cool pics.. you use the 6000 to game on?

also what is the significance of the "Thermsheild fans"?

Holy Cow! WOW! Great! Neat! Cool! Nice to look at an enthusiast at work! 😀

Very nice collection and setup. I also just noticed that I have a case just like yours, except the color.

You should see my Voodoo5 5500 with an 80mm fan attached. Those tiny, whiny little 40mm fans with dieing bearings forced me to take action. 😀

so the card can also get power from an external source? that's new to me... 🤣

so the card can also get power from an ... w to me...
If I remember correctly (it has been a while since I've been a 3dfx follower), it was designed to be run with an external power source. So I was surprised that it ran on internal power 😀

maybe the weak psu's of the era could not provide the current necessary, hardly a problem nowdays 😀

Shit. That thing is gigantic. Btw, why is your PC underclocked?

An interesting read about the V5 6000's hardware bug from an Exult colleague of mine...
http://www.users.on.net/~triforce/illuminate/v56kprobs.html

Interesting read.

I like how he states:

"The Card is just too damn big." 😉

I have some old Promise IDE RAID Controllers that are this big and have the saem kind of plastic slot GUIDE on the end as well, remember the Supertrak SX6000 series cards.....

swaaye wrote:

You should see my Voodoo5 5500 with an 80mm fan attached.

How did you do that? And what heatsink are you using?

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

How did you do that? And what heatsink are you using?

Well how fortuitous for you, I just got a free hand-me-down camera today. 😀

All I did was pull the two crap 40mm fans and then mount a 80mm fan. After some fiddling, I found that case fan screws worked nicely. The other side of the fan conveniently rests on the useless VESA connector. The fan power plug is set up for only 5v input so it runs very slow and effectively inaudible. The card probably runs cooler than it did with the 40mm fans. I've felt the heatsinks while gaming and they aren't hot. And more of the card gets airflow now.

I was initially somewhat concerned with how the fan doesn't cover much of the heatsinks, but the air pushes thru the fins just fine apparently.

swaaye wrote:

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

How did you do that? And what heatsink are you using?

Well how fortuitous for you, I just got a free hand-me-down camera today. 😀

All I did was pull the two crap 40mm fans and then mount a 80mm fan.

Oh, I thought you use homemade clamping and/or drilled some extra holes or such. You know, 3dfx lunacies and such. 😉

swaaye wrote:

The fan power plug is set up for only 5v input so it runs very slow and effectively inaudible.

Precisely, and that's why I'll probably go your route. I'm not going to OC my 5500s at all, all I want is reasonably cooled card with the lowest noise possible.

swaaye wrote:

I was initially somewhat concerned with how the fan doesn't cover much of the heatsinks,

IIRC it is the shitty heatsink (and shitty adhesive application) that causes the VSA-100 chips to overheat, while the fans themselves are pretty good. Some folks at 3dfxZone are known to run their 5500 without fans.

Well, I got another 6000 a few days ago on eBay. 😀 Will post pics when I get it. (should come ina few days)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem … em=300393220766

wow u really love 3dfx stuff 😀
nice!

keropi wrote:

wow u really love 3dfx stuff 😀
nice!

Wow really, that and a disposable income! Have a couple kids already. 😁

poser
take a look at his ebay history he bought hundreds of 3dfx cards and sold them short later for a higher BIN price

My acrylic case arrived today and I got everything mounted up and screwed together. 😀 I still have some work to do, and some things to add, but its a good start. For the rear I will be placing another black acrylic piece to cover up the tape from the other one. Any suggestions or comments are welcome as always. 😎

Alternate shot with better lighting -