back finally and it runs so fast too,love this build worked all night on it since the urge to play my 3dfx games is rather high now anyway 
Many thanks to SWZSSR for helping me with the Voodo3 3500, that really made this build possible at this early stage

Here the photos then
 
Here the PSU I salvaged from my mother's old computer an Antec True Power 550 cleaned it so it's ready for use:

 
I cleaned it's fan as well:

 
The PSU is an Antec True Power 500 Watt PSU that I took out of my mom's old Core i3 540 PC xD

 
Here the Addtronics 6896A Entry Level Server Tower that I used for this build, also custom painted it myself way back in 1999 But pics of that later in this thread:

Also I cleaned this case inside out as well as the outside so it's fresh for this new 3dfx life it will have 
 
Motherboard is neatly installed there as you can see connected the power switch, led's and other IO parts the Flat data cables as well moved on slowly

 

 
Flat cables applied for all storage & optical devices

 
Thermal compound applied on the CPU ready for cooler montage:

 
Upper storage compartment left is the Western Digital Caviar SE 250 GB HDD 7200 rp right is a Sony 3.5" Floppy Drive

 


System build almost complete:

 
Side panels applied they open up for easy maintenance

 
After completing the build here a nice last closeup of the cards:

 
Here the first boot screen;
And I already knew what was wrong the slave HDD. had the jumper on Master the same as the primary one and that was what caused this flaw to occur.
A Blue Screen of Death During install also happened It seems the floppy drive needed replacing after I did that and reset the jumper of the 250 GB Slave HDD in Slave mode all issues were resolved

So that was fun to find out and get sorted out hah xD
 
Here the system running with my blue & green led fans all showing a nice clean blue/green glow,

FF means it's stable and ther are no errors happening.
And a nice closeup of the 3dfx logo on that V3 3500 TV:

 
Here this side's Freespace 2 art I applied three starships from that game
Shevan Carrier
Vesudan Dreadnought
Terran Hercules MK III

 
Here the Descent 2 Pyro-GX art I also did in 1999, I can't see 3D hence the wonky wings rofl

 
As for the gap that will be taken care of soon, as I am adding a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum which has an IO Drive that will fill up that open space neatly, so yeah still gotta work on that part

Here the rear view of this system, all looking neatly there too

 
And there ya have it guys  
But I'll post more pics later on or even a video i of it running some classic games

I worked all night , didn't sleep to get this 3dfx dream PC up and running and so far it has been clear sailing.
Thus I look forward on seeing your reactions!

Many thanks and runs great too
 
Here the entire system setup

As you can see I used my Pan Am & 3dfx Wallpaper, suits this system perfectly
 
Also I have added my 1985 T.rex EPoX Mascot to finish off this entire system

 
Here the Windows 2000 Professional start menu:

 
Here some pics of all the installed parts via the Device manager:

 

 

 
And here some screenshots I took of all the 3dfx Tools Options with this Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB Rev.A 3199:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​After some cooling advice for my Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP from my friend SWZSSR, I did some modding and applied this side fan and also reversed the fan so it cools the cards, the V3 3500 can go over 85C under load, now it goes more around 60 a 65C under load , a worthy difference for a 20 year old graphics card

 

 

There much better now, yet I might exchange the fan with an RGB 120 Mil fan or just a Purple ledded one, just to get some more Mace Windu in there xD
But yea, all good now
 

Yeah well it's better than without and it's all I had for now, I know there are slot coolers but I'd lose slots if I'd use those so found two of these in my draw and took advantage of the idea by flipping around the fan so it blows air on the cards and it does do some good :)

Gold Leader
​Well i did manage to fix that gaping hole in my case :)
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​I used a plastic 5.25" bay bracket from my Addtronics 7896A to make it neater from the front of this build's Addtronics 6896A :)
​So here some pics of this fix:
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​Much neater now :)
 
And here my 1985 Imperial Tyrannosaurus rex which I use as my EPoX Mascot and also as avatar :)
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I can't see the pictures

That brings you back a ways. Nicely done Gold Leader. Is the TV tuner of any use these days? I used to have a ATI Rage way back but never used the tuner. You did a nice job on your art work. Great old school build bud! +1  

notfordman
That brings you back a ways. Nicely done Gold Leader. Is the TV tuner of any use these days? I used to have a ATI Rage way back but never used the tuner. You did a nice job on your art work. Great old school build bud! +1  

Hey thanks!

And yeah this was well worth it though, I still will give it some upgrades, the BTO Cassette Deck Tape Plyaer/recorder & Convertor & the side fan case mod were applied this round, but an Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro is also planned, but for starters I'll stick to just the Audigy 2 ZS card it's self, anything is better than the onboard and then save up for the Platinum pro version for a later add on for this system :)
Even thought it's on board VIA 616 AC'97 isn't too bad really, so this will have to do for now
The TV-Tuner worked fine to around 2017, by then everything went 100% digital and analog wasn't doable anymore.
 
