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3dfx Voodoo4

This page will show all objects that classify as 3dfx Voodoo4. The Voodoo4 has been made by 3dfx, the company that brought us the first affordable 3D accelerators. They started in 1994 and created the 'Voodoo Graphics' (Also known as Voodoo or Voodoo 1) for the desktop market. Till 1998 3dfx (back then named 3Dfx) didn't build it's own boards for the masses, other brands copied the 3Dfx reference design and used 3Dfx chips. During 1999, 3Dfx changed the look and name into 3dfx. 3dfx also bought STB Systems and stared selling boards under their own brandname. Except for a few (i.e. Powercolor) no-one but 3dfx sold 3dfx-boards.

3dfx Voodoo4 4500 (AGP)

This is my first 3dfx Voodoo4 4500 and 3dfx's latest production board. It's my first Napalm/VSA-100 based board as well. I bought the card on a fair in the Netherlands. A fair which nearly had 'old-hardware'-stocks so finding a single 3dfx card was a tough job. Imagine seeing a retail V4 4500, almost a miracle.

The box is in good condition and the board is in excellent condition. The first time I saw the board it was like it was never used.

By the time I bought this card I was already trying to start a collection of 3dfx cards. Back then I didn't have much boards, let alone retail boxes. This retail V4 4500 really came out as a surprise and the first sheep to reach my 'retail boxes' shelf. Many others were, and still are, ready to follow. > Read more

3dfx Voodoo4 4500 (PCI)

3dfx' entry level VSA-100 board. This is just about 50% of a Voodoo5 5500. It features one VSA-100 chip and 32MB of SDR-SDRAM at 166MHz. Note that the PCI version has quite a different layout comparing with the AGP version while the PCI and AGP version of the V5 5500 are pretty much the same. The Voodoo4 4500 AGP has empty slots for additional RAM and with the RAM installed it would be a Voodoo4 4800. 3dfx was probably thinking about the future and getting their boards already fixed up in case they needed more variety in their product line-up.

The Voodoo4 4800AGP never made it up the market. There is one engineering sample out there with DVI, TV-out and 64MB RAM installed. 3dfx hobbyists also made their own 64MB cards (for as well AGP as PCI!) by adding and/or swapping RAM chips with higher density chips. > Read more

3dfx Voodoo4 4500 (AGP)

I bought this card because it has the new style 3dfx logo on the fan. Most Napalm/VSA-100 (Voodoo4 and 5) based cards have the same fan but with AAVID sticker.

The card runs fine but powerhungry games run clearly better on a Voodoo5 5500. See Unreal on 1280x1024 with the Pentium III-S 1400MHz; the Voodoo5 5500 runs exactly twice as fast! This shows that 3dfx did a good job implementing two VSA-100 chips on one board. > Read more

3dfx Voodoo4 4500 (PCI)

See this boxed Voodoo4 4500 for more information about this card. Except for the retail status and the RAM chips the cards are identical. This one has 5,5NS RAM that can handle 183MHz. 6NS RAM is only rated up to 166MHz. > Read more