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16.07.05 at 19:25:18
I have a Voodoo3 2000 and I thinking In overclocking him but I have some question.
Is best to update the BIOS or is best keep it?
Itīs only posible overclock it using software or I can make some changes in the hardware?
What is the fastest speed I can reach?
What are a good temperature for the card?
And a question for all these fans of the 3dfx cards, these cards with 3 fans or other extrange thinks these are cards made by 3dfx or are there mods mades by yours?
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17.07.05 at 02:05:38
1. buy some good coolers
2. OC with normal software
3. you can use a v3 3000 bios...this brings you the 166mhz and sometimes 1 frame more...don't know why! but you have to reach 166mhz with your card in order to flash this bios!
4. you can do a vmod! but i cannot find the homepage with the guide! will search!
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17.07.05 at 03:06:34
Just make sure you can successfully OC to 166 before you flash to the Voodoo3 3000 BIOS.
Personal, I would just use the Voodoo3 overclock utility
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17.07.05 at 12:38:57
but If I use Oveclocking by software, what happens if I run another OS? I ask it because the most of the time Iīm running a Linux
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17.07.05 at 12:57:51
and about vmod, I asked for it and I found the Virtual Machine On Demand and a extrange card that I dont know for what is
http://www.kontron.com/products/pdproductdetail.cfm?keyProduct=30844
i also searched for voodoo mods and the only think that I found was about how to do voodoo dolls and other extrange thinks
???
but I found something about Sli what is it?
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17.07.05 at 13:59:48
link
here is a guide for OC & v-mod (german) and a picture of the v-mod with some hints (english)
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17.07.05 at 14:31:49
i dont undertand german but the english file i think its single, itīs only need to take care, but if I change the Voltage, can it damage the motherboard? my board has a AGP1x the voltage is the same if it is AGP2x or PCI because I donīt know many things about hardare I donīt know if I can do this change.
And what about the Sli? what means it?
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17.07.05 at 16:13:55
with a vmod on your voodoo you can damage your voodoo! not your mainboard...
sli? it's a technology of 3dfx...or i do not understand your question (
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17.07.05 at 23:22:34
ok, is similar than the SMB of the microprocesor, but I think that my card canīt do it, I go to try to change the voltage of my card but first I going to put a cooler, and about the overclocking by software all the programas to do that are for windows, if I do that on windows when i use the linux the card returns to itīs old speed?
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17.07.05 at 23:38:11
I tried to reach the 180Mhz and WORKED
the Jedi Knight Reached a perfect speed, but I prefered to shutdown the computer in a few moments because I dont have a good cooling, ok know I going to but the best cooling for it i after iīm going to change the voltage and overclock it
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19.07.05 at 12:07:13
183 Mhz core/mem should be possible with ease, my V3 3K AGP from Power Color reached 200Mhz Core/Mem
okay it has 5ns SDRAM hehe that helps alot I must say.
but the most V3 2K AGP's can do 183 a' 191 Mhz core/mem without probs.
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22.07.05 at 19:02:55
another question. Do you think that a ZALMAN ZM80A-HP could be a good way to cooling the voodoo3 2000 and can I use it on it? or itīs best to use a fancooler?
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23.07.05 at 16:54:17
i guess it will work! this cooler fits on a v4 4500 too and no problems with the heat of the mighty vsa-100!
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23.07.05 at 17:35:04
and can how can I join it, because I only see somo images of the ZM80A-HP and it has a lot of holes to screw on it, but I donīt know if the holes will be in the same place in the card
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23.07.05 at 17:59:51
To be honest, Rarok, it would be a waste of your time. It would mean drilling your own holes into the card which is highly unrecommended!
Using a cooler such as this, will not get you the significant increase in performance as it would from a standard yet deeper heatsink with a fan attached on the end of it.
Try this as it should be more suitable than the current ZALMAN product you have been looking at.
http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/product.php?productid=18549
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Have a look at Vantec's general purpose fan cooler. This will sit in the slot next to your graphics card, blowing cool air onto the front of it.
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/vauvspfanca.html
A useful cooler than can be used to cool nearly any graphics card. You don't have to worry about compatability.
No holes required!
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