Guys, here's a picture I made today: 
 
I also found the other graphics card from the power mac. They were at the same place. Guess I have forgotten about that one:) It's a NVidia. The card posted successfully today. But only at the second mainboard I tried - a socket A one with an Athlon. My first choice was an ASUS P5E-VM DO. But guess the ASUS didn't recognize it. And I got worried a little, but it posts normally. So that's nice. And I will call it enough of emotion for today. Next is testing on Windows. I think I should try to power it on a kaby lake motherboard, and run some benchmarks on that platform. But first I have to install windows 7. Should I make a separate thread?
 
EDIT: Forgot to also say, I will test if it does widescreen on the dvi when I find the time:)

The 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh isn't as rare as the Engineering Samples are, but it still is the best Voodoo5 card to use in your retro to even modern system jsut as long it has a PCI-X 66Mhz Slot or a PCI 2.1 32Bit Slot the card will work fine.

If using a PCI64 66Mhz slot make sure you set the 64 Bit PCI Slot to 32Bit mode with a 66Mhz Bus speed, this way it will perform like  a V5 5500 AGP  :)
And you have the DVI-D as advantage for better image quality output with certain flatpanels like the EIZO Flexscan S2000 for example :)
Need help with drivers feel free to ask me anytime, I don't have all my cards anymore but I do have the knowledge to aid people when ever I can and I am co-owner of the official x-3dfx community as well :)

And welcome to EVGA Community Forums too btw.

Amazing Collection Gold Leader. Thanks for posting this. It takes back great number of memories.

atfrico
Amazing Collection Gold Leader. Thanks for posting this. It takes back great number of memories.

Oh no worries I don't have the cards anymore sold them along time ago, but I never sold my knowledge  feel free to ask me anything if it's VGA card related from 3dfx to the cards of today, all good here

Wow I remember the original 3DFX Voodoo cards and the original SLI. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

No worries mate

Hey all I am going to try and renovate this thread, it will take some times but I do have all the photo's backed up that are missing, What happened was that the code of my 3dfx gallery changed as well as the web host, so I will do my best to fix this nice thread, been wondering what else to do here so I'll start here fixing this nice research project of mine, the Voodoo5 6000 & 5000 owner lists may not be as accurate as they were from the years 2001 - 2012 but at least some of it can be brought back to how it once was.

Anyways I'll start today and see where I get, EVGA may not produce graphics cards anymore, but at least as veteran forum members go, we can keep this place alive as long as we can right?
Well that is my mindset for now anyway

Gold Leader
Hey all I am going to try and renovate this thread, it will take some times but I do have all the photo's backed up that are missing, What happened was that the code of my 3dfx gallery changed as well as the web host, so I will do my best to fix this nice thread, been wondering what else to do here so I'll start here fixing this nice research project of mine, the Voodoo5 6000 & 5000 owner lists may not be as accurate as they were from the years 2001 - 2012 but at least some of it can be brought back to how it once was.

Anyways I'll start today and see where I get, EVGA may not produce graphics cards anymore, but at least as veteran forum members go, we can keep this place alive as long as we can right?
Well that is my mindset for now anyway

You could renovate this thread or start a new one. 

Well it seems that was a waste of time, this forum is very broken omg...


Anyways here the list Iam TRYING to edit/post:



Hi EVGA friends,
 
It has been quite a while that I posted something from my 3dfx days, something none of you have really read about, and since I have been in contact with my x-3dfx buddies and crew, I really wanted to spare time to tell you my experiences with the 3dfx people, Crew and entire 3dfx community.
Back then I made some very large milestones but also I continued supporting 3dfx communities even after the fall of 3dfx to like 2009, mainly where it came to the Napalm based boards, the Voodoo5 series which used the VSA-100 meaning Voodoo Scalable Architechture-100, 100 being the first in it's kind.
 
