TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[phill]

I take it a can of air duster and a brush would have made it so shiney?? :lol: Very impressed by this thread, I love it!!

 

[Robert B]

Who knows with just a brush and air duster your mileage might vary The problem is the adherent grime.

 

[phill]

What do people do with hardware that makes them so dirty?!? I figure a dust off and your good to go??

I did find something else I would like to share with you guys

I kinda hope you like this

 

[Athlonite]

ALL DONE!

WOW they look like actually they look better than new great work

 

[GreiverBlade]

What do people do with hardware that makes them so dirty?!? I figure a dust off and your good to go??

I did find something else I would like to share with you guys

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I kinda hope you like this

ARGH!, i am an Hercule collector, i have the 9700 of that line plus a PowerVR 4000XT, 4500 and GeForce 2 GTS, unfortunately i only have the 9700 box

nice one!

edit, i should have, also, a Hercule Gamesurround Fortissimo II somewhere (still had the box before my last home moving ... but i am not sure since i can't find it )

edit the 2nd.... dang i need that one ...

 

[phill]

I'm keen to collect things but the amount of things I've sold and then rebought because I didn't want to sell them is a bloody nightmare!! I've come to the conclusion that I'm not going to sell any hardware I buy ever lol

Should never have sold those 5870's and 5970's as well.. And the 4870 X2 with block and oh the list goes on!! lol

Well as I'm late to bed anyways, I finally got something that was as it was described on the tin... Here we go!!

I've got my eye on another board next but I'm trying to be verry good.. Why does everything have to come at the most wrong time possible??! Speaking of which, it's now 1:30am and gone, I'm up for 6:30am so I'm going to get to bed before it become a waste of time going to bed!! lol
Reminds me, I'll have to have a look at that right hand side test station in that last pic... Damn OCD.....

 

[MaxiPro800]

Y'all remember when GPUs (and sometimes motherboards too) had girls drawn either on the GPU heatsink and on the box?

Well, I did the same for my ABIT IP35

 

[Trekkie4]

Y'all remember when GPUs (and sometimes motherboards too) had girls drawn either on the GPU heatsink and on the box?

Well, I did the same for my ABIT IP35

...

 

[lexluthermiester]

What do people do with hardware that makes them so dirty?!? I figure a dust off and your good to go??

I did find something else I would like to share with you guys

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I kinda hope you like this

That was such an awesome card!

 

[dieselcat18]

Y'all remember when GPUs (and sometimes motherboards too) had girls drawn either on the GPU heatsink and on the box?

Well, I did the same for my ABIT IP35

 

[Norton]

Be careful with those GB X58A-OC boards @phill they can supposedly push up to 1200w into a cpu…. i.e. quite capable of killing any cpu w/o breaking a sweat!

Check out the review here:
http://www.overclockers.com/gigabyte-x58aoc-motherboard-review-overclockers-overclockers/

 

[phill]

I saw on the back of the box @Norton , 1500w!! Amazing

I need to get the original board fixed, but at least 1 out of 2 isn't bad

 

[GreiverBlade]

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I HAVE IT! minus the box .... again ...

 

[DR4G00N]

Be careful with those GB X58A-OC boards @phill they can supposedly push up to 1200w into a cpu…. i.e. quite capable of killing any cpu w/o breaking a sweat!

Check out the review here:
http://www.overclockers.com/gigabyte-x58aoc-motherboard-review-overclockers-overclockers/

"Supposedly" is the key word right there.

Typically you'll be looking at a realistic maximum continuous output of 540W @ 1.5V (30A per phase * 12 phase * 1.5V). ~720W as a nominal maximum @ 2.0V output.
Either way it's still plenty of power for any lga1366 chip.

I believe the "1500W" was derived from the fact that the MOSFET's will provide an output of 5V for specific applications. 25A per phase * 12 phase *5V = 1500W.

 

[MaxiPro800]

A desktop shot since I've finally got the S-Video part to work.

Now to move on to sound cables. Also I tried to upload some internal shots from my phone but for some reason the "Attach files" button does absolutely nothing, and this was from the app I got on Play Store.

Dualbooting XP and 7 - thought of doing a triple boot between XP, Vista and 7 but in the end I'm going to leave the WD for files and the two Hitachis as boot drives.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I need to get the original board fixed

What's wrong with it?

 

[phill]

What's wrong with it?

Damaged socket The seller from Ebay forgot to mention that the socket was missing pins and some had become bent and damaged... My own fault for not checking it when I received it through and sadly Gigabyte won't help as people had said, so just hoping I can find somewhere in the UK which can fix it for me...

 

[Trekkie4]

Strictly speaking, this isn't old hardware related, but it's close enough in my opinion

Remember when Grand Theft Auto III first came out, in 2002? Ever since the game release, people had been messing around with files & engine itself, modding the heck out of the game. First they've introduced individual vehicle (and texture) mods for GTA3 and (soon after) Vice City, which eventually led to so called total-conversion mods (quite popular phrase from back in a day) which were basically just your standard modpack with pre-installed mods, replacing all (or at least most) aspects of the game in one go, instead of doing it individually.

One of the most popular "Total Conversions" for GTA3, and also the first one to exist was "RealGTA3", first introduced on May 24th, 2003 which now makes it 15 years old!! Well, almost - it'll be officially 15yrs in 12 days from now But anyhow, what makes this modpack so interesting is the age itself, another era from when it was first officially released to public. Simply by driving around the Libery City you can find some pretty cool ads & posters, mainly referring to the movies, company brands & products from around early 2000s .... especially hardware components & PC games Enjoy!

