TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[E-Bear]

Your own link shows it has 1MB cache?

It shows 1mb cache but 2000mhz speed but mine is a 2200mhz supposed to be cached at 512k at factory but i got one that passed trough and still has the 1mb cache

 

[dorsetknob]

if you were referring to my link 2

Your own link shows it has 1MB cache?

Your absolutely right
However this piddlingly small spat started with a claim of a 1mb cache socket 462 CPU and none Exist

 

[E-Bear]

Come on guys stop the arguing for a mistake I made and I corrected already. We are not schoolgirls so don,t start bitcning please. Thank you.

 

[Bungz]

All eary 754 chips were clawhammers with 1MB cache .

 

[eidairaman1]

Take a picture of the face of the cpu and post here that will put most here doubt to sleep.

 

[E-Bear]

All eary 754 chips were clawhammers with 1MB cache .

Nope

Take a picture of the face of the cpu and post here that will put most here doubt to sleep.

I dont want to undo the cpu cooler and repaste again to prove anything. So doubters will stay like that.

 

[Bungz]

So tempting to be pedantic.

 

[Norton]

Take the off topic to PM's please

Only public warning, points to follow

 

[Trekkie4]

@Norton Wow!! I've been around this thread since January 2015, would you believe this is the very first time to see admin/mod warning about going OT?

Anyhow... Just so I'm not entirely off-topic myself - I worked out the trade with another forumer, and will give him one of those Rage XL cards in exchange for Matrox Millennium II (aka Mystique 220?) This is most definitely going to be an interesting experience, since Millennium II was known for 3D issues & texture bugs. But I still think it's totally worth Rage XL card!

 

[Bungz]

At first I thought that said MEGA 64bit graphics.

Was having flash backs to that bitchin fast 3D advert.

 

[Trekkie4]

At first I thought that said MEGA 64bit graphics.

Was having flash backs to that bitchin fast 3D advert.

This one?

 

[Robert B]

- AT LAST! I got my hands on a GF256 SDR - the memory interface should be 128 bit...I'll see later.

It isnt made by a big manufacturer but heck a GF256 is still a GF256 - I bought it very cheap -12EUR.

More tomorrow. I hope that it is still alive

 

[Trekkie4]

Get the violins up & ready, I got a sad story to tell. About a year ago (or so), I received GeForce256 with what it appeared to be SDR memory chips. I plugged it into my testing rig, and everything worked fine. Happy to see the card working, I stored it inside one of my boxes & hadn't touched it for couple of months, when I was putting together another system & wanted to use GF256. Everything was looking OK, until I powered it up & saw artifacts all over the screen! Obviously, I removed the card from the AGP slot, tried cleaning the interface & plugging it back into the mobo - same thing! At this point I was ready to scrap the card for parts, but decided to hold onto it, just in case I spot any obvious issues & manage to find a working solution.

However, in the meantime I was still missing a video card for that particular system & decided to go with nVidia M64. Except for one tiny problem - it was missing a heatsink & a fan. On the other hand, I had a non-working GF256 with fully functional GPU heatsink & fan, so I figured why not. As long as I get the card up & running, I can always order a new (replacement) fan & heatsink assembly. However, when I tried to remove them from GF256 they didn't want to move. Seems they badly fused with GPU, so I tried to pry them off the GPU .... and in the process tore off the entire GPU off the card. Now, I suppose you could say "oh well, it wasn't working in the first place", but if you ask me, that is a sad, SAD ending for any video card ... especially GF256 which is considered rare & somewhat valuable!

 

[Bungz]

My 256 is a lowly SD version.

Very rare cards, i managed to buy the only one I have ever seen and had to buy a load of old dead junk in order to get my hands on it.

Sad when anything old dies, one less in the world!

 

[Robert B]

My GF256 had some sticky black pad like a sponge, under the heatsink. The heatsink is a joke. It is sooooo thin and light...

