Posts by Gold Leader

    Scheinbar ja! :) Das sind Nichicon "Fine Gold" Caps, speziell für Audioanwendungen gedacht! Wahrscheinlich auch Backfire's Arbeit?

    ye that was Backfire's work, here that thread of that crazy, yet very successful project:
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    Ja, das war Backfires Werk, hier ist der Thread zu diesem verrückten, aber sehr erfolgreichen Projekt:

    Gold Leader
    June 5, 2024 at 12:50 PM

    Backfire issn User hier im Forum. Der baut die Dinger bzw. designed sie und läßt sie fertigen.

    Hier [seine Brücken] und [seine Loopkabel].

    Der Mann ist auch einer der #1 Elektroniker, wenn's um die Wartung und Reparatur von Voodookarten geht.

    Bilder:

      
    Backfires' SLI Brücken und Loopkabel (Klicken zum Vergrößern)

    Yea I have Backfire's Large Yellow Hard PCB SLI Bridge for my Gainward Voodoo2 PCI 12MB's in my P3/E 850 build as you can see in the added image.
    It makes a solid connection between the two V2 boards, but also adds extra support for Anti Sag support as well and they are a perfect match for my Green & Gold Livery Scheme:


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    Ich habe mir die große gelbe Hard-PCB-SLI-Brücke von Backfire für meine Gainward Voodoo2 PCI 12 MB in meinem P3/E 850-System zugelegt, wie auf dem beigefügten Bild zu sehen ist.
    Sie sorgt für eine stabile Verbindung zwischen den beiden Voodoo2-Karten, bietet aber auch zusätzliche Unterstützung für den Anti-Sag-Schutz und passt perfekt zu meinem grün-goldenen Farbschema: (Zie bilder)

    Sorry, but as "compensation" for my offtopic, 8o I can give you mine, if you can't find a R6 DDR.

    Hey many thanks the card arrived today I'll make the payment on Tuesday March 24th, 2026.
    Many thanks again bud!

    Here some pics I added my 1971 Lufthansa B747-230B the D-ABYD named: "Baden-Württemberg" with the R6 card I bought from you, since you live in Germany and this is the first Radeon I thought to match it with Lufthansa's first B747-200B, sadly I do not have the Lufthansa B747-130, D-ABYA named "Nordrhein-Westfalen", so the D-ABYD will have to do, same classic Sunrise Delivery livery, so hey that counts :topmodel:
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    Hey, vielen Dank, die Karte ist heute angekommen. Ich werde die Zahlung am Dienstag, dem 24. März 2026, vornehmen.
    Nochmals vielen Dank, Kumpel!

    Hier ein paar Bilder: Ich habe meine 1971er Lufthansa B747-230B, die D-ABYD mit dem Namen „Baden-Württemberg“, mit der R6-Karte ergänzt, die ich bei dir gekauft habe, da du in Deutschland lebst und dies die erste Radeon ist. Ich dachte, sie würde gut zu Lufthansa's erster B747-200B passen. Leider habe ich die Lufthansa B747-130, D-ABYA mit dem Namen „Nordrhein-Westfalen“, also muss die D-ABYD reichen, gleiche klassische Sunrise-Delivery-Lackierung, also hey, das zählt :topmodel:






    That card will be used in my AMD K7 Athlon Thunderbird 700Mhz Slot A build, I hope to add a 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 PCI SGRAM in May, so the 3dfx
    function also remains with it.
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    Diese Karte wird in meinem AMD K7 Athlon Thunderbird 700 MHz Slot-A-System zum Einsatz kommen. Ich hoffe, im Mai eine 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 PCI SGRAM hinzuzufügen, damit die 3dfx-Funktionalität erhalten bleibt.

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    Update:
    Here the card in the system with an Intel Pro 100S Desktop Adapter for the network card, it seems the 3-Com 3C 905 TX-M didn't like the ATi main graphics card in combination with the AMD 751 Irongate NB & AMD 756 Viper SB, the Intel Pro 100S Desktop adapter gave no issues, which was interesting to find out.
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    Update:

    Hier ist die Karte im System mit einem Intel Pro 100S Desktop Adapter als Netzwerkkarte. Anscheinend verträgt sich die 3-Com 3C 905 TX-M nicht gut mit der ATi-Hauptgrafikkarte in Kombination mit dem AMD 751 Irongate NB und dem AMD 756 Viper SB; der Intel Pro 100S Desktop Adapter verursachte hingegen keine Probleme, was eine interessante Erkenntnis war.