The boards I was interested in most was the Voodoo5 line, mainly the never released Voodoo5 6000 AGP 128MB & never released Voodoo5 5000 AGP & PCI.
The Voodoo5 6000 AGP was the Quad Chip SLI High-end Voodoo5, as where the Voodoo5 5000 AGP/PCI were the low end Voodoo5 boards.
3dfx worked on the Voodoo5 6000 for a good 55 weeks+, it never made it to the market, all because it was far too complex for it's time, even that ex-3dfx Engineer Hank Semenec made a fix for it in 2002, named PCI-Rework, that was like 2 years after the demise of 3dfx it's self; most of the 3dfx techies took home their work and worked on it until they really solved it, the 3dfx community was still active in 2002 and many people started buying these Engineering Samples, not only for their collections but mainly due to pure interest and curiosity, just to find out what they missed out on, what could these cards do and what could be improved driver wise.
 
So I thought before entering this unique world, I decided to study what is known and just question these people and these left over ex-3dfx Engineers, programmers you name it, the entire bucket list of questions, doubts thoughts everything fell in to place, eventually.
 
After I acquired my 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP 128MB Rev.A 3700 on December 17, 2005, I started to ask around who else had this card, who else had idea's to make it run stable with what driver I was making a list that showed all the people who had this particular card and that also showed the amount of revisions the owners had and what country they live in.
And I did this list to about May 12, 2009 something like that, so all what you are about to see is from May 12, 2009, so it may be somewhat inaccurate as owners go, but the amount of boards found is pretty close to accurate even today same as the amount of Defective and functional boards go.

Before I start showing the lists & research, here a video of the 3dfx Oral History Panel with the original Founders from 3dfx Interactive it's self, interviewed by Shayne Hodge on July 29, 2013 in Mountain View, California, X6887.2013
Computer History Museum


From left to right:
   
Gary Tarolli - founder & CTO
Scott Sellers - Executive VP Engineering, CTO, co-founder, member Board of Directors
Ross Smith - founder
Gordon Campbell - Chairman of the Board and Founder

"3dfx was a pioneering consumer computer graphics company best known for its Voodoo Graphics accelerators for PCs. Their graphics products also found their way into popular arcade games such as San Francisco Rush and NFL Blitz. 3dfx's cards and their Glide API were arguably the most popular and important products of their era. Despite their early dominance in the computer graphics industry, 3dfx went from industry leader to bankruptcy in just a few years' span. In this oral history, the four original co-founders discuss the history of 3dfx, lessons learned, and anecdotes from their careers in technology.

Visit http://www.computerhistor...ections/oralhistories/ for more information about the Computer History Museum's Oral Histories Collection."


As my 3dfx past goes, mainly during the days after 3dfx Interactive was applied by NVIDIA cooperation on December 15, 2000, Itoo went my own way, had goals to collect 3dfx VGA cards and explore them research them even.
And help the 3dfx Community to apply them knowledge of the never released Engineering Samples so Icould give them a better view of what untold secrets 3dfx had with these Lab Cards.

So here is something I did for the entire 3dfx community, something no one else could do, yet i had all the contacts with probably the largest group of 3dfx collectors from 2002 to 2009, the data I have here is from 2005 to  2009, as the world owner lists go of the Voodoo5 6000's & 5000 Engineering Samples.
 
The World Voodoo5 6000 List

Listing of defect cards:

V6K Different type amount | Revision | PCB Date | V6K Total amount


«» 3 | Comdex, Rev.A0, Rev.A1 | 4499-41, 0700, 1500 | 3 «» omega_supreme
«» 1 | Rev.A0 | 0700 | 1 «» gdonovan
«» 4849 | Rev.A0 | 0700 | 1 «» Kyle Bennett
«» 1 | Rev.A2 | 2600 | 1 «» Nightbird
«» 1 | Rev.A3 | 3400 | 1 «» Simon3D
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Tim
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» GrandAdmiralThrawn
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» cUsLs
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» "Hutzeputz"
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» "Psycho666"


