erek
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I had a Diamond 3D Monster Voodoo 1 4 MB (wish i still had it) and had no idea that Voodoo 1 could be ran in SLI (true Scan Link Interleave)
Scan LINE interleave?
Also, SLI didn't show up until the Voodoo2. At least, I'm not aware of any post-Voodoo2 launch implementations of the Voodoo1 using SLI.
So... (purported) cloned 3dfx Voodoo1s from a Russian seller?
Eh...
Also, SLI didn't show up until the Voodoo2. At least, I'm not aware of any post-Voodoo2 launch implementations of the Voodoo1 using SLI.
AFAIK, the Voodoo1 could only address 4MB of VRAM for textures. Even the Canopus Pure3D, probably the best implementation of the Voodoo1, which had 6MB total VRAM, could only utilize 4MB for textures with the remaining 2MB dedicated to framebuffer.
SLI worked on voodoo1 most certainly. I had Diamond Monster 3D cards in SLI. I also had a set of M3D VooDoo2 cards in SLI after that.
I also had the Diamond Monster 3D (not SLI) and the II (SLI).SLI worked on voodoo1 most certainly. I had Diamond Monster 3D cards in SLI. I also had a set of M3D VooDoo2 cards in SLI after that.
So, if these are new Voodoo cards, where did they get the 3DFX chips? Did they have new ones made? Or is there a pile of old stock Voodoo chips somewhere?
Regardless, I can't see spending $750 on that, but it's wicked cool nonetheless.
Sorry, Diamond never sold Voodoo Graphics in SLI, just Voodoo II. The only ones who sold VG in SLI was Quantum3D and they rapidly went to the single board design.
And it was VERY expensive.
I also had the Diamond Monster 3D (not SLI) and the II (SLI).
You're remembering it wrong. No mainstream Voodoo1 based card went to market with SLI support. The images above are models that support such a configuration, but are so rare they didn't register on anyone's radar back when they came out. I certainly didn't know they existed back then.
But I stand corrected, technically, as such a configuration did exist through Quantum3D's 4400 series. I get the impression these things started just shy of 2 grand (in 1997 dollars), so yeah, they were anything but mainstream.
I still have 2x Voodoo 2's that I wasn't able to get rid of last time I tried.
I wasn't into 3DFX hardware back in the day. My first gaming card was a TNT2 Ultra.
A little history lesson always puts things into perspective...I still have 2x Voodoo 2's that I wasn't able to get rid of last time I tried.
I wasn't into 3DFX hardware back in the day. My first gaming card was a TNT2 Ultra.
That's interesting.. never seen it before. I was looking and said.. those look actually new. Then I read on a little further and found they are newly manufactured. Pretty cool project.
Hahah before your time. SLI voodoo. Probably still have the cards laying around.