Hi all well here they are my friends
Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro AGP 128MB DDR Rev.A0 0234 [year 2002 week 34] the in red hand written number "128" explains the amount of memory on the card which is 128MB DDR 256Bit.
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/2935…A0+0234+top.JPG http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/2934…0+0234+back.JPG
Here compared with a production model of the Herc 9700 Pro, as you can see the PCB colour, PCB date, cappacitors, SMD's PCB layout as the product codes are different also the Proto has no barcodes, the production model has a PCB date of 0251 [year 2002 week 51]
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/2934…duction+top.JPG http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/2934…uction+back.JPG
Original ATi radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB GDDR3 Rev.A3 0717 [year 2007 week 17]
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/2939…A3+0717+top.JPG http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/2938…3+0717+back.JPG
and here the difference between the 6 year old R300 prototype and the half year old R600
http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/2937…ototype+top.JPG http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/2936…totype+back.JPG
the rear parts show how complex the R600 is compared to R300