Comdex 4499-41's: 1
Total Rev.A0 0700's: 3 **
Total Rev.A1 1500's: 1
Total Rev.A2 2600's: 1
Total Rev.A3 3400's: 1
Total Rev.A 3700's: 5
Total Rev.A 3900's: 0


** = One of these is a blank PCB, thus listed as defective.
Total amount of defective cards: 174175

Listing of functional cards:

V6K Different type amount | Revision | PCB Date | V6K Total amount

«» 5 | Rev.A0, Rev.A1, Rev.A2, Rev.A3, Rev.A | 0700, 1500, 2600, 3400, 3700 | 7 «» gdonovan
«» 4 | Rev.A1, Rev.A2, Rev.A3, Rev.A | 1500, 2600, 3400, 3700 | 8 «» osckhar
«» 4 | Rev.A1, Rev.A2, Rev.A3, Rev.A | 1500, 2600, 3400, 3900 | 4 «» omega_supreme
«» 2 | Rev.A2, Rev.A | 2600, 3900 | 2 «» G1nX
«» 2 | Rev.A3, Rev.A | 3400, 3700 | 228229 «» Nightbird
«» 2 | Rev.A3, Rev.A | 3400, 3700 | 236237 «» SiRtA
«» 2 | Rev.A2, Rev.A | 2600, 3700 | 2 «» rottentreats
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 3 «» Markus
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 2 «» Murfi
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 2 «» Lt.Com.DATA
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 2 «» SnaG
«» 1 | Rev.A2 | 2600 | 1 «» Rolo01
«» 1 | Rev.A2 | 2600 | 1 «» SK1
«» 1 | Rev.A3 | 3400 | 1 «» feinripp
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» GrandAdmiralThrawn
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» m14radu
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» razrx
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Corsworth6K
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Max_R
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» neurocrash
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» rimshaker
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Ricednet
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Goriath
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Mikepedo
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Amigamerlin
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» OcTaGuNs
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Backfire
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Raff
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» exxe
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» gtxe
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» masterj85
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Raziel
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Tweakstone
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Chosen_One
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Fish
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» guenter.f.68
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Hiero
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Zilch
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Voodoo_Freak
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» dborca
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Torch
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Tomcat
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Surrimugge
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» xr4y^
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» zzyzzyxx
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» yjfy
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Wang Fei
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» cUsLs
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» ALT-F13
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» KokoHemmo
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» roflkopp aka Mr.LoLMan
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» ps47
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Corn
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» erekevga
«» 1 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Linus Tech Tips

Total Comdex 41-4999's: 0
Total Rev.A0 0700's: 1
Total Rev.A1 1500's: 4
Total Rev.A2 2600's: 7
Total Rev.A3 3400's: 5
Total Rev.A 3700's: 61
Total Rev.A 3900's: 2
 
Total of functional 3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 AGP's: 80

Total of all cards with all functional Voodoo Volts:

