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IFMU
10-24-01, 02:21 PM
Check this out... I guess someone actually got one of the few Voodoo5 6000's... selling it, presently listed for over $2000

Voodoo 5 6000 for sale (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1288248753)

Krome
10-24-01, 02:39 PM
is this good or bad?

RedDeathDrinker
10-24-01, 02:46 PM
Well, if only 50 were made, it's a collectors item now.............


$2100 if you want to outbid it!

Sony
10-24-01, 02:47 PM
wow thats quite the card geez 4 GPU's holy crap

bodezafa
10-24-01, 02:53 PM
I can think of better things to do with that kind of money.

Thelemac
10-24-01, 04:24 PM
Originally posted by bodezafa
I can think of better things to do with that kind of money.

Yeah...like buy four systems. :)

-=HN=- Wild9
10-24-01, 05:29 PM
good gawd that card is huge, man how much ram does it have
like 128megs?

train22
10-24-01, 05:33 PM
Originally posted by -=HN=- Wild9
good gawd that card is huge, man how much ram does it have
like 128megs?

yeah 128 but worth crap, gpu is crap crap crap.

It_The_Cow
10-24-01, 05:41 PM
Imagine what framerates you could get in UT using glie, though

fuzzba11
10-24-01, 05:42 PM
Hmmm...sounds sketchy. I wouldn't go for it even for $100.

WillysNut
10-24-01, 05:55 PM
...and I thought their previous cards were huge!!! That thing if half the size of a micro-atx board :)..just kidding..but really, it's humongous! Not worth the money in my opinion but obviously somebody out there wants it.

VashTheStampede
10-24-01, 06:07 PM
Originally posted by train22


yeah 128 but worth crap, gpu is crap crap crap.

VSA-100 is crap by today's standards yes, but before the V4 and V5 came out, Quantum3D saw it's potential. Q3D was always the extreme of the extreme when it came to graphics cards and sub-systems. They placed 16 VSA-100 GPUs on a single, full-length AGP card if I remember correctly. It too had 128MB. These things are rarer than the V5 6000 because Q3D didn't sell them for very long before going back to professional graphics. If I remember correctly the card used over 1KW of electricity, whatever it was, it was a huge amount of electricity.

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Pinky
10-24-01, 11:31 PM
Colectable?, perhaps.

A performer?, I'd say call voodoo but they were wiped out by nvidia; so I think it's safe to say it wasn't earth shattering, otherwise they'd worked through this phase to get these cards to market.

Morphoius
10-24-01, 11:41 PM
that thing is HUGE!!!

JAWS
10-25-01, 12:40 AM
Originally posted by fuzzba11
Hmmm...sounds sketchy. I wouldn't go for it even for $100.

Same here! I can't imagine paying $2000 for a voodoo! I still have my old voodoo 2 card.:rolleyes:

Paul -The Mad Hatter
10-25-01, 12:50 AM
This card was made about a year ago, the performance can't be all that good.

IFMU
10-25-01, 01:44 AM
Most of the attraction of this is there was only 50 made....



however, that alone would not make me buy it...!!!

el
10-25-01, 08:06 AM
Also people are die hard voodoo fans and I know a couple of people willing to pay 1000 for them! I think somebody should start making them again for a 1000 each you could buy two 5500 strip them adn make a new board to hold them. I am surprised Nvidia didn't come up with this plan. I just wish I could have one for bragging rights!

Gravity Man
10-25-01, 01:12 PM
Originally posted by el
Also people are die hard voodoo fans and I know a couple of people willing to pay 1000 for them! I think somebody should start making them again for a 1000 each you could buy two 5500 strip them adn make a new board to hold them. I am surprised Nvidia didn't come up with this plan. I just wish I could have one for bragging rights!
Why stop at 2 5500's? how about one with 20 chips, and a half gig of RAM?

Mr B
10-25-01, 04:33 PM
**Moved post to "Video and Sound Cards".**

Mr B

jbell
10-25-01, 04:54 PM
Am I missing something 'sepcial' about this card??? My $140 GEF2 GTS is pretty sweet.... I don't see how that card can be over 2grand!

funnyperson1
10-25-01, 05:29 PM
i would get it for 300$ and sell it off for 3000$:)

dugans
10-25-01, 05:36 PM
$2000, hmmmmmmmm.