Yeah all digital here but it does work tho as functionality goes, but I did do some mods to the case with my dad ell he did the drilling as my hands are too shaky for that so the side fan is now firmly mounted with four Lian li thumb screws, we are like If it don't fit mod it til it does fit!

And it looks great too, here some pics  :)

Here the two new holes neatly drilling after making good measures;
Inner case:


Outer case:

For the bottom holes, didn't need those thanks to that little ventilation grid, used the lowest part for the lower screws.

Here the side fan properly placed:


It gives nice coverage over all the cards, by mainly the 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP gets good cooling this way:


And here  it's mounted with the four Lian Li thumb screws:

 
All good for that part, the other wires is from my BTO Plusdeck 2c Cassette Deck Tape Recorders/player/Convertor drive  :)

Which is this rare, yet super handy drive my dad gave me for this 3dfx retro build, something you don't see every day either  :)


Here the label on the drive:

 
And the Software for the Plusdeck 2c & Sweex Com Port to USB Convertor Module:

To make this device usable I used a Sweex Com Port to USB convertor module and that runs great.

It all installed without worries as the Win2K Pro Device manager shows:


Here the Plusdeck 2C Software


Sound Settings:


Keyboard Controls:


Configure Convert File Format:


Here the BTO Plusdeck 2C in the lower 5.25" bay, the NEC 1300A DVD -RW drive up tops:

Cables that I needed to store, I Shoved between these two drives, the Addtronics 6896A Entry level Server tower is very short compared to current case designs but I did manage some how, 10 years ago I could do much neater builds, nowadays building is very painful due to the heavy arthritis like pain attacks I get 34/7 and yeah kind of miss my old building skills tbh.

And here the entire system with specs:
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Sveta 2002
 
AMD AthlonXP 2200+ Thoroughbred-A @ !.8Ghz
EPox EP-8K7A+ AMD &61 Chipset with Via 686B SB
2x 1GB PC-2700 KIngston @ PC-2100 266Mhz DDR
3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB Rev.A 3199
VIA 616 Onboard Sound --> Audigy2 ZS Platinum Upgrade is next
1x Seagate Baracuda V 80GB 7200 RPM Main disk
1x Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB Game Disk
Belkin 5 port NEC USB 2.0 PCI Card
3-Com 3C905C-TX-M PCI Ethernet adapter 10/100Mbit
NEC ND-1300A DVD-RW Drive
BTO Plusdeck 2c Cassette Deck Tape Player, Recorder & Convertor Drive
Sony 3.5" Floppy Drive
Antec True Power 550 Watt PSU
Addttronics 6896A Entry Level Server Tower
Compaq S710 17" Blackshade CRT from 2001
Reso @ 1024x768x32 ! 85Hz
 
Win2K pro + SP4 & RU1 for SP4
AmigaSport 3.0 by AmigaMerlin from 3dfxzone.it
Latest 3dfx Tools for V3 3500 TV AGP.
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Here the Plusdeck 2c in action with a tape from 1986, yes it's that old!


Enjoy!

wow!  so much of that stuff looks too familiar
 

This   is a detailed and very informative post. I miss 3dfx!
 

....and good photos ;)

Here something lovely my friend SWZSSR helped me obtain in Adelaide, South Australia, which he will ship to me for my 3dfx Retro Gaming & Music PC Sveta 2002, photo's made by SWZSSR also btw

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Rev.A 2703 ( Week 27 - Year 2003 ) 

 
Remote & IO Drive Cable:

 
All gold plated in & outputs all full size headphone connectors as well:

 
With this external IO Drive from this rear side I can also connect my 1995 Roland E-14 Keyboard via the midi ports and use the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro's Synthesizer for example:

 
Card top:

 
Card rear:

 
Here a close up of the parts of the card it's self:

 
Pins at the rear is for the Joystick gameport:

 
Here the Audigy 2 ZS Audio Processing Unit:

 
The flat connector is for the extension cable that connects to the external IO Drive it's also connected via Fire Wire 1394 as well from card to external IO Drive:

 
SB number is SB0360 that being it's an authentic Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS platinum Pro, SB0350 are Audigy 2 ZS Platinum's and lower, the Platinum Pro was the only Audigy 2 ZS with a separate number;
That being SB0360:

 
Also made in Malaysia and not China , or Singapore which was alsoa country many Creative boards were made at the time.



 
PCB date reads 2703 meaning it's from Week 27 - Year 2003:





And there ya have it, more to come once I get this card here and built in the system, so much more to come my friends

Rock on