    Nighthawk

    AMD K7 Athlon Thunderbird 700Mhz Slot A
    3x 256MB PC-133 Legend / Hynix @ PC-100
    MSI MS-6195 AMD Irongate AM751 Chipset
    ATi Radeon AGP 64MB 128Bit DDR Rev.C1 0111
    Vantec Cooling Spectrum Slot cooler card for Radeon AGP 64MB DDR, well currently.
    Samsung 3.5" FDD Drive
    1x 40GB Western Digital Caviar SE WD400EB 7200 rpm HDD Main drive + 8MB Cache
    1x 80GB Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JB 7200 rpm HDD Slave drive + 8MB Cache
    Plextor PX-760A 16x/8x DVD-RW / 48x / 24x CD-RW UATA-133 Drive
    NEC ND-3500A DL-DVD-RW 16x SL-DVD-RW / 4x DL-DVD-RW / 48X CD-RW Drive
    NEC 5 port USB 2.0 PCI Card + Front Panel 3 in PCI Card 2 in Front Panel
    Intel Pro 100/S Desktop Adapter PCI (10/100Mbit Ethernet PCI Card)
    Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350
    2002 A-Open H-600-B ATX Case
    A-Open 350 Watt PSU or equivalent.
    Compaq S710 17" Blackshade CRT from 2001
    Reso @ 1024x768x32 @ 85Hz | 0.22.5 Dot Pitch

    Win2K Pro UK + SP4 & RU-01 for SP4
    ATi Catalyst 6.4 for Win2K/XP




    After some game tests, I'll add more pics of this interesting build in action.
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    Nach ein paar Spieltests werde ich weitere Bilder von diesem interessanten Modell in Aktion hinzufügen.

    Tweakstone instead of making a new post again, I just updated the oldost here:

    Gold Leader
    October 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM


    My reason for doing it this way is that you won't have to edit the list, I added in the ATi AIW Radeon AGP32MB SG DDR for the main graphics card and an array of new photo's as well.

    Anyways the system runs like how a true Intel P3 + ATi + 3Dfx + Terratec Dream machine should do 8)
    Major thanks go to Backfire for making this all a reality.

    Hello all,

    Well I have some good news for you 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB users/owners, as that I did some useful research last night on Thursday, January 29, 2026, it's that some time ago I bought a M1-DA to VGA convertor cable and thought to put this thing to use, the VGA connector is male so to solve that I used a VGA/SVGA DB15 D-SUB 15 Pin 3 Rows Female To Female Mini Gender Changer Adapter on it's male 15 pin D-Sub connector, that way I could connect the CRT to it and presto this worked! :spitze:

    The image quality is fine to around 1600x1200, I have 1024x768x32 and yea no issues at all, bottom line is that is much less strain on the 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP's M1-DA connector, this is my goal so I wont have to use that horrible blue 3dfx IO Pod anymore 8)

    So I bought this M1-DA to Male VGA Convertor cable on ebay in China for around 23 Euros incl shipping from China to Netherlands, it may not seem great, but it's much better than even I had expected, it fits very easily, no need to bend out the shielding of the 30+5 pinned M1-DA connector on the cable, it fits easily.

    But hey it's a solution right! So with this you won't have to overpay yourselves for a Voodoo3 3500C + TV-Out Compaq board, so I thought to at least test this and see what it does and post it here as it does actually work!

    Here the ebay seller I got mine from:
    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/387155543843

    Just make sure you add a VGA/SVGA DB15 D-SUB 15 Pin 3 Rows Female To Female Mini Gender Changer Adapter between this and your monitor, aka one of these:
    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/133567891402

    With that you're good as gold, it's a fantastic solution for us Voodoo3500 TV AGP users alike

    Also you don't need to use the extra USB connector that comes with, just the heads up for those wondering and I hope this helps others that seek a solution for their 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16MB cards.

    Hereby saving everyone money in the end:


    Here the M1-DA to D-Sub SVGA Convertor cable:


    And here the VGA/SVGA DB15 D-SUB 15 Pin 3 Rows Female To Female Mini Gender Changer Adapter:


    For every problem there is always a solution and this one was a cheap solution, so hereby I hope this may help others in need of such solutions.
    3dfx 4 Life, we always find a way out of things.

