What exactly is going on there?
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I see 2 GPU's in SLI/Crossfire and then two outputs. On to a monitor or something and the other to a capture device?
It's a Matrox G200 running in the first PCI slot processing 2D elements, then sending that info over the VGA patch cable (black) to the SLI VooDoo 2s, which then either process 3D elements, or just patch the 2D data through the VGA (beige) out to the monitor.
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I was so close!
The POWER5 MCM makes me so happy. I love everything about how that package is laid out, even if it is obnoxiously big.
haha, i love how huge that chip is
Your friend will never touch mine!
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Those are two 3DFX Voodoo2 12MB cards in SLI (No, not Nvidia SLI either). The Voodoo2 was a pure 3D accelerator, so it relied on a 2D graphics card for normal display.
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What ever happened to 3DFX?
went out of business, and was acquired by nvidia.
3DFX Interactive was acquired by nVidia around December of 2000, with the company itself being disassembled completely by 2002. Most of the engineers moved on to ATI eventually helping create Crossfire, or stayed with nVidia to design the GeForce FX series. (There's a whole story about how that went down.)
Probably would have lasted into the late 2000's if they had put more money on Rampage, spent time on adapting for DirectX, and included some key features in their later designs. Oh well.
That must of been pricey when it was new.
This is one of my favourites. A Hewlett Packard Terminal Keyboard C3753A C7353-60201. These are super rare on their own in the wild but one in mint condition is amazing. Especially versions with red lettering, usually they are grey on beige. I'm glad I got some of the photos of this one in particular, it hasn't even shown up on geekhack, I'm just lucky I could talk the owner into to taking some glamor shots for me. :)
This one is from way back in teh day where nothing was standardized. Look at the bloody function keys.
The shiny thing behind, what is the shiny thing behind O.o
needs more HD's