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Re:3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 recreated via reverse engineering (2021) by badocr on Saturday September 24, 2022 @12:45PM (#32964341)
Uh, as far as I recall, the 6000 never reached retail shelves.
Re:3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 recreated via reverse engineering (2021) by atdrummond on Saturday September 24, 2022 @12:55PM (#32964432)
There were at least 1000 test units, so it wasn’t impossible to get one’s hands on a board.
Re:3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 recreated via reverse engineering (2021) by uberduper on Saturday September 24, 2022 @12:57PM (#32964460)
The voodoo5 5500 had molex power connector on the card. The voodoo5 6000 had an external psu.
Re:3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 recreated via reverse engineering (2021) by atdrummond on Saturday September 24, 2022 @01:00PM (#32964486)
Sorry - was just speaking about the possibility of buying a 6k. It’s been so long I wouldn’t trust my own memory of which board had which configuration so didn’t intend to comment on that discussion.