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3dfx Spectre 3000

Graphics Processor
Rampage x2
Pixel Shaders
4 x2
Vertex Shaders
1 x2
TMUs
4 x2
ROPs
4 x2
Memory Size
64 MB x2
Memory Type
DDR
Bus Width
128 bit x2
GPU Chip
GPU
The Spectre 3000 was a high-end graphics card by 3dfx, that was never released. Built on the 180 nm process, and based on the Rampage graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 8.0. Since Spectre 3000 does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The Rampage graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 131 mm² and 30 million transistors. Spectre 3000 combines two graphics processors to increase performance. It features 4 pixel shaders and 1 vertex shader 4 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs, per GPU. Due to the lack of unified shaders you will not be able to run recent games at all (which require unified shader/DX10+ support). 3dfx has paired 128 MB DDR memory with the Spectre 3000, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface per GPU (each GPU manages 64 MB). The GPU is operating at a frequency of 200 MHz, memory is running at 200 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the 3dfx Spectre 3000 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 60 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. Spectre 3000 is connected to the rest of the system using an AGP 4x interface. Its price at launch was 499 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Rampage
Architecture
Voodoo Scalable
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
180 nm
Transistors
30 million
Density
229.0K / mm²
Die Size
131 mm²

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Sage
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
180 nm
Transistors
25 million
Die Size
unknown

Graphics Card

Release Date
Never Released
Generation
Spectre
Predecessor
Voodoo5
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
499 USD
Bus Interface
AGP 4x

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
200 MHz
Memory Clock
200 MHz
400 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
64 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
6.400 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
1
TMUs
4
ROPs
4

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
800.0 MPixel/s
Vertex Rate
50.00 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
800.0 MTexel/s

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
TDP
60 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
None

Graphics Features

DirectX
8.0
OpenGL
1.1
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Pixel Shader
N/A
Vertex Shader
N/A

Card Notes

this card only has 1 Vertex Shader due to its Sage core.
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