secondhand Guillemot Maxi Gamer 3D PCI 3DFX Voodoo 1 graphics card pair

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Guillemot Maxi Gamer 3D PCI 3DFX VOODOO 1 - 4MB Tested + DIAMOND STEALTH 3D2000

The successful duo of graphics cards for Win95 and MS DOS.
The 3DFX is in excellent condition. It was installed without issues and tested on Forsaken with Glide.

It does not come with a pass-through cable, but a cheap VGA splitter from Vendora (€4) works.

It will be given together as a pair. The S3 is not charged.
The 3dfx plays quite a few games in DOS like Tomb Raider 1 with a simple executable patch.

In Windows, I played Quake II and Wing Commander Prophecy where the trails from the missile smoke appear. (Not on the 3000)

Tested in a slot 1 machine PIII 600 128MB RD-Ram

No issues.

Tested with AGP and PCI card too.

A Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 PCI (tested) will be sent as a pair for 2D graphics and better DOS compatibility.

No pass-through cable included.

This is a Guillemot Maxi Gamer 3D, a highly legendary 3D accelerator card based on the original 3dfx Voodoo Graphics (Voodoo 1) chipset. Launched in late 1996, it features the iconic dark brown PCB layout with vibrant orange circuit traces and includes 4 MB of EDO RAM.

Key Technical Specs Visible Onboard FBI (Frame Buffer Interface): The 3Dfx 500-0003-03 chip manages the screen layout and frame buffer. TMU (Texture Mapping Unit): The 3Dfx 500-0004-02 chip processes texturing duties. RAMDAC: The ICS GENDAC chip converts digital graphics data to the analog signals sent out via your VGA monitor port.

Memory Array: Eight Alliance AS4C256K16E0-50JC EDO RAM chips provide a combined 4 MB capacity split between frame buffering and textures.

Performance Profile Fillrate: Delivers up to 45 million pixels per second, a monumental technological jump that kickstarted the consumer 3D gaming era. Native API Support: Designed fundamentally for the historic 3dfx Glide API, alongside early variants of Microsoft DirectX 5.0.