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Re: 3dfx "fan" topic
Reply #30 - 22.05.05 at 02:05:33
 
Im sure you have all had this happen to you at some time also--> friends come over and they see all these 3dfx cards and they give me this stare like ive lost my mind, they always ask what it is, i tell them i collect old 3dfx cards and they look at me like ive lost it, whats funny is almost all of them collect something, i know one who collects volleyballs, what the hell.

now to stay with the thread im always willing to buy the 3dfx fans off ppl who are done with them(card burned up,modded with new fans) i have several but you can never have enough
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Re: 3dfx "fan" topic
Reply #31 - 22.05.05 at 02:13:10
 
Very funny and true story- Time to time I do trackbacks and look at webpages that show lots of hits to my site.

On one webboard in asia there was a board member ragging about some lunatic (me) collecting useless old 3dfx hardware.

This board member made of the mistake of having his homepage listed in his profile so I went and checked it out. You know what he collected?

Rabbits.

I had GREAT fun pointing this out and remarking that as far as I was concerned the only good rabbit was a cooked one.

Man you should have seen him shut up as the tables were turned, he got the point in a big hurry.

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Reply #32 - 22.05.05 at 03:04:29
 
we don't hang up cards on our walls, we put them in nice cases, vitrines and cuboards Smiley

Drilling holes in a wall isn't so sufficiant either...... Undecided
A working Voodoo5 6000 is something you don't mess around with, it's something you should treat with care Wink

Oh well, 3dfx is our thing here, and the more Voodoo types, 3dfx fans and 3dfx collectors the better it gets. Anyways, I'm wondering what would of been the original cooling on the Spectre 1000 then Gary any Idea?

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Re: 3dfx "fan" topic
Reply #33 - 22.05.05 at 07:25:18
 
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I see you still haven't lost that arrogant attitude that got you into trouble at x3dfx then?

If a person has paid for a working Voodoo5 6000 it's that person's and if they want to 'mess around' with it, throw it out of the window of a tall building or burn it they can.  There is no mysterious "community" regulating your actions.

Sorry to be harsh, but that's how it is.


Well, go into a Porsche Forum and link Videos of people burning out Porsche Engines.
Guess what reactions you'd get, and they'd be completely normal.

I know you have a mysterious, irrational hate or non-understanding for 3dfx Collectors, but practically, just as you could do anything with anything you own, we can as well display our opinion towards it.

Remember it was you that pondered onto the right to be able to write your opinion, yet you don't seem to accept others and get personal.
IMHO the wrong way to go, especially there's absolutely no reason to.

I often see young guys with modded (ghetto-style) cars driving their rounds and think of them as low-lifes. But never I would attack or confront them with my opinion, since I know they'll have a reason to do what they do. Whatever it is, none of my business anyway.
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Re: 3dfx "fan" topic
Reply #34 - 22.05.05 at 07:50:09
 
caravel, i agree with that last post of yours, if you throw down the money its yours, ive burned out my share of 3dfx cards because o/c  and modding is what i like to do, on the other hand i love the ppl who collect and share with us there cards and search for the info on rare items, and if i didnt like hearing about 3dfx i wouldnt be here, but the thing i like best here is we dont do much of this--->
I[glow=red,2,300] see you still haven't lost that arrogant attitude that got you into trouble at x3dfx then?
[/glow] i know some forums ppl talk like this, why i will never know, anyways i hope you will like this forum. Smiley
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Reply #35 - 22.05.05 at 10:30:46
 
sorry I don't agree with hispost, it's totally unreasonable, FalconFly is absolutely right, I dunno what I did wrong really

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we don't hang up cards on our walls, we put them in nice cases, vitrines and cuboards


okay what is wrong with this, it is the truth Ya know, I put my cards in tables, TM30 puts them in Cuboards, and so do others, so sorry I don't get your point.

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A working Voodoo5 6000 is something you don't mess around with, it's something you should treat with care Wink


That is the way I would take care of something which is morely worth that 1000 Euro's, sorry that is how I would treat my V56K if I would ever own one, don't see anything wrong with that either.

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the more Voodoo types, 3dfx fans and 3dfx collectors the better it gets.

Well this is just a true fact, the bigger the 3dfx community doesn't mean it would be worse right Smiley

So I don't see any arrogance, just a few opinions of mine and others mostly, an if you see my post an arrogant message, what's your problem then, If I may ask.