A couple of koolance cases for my "public" pc room (QUIET).........and 4 new ddr systems: think of the seti farm I'd have then! I'd have to save a few bucks for juice to power everything though:)

Cisco Kid
10-25-01, 06:08 PM
Is the card faster than todays?? anyone know a site that reviewed I would love to read

Cisco Kid:D

BigRed
10-25-01, 07:08 PM
that is one hugeass card, lol
with it blocking most all airflow and those 4 fans blowing hot air into that enclosed space would create a convection oven effect, hmm an idea
get that card and put a door in the side of the case to cook burritos at a lan party :D

Brett
10-25-01, 08:52 PM
I just thought I would take mine out and give you a closer look.

LOL

You don't have to believe me

Cisco Kid
10-25-01, 09:26 PM
Woow I am intrigued by this card just cause of the way it is built and what it represents?? some cool technology, yeah it may be a tiny bit outdated but I am sure glde games must be awesome and overall the card must be fast.

Would it be smoked by todays cards?/ I have heard it would be on par with a g3, true??

Cisco Kid:D

Yodums
10-25-01, 09:36 PM
That thing is huge... I wouldn't pay 2000 for that even if it is a collectable... ... better things to spend it on.. and fs 4 GPU'S?! damit :)

Quizno
10-25-01, 09:49 PM
from what ive heard, in a lot of cases it is on par with a gf3.

plus something else....8x FSAA:) and we all know how good the v5 FSAA is.....

Warlord2
10-25-01, 11:50 PM
voodoos are awesome in opengl but in direct3d geforce will sloter thim


think of how much the card will be worth in a couple of more years

I need to start collecting some stuff so I wont have to work after age 40

if only my dad had his old baseball cards............

IFMU
10-26-01, 12:38 AM
Sorry for the mispost in the threads there... didnt quite think of it like that... oh well... Brett, is that really a picture of you holding one? Man you oughtta sell that sucker!!! lol... All I got to say is I would sell it, get a G3 and build a hella rig!!!

Brett
10-26-01, 02:32 AM
No it was just a couple of pics I kept when the rumors were out.

:)

IFMU
10-26-01, 03:14 AM
LoL... right on... that is one hella card though aint it? And this time I do mean size!!!

proze
10-26-01, 04:16 AM
that is an almighty card size-wise!! and i never even knew there was such a thing as the voodoo 5 6000.. just shows you, learn something new everyday! now i'm intruiged, though. someone get hold of a review or some benchmarks!!!

Pounder2000
10-26-01, 06:46 AM
knew id seen it on Sharky's a long time ago cos i remember thinking at the time of announcement that it was the biggest card i'd ever seen. apparently it only fits in pretty large cases.

here's the link: http://www.sharkyextreme.com/archives/april00_26.shtml

YMAN
10-26-01, 02:27 PM
Can you picture those 4 GPUs GeForce 3 GPUs? :D

Creacher
10-26-01, 05:39 PM
Originally posted by BigRed
that is one hugeass card, lol
with it blocking most all airflow and those 4 fans blowing hot air into that enclosed space would create a convection oven effect, hmm an idea
get that card and put a door in the side of the case to cook burritos at a lan party :D

LOL!!!!
rofl!!

Gandalf
01-29-02, 05:54 PM
Originally posted by IFMU
Check this out... I guess someone actually got one of the few Voodoo5 6000's... selling it, presently listed for over $2000

Voodoo 5 6000 for sale (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1288248753)

ONE OF THE GUYS FROM MAXIMUM PC SOLD THAT CARD!!!

He wrote an article about it!!


http://www.maximumpc.com/features/feature_2001-12-05.html

BigRed
01-29-02, 06:05 PM
thats a sweet card
i wish 3dfx didnt go under.
imagine what they would have had after the v5 6k
maybe an 8 processor videocard :D

el
01-29-02, 09:21 PM
that is just nutz!