Tonight we're testing a stack of Slot 1 Pentium III CPUs and benchmarking a pile of 90s PCI cards.
GLQuake, Quake, Final Reality and 3DMark99.
Basically a late-90s retro PC lab night.
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It's alive! I was afraid the #3dfx #voodoo2 was broken for sure. #RetroPC #VintageComputing #Glide #PCGamingHistory
Today’s retro lesson:
A Voodoo2 can literally prevent your PC from POSTing… just because it doesn’t like the VGA card
Matrox = nope
ATI Rage = happy
ET6000 = perfect
1998 problems require 1998 solutions.
#3dfx #Voodoo2 #RetroPC #VintageComputing #Glide #PCGamingHistory
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What's this blast from the past pushing the pixels!?! #3dfx #Voodoo2
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Previous repairs to get a working setup, two Voodoo2 12MB cards
One card cleaned up - voltage reg misaligned from factory
Repairs done, awaiting final cleaning pass
Rears of both cards and showing FBI/CK EDO ram ICs replaced on the first card.
Also finished up some final repairs and cleaning on my Voodoo 2 SLI setup 12MB pair whilst I had the chance.
One card has cracked joints on the FBI/CK which I repaired but hadn't cleaned up and the other had early signs of failing FB ram (320ohms vs 3.3K) & some cracked ceramics.
#3DFX #Voodoo2
Unreal castle flyby intro @ 1024x768 in Voodoo 2 SLI
Unreal castle flyby intro @ 1024x768 in Voodoo 2 SLI
Vent view of the bridge in use
Testing all good! Unreal castle flyby in Glide at 1024x768 (Only possible on Voodoo 2 in SLI mode).
Need to reroute the optical drive cable so it doesn't obscure the view :)
#3DFX #Voodoo2 #Glide
Front and back of my 3DFX Voodoo 2 SLI PCB
Assembled PCBs, cleaned & ready for testing.
3DFX Voodoo 2 SLI PCB installed in situ within my Windows 98 PC
My 3DFX Voodoo 2 SLI PCB in testing~
Made my own take on the 3DFX Voodoo 2 SLI bridge PCB as I wanted something to fit my build's aesthetic (And also, because I can).
Very pleased with the result!
#3DFX #Voodoo2
The workbench is over flowing with projects, yet I feel an urge to just break away from all those & focus on this #Gateway E-4200. It's loaded with 328meg RAM, #Diamond S3 & #VooDoo2 graphics & a #Pentium II 400! I feel it needs a deep clean & proper rebuild for MS-DOS gaming!
A shot of my PowerMac "Blue & White" G3 400 setup from 25 years ago, for #MARCHintosh. (Shot taken with Apple QuickTake 200 in 1999.)
#Macintosh #Mac #PowerPC #G3 #PowerPC #CRT #dualhead #SCSI #Rage128 #Voodoo2 #posters #desk #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #vintageapple #tech
