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TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

GreiverBlade said:
well most Volari cards are listed with DDR2

also the box specify DDR2

although some might have used GDDR2 hence my confusion on some review that say GDDR2 in the text but DDR2 in specsheet of the cards.

i didn't google it specifically, i tend to rely on TPU GPU database search rather :D
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Well, some manufacturers just don't use the G in the front. I've seen lots and lots of "DDR3" and "DDR5" cards listed in their specs (and in the front of the box), which have GDDR3 and GDDR5 in reality. ;)
 
Chloe Price said:
Well, some manufacturers just don't use the G in the front. I've seen lots and lots of "DDR3" and "DDR5" cards listed in their specs (and in the front of the box), which have GDDR3 and GDDR5 in reality. ;)
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even tho it's listed as DDR2 in TPU GPU database ;)

bah it's still DDR ram with a G standing for "graphic" which mean optimized for higher bandwidth ... THO by the huge difference between the two variant, it is wrong to put DDR on a box with a card that would be featuring GDDR on the board .... (not that i wouldn't be happy in such turn of event .... nonetheless)

  • GDDR is not the same as DDR. Overall, GDDR is built for much higher bandwidth, thanks to a wider memory bus.
  • GDDR has lower power and heat dispersal requirements compared to DDR, allowing for higher performance modules, with simpler cooling systems.
  • DDR1, DDR2, and DDR3 have a 64 bit bus (or 128 bit in dual channel). GDDR3, comparatively, commonly uses between a 256 bit bus and 512 bit bus, or interface (across 4-8 channels).
  • GDDR3 has a 4 bit prefetch and GDDR5 has an 8 bit prefetch, making GDDR5 twice as fast as GDDR3 in apples to apples comparisons.
  • GDDR can request and receive data on the same clock cycle, where DDR cannot.


furthermore, in the reviews i saw, the reviewer always wrote GDDR chip while the manufacturer specsheet did show DDR ...

it is a fraud ... by any standard for DDR used GDDR advertised (i understand the opposite would be more a "LUUUUUUUCKY!!!" scenario)

how i wish the 2gb DDR3 GT730 that sit in my mom's computer was a GDDR5 variante (or even a GDDR3 ) that would make my holidays a bit easier :laugh:
 

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The Voodoo 1 boots !!!
 
 
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Another batch of videocards, most of them will show up in my tests... sooner or later (later is more likely :p)

Btw - what would be the most appropriate section of TPU forums to post a new thread about my oldschool GPU benchmarking project?

Anyway, the "new" stuff...

Quadro FX 5600 - the bigger brother of GF 8800 GTX. :D

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Gainward GeForce GTX 470, non-reference PCB and cooling, however no OC by default.
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti SOC, not the 1GHz version but still a nice card.
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 SOC
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havli said:
Another batch of videocards, most of them will show up in my tests... sooner or later (later is more likely :p)

Btw - what would be the most appropriate section of TPU forums to post a new thread about my oldschool GPU benchmarking project?

Anyway, the "new" stuff...

Quadro FX 5600 - the bigger brother of GF 8800 GTX. :D

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Gainward GeForce GTX 470, non-reference PCB and cooling, however no OC by default.
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti SOC, not the 1GHz version but still a nice card.
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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 SOC
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The FX 5600 is an awesome card. I have it and it's counterpart, the V8650. When I'm done playing with SLI on the QuadFX I'll get around to booting those cards up on a more modern system and see how far their legs stretch with the nearly limitless VRAM. :)

The upcoming contenders:
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What's currently warming the bench:
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Flea market day today. There was a lot to choose from but I bought only what I really really wanted.

Compaq OEM Geforce 2 GTS 32MB - looks close to my Creative 3D Blaster Annihilator2 Geforce 2 GTS.
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Intel 80486 overdrive DX4ODPR100 - SZ959 v1.1 - my second one, this time with the heatsink :D
 

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dorsetknob said:
Probably best place would be here
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/forums/project-logs.18/
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Thank you, looks good.