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    German:
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    Hallo zusammen,

    ich habe gute Nachrichten für alle Nutzer/Besitzer einer 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16 MB, denn ich habe gestern Abend, am Donnerstag, dem 29. Januar 2026, einige nützliche Recherchen angestellt. Vor einiger Zeit habe ich ein M1-DA-zu-VGA-Konverterkabel gekauft und wollte dieses nun verwenden. Der VGA-Anschluss ist ein Stecker, daher habe ich einen VGA/SVGA DB15 D-SUB 15-Pin 3-reihigen Mini-Geschlechtswandler-Adapter (weiblich zu weiblich) an den 15-poligen D-Sub-Stecker angeschlossen, sodass ich den CRT daran anschließen konnte – und siehe da, es hat funktioniert! :spitze:

    Die Bildqualität ist bis zu einer Auflösung von etwa 1600x1200 gut. Ich habe 1024x768x32 und ja, es gibt überhaupt keine Probleme. Unterm Strich bedeutet das eine viel geringere Belastung für den M1-DA-Anschluss des 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP. Das ist mein Ziel, damit ich diesen schrecklichen blauen 3dfx IO Pod nicht mehr verwenden muss 8)

    Also habe ich dieses M1-DA-zu-Male-VGA-Konverterkabel bei eBay in China für etwa 23 Euro inklusive Versand von China in die Niederlande gekauft. Es sieht vielleicht nicht toll aus, aber es ist viel besser, als ich erwartet hatte. Es passt sehr leicht, man muss die Abschirmung des 30+5-poligen M1-DA-Anschlusses am Kabel nicht abbiegen, es passt einfach.

    Aber hey, es ist eine Lösung, oder? Damit müssen Sie nicht zu viel für eine Voodoo3 3500C + TV-Out Compaq-Karte bezahlen. Ich dachte mir, ich teste das zumindest mal und schaue, was es kann, und poste es hier, da es tatsächlich funktioniert!

    Hier ist der eBay-Verkäufer, bei dem ich meine gekauft habe:
    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/387155543843

    Stellen Sie nur sicher, dass Sie einen VGA/SVGA DB15 D-SUB 15-poligen 3-reihigen Mini-Geschlechtswandler-Adapter (Buchse auf Buchse) hinzufügen.

    Hier ist der eBay-Verkäufer, bei dem ich mein Exemplar gekauft habe:
    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/387155543843

    Achten Sie nur darauf, dass Sie einen VGA/SVGA DB15 D-SUB 15-Pin 3-reihigen Mini-Geschlechtswandler-Adapter (weiblich-weiblich) zwischen diesem und Ihrem Monitor anschließen, also eines dieser Teile:
    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/133567891402

    Damit sind Sie bestens gerüstet. Es ist eine fantastische Lösung für uns Voodoo3500 TV AGP-Nutzer.

    Außerdem brauchen Sie den mitgelieferten zusätzlichen USB-Anschluss nicht zu verwenden, nur zur Information für diejenigen, die sich das fragen. Ich hoffe, dies hilft anderen, die nach einer Lösung für ihre 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV AGP 16 MB-Karten suchen.

    Dadurch sparen letztendlich alle Geld:


    Hier das M1-DA-zu-D-Sub-SVGA-Konverterkabel:
     

    Und hier der VGA/SVGA DB15 D-SUB 15-polige 3-reihige Mini-Geschlechtswandleradapter (Buchse auf Buchse):


    Für jedes Problem gibt es immer eine Lösung, und diese war eine kostengünstige Lösung. Ich hoffe daher, dass dies anderen helfen kann, die solche Lösungen benötigen.
    3dfx 4 Life, wir finden immer einen Ausweg.

    Hey that is very nice find indeed, my Radeon DDR AIW uses the ATi R100 VPU this is the first All in Wonder card that uses the ATi R100 previously named ATi Rage 6 aka R6, so this AIW Radeon AGP 32MB SG DDR was a very important find for my new graphics card collection, I mainly collect ATi, 3dfx, Matrox, S3 and also NVIDIA graphics cards, but mostly ATi 3dfx & Matrox those are my favorite three graphics chip vendors.

    You card there uses the ATi R200 VPU, you can see my R200 VPU build here:

    As you can see I went for an original ATi Radeon 8500 AGP 128Bit SD DDR Rev.A 0152.

    The card I also seek now is an ATi Radeon 64MB DDR with the R100 VPU, the ViVo model, not easy but I'll keep on looking around anyway.
    Nothing is truly easy for us collectors nowadays, but slowly I'll get to where we want to be and it's not just collecting the graphics cards, but also building and collecting fully equipped vintage PC's, so I can test and enjoy them more, than just having them lay in their boxes aside and collecting dust.

