TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Random Murderer]

Got the HD3870 Ultimate today, ran very hot originally, 80C on desktop (dried thermal paste) but now it works perfectly after I put some fresh paste to the GPU. I quickly tested Dirt3 and ran perfectly at 1920x1020 2xAA medium.

You gonna OC that beast?

 

[Ruru]

Sweet card man. Always wondered how well them "silent" video cards ran. What did the temps get up to running Dirt3?

About ~70C with the new paste. I guess I need to put few fans to the rig where that card goes, or the card would otherwise run hot like a damn oven

Random Murderer: I quickly tried 820/2400 and at least those were stable, I'm sure it has more OC headroom still

 

[d1nky]

found myself a 3870 and 3850 for cheap!

currently benching them for TPU hwbot.

 

[Ruru]

Heh, that HD3870 has identical PCB as mine, I just have passive cooled and a bit larger VRM heatsink. Maybe I'll get a CF compatible mb too and get a 3870X2/3870/3850 crossfire setup later

 

[d1nky]

havent benched it in xfire yet, just doing one card at a time.

Need to do the pencil volt mod that randomM posted. 1.32v kind of isnt enough for any cooling!

Shame they dont make cards like they used to, hynix and samsung mems

plenty of fun for a pair of cheap older cards!

 

[GreiverBlade]

found myself a 3870 and 3850 for cheap!

currently benching them for TPU hwbot.

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i have a 3850 in my AM2+ Phenom X4 build atm (the 460 HAWK has been switched to my main rig just for laugh)

 

[m1919]

Scored a Dell Precision 620 MT Workstation. Rig only came with one P3 Xeon 1Ghz SL4HE and a terminator card. I have another pair of SL4HEs, but they do not have the proper heatsink. Luckily I was able to locate another with the right heatsink for the board's retention mechanism.

Case was damaged in shipping; the seller did not package this properly or mark the package as fragile. Thing probably got knocked around and maybe even dropped at some point during shipping. Good news is the hardware appears fine as it booted up without any issues, right into the Windows 2000 Pro install already on the machine.

Not sure the damage can be repaired, seems Dell thought it was a good idea to have the side panel, front panel and the case base-plate all attached by plastic lugs/pegs, the majority of which are broken; the side panel no longer latches in place. The case itself is also warped, the back-panel is bowed slightly and the bottom-rear corner is visibly dished in.

Probably gonna be moving the guts to another case... after extensive modding since this board is non-standard. Now I just need a good candidate to house this.

Also might replace the PSU, but I'd need to adapt it to the proprietary connectors.

 

[Random Murderer]

havent benched it in xfire yet, just doing one card at a time.

Need to do the pencil volt mod that randomM posted. 1.32v kind of isnt enough for any cooling!

Shame they dont make cards like they used to, hynix and samsung mems

plenty of fun for a pair of cheap older cards!

Yeah, you guys posting all of these 3870s/3850s is making me want to pick up another pair of 3870s for the sole purpose of throwing them in the X79 rig, VModding them, and clocking and benching till they fry, hopefully picking up a couple of boints along the way. I used to have a CF setup of 3870s, loved them but wasn't ballsy enough to really give them a kick and push the hell out of them(didn't have the cash to just fry a piece of hardware and replace it/upgrade back then), so I settled for ~900MHz core on them for 24/7 use.

 

[d1nky]

I've ran into a few problems trying to overclock them in xfire. On their own they do pretty well but together don't scale on clocks the same.

I'll do the pencil mod and try harder when I have the time.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Here is a shot of my win98 rig. Slot A Athlon 800 complete with a Thermaltake Golden Orb, MSI 6167 Mobo, Ati rage Fury Pro gpu, and a Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500 Soundcard.

 

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Intel 1992 - SX835- 60MHz
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[Random Murderer]

I've ran into a few problems trying to overclock them in xfire. On their own they do pretty well but together don't scale on clocks the same.

I'll do the pencil mod and try harder when I have the time.

I don't recall the software I used to used to clock them in windows (pretty sure it was ATiTool), but yeah, software overclocking was buggy in Crossfire. The best results I obtained in Crossfire was by clocking each on its own, editing a custom BIOS with the highest stable clocks, flashing it, then repeating the process with the other card. With each card running an edited BIOS, Crossfire worked well with the upped clock speeds.

 

[Mr.Scott]

You like the slots eh? A couple of mine.

 

[stinger608]

That is quite a collection of slot processors and motherboards!

 

[Mr.Scott]

How about DDR? You guys like BH-5? Most of this is.

 

[Random Murderer]

How about DDR? You guys like BH-5? Most of this is.

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Woah, I haven't seen a DDR Booster in years, not since my s754 days.
Nice collection there.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Thanks. I just reached in the bin and pulled out a random handful. I have more.
I'll post some board and GPU pics later.....at least some of my favorite or exotic. I have a closet full.

 

[Random Murderer]

Thanks. I just reached in the bin and pulled out a random handful. I have more.
I'll post some board and GPU pics later.....at least some of my favorite or exotic. I have a closet full.

How about a pic of the closet?

 

[Mr.Scott]

How about a pic of the closet?

Too embarrassing. It's not exactly neat. Makes me look like a hoarder.

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

build done, just a few touches left.

Now to install the OS

I've always wanted one of those coolers! They just looked so awesome! I think a looong timeago someone posted photos of them painting it gold or something

 

[m1919]

No one else with Slot-2 Xeons? Heh, I'm literally hording every piece of half-decent Slot-2 hardware I can find. It is by far my favorite retro form factor.

Looking for an IBM Z-Pro 6866 now. It's about the same spec-wise as the Precision 620, but in a more standard form factor as far as the board goes.

And then maybe, if I get lucky, an Iwill DCA-200/DCA-200N. Can't seem to actually find these in the real world tho, not even sure they were ever sold.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Nice. Been looking for one of those.

 

[Ruru]

Still haven't heard anything from the P5LD2 + D925, I paid them over a week ago. The seller has got my PM in that forum and I asked what is taking so long. I wait to next tuesday and then I'll discuss with police about that if I got scammed, damn

 

[stinger608]

Still haven't heard anything from the P5LD2 + D925, I paid them over a week ago. The seller has got my PM in that forum and I asked what is taking so long. I wait to next tuesday and then I'll discuss with police about that if I got scammed, damn

Did you pay using PayPal? If so wait a little longer and file a claim through PayPal.

That is a bummer man. Hope things work out.

 

[Ruru]

No, here in Finland we usually put straight money to other's bank accounts when buying something that is not near. And the seller puts the stuff to post when (s)he gets the money, and then I'll get it here.


Not exactly for this thread, but I bought a Corsair Airflow memory cooler, guess I'll put a pic still even it's my gaming pc. At least that came for me without problems


UPDATE: That guy wasn't a scammer, I just came home and got the parts from postal office. Somehow I just didnt get information that my packet was there, and the guy didn't inform me. Everything's fine now and here they are, got a free X1650Pro too