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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC...
20.12.04 at 21:30:38

Well I do have the photo for quite a while, It popped up at 3dfxzone.it once, but I don't know what it really was meant for, okay it's a Voodoo5 5500 AGP x4 with DVI, but was this actually planed a VoodooMAC 5500 AGP x4?

Was this a Voodoo5 5500 with a Dual Head function, or wasn't that possible yet?

http://www.tweakers.net/ext/f/15472/full.jpg

http://www.tweakers.net/ext/f/15471/full.jpg

I suppose that this is the rarest Voodoo5 around.

If anyone else has some more pictures of info on this one, I'm very interessted in this model

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OutOfRange Senior Member Offline Posts: 348 Switzerland Gender:	Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC. Reply #1 - 20.12.04 at 21:42:10 imho all the 4x agp models of the 5500 has the circuits and plugs for an dvi port on the pcb. but i never seen one with a mounted port before gr00vy
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Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Reply #2 - 20.12.04 at 21:57:15

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Well I do have the photo for quite a while, It popped up at 3dfxzone.it once, but I don't know what it really was meant for, okay it's a Voodoo5 5500 AGP x4 with DVI, but was this actually planed a VoodooMAC 5500 AGP x4?

99% sure the card pictured is a Mac 5500 based on the bios revision and VCI decal on board.

I'm sure 3dfx was looking at the mac market hard since it had high profit margins and no real graphics competitor there.

The PC and Mac cards used the same PCB's.

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OutOfRange Senior Member Offline Posts: 348 Switzerland Gender:	Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC. Reply #3 - 20.12.04 at 22:00:00 what about the v3 ? on ebay.de i've seen often Voodoo3 cards in the mac section. and they always tell that the cards are runing both on mac and pc ???
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC. Reply #4 - 20.12.04 at 22:29:51 Quote: what about the v3 ? 3dfx released a Mac flasher utility and Mac bios for the cards.
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC.
Reply #5 - 21.12.04 at 01:18:24

hmm Thanx Gary

Never knew that MAC's had AGP x4, I though they only had PCI and a special type of AGP that was different from the normal AGP, anyway this just another step closer to what 3dfx made.

As you can see it's a Rev.A2 3300

So' it isn't that late hehe

I wonder how many of the MAC 5500 AGP x4 cards exsist? Anyone a clue ?

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Reply #6 - 21.12.04 at 04:12:37

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As you can see it's a Rev.A2 3300

So' it isn't that late hehe

I wonder how many of the MAC 5500 AGP x4 cards exsist? Anyone a clue ?

1) Have to remember the PCB was the same as made for the PC.

2) Who knows! AGP was in one use though I think on the G4 Mac? A number of people flashed the PC 4500 AGP over to a Mac bios for use on that platform.

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC. Reply #7 - 21.12.04 at 11:16:14 Wow that's cool, but a Voodoo5 5500 or 6000 AGP x2 wouldn't work in a MAC because of thier connetors, right MAC has only AGP x4 support I thought hehe. It would be really funny to see a Voodoo5 6000 in a MAC hay everyone
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Chosen_One Senior Member Offline Keeper of the BIOS-files... Posts: 499 Germany Gender:	Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC. Reply #8 - 04.01.05 at 19:19:35 who owns this card?
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC. Reply #9 - 04.01.05 at 21:45:55 Quote: who owns this card? hehe I was asking that myself too, really I do not have a clue.
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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC. Reply #10 - 18.01.05 at 19:27:40 Quote: who owns this card? Quote: hehe I was asking that myself too, really I do not have a clue. Well, his owner is NIGEL from ITALY! Regards, Oscar
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goriath God Member Offline Ruggedized Retro Gamer Posts: 599 Italy/Slovenija Gender:	Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC. Reply #11 - 20.01.05 at 00:02:50 Hi! Osckhar! I think that you know more about it....isn't it?
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osckhar God Member Offline www.3Dfx.es Posts: 812 SPAIN Gender:	Re: Hmm this is a strange one too, AGP x4 for MAC. Reply #12 - 20.01.05 at 11:11:32 Quote: Hi! Osckhar! I think that you know more about it....isn't it? Not too much. Simply I have spoken with Nigel sometime! Ciao, Oscar
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