V6K Different type amount | Revision | PCB Date | V6K Total amount | Large Legacy 120W VV | Small Legacy 80W VV | Late 60W VV
«» 6 | Comdex, Rev.A0, Rev.A1, Rev.A2, Rev.A3, Rev.A | 4499-41, 0700, 1500, 2600, 3400, 3900 | 7 | 2 | 726727 «» omega_supreme
«» 5 | Rev.A0, Rev.A1, Rev.A2, Rev.A3, Rev.A | 0700, 1500, 2600, 3400, 3700 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 «» gdonovan
«» 4 | Rev.A1, Rev.A2, Rev.A3, Rev.A | 1500, 2600, 3400, 3700 | 8 | 2 | 3 «»  osckhar
«» 3 | Rev.A2, Rev.A3, Rev.A | 2600, 3400, 3700 | 3 | 2 | 1 «» Nightbird
«» 766767 | Rev.A2 | 2600 | 1 «» G1nX
«» 2 | Rev.A3, Rev.A | 3400, 3700 | 780781 | 782783 «» SiRtA 
«» 784785 | Rev.A | 3700 | 2 | 2 «» Murfi
«» 794795 | Rev.A | 3700 | 2 «» Lt.Com.DATA
«» 802803 | Rev.A | 3700 | 2 «» SnaG
«» 810811 | Rev.A | 3700 | 2 «» cUsLs
«» 818819 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 | 1 «» rimshaker
«» 828829 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 | 1 «» 666psycho
«» 838839 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 | 1 «» Tim
«» 848849 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 | 1«» razrx
«» 858859 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 | 1 «» exxe
«» 868869 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 | 1 «» KokoHemmo
«» 878879 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 | 1 «» zzyzzyxx
«» 888889 | Rev.A0 | 0700 | 1 «» Kyle Bennett
«» 1 | Rev.A2 | 2600 | 1 «» Rolo01
«» 1 | Rev.A2 | 2600 | 1 «» SK1
«» 1 | Rev.A3 | 3400 | 1 «» feinripp
«» 1 | Rev.A3 | 3400 | 1 «» Simon3D
«» 928929 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» GrandAdmiralThrawn
«» 936937 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» m14radu
«» 944945 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» neurocrash
«» 952953 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Corsworth6K
«» 960961 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Max_R
«» 968969 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Ricednet
«» 976977 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Mikepedo
«» 984985 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Amigamerlin
«» 992993 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» OcTaGuNs
«» 10001001 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» roflkopp aka Mr.LoLMan
«» 10081009 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Backfire
«» 10161017 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Goraith
«» 10241025 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Chosen_One
«» 10321033 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Wild_Bill
«» 10401041 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» gtxe
«» 10481049 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» masterj85
«» 10561057 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Raziel
«» 10641065 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Tweakstone
«» 10721073 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Fish
«» 10801081 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» guenter.f.68
«» 10881089 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Hiero
«» 10961097 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Raff
«» 11041105 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Zilch
«» 11121113 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Voodoo_Freak
«» 11201121 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» ALT-F13
«» 11281129 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» ps47
«» 11361137 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Torch
«» 11441145 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Tomcat
«» 11521153 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Surrimugge
«» 11601161 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» xr4y^
«» 11681169 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Corn
«» 11761177 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Markus
«» 11841185 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» dborca
«» 11921193 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» yjfy
«» 12001201 | Rev.A | 3700 | 1 «» Wang Fei

Total Comdex 41-4999's: 1
Total Rev.A0 0700's: 4
Total Rev.A1 1500's: 6
Total Rev.A2 2600's: 7
Total Rev.A3 3400's: 6
Total Rev.A 3700's: 66
Total Rev.A 3900's: 2


Total of 3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 AGP's: 12661267
Total of V6K People: 12701271

Listing of Voodoo Volts:

VV Different type amount | Large Legacy 120W VV | Small Legacy 80W VV | Late 60W VV | Total amount VV

«» 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 «» gdonovan
«» 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 «» omega_supreme
«» 2 | 2 | 13121313 | 5 «» osckhar
«» 2 | 2 | 13201321 | 3 «» Nightbird
«» 1 | 2 | 2 «» Murfi
«» 1 | 1 | 1 «» rimshaker
«» 1 | 1 | 1 «» 666psycho
«» 1 | 1 | 1 «» Tim
«» 1 | 1 | 1 «» razrx
«» 1 | 1 | 1 «» exxe
«» 1 | 1 | 1 «» KokoHemmo
«» 1 | 1 | 1 «» zzyzzyxx

Total Large Legacy 120W VV's: 3
Total Small Legacy 80W VV's: 6
Total Late 60W VV's: 20

Total of 3dfx Voodoo Volts: 29
Total of VV Owners: 12
 

Here a pic of the Large & Small Legacy Voodoo Volts + the Late Voodoo Volts just to get the idea :)


