Hey guys, It's my first post on this forum. Greetings you all.
My name is Nick, i'm from Sofia, Bulgaria, so mind you that English is not my native language:)
I fell in love with 3dfx products, because my first vga was a 3dfx banshee. I bought a used PC from a game club as a kid, and worked the whole summer to afford the mighty K6-2 and the banshee, played lost of NFS, Quake, Half-life, and many games. Wicked GL FTW:) And the voodoo did not disappoint, but I tried to overclock both the K6 and the banshee:) They both died on me after some time, if I remember correctly. Never learned the lesson. Bought a K6 III and a more modern ASUS P5A, overclocked again:)
But...to the point of this post:
I own a voodoo 5, just like the colleague "Gold Leader" has:
3dfx voodoo 5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB Rev.A1 2900 With PC BIOS 1.18_LCD
I was wondering, how many of these were produced? Are they considered "rare"? Are they included in the owner list? Can you include mine? I can provide proof tomorrow.
I happen to own it from quite some time. It was a gift from a friend who disassembled his power mac and knew I like the brand. It was at least 10 years ago, I think. I powered that card a couple of times back then, when he gave it to me. To flash the bios. I had to, because I didn't have a mac to test if it was working. Haven't powered it since then. It is in mint condition, I believe, and maybe it's time to power it again to make sure it's working. I also had other 3dfx boards, they either died from my first overclocking attempts, or I gave them to friends. Some I sold. So that is my memory of the brand.