News 3D-Printable Armor Protects 3dfx Voodoo2 Cards, Adds a Touch of Style

[Admin]

The 3dfx Voodoo2 has gotten a custom made suit of armor a quarter century after it launched. The 3D printing files, made by Jeff Chen, are free.

3D-Printable Armor Protects 3dfx Voodoo2 Cards, Adds a Touch of Style : Read more

 

[Ivanpua]

The 3dfx Voodoo2 is 25 years old WOW!

 

[padrescout]

Yeah, that's my impulse as well, these graphics cards were designed without armor, they're a quarter of a century old and still work just fine. I should screw with them and add armor. I'm sure it will help ...something?

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah, that's my impulse as well, these graphics cards were designed without armor, they're a quarter of a century old and still work just fine. I should screw with them and add armor. I'm sure it will help ...something?

It is/was a cool project.

People with 3D printers do things like this.

Likely he had a couple of these things around, and said "What if..."
Doesn't have to be uber beneficial. Just cool.

 

[LabRat 891]

Very cool, and somewhat practical. Protecting the board and components makes sense; many nostalgic enthusiasts are often swapping (and storing) these cards. "Crap happens", and this simple plastic cover could save an irreplaceable artifact in a moment of 'human folly'
(I'm reminded of the poor old dude that accidentally dustified a phonograph cylinder on Antique's Roadshow)


I can't wait for companies to realize the 'retro' and 'nostalgic' markets "actually exist". (Silverstone in particular made a point to snub said market April Fools' '23)

Seems like 'retro' is slowly worming its way into a solid sub-genre in what otherwise is 'the mainstream'.

 

[einheriar]

I had two cards in sli still sorry I did not keep them :-( cant remember which brand they were though. but they ran a wee bit faster than the standard 3dfx cards

 

[TerryLaze]

I can't wait for companies to realize the 'retro' and 'nostalgic' markets "actually exist". (Silverstone in particular made a point to snub said market April Fools' '23)

During the last years they made a huge market bubble out of old graded console games with the high point being super mario for the nes selling for 2 millions...one of the most common games for the system....
Lately, after console games deflated somewhat they are trying to do the same with VHS tapes...something nobody has ever cared about since DVD came out.
The companies are milking nostalgia for all they can already.

Rare 'Super Mario Bros' video game sells for $2 million to anonymous buyer

The item dates back to 1985 and remains factory sealed, making it rarer and more valuable

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VHS tapes trigger a new collecting frenzy

Long relegated to an obscure corner of the collectibles market, VHS tapes have been fetching eye-popping prices at auctions in recent months, thanks to nostalgia and an appetite for new investment opportunities.

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Oh yeah, on topic, these are terrible. When I read the title I expected knight armor with shields and swords...I'm utterly disappointed.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

Don't know anything about these cards, don't they generate any heat that would get trapped?

 

[Amdlova]

Protect from what? Rust? Kinda old

 

[padrescout]

It is/was a cool project.

People with 3D printers do things like this.

Likely he had a couple of these things around, and said "What if..."
Doesn't have to be uber beneficial. Just cool.

Yeah, I have a 3d printer. I get the leaping to "someone doesnt share my point of view because they're ignorant of the situation." It's kinda neat? In one of those ... don't consider the opportunity cost sort of way. They are very colorful. I hope he is happy with the thing he did.

 

[Vanderlindemedia]

Protect from what? Rust? Kinda old

You'd be suprised how much damage can be done to the PCB if you just store it into a box, and the next time you seek for something in that box you might shove things away. Its a OK gimmick; but if a card spends 3/4th in a 90's machine it's not needed.

I'd like to see mods applied to a V2 generation such as a voltmod or clocks above 120Mhz or so. Things people have'nt done, with knowledge of today.

 

[padrescout]

Don't know anything about these cards, don't they generate any heat that would get trapped?

Kinda? Those old cards ran way way way cooler than modern ones, so it's probably not actively bad, but still just kind of a "why?" situation. Well, the "why" is protection- which they dont need mounted in a computer. I could spend 10 hours having my printer spit out some armor for when i stuck one in a box for storage or - you know - just stick the card in a antistatic bag and put it in one of those bubble mailer sleeves and itd work better and not take hours and hour of watching my printer do its thing. I dont get it, but whatever, I dont have to understand.