TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

off topic

typing "do a barrel roll" and enter into google still works..............

https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.9.131....0.F-1Dw09a9VQ

i fucking love the web

 

[Bones]

The one pictured is a single slot design................

However, I didn't even notice that @Bones pictured a PCIe version.
The one I have is the AGP card. Suppose to be about the most powerful AGP card developed.

Mine is the AGP version and yes, this particular ATI card model IS the fastest AGP card ever made out of all.

 

[stinger608]

Mine is the AGP version

Yep, now that I look at it, you're right.

Then that is the exact same card I have as well.

 

[debs3759]

off topic

typing "do a barrel roll" and enter into google still works..............

https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.9.131....0.F-1Dw09a9VQ

i fucking love the web

Try searching "atari breakout" in Google images

 

[Robert B]

 

[Trekkie4]

Long time no see guys... Wow, don't know what to think of the new forum, I kinda liked the old one better

Loads of stuff going on, but mainly HiFi vintage repairs & restorations I'm kinda trying to stay away from old hardware, mainly because of the irresistible temptation to put together even more retro rigs lol Anyhow, enjoy!


This bad boy is not mine ... unfortunately! But at least i had the pleasure of putting it back in service after almost 20yrs!


But I DID get to buy something really, REALLY nice. Something nice & VERY much nostalgic, and I'm giving a free cookie to anyone who can recognize the box

 

[Robert B]

RTC battery mod Benchmark BQ3287MT

 

[Ruru]

Need to post this since it was on TPU front page.

https://www.techpowerup.com/239713/...for-your-old-geforce4-acs-acs2-graphics-cards

 

[stinger608]

Need to post this since it was on TPU front page.

https://www.techpowerup.com/239713/...for-your-old-geforce4-acs-acs2-graphics-cards

You beat me to it.

I was just going to post that in here. Hell of a deal if anyone has either of them cards!

 

[Ruru]

You beat me to it.

I was just going to post that in here. Hell of a deal if anyone has either of them cards!

Damn, never throwing any working GPU away anymore.

 

[Trekkie4]

Not even a single guess? Hmm, let's make it easier then

This (whatever it is) is concealed by this lovely Thorens TD110

 

[Mr.Scott]

But I DID get to buy something really, REALLY nice. Something nice & VERY much nostalgic, and I'm giving a free cookie to anyone who can recognize the box

 

[Trekkie4]

Hahahaha! Yup, genuine Italian inside

 

[havli]

Last thing - the last ATi GPU is hidden, this will be something special, stay tuned

Ok, no more secrets... behold, the FireGL V8650

So, what this thing actually is? Well, it is quite simple - fully active R600 GPU (16 ROP, 16 TMU, 320 SP) paired with 2 GB of GDDR4. Of course reference clocks are rather conservative - 688 MHz GPU and 1736 MHz GDDR4... but that can be fixed by simple overclock. More on that later.

The back side has a backplate attached, mostly for memory cooling.

Regular HD 2900 XT (either 512 MB GDDR3 or 1 GB GDDR4) has 16 memory chips total, 8 on the front side and 8 on the back. Here you can see there are actually two rows of memory chips on each side... this means 32 in total.

In my old test rig - i5-2500K. The card is very long - almost 34 cm, not a problem on benchtable... but might not be as easy to fit it in regular case.
And while the card looks very massive and well built, the heatsing is far from perfect, to say the least. The main heatsink is the very same as first batch of 2900 XT were using (the two heatpipe one). Because of that this thing is rather loud even at idle and when loaded it resembles the old GeForce FX 5800 Ultra leaf blower jokes. Also lack of any kind of power management isn't exactly helping - the V8650 idles at 70°C and still is noisy.

My intention is to benchmark this as the ultimate R600. HD 2900 XT has stock clock 743 MHz GPU and 1660 MHz MEM. My goal was to get at least 850 / 2000 MHz here, also don't forget the 4 times bigger RAM . It seems it is possible to reach this clock, althought it is close to the limit. I had to increase voltage from 1.15V to 1.225V and even this might not be enough for perfect stability. GDDR4 overclocks just fine to 2 GHz, even a little more. But R600 isn't bandwidth limited, this is just to look good.



Of course the real question is...
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But can it run Crysis?

 

[Ruru]

My MSI R3870X2 went to 900/1000 easily back in the day.