The Voodoo5 6000 Motherboard List

Compatible Mainboards for V6K's
Abit Sa7 (SiS645dx) Rev. 1.2 (latest BIOS) compatible Rev.A 3700
SIDENOTE: If 98SE is used, the latest Raziel Evolution Driver is needed, Amigamerlin + Reference Drivers will cause the System to lock up in 3D Apps (no further drivers tested). No Problems under XP with reference drivers, Amigamerlin, SFFT, none further tested
Asus P4S533-E (SiS645dx) Rev. 1.04 (BIOS 1006 and 1008Beta tested) compatible Rev.A 3700
ASUS P3B-F (i440BX, v1.04): compatible (tested BIOS up to 1006, higher BIOS versions result in no-vga beep) Rev.A3 3400
EPoX EP-BX3 Rev.A2 2600, Rev.A3 3400, Rev.A 3700 & Rev.A 3900 compatible
EPoX EP-8K3A Rev. 1.0 - 1.2 Rev.A0 0700, Rev.A1 1500, Rev.A2 2600, Rev.A3 3400 Rev.A 3700 & Rev.A 3900 compatible
EPoX EP-8K3A+ Rev. 1.0 - 1.2 Rev.A0 0700, Rev.A1 1500, Rev.A2 2600, Rev.A3 3400 Rev.A 3700 & Rev.A 3900 compatible
EPoX EP-8K5A2+ Rev. 1.2 Rev.A2 2600 & Rev.A 3700 compatible
EPoX EP-8K5A3+ Rev. 1.1 Rev.A2 2600 & Rev.A 3700 compatible
EPoX EP-8KHA VIA Apollo KT266(A) compatible Rev.A 3700
Intel OR840 (i840, v701, v702, v703, v704): compatible
(v702 tested extensively, tested BIOSes include IBM and Intel original BIOS v225, v235, v248 and v255 versions (255 got a bug with FSB133 stability though, 248 recommended)) Rev.A3 3400
Gigabyte GA-7DPXDW-P Rev: 1.0 Rev.A 3700 compatible
SOYO KT333 ULTRA DRAGON compatible, Rev.A 3700
Tian Ji Motherboard 815 ET Rev.A2 2600 compatible Tested by Edmundoab in Kuala Lumpur in a computer store. specs of this mini ATX P3 mobo here:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/230676…ard_815_ET.html

Partly Compatible Mainboards for V6K's
ASUS P3C-E (i820): partly compatible (runs, but HB1-SE66 heats up abnormally during POST and operation, confirmed to pose a real danger to the bridge chip! Do NOT try! If you absolutely have to, using a heatsink for the HB1-SE66 bridge chip is a must!) Rev.A3 3400 & Rev.A 3700
MSI KT3 Ultra2 (KT333 CE) partly compatible Rev.A 3700
Tyan Tiger 760 MPX Rev.A2 2600, Rev.A3 3400 & Rev.A 3700 partly compatible
Tyan Thunder K7X Pro Rev.A2 2600, Rev.A3 3400 & Rev.A 3700 partly compatible

Incompatible Mainboards for V6K's
ABIT BX6 (i440BX, v1.0): incompatible (no POST) Rev.A 3700
ABIT BE6-II (i440BX, v1.1): incompatible (no-vga beep) Rev.A 3700
ABIT ST6-RAID (i815EP, B0 Step): incompatible (no-vga beep) Rev.A 3700
ASUS A7A266-E incompatible, Rev.A 3700
ASUS A7M266-D Rev.1.01 incompatible, Rev.A 3700
ASUS TUA-266 Rev. 1.01 Rev.A 3700 incompatible
ASUS A7V333-R Rev. 1.02 & 2.00 Rev.A 3700 incompatible
Soyo 6BA+IV (i440BX): incompatible (no-vga beep) Rev.A 3700

and it just breaks meaning this is NOT doable with such broken forum software, alas I tried.