Fouquin said:
The FX 5600 is an awesome card. I have it and it's counterpart, the V8650. When I'm done playing with SLI on the QuadFX I'll get around to booting those cards up on a more modern system and see how far their legs stretch with the nearly limitless VRAM. :)
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Yeah, I have the V8650 as well, it is great videocard too... although the heatsink could be better, much better in fact.:)

Btw - what cards are you running i 3-way SLI on the photo? I can't recognize them from this side. :D
 
havli said:
Yeah, I have the V8650 as well, it is great videocard too... although the heatsink could be better, much better in fact.:)
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See, I repasted mine immediately. I'm no stranger to R600 thermals and with a ~65% fan curve with the new paste I see no higher than 77C across any sensor. It's still far worse than the FX 5600 (which chugs along at 54% fan speed and 74C load) but it's not any worse than the original 2-pipe 2900 XTX cooler.

havli said:
Btw - what cards are you running i 3-way SLI on the photo? I can't recognize them from this side. :D
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This pair of sisters, and then a random MSI 8800 GTX (middle) that I saved from a scrap bin awhile back.

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I recently received a 790i FTW that is not in the greatest condition, but all the important bits work. I will probably transplant the triple SLI arrangement to that soon. Would like to get that board on the bench and really push it.
 
Got some pretty fine hardware today, just needed a few caps replaced.

ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe
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and a MSI P965 Platinum w/ Pentium D 925 (Presler)
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Fouquin said:
See, I repasted mine immediately. I'm no stranger to R600 thermals and with a ~65% fan curve with the new paste I see no higher than 77C across any sensor. It's still far worse than the FX 5600 (which chugs along at 54% fan speed and 74C load) but it's not any worse than the original 2-pipe 2900 XTX cooler.



This pair of sisters, and then a random MSI 8800 GTX (middle) that I saved from a scrap bin awhile back.

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I recently received a 790i FTW that is not in the greatest condition, but all the important bits work. I will probably transplant the triple SLI arrangement to that soon. Would like to get that board on the bench and really push it.
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Mine V8650 is brand new, only shortly tested by me.... but still 10 years old, so the TIM might be in bad shape. Also the FX 5600 is running at 80+ °C, although relatively quiet. Perhaps I'll repaste them both.

Ah, EVGA 8800 GTX, very nice. :) I'm planning to bench 3-way 8800 GTX (and also 3-way GTX 260) as a part of my benchmark project. My testing rig is based on Asus P9X79 with 4.8 GHz 6-core SB-E, so that should be fast enough to max them out. :D
 
Just bought some more used hardware, now we just need to wait for PSU to my test PC :)

Gainward 7800 GT PCI-E (for in case of emergency, since X99 doesn't have IGPU option)
Gigabyte X800 XL AGP Silent
Gigabyte 6600 GT AGP
Creative SB Audigy2 ZS (I have so good memories with this back in the day, the best soundcard which I've owned besides SB Z)

Fouquin said:
The FX 5600 is an awesome card.
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At least when it's not GeForce FX 5600... Sorry, I just had to. :laugh:
 
MaxiPro800 said:
Got some pretty fine hardware today, just needed a few caps replaced.

ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe
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and a MSI P965 Platinum w/ Pentium D 925 (Presler)
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I just absolutely adore these Spire S775 coolers... Bought one for a friend who needed (silent?) CPU cooler for his P4 chip, and was stunned just how silent & effective this thing really is. Soon after I bought yet another one, for myself which I still have inside the original package! :)

Especially when you consider the price, it beats ANY other model & brand on the market!
 
Trekkie4 said:
I just absolutely adore these Spire S775 coolers... Bought one for a friend who needed (silent?) CPU cooler for his P4 chip, and was stunned just how silent & effective this thing really is. Soon after I bought yet another one, for myself which I still have inside the original package! :)

Especially when you consider the price, it beats ANY other model & brand on the market!
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The best part is that design is extremely similar to what Lenovo and Dell were using in their Core 2 desktops. You can salvage an equivalent cooler out of 2007-2009 Dell Vostro and Lenovo A55/57 desktops, near silent operation and all.
 
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