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Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

3Dfx Voodoo GPU modded with 12 MB of RAM and two texture mappers — reveals how revolutionary graphics card was way ahead of its time

www.tomshardware.com

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3Dfx Voodoo GPU modded with 12 MB of RAM and two texture mappers — reveals how revolutionary graphics card was way ahead of its time

www.tomshardware.com

Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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If you thought the 3Dfx voodoo was impressive during its day, check it out now.
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  • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I had a pair of Voodoos stacked in a system back in the day. Really had fun with them. Still have one on the shelf on “display”. 😬

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Does the other one work?

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        It did when removed however many years ago. It sits next to a 300MB MFM disk that should still work too.

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          Ooh, MFM… That tickles my little gray cells!

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