先前从毒龙摸筋100元入手一块带视频的Voodoo Banshee ,V卡迷大多知道,带视频的Voodoo Banshee 很少见。
到手后一直不知道是什么型号及厂家的,这两天钻研了一下国外比较有名的V卡迷网站:http://thedodgegarage.com
这个网站说它是3dfx 的 Voodoo Banshee 工程样板,原文如下:
3dfx pre-production Banshee
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A word about the cards on these pages- To generalize they are boards that were manufactured by 3dfx direct and not yet available to the general public. The boards fall into a number of different categories and I'll try to explain each type as they come up.
Developer kit boards- 3dfx sent developer kits out to the various companies that made video cards, included in the kits of course would have been several sample boards known as "reference" cards. Before 3dfx came along most third party board makers seemed to make their own PCB designs. After the Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo II hit the market and there were so many players involved in selling cards most manufactures could not afford to "be different" and were content to sell cards based off the reference design (a trend that continues to this day.)
Perfect example of boards *most likely* from developer kits below would be the Voodoo II & Banshee with SDRAM. They are clearly pre-production due to date codes and/or internal 3dfx markings and production cards from a number of companies follow their design.
Press "preview" boards? Less certain of being developer kit boards would be the Banshee with SGRAM and the black PCB Voodoo 3 as those PCB design numbers are rarely if ever seen. Build dates, bios revisions or PCB features clearly indicate they are not production cards... this is an area I have to look into further to find out where these cards fit into the scheme of things. It's possible these two cards are samples that were sent out to the press for "preview." The only place I have seen these two PCB designs were in such articles and will show the "press" versions for comparison. Another note about press cards... writers liked to use terms like "Alpha" & "Beta" samples like the cards were software which I do not know if is a correct description or note. I'm going to check with several sites that did previews and see if 3dfx actually used those terms or the writers of the articles did.
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Banshee pre-production (24-98 date code) board with unknown 0.31 beta bios, 8 MB of SGRAM, stereo glasses, composite and S-video outputs! A number of boards described in the press as "alphas" were sent out as preview units, some even had fans! PCB #600-0033-03
原文:http://thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/pro_banshee.htm
洋文很难懂啊