 

[Robert B]

The JPN CORPORATION CA8302E-1 controller for the socket 4 P66 system is ready to rumble in the jungle.

I had to change a 10uf 50V capacitor and to straighten all the pins on the back.

I dont know if I will be able to find a DS1287 RTC until the end of the year to establish the state of the P66...we'll see...



More later.

 

[Trekkie4]

Well, it seems that either no one cares and/or is unable to guess what's inside the box... One way or another, I seriously hope this qualifies as being "nostalgic" hardware component ... because it certainly is to me

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

Ok, no more secrets... behold, the FireGL V8650

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So, what this thing actually is? Well, it is quite simple - fully active R600 GPU (16 ROP, 16 TMU, 320 SP) paired with 2 GB of GDDR4. Of course reference clocks are rather conservative - 688 MHz GPU and 1736 MHz GDDR4... but that can be fixed by simple overclock. More on that later.
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The back side has a backplate attached, mostly for memory cooling.
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Regular HD 2900 XT (either 512 MB GDDR3 or 1 GB GDDR4) has 16 memory chips total, 8 on the front side and 8 on the back. Here you can see there are actually two rows of memory chips on each side... this means 32 in total.
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In my old test rig - i5-2500K. The card is very long - almost 34 cm, not a problem on benchtable... but might not be as easy to fit it in regular case.
And while the card looks very massive and well built, the heatsing is far from perfect, to say the least. The main heatsink is the very same as first batch of 2900 XT were using (the two heatpipe one). Because of that this thing is rather loud even at idle and when loaded it resembles the old GeForce FX 5800 Ultra leaf blower jokes. Also lack of any kind of power management isn't exactly helping - the V8650 idles at 70°C and still is noisy.
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My intention is to benchmark this as the ultimate R600. HD 2900 XT has stock clock 743 MHz GPU and 1660 MHz MEM. My goal was to get at least 850 / 2000 MHz here, also don't forget the 4 times bigger RAM . It seems it is possible to reach this clock, althought it is close to the limit. I had to increase voltage from 1.15V to 1.225V and even this might not be enough for perfect stability. GDDR4 overclocks just fine to 2 GHz, even a little more. But R600 isn't bandwidth limited, this is just to look good.
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Of course the real question is...
.
.
.
.
.
But can it run Crysis?
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I almost bought one of these a couple of months ago It's the ultimate R600, the HD 2900XTX that was never released to the consumer, beast card!

 

[AsRock]

Well, it seems that either no one cares and/or is unable to guess what's inside the box... One way or another, I seriously hope this qualifies as being "nostalgic" hardware component ... because it certainly is to me

Nice, after one my self, well a Technics SL-1200 would be nice, although i am in no rush.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Ok, no more secrets... behold, the FireGL V8650

It's a very nice card. Nice 3D06 score.

I see a bunch of 2 pointers coming your way.

 

[Trekkie4]

Oh, definitely! I get seriously frustrated and annoyed when I see so called professionals, mostly just (arrogant) audiophiles who post things like "cheap copy, not worth the money", "original (as in Technics) is so much better", "don't bother wasting your time", etc. Well, duh! Of course this isn't a real Technics, it was never meant to be a genuine Technics to begin with! After all, it's called a "clone" for a reason. But with that being said, LP120 offers a LOT of bang for the buck, as this TT only costs 1/3 of the real thing! So obviously Audio-Technica had to cut corners somewhere, and therefore it's completely pointless to compare it against the real & legendary SL1200 series.

But honestly, I don't mind... I only play vinyl on rare occasions (usually when I feel sentimental and/or nostalgic), and I have my entire HiFi rig wired through a pair of active (PC) Genius HF2020 V2 speakers, so I obviously won't be paying much attention to things like "sound temperature", acoustics & background motor noise, meaning that LP120 has way, way more bells & whistles than I'll ever need. Speaking of which, I was going to buy fully automatic LP3 with straight tone arm, but after I saw 120 on sale, I just couldn't say no, it's absolutely gorgeous! And yes, I'm very much familiar with some of the most popular mods to this model, people usually rip out pre-amp board & wire the tonearm straight into the RCA leads (for the sake of bypassing 2 coils & 2 filer caps, for each channel & improving the signal quality), but I'm going to leave mine just as it is

 

[AsRock]

Aah take no notice of them, as long as it has a stylus you like on it , only reason you would actually need a Technics SL-1200 is if you were at a rave \ nightclub.

