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4x Quantum3D Obsidian 2 200SBi – an 8x Voodoo GPU bodge and restoration

Author: pomstazlesa

Score: 22

Comments: 4

Date: 2021-11-29 18:06:19

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h2odragon wrote at 2021-11-29 18:24:25:

W.T.F is _that_? what had 4x AGP (is it)? to plug that into? Imagine what that cost somebody new.

pezezin wrote at 2021-11-30 07:39:16:

AGP was extremely new when the Voodoo 2 was released, and hence the cards used PCI. According to Wikipedia, the first model to support AGP was the Banshee:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo2#Models

theandrewbailey wrote at 2021-11-29 21:37:30:

AGP connectors have a very peculiar pattern[0]. Those cards are more consistent with PCI[1].

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AGP-Video-Card.jpg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adaptec_AHA-2940AU.png

wmf wrote at 2021-11-29 19:46:36:

I think it's PCI so it could fit in pretty much any motherboard from the time.