A few months ago I decided to build a new old computer.  By that I mean it would have a few new parts and look new, but have the guts of a system that would be awesome a decade ago... Just thought I would share the out come of my wild hair  

Specs-
ASUS P3V4X / Slot1
Pentium III 866Mhz
4x256 PC133 RAM = 1GB
3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP
SoundBlaster Live!
20GB & 40GB Harddrives
400w Ultra-X Connect PSU
OS - Dual boot 98SE and 2kPro

Badges-


Internals-


External-


It's 3dfx glow.


My pride and joy.


My next project- A Voodoo2 SLI Rig.  Here are my beautys-Bought them brand new sealed in antistatic bags...


Or I could use my other set


I also purchased 5 of these mousepads, using one right now!


Nothing extremely special, but I thought someone might find this kind of neat.

treats

VEEEERY nice work @rottentreats!

And welcome to our 3Dfx corner known as @Falconfly forum.

Well let me just say you lucky sod. Your V5 rig looks like a real flier.

I've actually been spending the day building my other 3DFX rigs and i hope to be posting piccies in the not too distant future. So far I have;

AMD K6-III @ 400MHz
256Mb PC100 SDRAM
32Mb TNT2 Ultra
8Mb Obsidian SB50-4220
SoundBlaster AWE64
20Gb HDD 98SE SP1

AMD K6-III @ 500MHz
256Mb PC100 SDRAM
32Mb Geforce DDR
2x 8Mb Voodoo 2 SLI
Audio Excel AV511
40Gb HDD 98SE

and of course my 900MHz V5 rig I listed above. The V2's are of interest as I have fitted them with a set of V2 Stealth coolers, and cool is the operative word. The work and look amazing. I will be posting pictures.

I'm thinking of swapping out the Obsidian for a good old fashioned Voodoo 1 and building a P2/3 rig in either a Quantum 3D look-a-like case or a customised tower specially made for the purpose. For now though, the K6 makes a good home. These systems naturally have pride of place in my home

Those V2 Stealth coolers would be kick butt to have.  I'm sure you will be very happy with their cooling performance.  Can't wait to see pictures of your rigs and what not

I will run some benchmarks in the near future... and I will post the results once I have completed the tests   What benchmarking software(s) should I use? 3DMark 99 or 2k? Aquamark? Game benchmarks? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Seeing that you have a TNT2 Ultra, that reminds me that awhile back I gave mine to my friend to use in his beater computer.  That was the card I used with my Voodoo2's in my first comptuer.  I will be getting that back from him tomorrow!

Alright, I installed a few benchmarking applications and gave it a go.  I decided to use 3dmark 99 Max and 3dmark 2000 Pro. (both of which you can acquire by pming me)  I might do some game benchies in the future, ie: Q3A and Unreal(s).  These tests were done on the following system at stock speeds twice and then averaged.  Also note they were run at 1280x1024 @ 32 bit color.

Specs-
ASUS P3V4X / Slot1
Pentium III 866Mhz
4x256 PC133 RAM = 1GB
3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP
SoundBlaster Auidgy 2 ZS
20GB & 40GB Harddrives
400w Ultra-X Connect PSU
OS - 98SE

Not sure what to compare these scores to, so if any of you want to run them and compare just let me know.


3dmark 99 Max Pro


3dmark 2000 Pro


All I can say is, it sure was fun to watch the old system tear these benchies apart.

So that's my little rant.  Maybe next I will try Win2kPro or some other benchmarks.  

rotten out

ps- for those who are tuning into my thread, you get a special treat, a wallpaper that I found somewhere and slapped a 3dfx logo on it.  3dfx/Motion Blur, it just fits hand in hand.

Warning: This 3dfx babe might just be naked.  


18+  Only.

@rottentreats - guess you had to remove the link to the wallpaper since it was PR0N.

Shame, a rather foxy model too...

==edit==

link works now...

Hey isnt that jenny before she was famous on mtv, and it was an ad not porn ty