3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 AGP Rev 3700 on ebay!

[edmundoab]

I finally have this listed on ebay
But I wonder how great is the demand for prototype boards these days as compared to 5 years ago

I started collecting in 2001, back then attracting similiar interest in Europe
The community was big, but since then, its almost a decade they ran out of business...


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Come on guys, really? You can't promote your own eBay auctions here, especially in a non-commerce forum

-ViRGE

 

[tviceman]

I finally have this listed on ebay
But I wonder how great is the demand for prototype boards these days as compared to 5 years ago

I started collecting in 2001, back then attracting similiar interest in Europe
The community was big, but since then, its almost a decade they ran out of business...


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Wow that is amazing! How long did you have that card for?

 

[Arkaign]

Damn, I had one of these I gave to my brother to sell, with the four VSA chips and some stickers on it, it was really strange, had a VGA output as well as some mini-DVI looking connector. He says he threw it in the trash :'(

 

[AzN]

How can you throw away a piece of history that wrote the legacy of 3dfx? There must be only a dozen of those 6000 chips in the world.

 

[edmundoab]

Wow that is amazing! How long did you have that card for?

I had this card since 2005, it was a gift from one of the fellow collectors before I left the USA for Malaysia.... thats after graduation anyway
and I couldn't find a job, US was in bad shape.. so I decided to go back

 

[zerocool84]

I wish I could have seen one of those in person. I remember my brother bringing home a 5500 and it came with a mousepad cus they were pushed back and I was in awe of how huge it was. How much longer was this than the 5500?

 

[edmundoab]

Damn, I had one of these I gave to my brother to sell, with the four VSA chips and some stickers on it, it was really strange, had a VGA output as well as some mini-DVI looking connector. He says he threw it in the trash :'(

how did you get hold of a prototype? someone worked in 3dfx then?

 

[edmundoab]

I wish I could have seen one of those in person. I remember my brother bringing home a 5500 and it came with a mousepad cus they were pushed back and I was in awe of how huge it was. How much longer was this than the 5500?

maybe another 30% longer than a 5500

 

[waffleironhead]

sadly, my voodoo 3500 with the tv isnt worth that much.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Voodoo3-3500-TV...emQQptZPCC_Video_TV_Cards?hash=item518e517d4f

unless I believe that this actually sells. then I may have to go dig mine out of storage and list it.

 

[Arkaign]

how did you get hold of a prototype? someone worked in 3dfx then?

I bought it at first saturday in 2002 or 2003, which was once a massive once-a-month PC/misc flea market in Dallas. It's declined a lot over the years, but back in the day was truly a wild place to check things out. It came in a long box and had a lot of white papers, cables, and CD-R's with it. The guy I bought it from said that it might have been provided to ID software (in the Dallas area) for testing with their game engines and 3dfx optimizations for the 5/6 series. I never really thought too much about it, but never thought it would garner so much attention. I remember the AT supplemental power cable connection and thinking wow what a weird HUGE card. Now of course almost every decent card has a supplemental power connector.

 

[Ayah]

Voodoo 6000. King of all cards. Where are the quad-fermi single PCB cards coming?

 

[Hey Zeus]

History Or Not. Is it really worth 676 dollars?

 

[nitromullet]

History Or Not. Is it really worth 676 dollars?

There are still over 9 days left on the auction. I'm pretty sure that the closing price will indicate it's worth considerably more than that.

 

[Hey Zeus]

There are still over 9 days left on the auction. I'm pretty sure that the closing price will indicate it's worth considerably more than that.

But why? I mean who cares. It's just an old POS video card.

 

[bjamm2]

I remember Glide mode on Quake 2 kicked ass vs opengl or direct3d!

 

[dguy6789]

But why? I mean who cares. It's just an old POS video card.

Some people are willing to pay a lot for collector's items even if they are of little practical use.

 

[Hey Zeus]

Some people are willing to pay a lot for collector's items even if they are of little practical use.

Those people deserve a kick to the balls

 

[nonameo]

Those people deserve a kick to the balls

well, then you'd be kicking every collector of just about any kind of thing in the balls.

 

[crisium]

The the whole definition of a collector's item. Surely this isn't a new concept to you Zeus? I ain't gonna buy one. But some people either take pride in a rare, crazy item or think it will sell even more in the future (it's an investment) or both.

 

[Schmide]

I have a Glint 300sx or something in my garage. I think. Somewhere.

 

[zerocool84]

Those people deserve a kick to the balls

*sigh*

 

[Meghan54]

Those people deserve a kick to the balls

Ignorance runs deep in this one.

 

[Knowname]

I got a S3 Savage2k 64mb PROTOTYPE!! Most were only 32mb! You think I can get $700 for it?? or even 100??? I'll settle for 50 bucks!!! Yeah... unfortunately S3's legacy didn't quite reach the heights of 3dfx :/

Got a Trident Blade3d somewhere in this room too!!! And an Intel i740 upstairs somewhere. C'mon! Give me your money!!!!