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Reply #36 - 22.05.05 at 13:18:05
 
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we don't hang up cards on our walls, we put them in nice cases, vitrines and cuboards


As far as I know, that sentence is the 'trigger'.
In that sentence you are talking about 'we'.
Who is 'we' ?. Besides that it's not strange to hang out your collection on the wall.

Obi-Wan, You know Terw_dan of Gathering of Tweakers ?. He has an huge collection of Motherboards. He hung all the boards on the wall Wink

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A working Voodoo5 6000 is something you don't mess around with, it's something you should treat with care

Well, that's clearly an opinion. Of course I agree with you about that. In my opinion any 3dfx should be handled with care.
People's opinions about things are different. That's not a reason to get angry at each other. If Caraval says : "An 3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 is too expensive to mess around with " then that is his opinion.

After all I don't see big problems, just read every single word on this forum without hostile intentions.
It's an international board so misunderstandings are easily being made.
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Re: 3dfx "fan" topic
Reply #37 - 22.05.05 at 14:34:02
 
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 I find his replies very patronising and I'm not the only one.


His attitude about 3dfx cards is understandable and a number of people do just "hang them on the wall" so to speak.

I don't make mine into wall hangings nor overclock to insane mhz nor mod in general, but I don't look down my nose at people who do and criticize either.

People are in the 3dfx community for a wide number of reasons and all are welcome. Some may have a different point of view then you about what makes up a member of the 3dfx community, get over it.

You on the other hand seem to be bringing a personal attitude toward obiwan in from another forum, my advice to you is to leave it there, it isn't welcome here.
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Re: 3dfx "fan" topic
Reply #38 - 22.05.05 at 14:48:15
 
@caravel - DUDE, chill out! Shocked

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@caravel seems to be bringing a personal attitude toward obiwan in from another forum, my advice to you is to leave it there, it isn't welcome here.


I aggree, leave the attitude behind please! Tongue
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Re: 3dfx "fan" topic
Reply #39 - 22.05.05 at 15:28:48
 
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That is totally false.  



Your quote-

"I see you still haven't lost that arrogant attitude that got you into trouble at x3dfx then?"

Please explain the part where I'm totally false.

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Anyway I get the picture, I won't be back here.



That is your choice to make of course, you are welcome here as long as you don't drag in issues from other forums.



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Re: 3dfx "fan" topic
Reply #40 - 22.05.05 at 16:39:40
 
<unrequired comment snipped>

anyways back to the topic, hmm there are some creative ans out there, like these:

Ideal Elethermal VGA5314
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and here with the red cap removed:
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Blue Orb
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Orange Orb
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Crystal Orb
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I was thinking of using Orange Orbs on my DOA Voodo5 5500 since it would look abit neater Smiley

I'm not sure if the Orange Orb will be sufficiant enough to cool a real Voodoo5 5500, anyone else a clue?

here more info about these nice Fanned VGA Coolers:
http://www.dansdata.com/coolercomp_p11.htm
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Reply #41 - 22.05.05 at 18:01:55
 
Hey, what did you say about a noiseless solution?

Zalman ZM-NB47J (usually northbridge chipset heatsink)

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It is not cool like blue orb, but it is cool as well Grin

[With ZM-NB47J/32J series, no pcb holes problem at all; this heatsink can be regulated Wink]
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Reply #42 - 22.05.05 at 18:06:21
 
hmm looks nice, I thought that Zalman made them Ornage as well, heh a Blue one and an Orange one, that would look nice also, well I could paint them also LOL  Cheesy Grin Cheesy

Hmm are there also 40mm Led fans?
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Reply #43 - 22.05.05 at 18:33:05
 
I do not know if there are led fans sold separately from heatsink...

But i know that revoltec made heatsinks with cool led fans Wink

Model for ATi cards (could fit on Voodoo5 also Wink [Pay attention! This model can be mounted from RADEON9500series until RADEON9800 series...but do not fit on 9600 series absolutely!! I had to mod revoltec heatsink with copper made by my self in order to use it on my 9600 board]

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Nowadays seems that Revoltec understood the Rad9600 incompatibility. In fact have released a new universal model of heatsink. This looks the same to my old revoltec modded heatsink Wink
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Reply #44 - 22.05.05 at 18:36:45
 
Obi-Wan, i like the top one, never used it thou but it looks nice, as for tht crystal orb, it cant handle the heat of the 5500, used them already, they look nice but there heavy. the gforce4 copper coolers work really nice but one needs a slight cut to fit Roll Eyes
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