 

[phill]

I remember this game being the turning point in my PC building.. I remember thinking that an Antivirus would help speed up the game.. Oh how I laugh now... lol

Still a great game Think I should go play it some more

 

[Trekkie4]

I remember this game being the turning point in my PC building.. I remember thinking that an Antivirus would help speed up the game.. Oh how I laugh now... lol

Still a great game Think I should go play it some more

The game itself aged pretty decently, but having the actual mod, RealGTA3 modpack is just cherry on top if you ask me. Basically screams "old-school", and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who feels that way, since the mod is unusually active (and popular) even today! In fact, I got RGTA3 installed, myself except I've additionally modded the game, mostly just adding new stuff & vehicles, something that wasn't possible (without hacking the EXE) back in a day due to game's internal limits.

Definitely check out the official website for more info, pics & download links, the guy even considered to make a special "Mobile/aka 10th anniversary edition" version, but I'm guessing he gave it up. Nevertheless, it's still out there & all the links are still very much active & up to date

 

[phill]

It was one of the first games that made me get into that style of games, ever since then Saints Row and GTA have always been a bloody big part of my gaming life More so Saints Row I think because its just stupid and daft lol

I think I'm just going to have to start playing that tonight lol It's not like I have any excuses not to, but I've been on eBay tonight and so far, it's really not gone well!! lol

 

[Trekkie4]

It was one of the first games that made me get into that style of games, ever since then Saints Row and GTA have always been a bloody big part of my gaming life More so Saints Row I think because its just stupid and daft lol

I think I'm just going to have to start playing that tonight lol It's not like I have any excuses not to, but I've been on eBay tonight and so far, it's really not gone well!! lol

Oh, I'm way ahead of you on that lol. My first was "Grand Theft Auto", I remember playing it in school on one of the systems they've got ... in software mode, obviously But then I got GTA2 on my Voodoo2-powered Pentium II & absolutely loved it! Still remember the cheats lol, GOURANGA, VOLTFEST, FLAMEON, EATSOUP, CUTIE1 & MADEMAN, all downloaded from the website "Avault.com" (Adrenaline Vault?) ... sadly, the website now seems to be closed

Edit
Yes, Adrenaline Vault... The website apparently went down recently, but I found old articles & reviews through WayBackMachine
For example... 3Dfx Interactive Dominates U.S. Retail Market

Edit2
Need for Speed 2 PC Review (May 11, 1997)
Need for Speed 2 SE PC Review (Nov 11, 1997)
Carmageddon PC Review (Aug 23, 1997)
Carmageddon Splat Pack PC Review (Mar 2, 1998)
Broken Sword (II): The Smoking Mirror (Oct 14, 1997)
Microsoft Flight Simulator '98 PC Review (Oct 13, 1997)
Quake 2 PC Review (Dec 9, 1997)
Tomb Raider 2 PC Review (Dec 28, 1997)
Microsoft Monster Truck Madness 2 PC Review (Jun 2, 1998)
Need for Speed 3 PC Review (Oct 16, 1998)
Half-Life PC Review (Dec 4, 1998)
Tomb Raider 3 PC Review (Dec 18, 1998)
Test Drive 5 PC Review (Dec 15, 1998)
Speed Busters PC Review (Dec 16, 1998)
Sim City 3000 PC Review (Mar 12, 1999)
Microsoft Midtown Madness PC Review (May 28, 1999)
Need for Speed High Stakes PC Review (Jul 19, 1999)

 

[stinger608]

Wow @Trekkie4 them are some amazing ole reviews and articles man!!!!!!!

 

[phill]

Oh, I'm way ahead of you on that lol. My first was "Grand Theft Auto", I remember playing it in school on one of the systems they've got ... in software mode, obviously But then I got GTA2 on my Voodoo2-powered Pentium II & absolutely loved it! Still remember the cheats lol, GOURANGA, VOLTFEST, FLAMEON, EATSOUP, CUTIE1 & MADEMAN, all downloaded from the website "Avault.com" (Adrenaline Vault?) ... sadly, the website now seems to be closed

I was gaming a little bit before that but I always remember GTA 3 was the game taught me, if it's not running fast enough, that's probably because you need faster hardware (I'm such a numpty at times!!) So I went from a Geforce 3 Ti 200 I think, to a Geforce 4 Ti 4200.. Or it might have been a Ti 4600 I forget which! lol

 

[Trekkie4]

I was gaming a little bit before that but I always remember GTA 3 was the game taught me, if it's not running fast enough, that's probably because you need faster hardware (I'm such a numpty at times!!) So I went from a Geforce 3 Ti 200 I think, to a Geforce 4 Ti 4200.. Or it might have been a Ti 4600 I forget which! lol

Both GeForce3 Ti and GF4 Ti are overkill for GTAIII & Vice City. From what I remember, the game ran perfectly OK even on a TNT2 Pro/Ultra systems, not to mention much cheaper GF2 MX cards. 4200/4600 Titanium was actually capable of "pulling" San Andreas, which came out several years after GTAIII (in 2005)

So, if you had a lag or slower gameplay with either one of these, it was probably due to something else ... most likely the RAM or CPU power. I remember messing around with both III and Vice on an old Duron 750 system, first retro system (apart from my own, Pentium II) to pick up back in 2006, 2007 I think? That's how it all started lol Don't remember the amount of RAM, but it had a Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead video card. And while GTA3 ran perfectly OK, Vice was showing unusual white strips, thin vertical lines across the screen. At first I thought it was due to CPU (recommended for Vice is 800MHz and above) where my Duron only had 750. But no, it was due to drivers & choice of video card apparently. Still got the system here in case you're wondering, more-less intact & identical to what it used to be back then