3dfx Voodoo3 3000

A 3dfx Voodoo3 in one of the iconic 3dfx retail boxes. By the time the Voodoo3 hit the shelves (and 3dfx bought STB) 3dfx moved away from third-party resellers (like Diamond and Creative) and started selling their own cards. In my opinion they did a good job in designing their retail boxes because they look great and are very recognizable.

However, from a sales point of view it was eventually a bad decision because 3dfx didn't make friends with resellers and 3dfx virtually destroyed competition within it's own market because 3dfx had a fixed price and resellers tend to stunt with prices or bundled with extra games.

The retail box shown here is the US version. There is also a European version with German, Dutch and Norwegian text and a Japanese version that came in a smaller box.

Specifications

Chipset
PCB date
9919
Chip date
9917
RAM
16MB SDR 6NS (Etrontech)
Interface
Condition
US Retail
TV functions?
Yes
Engineering sample?
No
RAMDAC
Integrated
Board revision
C

Drivers

Driver nameRelease dateOperating systemDownloadInfo
3dfx Voodoo3 V1.07.002000-11-22

DOS Win95 Win98 Win98SE WinME voodoo3-10700.zip...Link
3dfx Voodoo3 V1.03.002000-11-22

Win2000 WinXP voodoo3-win2k-1030...Link
3dfx Voodoo3 V1.07.00b2001-01-31

DOS Win95 Win98 Win98SE WinME voodoo3-10700b.zip...Link

Benchmarks

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