Retro-test : Voodoo 5 6000 !!

[NikolaX]

Because they couldn't follow ATI or nVidia in the performance domain with a single chip solution, 3dfx used it's SLI technology with the latest graphic processor, the VSA-100. Instead to use one VSA-100, why couldn't we use 2 of them? The Voodoo 5 5500 was born. And it wasn't finished...shortly before 3dfx's death they made a prototype card which is a legend today: the Voodoo 5 6000. It had 4 VSA-100 graphic processors and 128MB video memory while all other cards had 32MB at the same time! We will talk about this monster in this article...

Some of you will ask themself why we test a 4 years old card which is completely exceeded in the performance level? You are right, it's completely useless...but so fun to have a legend in our hands. And we had a hard time to find one, so you shall like it

very nice and retro read. :afro:
http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/divers/v5-6000/v56kgb-1.htm

 

[FictiousWill]

Find the link, find the link!

http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/divers/v5-6000/v56kgb-1.htm
Is this it?

 

[NikolaX]

yes it is Will
you won my voodoo 1

 

[Ti133700N]

I still use my VooDoo5 5500

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

As far as we know there are around 150 Voodoo 5 6000 models in the world and around 30 working ones.

Wow, that's what I call a collector's item.

 

[lePobz]

It makes me feel so old

It wasn't so long ago that I was drooling over Voodoo's in the shop window...

 

[Insano]

I remember how happy I was with my Voodoo 2...

 

[EC]

Voodoo3 3000, what a gift from God. I remember when I got it, I didn't know jack about computers except how to use them. My dad installed it, and it literally had to reboot at least 20 times. But man, the 3D was awesome! No more software rendering!

 

[trizzm]

I used to have a voodoo banshee that came with half life: day one. good old days for sure.

 

[blahblahblah]

sweet. Thanks for the link.

 

[B-MAn]

Ah i remember my good old Voodoo 3000. It was awesome i remember playing Quake 3 on max bt MOH: AA hardly ran at all

 

[Maxi]

Oi cool.

 

[Play4Fun]

I still got Voodoo4 on my old PC and I can run UT(1999) with everything on high!

 

[Kazuki_Fuse]

Brought back memories, but boy was it badly written, gave me a mild headache.

 

[MiccyNarc]

It is with this card that an exceptional company died on 14 december 2000...

First Washington dies on my birthday, then 3dfx. What's next?

 

[Dead-Inside]

My mom still has my Voodoo 2 (Fully functioning btw)