Old School Video Card Question

[Dr. No]

I am thinking about buying this classic video card for an old Mac I have.


http://cgi.ebay.com/3dfx-VooDoo4-45...ryZ40157QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It says that the card is compatible with PC and Mac (Possibly dual BIOS). Does anyone know if 3dfx really shipped a card like that? Or is the description wrong?

 

[840quadra]

Indeed they did make that card. Below is a review from Accelerate your Mac.

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/Voodoo4_PCI/

Looks to be a good card for the most part. What are you planning on installing it in?

 

[Forced Perfect]

In fact, they also made a quad processor version (Voodoo 5 6000 if I recall correctly,) they are ridiculously rare as they were never released (as in, the cheapest I saw one for was over $1,000 US on eBay.)

A Radeon $40 8500 will still mop the floor with it. Yeah, that's the expression I picked. So what?!



Edit: changed 6500 to 6000

Source and photos

 

[Dr. No]

Looks to be a good card for the most part. What are you planning on installing it in?

Blue and White G3.






But my question was- can it be a Mac card and PC card at the same time??

From those articles it looks like they produced a special "Mac Edition" of the card, and the PC and Mac cards were not interchangeable.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

But my question was- can it be a Mac card and PC card at the same time??

Yes, if a manufacturer so decided, they could make a single card that worked in both a Mac and a PC. 3dfx did make some Voodoo cards that way.

But, you'd be better off finding a PCI Radeon. Much better. (Unless you specifically want to play an old game that has 3dfx acceleration, but not OpenGL.)