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3dfx Voodoo5 6000

Where are these suddenly appearing from? Guy in my facebook group is suddenly posting pics of one he has too. There used to be an owners list of this thing on the evga forum, it's exceedingly rare.
 
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Mode13 said:
Where are these suddenly appearing from? Guy in my facebook group is suddenly posting pics of one he has too. There used to be an owners list of this thing on the evga forum, it's exceedingly rare.
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Mode13 you've seen mine before already?

 
No I didn't know you even had a youtube :p

That's a serious collectors item. I take it you don't really use it much though? I've seen them with heatsinks added to the pci-pci bridge chip (HiNT chip).. or so I thought.. not sure if that was factory or just something some owners added.
 
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No I didn't know you even had a youtube :p

That's a serious collectors item. I take it you don't really use it much though? I've seen them with heatsinks added to the pci-pci bridge chip (HiNT chip).. or so I thought.. not sure if that was factory or just something some owners added.
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Sick collection.. You must be single LOL

Few cards I'm not sure of in those pics, like the Radeon card on the bottom left of the collection32.jpg. Just looks like any recent reference rx 480/580/vega type card. Engineering sample or something?

I've been hunting thrifts for the past two years trying to unearth a GUS. No luck. Need one for a little project I'm working on but they go for like $300 now lol.
 
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Sick collection.. You must be single LOL

Few cards I'm not sure of in those pics, like the Radeon card on the bottom left of the collection32.jpg. Just looks like any recent reference rx 480/580/vega type card. Engineering sample or something?

I've been hunting thrifts for the past two years trying to unearth a GUS. No luck. Need one for a little project I'm working on but they go for like $300 now lol.
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Vega 64 Engineering Sample


https://hardforum.com/threads/post-up-your-video-card-collection.1964112/
 
Are you freaking serious? I had one of these back when I was 12, dug it out of a parts bin. At that time, it was just another piece of dead tech that no one wanted. FUUUUUUU
 
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Vega 64 Engineering Sample


https://hardforum.com/threads/post-up-your-video-card-collection.1964112/
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Lots of neat stuff in that thread. I don't know if I have much you guys would appreciate, I just collect things that I really wanted bad at the time, so typically nothing of any rarity. Here's one thing I have that I suppose is rare:

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These are brand new OEM PPro 166mhz.. I don't believe these were sold to consumers (the 166mhz/512kb model that is), bulk only to OEM. When I check ebay for the 166 i only ever find scratched up used ones. These chips were and are generally hated by average enthusiasts because they honestly got written off for having "poor 16-bit performance", even though the chips were far beyond fast enough to run any 16-bit software you would ever want to run on them. I have other models of these too (200/512k, 200/1024k black top brand new)... Guess I'm just more of a CPU guy.

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Are you freaking serious? I had one of these back when I was 12, dug it out of a parts bin. At that time, it was just another piece of dead tech that no one wanted. FUUUUUUU
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You're probably thinking of a v5 5000 or something, but I could be wrong. As far as I understand, the Voodoo 5 6000 was never released to consumers. Not many exist, especially working.
 
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Are you freaking serious? I had one of these back when I was 12, dug it out of a parts bin. At that time, it was just another piece of dead tech that no one wanted. FUUUUUUU
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you had a 3dfx Voodoo5 6000?
 
The Voodoo5 6000 was exceptionally rare, even back when 3dfx was still around. You couldn't just buy these things, you had to know someone or have connections. Some of the early prototypes were hacked together because the product was unfinished, required rediculous amounts of power (4x VSA-100s will do that), etc. I recall some collectors using molex hacks to get them to work with existing PCs because 3dfx planned to power the damn thing through a proprietary external power supply! Yeah, it was that much of a power hog.

If you bought it off the shelf, it was most likely the Voodoo5 5500 (or Voodoo 4). But it only had 2 VSA-100s, so two fans.

3dfx also was planning on a Voodoo 5 5000, which was a chopped down version of the 5500. Those are extremely rare too, I think.

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Here's one thing I have that I suppose is rare:

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These are brand new OEM PPro 166mhz.. I don't believe these were sold to consumers (the 166mhz/512kb model that is), bulk only to OEM. When I check ebay for the 166 i only ever find scratched up used ones. These chips were and are generally hated by average enthusiasts because they honestly got written off for having "poor 16-bit performance", even though the chips were far beyond fast enough to run any 16-bit software you would ever want to run on them. I have other models of these too (200/512k, 200/1024k black top brand new)... Guess I'm just more of a CPU guy.
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Yeah, I don't recall the 512k variants being available through normal channels. Not until the black ones came out much much later.

I've got a pair of the 256k 200Mhz, but no motherboard to put them in. The dual socket 440FX board I had them in burned up 20 years ago. I've still got the VRM boards though.



Pentium Pro chips, I don't consider them rare, they're just awesome. One of my favorite CPUs of all time. Everything we have today traces back to them.

I wish I had a 64-bit DEC Alpha from the same era. I always wanted one of those, but I had to settle for the $1100 PPro :(
 
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weak,

This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available.
 
Too shady of an auction from the start. Sellers track record is only tiny dollar stuff and then he suddenly has a V5 6000 with a stolen picture...


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Yeah, I don't recall the 512k variants being available through normal channels. Not until the black ones came out much much later.

I've got a pair of the 256k 200Mhz, but no motherboard to put them in. The dual socket 440FX board I had them in burned up 20 years ago. I've still got the VRM boards though.



Pentium Pro chips, I don't consider them rare, they're just awesome. One of my favorite CPUs of all time. Everything we have today traces back to them.

I wish I had a 64-bit DEC Alpha from the same era. I always wanted one of those, but I had to settle for the $1100 PPro :(
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wouldn't mind an Alpha myself. However, hold on to your p-pro(s). Those things are bought in bulk to be destroyed for gold content and still get no love from retro enthusiasts due to the stalls in 16-bit execution. I'm not saying they'll be worth lots of money, just that owning one to play with will get more difficult.

I have that exact same san ace heatsink myself and a few of the heavy duty dual fan ones from an ALR server. I only have one board left for them but it's BNIB Elitegroup board... single socket though.
 
I had a box of 5 Pentium Pro 200's long forgotten from some server upgrade project... I couldn't even get $10 for the whole box on ebay. I ended up giving them away to a friend during a closet cleaning event. Also a shit ton of 72pin EDO ram (like 4mb sticks). Cost a fortune back in the day, all of it worthless 20 years later. I'm pretty sure my buddy used all that stuff for target practice.

For a while I considered building systems with the PPros but the consumer motherboards were like $1000 back then. I was like.... screw that.
 
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