Sveta 2002 is back as my 3dfx Retro Gaming Workstation!

  • And here the fully polymer recapped V5 PCI Mac which I now use in this system:

    BackFire's Repairs & Reworks:

    01. Renewed Ceramic SMD's on the rear

    02. 6ns Hynix VRAM renewal for the main VSA

    03. Renewed Heatsinks & Fans for the VSA's topside

    04. Renewed Power Supply Controller Chips

    SWZSSR's friend's Recap & Modifications:

    01. Full Polymer Recap

    02. Burnt Copper Heatsinks for the VSA's rear side


    3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB Rev.A1 2900

    Flashed with PC Bios 1.18_DVI

    Current Driver: AmigaMerlin 3.1 R11 for Win2K/XP



    And here the final system setup as of now:

    Sveta 2002


    AMD AthlonXP 2200+ Thoroughbred-A, 1 Core @ 1.8Ghz

    EPox EP-8K7A+ AMD 761 Chipset with Via 686B SB

    2x 1GB PC-2700 Kingston @ PC-2100 266Mhz DDR

    3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB 256 Bit SDR Rev.A1 2900 + PC Bios 1.18_DVI

    Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro

    Mitsubishi Electronics LS-120 F200 Super Floppy Drive

    1x Seagate Barracuda V 80GB 7200 RPM Main Disk

    1x Seagate Barracuda V 120GB 7200 RPM Game Disk

    Belkin 5 port NEC USB 2.0 PCI Card

    3-Com 3C905C-TX-M PCI Ethernet Adapter 10/100Mbit

    LG HD-DVD Drive 16x / 40x

    BTO Plusdeck 2c Cassette Tape Convertor/Player/Recorder Drive

    Antec True Power 550 Watt PSU

    Addtronics 6896A Entry Level Server Tower

    Compaq S710 17" Blackshade CRT from 2001

    Reso @ 1024x768x32 ! 85Hz | 0.22.5 Dot Pitch

    1995 Roland E-14 Keyboard

    Reggy the EPoX Mascot

    Win 2KPro UK + SP4

    AmigaMerlin 3.1 R11 (main driver for V5)

    Latest 3dfx Tools for V5 PCI Mac

    These two arts I self painted on the Addtronics 6898A Entry LEvel Server Case back in November of 1999

    left pic is the Pyro-GX from Descent 2 and right pic are the three starships from Freespace2:
    Shevan Strike Cruiser
    Vesudan Dreadnaught
    Terrain Hercules MK III Heavy Starrfighter

    Here the V5 PCI mac in the bottom PCI Slot which is PCI Slot 6, it fits here perfectly and my Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro is much easier to access.
    Reggy the EPoX Mascot in the right pic, this is my oldest T.rex from 1985, made by Imperial in Hong Kong.