Ultimate year 2000 gaming build! 3DFX Voodoo5 Asus CUSL2 P3-1ghz CM ATC201
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[QUOTE=latin_geek;43174158]That's some insane looking sound hardware, never seen anything like that, even today.[/QUOTE]
I recognised the sound card, so I had a look in my old computer cases...
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/105233622/me/my%20stuff%7E/IMAG0173.jpg[/t]
Great sound quality AND that port for my Sidewinder wheel!
great now i want to buy more computer hardware
[QUOTE=No_Excuses;43177872]That case....Maximum PC November of 2000 issue; Ultimate Entertainment PC. My favorite issue.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Eb4GSuK.png[/img]
That hardware sure brings back memories of what I used to drool over as a kid. Was always out of my reach though...[/QUOTE]
You are not alone, my friend.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ogEAtxq.png[/img]
My first computer had a Voodoo 3300 in it, came with the amazing Unreal Tournament. I was jealous of my brother who got a Voodoo 5500 on the same Christmas, just by looking at the colours on the box you knew it was the better card.
Thats the amazing aspect of technology. Things that seem to be unaffordable right now will be dirt cheap in a few years.
I probably would have shit myself with joy if I got that under the tree even 10 years ago.
I gamed on a 647mHz P3 with 512MB of mismatched PC133 and a Matrox G400 Millenium until 05-06. Then I got an Athlon XP 1800+ rig with 1GB DDR-400 and a Radeon 9700 Pro, that thing was the cat's pajamas.
Then the 9700 died and i had to use a Geforce 6200 PCI for a year.
Its crazy how fast pc technology was evolving back then, I remember drooling over the Falcon Northwest Mach V and that came out only a year before the rig in the video.
[img]http://web.archive.org/web/20000622040848im_/http://www.falcon-nw.com/falcon_northwest_opener.jpg[/img]
Oh god this makes me want to build a high end retro pc.
Heh he's not playing Quake 3 on max settings
I remember buying the voodoo 5 card, and the week after, nvidia bought 3dfx and halted all progress aka scrapped them. I was so fucking pissed.
[QUOTE=Thaard;43180895]I remember buying the voodoo 5 card, and the week after, nvidia bought 3dfx and halted all progress aka scrapped them. I was so fucking pissed.[/QUOTE]
3dfx ended up being a pretty badly led company. Nvidia bought them to get their intellectual property, they were going bankrupt anyways. [URL="http://decisionfailures.com/post/33699214929/spending-too-lavishly-on-employees-and-priority-on-high"]In more detail here[/URL]
Thank god modern motherboards have all those adapters integrated and there is no need for a desktop adapter(i dont even know what that is) or a sound card or a network card anymore. Also that video card is huge
I wonder how much that build cost in total, back then and nowadays.
[QUOTE=Adarrek;43181116]Thank god modern motherboards have all those adapters integrated and there is no need for a desktop adapter(i dont even know what that is) or a sound card or a network card anymore. Also that video card is huge[/QUOTE]
The "desktop adapter" was the network card. And while you don't need them (the guy in the video didn't, he had integrated audio) a PCI sound card can get you way better sound quality for not much of an investment if your integrated is garbage
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