The boxed version of the popular Diamond Monster 3D II. I'm not sure which brand eventually sold the most Voodoo II's but I remember that Diamond (through reseller Hastec) had enough commercials in magazines back in 1998 (at least here in Europe). > Read more

A nice CT6670 with all 3Dfx chips dated 10th week of 1998. Back in the day Creative sold a bone-stock version of the Voodoo2 combined with a nice box and some actual games. > Read more

Quantum3D did not only release professional and consumer hardware but also hardware for coin-op systems or arcade consoles. For example, this Obsidian2 90-2440 can be found in Atari arcade consoles.

The card has 10MB of RAM which is unusual for a Voodoo2. Also note there is no pass-through option as the second D-SUB is not attached. As arcade systems do not need 2D graphics they boot up and switch to 3D and run the game immediatly this board does not have a second D-SUB. The RAM configuration of this board is a bit odd. It has a whopping 8MB texture memory but only 2MB frame buffer so only resolutions up to 640x480 are supported. Performance was more important than image quality (resolution). After all in arcade systems of the era the resolution was not the main point.

This card runs perfect in a normal PC. Just install the board and use the latest 3dfx reference driver. After firing up an 3D application/game you have to put the VGA cable into the Quantum3D board and the show will begin .

Also take a look at the pictures and see this board has a rework. A bug probably screwed up the board and instead of throwing away nearly perfect boards, Quantum3D decided to fix them. Well, that's most likely... > Read more

As good as the same as this card. It has exactly the same production date of the PCB and 3Dfx chips. > Read more

Once I had 60 of these Voodoo2 boards but sold most of them. I do have a few left and listed only these two because I consider this pair a 'good SLI' set. On both cards all the production dates are exactly the same and the serial number on the back only differs a little.

Of course cards that differ a bit (different production date or even brand) can run in SLI but having an 100% exact match gives a bit of magic . > Read more

A lot like this Helios 3D Voodoo 2. Since they technically identical (i.e. 12MB) you can pair them to create a SLI set. SLI stands for Scan Line Interleave and doubles the rendering power as well as increasing the maximum resolution to 1024x768. Back in 1998 a Voodoo2 SLI-set was the fastest graphics setup you could have.

Back then with the original drivers you needed two identical branded cards to run in SLI. If you use the FastVoodoo2 drivers you can run a mismatched setup. You do have to have identical amount of RAM on both cards, mixing 8MB and 12MB cards won't work. > Read more

I bought this card (second hand) on a Dutch site. The Creative 3DBlaster was, along with the Diamond Monster3D, a well known card in the old days. I always liked the styling of Creative products and their Voodoo2 is no exception.

The fourth picture includes a close-up of the graphics card that is shown on the box. On close inspection you can see it's not an ordinary Voodoo2 card. Instead it resembles much of the 3Dfx Voodoo2 6MB . > Read more

A left over board from a friend of mine. Hearing I was 3dfx collector he decided to drop it in my bag.

The board has been an experimental board for him in the old days (everybody has to learn computer techniques right?) which turned out to be fatal for the board. This Voodoo2 does not work and after an inspection I found that several SMD's are missing on the back near some empty RAM spots. Probably the SMD's are needed to complete the memory-bus circuit so without them the card won't work. > Read more

Another Voodoo 2 that has been build upon 3Dfx' reference design. This one has been manufactured by A-Trend although A-Trend often made cards for other companies too (which were then rebranded).

I never had specific issues with A-Trend cards in terms of build quality. They all work fine and reliable.

You can identify most A-Trend cards via the AQA sticker on the DSUB/VGA-connector and the sticker on the back with either a red or blue dot. > Read more

Just like this CT6670 but without box. Back in the day the Creative and Diamond cards were well known. Many game magazines featured reviews and commercials for these cards in the 1998. > Read more

A very early Voodoo2! It's made in the 44th week of 1997. Back then a lot of Voodoo Graphics cards (Voodoo1) were still produced and sold. The Voodoo2 was officially released in February 1998.