After I saw that I can move the heatsink a little, I applied some IPA 99% with a syringe under the heatsink, I left the card in the sun for a few minutes and I gently twisted the heatsink clockwise and counter-clockwise, then I was able to remove it.

Thank GOD it wasnt thermal glue! I can deal with that too but it is a PITA!

Tomorrow I'll test it and I keep my fingers crossed that it works!

 

[lexluthermiester]

This one?

You'll love this then;

And this;

 

[Trekkie4]

WOW!! And LMAO! I don't get it, I really don't... Are these props, modified cards to resemble 3dfx? Because if that's the case they've done outstanding job (and apparently invested a LOT of money into it) *shrug*

 

[Norton]

@Norton Wow!! I've been around this thread since January 2015, would you believe this is the very first time to see admin/mod warning about going OT?

Once in 9 yrs/7,333 posts- that's the goalpost then.

Need to delete a post once in a great while but y'all keep this thread in great shape- keep on posting your usual awesomesauce!

 

[Trekkie4]

Once in 9 yrs/7,333 posts- that's the goalpost then.

Need to delete a post once in a great while but y'all keep this thread in great shape- keep on posting your usual awesomesauce!

Yup, that's what I was referring to... TPU Nostalgic Hardware Club forum is the cleanest (and most interesting) thread I've seen on a forum ... ever!

 

[lexluthermiester]

WOW!! And LMAO! I don't get it, I really don't... Are these props, modified cards to resemble 3dfx? Because if that's the case they've done outstanding job (and apparently invested a LOT of money into it) *shrug*

As far as I know both are real. The only thing that makes me raise an eyebrow is the running of Crysis. It wasn't high frame rate or resolution, and with the theoretical capabilities of 32 way SLI it's plausable as displayed. There doesn't seem to be any slight-of-hand, but who knows right?

 

[Trekkie4]

As far as I know both are real. The only thing that makes me raise an eyebrow is the running of Crysis. It wasn't high frame rate or resolution, and with the theoretical capabilities of 32 way SLI it's plausable as displayed. There doesn't seem to be any slight-of-hand, but who knows right?

Oh come on, you've got to be kidding me. Both videos were uploaded on April 1st, meaning it has to be (April) joke. I just don't understand how he pulled it off, for a one-time April joke this seems way too expensive. Even for someone who has access to PCB printing (and manufacturing) technology *shrug*

I've seen ppl commenting on YT how he probably took scrap material (parts from another cards) & put, glued them all together on a single card. Except I can already see several problems with this theory - both cards had been properly (and accordingly) labeled & feature unique silkscreens. And second - both cards are operational & actually working. IDK about all those extra GPUs, but something is obviously working, and there's voltage going through it... So IDK, to be honest IDK what to think. But still, it's pretty darn cool!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Oh come on, you've got to be kidding me. Both videos were uploaded on April 1st

I didn't even notice that..

Thing is, I've seen engineering cards of this size and they had beefy performance, so the existence of cards like this are at least plausible. I'll leave it at that.

 

[Bungz]

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/911681-voodoo5-9000-sli-in-the-3dfx-way/

A very good fake

 

[lexluthermiester]

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/911681-voodoo5-9000-sli-in-the-3dfx-way/
A very good fake

Fair enough. Still interesting.

 

[Robert B]

My GF256 SDR is ALIVE!!! and RESTORED!!!

The memory path is 128-bit. The SDR frequency is at 150MHz but the memory chips are W986432DH-5 rated for up to 200 MHz so a mild OC isnt a concern.

The image quality is very good and the text is crisp.

EAGLES Geforce256 - SDR - 32MB - 30-155AD-155-41A - I have no ideea who manufactured this card. Maybe I should ask the EAGLES from the label?

12EUR well spent!

(Tests ran on: Win 98 SE & Win XP/PIII-800MHz/384MB RAM/Slot 1 motherboard. I dont have a more powerful system assembled at the moment.)

Now I have to find a GF256 DDR...