    Wait... you got a second one in such great condition? =O

    Do you have a time machine? :gadget: :topmodel:

    Nooo it's the one I bought from ebay from a nice guy from Italy, I just wanted to give a better presentation of the item it's self that I bought that time, in that sense and I was going to as I posted earlier anyway.
    But yea as you can see it runs nicely :)

    Also I reworded the post so it's more understandable, my fault for not doing that before hand, my bad :topmodel:

    So here it is!

    The ATi All in Wonder Radeon AGP 32MB 128Bit SG DDR graphics card to give it proper iDCT support and making it basically the following:

    The Ideal Ultimate Multimedia Vintage Gaming PC with 3Dfx SLI Support

    Well in a sense, I hope to also capture Midi music from the EWS64 XL via the AIW Radeon DDR.






    Here the box fully unpacked:


    And here the card it's self:

    ATi All in Wonder Radeon AGP 32MB 128Bit SG DDR Rev.A 0042
    Meaning it was made in year 2000 during week 42.






    Here the card in the system and the final specs of this awesome build 8)

    Avenger M99

    Intel Pentium !!!/E Coppermine 850Mhz S.E.C.C. II Slot1 CPU
    Thermaltake Golden Orb for S.E.C.C. II Slot 1 CPU's
    2x 256MB PC-100 Legend CL2 (Kingston ram chips)
    EPoX EP-BX3 + Modified Bios 4.23
    ATi All in Wonder Radeon AGP 32MB 128Bit SG DDR Rev.A 0042
    2x Gainward Dragon 3000 PCI 12MB 192Bit EDO in SLI (Rev.A 4698 & Rev.A 1099)
    Terratec Promedia Audio System EWS64XL ISA 34MB Rev. 1.2 9733 + Full Gold Nichicon Recap done by Backfire from VoodooAlert.de
    1x Maxtor DiamondMax 9+ 30GBB 7200 rpm HDD (Main drive)
    1x Western Digital WD1200BB 120GB 7200 rpm HDD (Game drive)
    1x Creative Labs 12x DVD-Rom Drive
    1x Mitsumi Electric 3.5" FD Drive
    FKI FK-6043 Midi Tower

    Win98 SE + UnOfficial SP 3.2 UK
    Latest ATi Catalyst Drivers + Control Center for ATi All In Wonder Radeon 7200/7500 series from 2001 for Win 9x/Me
    Ciacara's No OC FastVoodoo2 Driver kit ver 4.6





    Here some nice pics of it playing music with Winamp 2.81 + Geiss 2, surprisingly I was able to make perfect photo's with my 2003 built Sony CyberShot DSC-V3 without the flasher.
    The result is better than I had expected, as it was not easy to do, but I'm surprised it worked out quite nicely! 8)


    And all is running greatly! 8)

    Nice, machine. I had the GF3 ti500 when this card was new. Gf3 was faster at the time if I remember correctly, but now it seems that the 8500 is faster.

    I also love dual socket motherboards, too bad they didn't do much at the time xD

    Many thanks it was a lot of fun bringing that system back to life as for it being useless back then, heh I call that more like a skill issue :gadget:

    Most people just don't know how to put them to good use bt I always did, I gamed on the main CPU and set the affinity of the other CPU for other tasks like burning a DVD or playing music in the background running system checks etc, this way it's a much nicer experience than letting 1 CPU do everything, I always loved Dual CPU builds as I found them better for doing multiple things alongside gaming in general.

    See Bier.jpg he get's it, Dual CPU systems were very useful, and the more cores per CPU the more things you can do, I used CPU systems from 2000 - 2021, nowadays PC"s are pretty boring tbh, I will always prefer to do anew retro project than anything new gen, as for 2CPU builds there is plenty to do around there for sure.

    https://youtu.be/dt_MraR5iHY?si=24E7ytx2bUDnZqyz

    You can compare "Game 4" with my 8500. There shouldn't be any CPU Bottlenecks in this Test.

    that score is twice as high as mine there is no way he used a Dual P3/EB 1000 or an equivalent setup, that is the score you would get with a Pentium 4 HT 3.06Ghz Northwood A or something in that category.

    Here some 3D Mark test runs I did with this system here with the standard Windows XP Driver for the Radeon 8500, this also sets the AGP setting to 2x and has FAGP Fast Writes disabled:

    3D Mark 2000 default test result:

    5858 pts


    3D Mark 2000 default test result with ATi Catalyst 6.11

    5870 pts


    3D Mark 2001 Second Edition B330 gave a similar difference:

    Here with the default WinXP Driver for the Radeon 8500:

    5688 pts


    And here default test with ATi Catalyst 6.11:

    5714 pts


    That is the difference of AGP x2 without Fast Writes and AGP x4 with Fast Writes 8)

    p.s.
    This is also ideal Dual CPU support patches for Quake II, Quake III Arena and Half-Life
    We found a dual Cpu patch (SMP) that works on old games. \ VOGONS

    Quite something I will try out with that Dual P3/EB 1000 and it's R200 for sure!