Interesting facts about this card are it's design and RAM configuration. First of all, the SLI connector is pointing outwards instead of upwards. Not ideal for a short SLI-cable so we can be glad to see they changed this in the production-version of the Voodoo2 that came to market in 1998.

The RAM modules are placed in a different way comparing to a normal Voodoo2 and the back of the card is completely empty. Most Voodoo2's have chips on both sides of the PCB which usually tells if it's 8MB or 12MB. The 12MB production Voodoo2's are fully populated, the 8MB versions partly populated. The exception on this is the Powercolor Evilking (Voodoo2) 12MB that has no chips on the back-side of the card as well. However, the PowerColor uses 1MB chips and is thus equipped with 12MB.

Since this prototype card uses 12 chips of 512KB each, the card has 6MB EDO in total. In the early days of 1998, Creative Labs mentioned that they would launch 6MB and 8MB models but eventually never sold the 6MB version. Only 8MB and 12MB versions were made. Reason? 8MB is required for running 800x600 resolutions; it would be a shame to have a powerful Voodoo2 running at only 640x480.

If you look closely on the box of the Creative 3DBlaster Voodoo2 CT6670 you can see an image of a Voodoo2 that is probably the 6MB version (with SLI connector pointing upwards). > Read more

The ProComp Voodoo2 follows 3Dfx' reference PCB design like many other manufacturers did. However, ProComp did add a heatsink on the 3Dfx Chuck chip to differentiate from the other cards on the market. Basically the Voodoo2 doesn't need a heatsink on stock clockfrequencies but it doesn't hurt to add a heatsink since the Voodoo2 can get quite hot in SLI and poorly ventilated systems.

Back in the day many AT and early ATX systems didn't have extra side ventilation. Ventilation was more focused on the CPU and exiting the case through the power-supply leaving your precious SLI setup uncooled. > Read more

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The Provideo Voodoo II is the only blue Voodoo II that I own. Beside the unique color it also has 110MHz RAM which is somewhat harder to find. Normal cards have 100MHz RAM. It also has a Texas Instruments RAMDAC for display output instead of the ICS GENDAC that most cards used. > Read more

A Voodoo2 that is different comparing with most Voodoo2's. Most companies took the 3dfx reference design and copied it, attached their label on it and sold it. This was done to save costs on designing a new board and the 3dfx design was a good design anyway.

Though some companies decided to take the design in their own hands and so did Gainward with the Dragon 3000. It does not differ much but some chips are located on a different place and capacitors are solid-state caps. See for yourself on the pictures in the sidebar .

Some of these boards are shipped with green heatsinks. My board was shipped 'nude' and runs fine without the heatsinks. > Read more

Sort of OEM package or also known as the Monster 3D II Starter Pack. One of the early Voodoo II's that hit the market in 1998.

As seen on the third photo the package came with several games. The real OEM package shipped without the games and the retail version also included a box. > Read more

An 12MB Diamond Monster 3D II; quite a performer back in the old days! If you wanted a game system in 1998 people often talked about the Monster 3D.

The card has two interesting twists compared to normal cards. First there is a resister (seen in first photo) that is probably installed by factory to fix a bug. Secondly it has 'FT' marked on it by something that looks like Tipp-eX. Maybe it means 'Fully Tested' but that's just a wild guess. > Read more

One of the latest Voodoo2 boards one can find! This board has two 'Bruce' chips with a production date of 2000! Also note that these chips have the new 3dfx logo (as seen on the pictures).

The back of the board has no RAM chips. Regular Voodoo2 boards have at least 4 RAM chips on the back. In a way the back of this Voodoo2 looks a bit like this 6MB Voodoo2. An engineering sample made in the third quarter of 1997. The reason that no chips exist on the back is, in case of this Powercolor Voodoo2, that the RAM chips are 1MB each instead of the regular 512KB. The old 6MB sample has 512KB chips but just less RAM installed. > Read more