Rare GPUs / Unreleased GPUs

[TheLostSwede]

Tsk tsk, all this modern hardware...

There were some really bizarre things, like the Jazz Multimedia - Outlaw 3D Bonnie and Clyde based on the Rendition Vérité V2200 with both PCI and AGP support. You had to swap sided for the blanking plate if you swapped interface.

MSI made something similar a few years later with a Radeon X800XL "VPU", but the PCI interface was replaced by PCIe by then. Don't think this one ever went on sale though.

Source: http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/1221-computex-2005-msi-shows-odd-ball-graphics-boards/

For you 3Dfx fans out there, here's a card I doubt most of you have seen.

Source: http://pctuning.tyden.cz/component/content/4814/4814?task=view&limit=1&start=2

Then we have fun things like this card from Tseng Labs with MDRAM. Can't say I remember anyone else using that on their graphics cards.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tseng_Labs

And then there were bizarre things like the S3 Chrome 5400E with eight display outputs...

Source: http://www.4gamer.net/games/021/G002193/20100605002/

Graphics cards are so boring these days

 

[Fouquin]

Then we have fun things like this card from Tseng Labs with MDRAM. Can't say I remember anyone else using that on their graphics cards.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tseng_Labs

TSENG ET6000 isn't as renowned as the "king of VLB" ET4000 but it's still a pretty well known card. Good picks.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

MSI Copper Tube Ultra RX800 (X800 XL AGP)
AGP + PCIe
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b4723/msi-copper-tube-ultra-rx800

XFX 9600 GTX
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b1088/xfx-9600-gtx

whats funny is the GTX doesnt seem to have any power connectors when the GT does

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[Scrizz]

Very nice @TheLostSwede

 

[T4C Fantasy]

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GeForce GTX 980 Engineering Sample
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b4726/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-engineering-sample
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b4721/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-engineering-sample

 

[T4C Fantasy]

GALAX GTX 1080 Ti HOF OC Lab Edition

Cleaner version for database

 

[Cutting-Edge Retro]

I've had this thread bookmarked for several years now, only just realised it was still being updated. Nice work.

I'm a GPU collector with now just over 50 GPU's dating back to late 90's, most of them are the best of each given generation, 6800 ultra/X1950 XTX etc. But this thread i keep coming back to to reference some of the ROG cards i've collected as well.

 

[Fouquin]

I've had this thread bookmarked for several years now, only just realised it was still being updated. Nice work.

I'm a GPU collector with now just over 50 GPU's dating back to late 90's, most of them are the best of each given generation, 6800 ultra/X1950 XTX etc. But this thread i keep coming back to to reference some of the ROG cards i've collected as well.

Always happy to welcome another collector to TPU. Share a few of your favorites either on here (I'm sure nobody minds if it's already been posted, this thread is ancient) OR on the Nostalgic Hardware thread.

 

[Cutting-Edge Retro]

This is my active shelf. I "hotswap" these into my several retro machines when ever i feel list testing or gaming on any of them. I have a wall mount shelf above my desk with some of the ones that have either died from old age or I don't want to use them in fear of killing them. I'm also in the process of building a glass case that will enable me to use fishing line to hang naked more rare card cards with naked PCB's showing. like my limited edition Asus Extreme N7800GT Duel.

If I remember to, I'll post a few of the other rare cards I've got.

But I have 2 cards that I've got in my "holy grail" box thats the EVGA GTX 285 Classified & the Geforce 7900 GTX Duo(7900GX2.) I'll pay a pretty penny for either of those.

 

[Fouquin]

Scored another Radeon HD 5970 A1 card, this one's a bit newer than the last (stickered September, PCB dated July) but it also WORKS! The other one fails memory tests and doesn't boot up if it's the primary display card, this one works great.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

Galaxy GTX 470 Dual

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

This is my active shelf. I "hotswap" these into my several retro machines when ever i feel list testing or gaming on any of them. I have a wall mount shelf above my desk with some of the ones that have either died from old age or I don't want to use them in fear of killing them. I'm also in the process of building a glass case that will enable me to use fishing line to hang naked more rare card cards with naked PCB's showing. like my limited edition Asus Extreme N7800GT Duel.

If I remember to, I'll post a few of the other rare cards I've got.

But I have 2 cards that I've got in my "holy grail" box thats the EVGA GTX 285 Classified & the Geforce 7900 GTX Duo(7900GX2.) I'll pay a pretty penny for either of those.
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Very nice collection mister, you have my appreciation

 

[T4C Fantasy]

Galaxy GTX 470 Dual Protoype [Unreleased]
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b4885/galaxy-gtx-470-dual

 

[Cutting-Edge Retro]

I just picked up this beauty.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

I just picked up this beauty.

Sweet! Get a pic of the numbers on that gpu
On the chip

 

[Cutting-Edge Retro]

Left Chip reads

L5108180 0518A2
GF-7800-GT-A2
P02010.00

Right chip reads

L5060394 0525A2
GF-7800-GT-A2
P02067.M00

 

[Fouquin]

I just picked up this beauty.

Strange that your card doesn't have the production number on the shroud. ASUS claims to have only sold 2000 of them and they should have a "#XXXX out of 2000" stamp.

 

[Cutting-Edge Retro]

Strange that your card doesn't have the production number on the shroud. ASUS claims to have only sold 2000 of them and they should have a "#XXXX out of 2000" stamp.

Correct, from what I've been told this was a reviewer sample or trade show sample. The previous owner bought it from a now defunct PC tech/gaming magazine outlet here in AU. It was apart of an inventory lot he bought at auction.

He ran it in a gaming system for a couple year then has had it on a shelf until i bought it. I was also confused as to why it doesn't have the "Limited Edition" print on it. I asked, was told this info, I take with a grain of salt but who knows.

 

[Kanan]

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Scored another Radeon HD 5970 A1 card, this one's a bit newer than the last (stickered September, PCB dated July) but it also WORKS! The other one fails memory tests and doesn't boot up if it's the primary display card, this one works great.

Nice one, I have good memories from the HD 5970 I owned for a while. Used it right after they released the frame pacing feature, it worked great.

 

[Cutting-Edge Retro]

Just arrived this morning. From memory Triplex was never sold outside of Japan/China. So these are very hard to find. The Ti4600 version is one of the rarest and most sort after for collectors.

This is the Millennium Silver GF4 Ti4200 128mb.

 

[T4C Fantasy]

Just arrived this morning. From memory Triplex was never sold outside of Japan/China. So these are very hard to find. The Ti4600 version is one of the rarest and most sort after for collectors.

This is the Millennium Silver GF4 Ti4200 128mb.

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send in a straight pic so i can add to DB, with specs

if possible use gpuz and do a screenshot
validate too

need the dev id because there is 4 TI 4200s

edit: also the chip on the inside matters
NV25 A2
NV25 A3
NV28 A1
NV28 A2

edit 2: does anyone know the length of that card

 

[T4C Fantasy]

Triplex GeForce4 Ti4600 Millennium Silver
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b4891/triplex-geforce4-ti-4600-millennium-silver

 

[Frick]

Triplex GeForce4 Ti4600 Millennium Silver
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b4891/triplex-geforce4-ti-4600-millennium-silver

So pretty, and then that skewed heatsink.

 

[stinger608]

You should think about posting them awesome cards at the Nostalgic Hardware thread @Modzy !

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/

 

[T4C Fantasy]

You should think about posting them awesome cards at the Nostalgic Hardware thread @Modzy !

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/

they get drowned out and wont be seen as much though

plus the database needs more rares

unless you mean post twice then yeah thats okay too ^_^