    Here my 4th Retro PC Project completed! 8)

    Now it's fully installed and the original wallpaper I had back then of an Australian Lace Monitor...the LIZARD meme immediately came to mind lmao LIZARD! LIZARD!! xD :topmodel:

    All running silent and solid as a rock, it's playing 1970's & 1980's classics including disco classics on my favored Radio station Radio Rijnmond, Rotterdam via WinAmp 2.81

    Gradinko SMP 2000

    2x Intel Pentium !!!/EB Coppermine 1000Mhz SL4MF CPU's
    2x TITAN Majesty V / Thermaltake Golden Orbs for Socket 370
    ABiT VP6 Rev. 1.0 0048
    4x 512MB PC-133 ECC Registered by HP/Micron Crucial USA
    ATi Radeon 8500 AGP 64MB 128Bit DDR Rev.A 0152
    Intel Pro 1000 GT PCI Ethernet Adapter Rev.A 1910
    Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 Rev.A 2703
    2x Seagate Barracuda V 250GB 7200.7 rpm UATA 133 HDD's
    Enermax WG565AX-VE(G) 535 Watt PSU with support for 32Amps on the +5 Volt Rail
    Addtronics 7896A Server Tower from 1999
    Compaq S710 17" Blackshade CRT @ 1024x768x32 @ 85Hz

    Windows XP Professional USA + Service Pack 3
    Omega Catalyst 7.12 + ATi Tray Tool

    Runs great as always! :spitze:<3







    Oddly enough the Info by GPU-Z and Everest clearly show that my Radeon 8500 has the following specs:

    Pixel Shaders: 4
    Vertex Shaders: 1
    TMU's 8
    ROPS: 4

    That being: 4 - 1 - 8 - 4
    But if going to the R200 database at TechPowerUp these have this config:

    Pixel Shaders: 4
    Vertex Shaders: 2
    TMU's 8
    ROPS: 4

    And that being 4 - 2 - 8 - 4

    So I am not sure whymy card only shows 1 Vertex Shader instead of 2, LE boards have the same shader specs as the traditional 8500's, but lower core/mem clocks of 250Mhz core/mem instead of 275Mhz core/mem like my card has per default.

    If anyone can explain this that would be grand!

    The ABiT VP6 with the Dual P3/EB 1000Mhz CPU's and 4x 512MB PC-133 ECC Reg Server Ram kit arrived today with the second Sapphire Vapor-X ATi Radeon HD 5870 PCI-E 1024MB 256Bit GDDR5 Rev.C1 0948 graphics card, here the VP6 set, regarding to this thread, the 5870 is for an other project.

    ABiT VP6 Rev. 1.0 0048
    2x Intel Pentium !!!/EB Coppermine 1000Mhz SL4MF CPU's
    4x 512MB PC-133 ECC Registered by HP/Micron Crucial USA

    First Production Revision which was made in year 2000 during week 48, this means I bought the system somewhere between November 27 & December 03 of year 2000, I remember getting this board when it was on the market for just a mere 2 days, but since I ordered it it arrived after my birthday of 2000, so roughly on December 12, 2000., much later than I had expected it to have been around.

    Here the VP6 with the Golden Orbs installed:



    Stay tuned for more as the system gets rebuilt today! 8)

    Update!

    Getting there :topmodel:

    You can run DX8.1 in HL2 and it looks so much better than DX 8.0.

    I got a black 128MB Radeon 8500 (not LE) with TSOP Memory.

    And not only that you have AT TruForm support in HL2 as well this is the first type of Tessellation basically, making characters look much better rendered and less square like combine this with FSAA x4 & AF x16 and HL2 will look much more lifelike despite using DX 8.1 with SM 1.4 support over the GF3 cards and Parhelia cards that had to do it with SM 1.3 instead and no TruForm at all, Parhelia does have Displacement Mapped Bump Mapping so it can do a similar thing like TruForm, but once a game does not support Displacement Mapped Bump mapping it runs the game without the extra effect.

    ATi's R200 was very high-end and ahead in time for it's timeline, but also the only SM 1.4 graphics chip of all time as well, which makes it quite unique.