Even the MK1's are pretty expensive too. At least the parts should be available for many years to come unlike a lot of those B&O players and a like.

Is it the USB version or ?.

 

[Trekkie4]

Yup, it's the USB version (part of the reason I mentioned it here, in this post since it's directly related to PC hardware) and it actually is black, I wanted something that would stand out from rest of the crowd Most of LP120s are silver, and besides price was the same for both colors, so in the end I picked the black one.

As for the stylus, it has AT95E, which is of course the best buy, a very popular choice. Although I might swap it out for an old Shure of mine, I have a barely used M94E, still inside the original box inside my desk drawer

 

[Nostalgic Hardware]

Hey guys

Haven't been on here for atleast 3-4 years. Since than I have been collecting hardware like crazy. I have around 200 CPUs, 60 Motherboards, 80 Hard Drives, 100 Graphic Cards, and heaps more to count.
Here is some recent projects and pickups. Backfire inspired me to collect Terratec cards, his posts were back between Pages 60-79 in this thread.

Recently Built a SS7 System with the following specs

K6-3+ 450
DFI K6XV3+\66
Nvidia TNT2 Ultra
Voodoo II SLI 12MB
Terratec EWS64XL with Front Panel

Currently running Windows 98. Great for DOS games as the K6 can be slowed down via Software Controls

Here is a recent pickup. My Primary school had these exact systems from 1997 to 2006-2007. I never got to keep one until recently find one in a guys house I met when buying computer parts. Im planning to upgrade this with a AWE64GOLD and a Single Voodoo 1/2. It is currently a Pentium 1 200MMX

And here is some other recent pickups
Heap of Terratec Cards including my EWS64 which is above. Also two Matrox cards in this photo

Aureal Vortex II with Genuine Roland SC-55

Hercules Ti500 and Gamesurround Fortissimo II

 

[Trekkie4]

Hey guys

Haven't been on here for atleast 3-4 years. Since than I have been collecting hardware like crazy. I have around 200 CPUs, 60 Motherboards, 80 Hard Drives, 100 Graphic Cards, and heaps more to count.
Here is some recent projects and pickups. Backfire inspired me to collect Terratec cards, his posts were back between Pages 60-79 in this thread.

Recently Built a SS7 System with the following specs

K6-3+ 450
DFI K6XV3+\66
Nvidia TNT2 Ultra
Voodoo II SLI 12MB
Terratec EWS64XL with Front Panel

Currently running Windows 98. Great for DOS games as the K6 can be slowed down via Software Controls

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Here is a recent pickup. My Primary school had these exact systems from 1997 to 2006-2007. I never got to keep one until recently find one in a guys house I met when buying computer parts. Im planning to upgrade this with a AWE64GOLD and a Single Voodoo 1/2. It is currently a Pentium 1 200MMX

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And here is some other recent pickups

Heap of Terratec Cards including my EWS64 which is above. Also two Matrox cards in this photo

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Aureal Vortex II with Genuine Roland SC-55

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Hercules Ti500 and Gamesurround Fortissimo II
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Wow, just awesome! I salute you

Would you believe that in all this time of collecting hardware (and it's been quite some time now) I never, EVER came across Socket 7 ATX mobo! I know they exist(ed), but alas I never found a single one! Got several Socket 7 AT systems, I even have a Socket 8, Pentium Pro system but still have to find the ATX one. At this point I would even be willing to step out of my "old computer retirement" & make a full project, to actually build a gaming rig around it!

Great choice by the way! As much as I have my doubts about AMD & their production quality (at least AMDs from back in a day, @Mr.Scott here even took my statement way too personal lol), I actually find them much more flexible than Intel. In fact, that's mainly the reason why I made "RetroMaster 2500", my profile rig around AthlonXP 1800+ My previous attempt, Pentium II 350 for the "RetroMaster 1000" was a great choice for DOS & Windows 98, but it was still limited to older environment & games... Even when I beefed it up with 5.1 SB Live, Voodoo2 SLI & GeForce2 MX400 video card(s) where the Athlon 1800 is pretty much universal & successfully covers the entire chronological line all the way from DOS, games such as Doom, Duke 3D & Tetris to Half-Life 2 & HL2 Episode 1! Essentially, the Athlon 1800+ is the missing link between S370 and S478 (and/or infamous S423), powerful enough for the job but still old enough to be nostalgic & chronologically correct.