TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

MIRTAZAPINE · Nov 30, 2019

Chloe Price said:
Those cheap "new" FX 5500s looks just so funny... I'll probably get one some day since it's been over a decade since I played around with a FX card last time.

Though a FX 5900 XT would be a perfect choice since they're affordable and are easy to clock to FX 5950 Ultra speeds.

Anyplace where I can get an Fx 5900 xt? Its hard to find agp locally for me now, any place online? I test the cards, the FX is recognized in bios not the ati though. The Fx caps have no bludges in them so far.

Ruru · Nov 30, 2019

MIRTAZAPINE said:
Anyplace where I can get an Fx 5900 xt? Its hard to find agp locally for me now, any place online? I test the cards, the FX is recognized in bios not the ati though. The Fx caps have no bludges in them so far.

I checked from ebay those cards when I posted the last message.

Usually I buy old hardware locally from Finnish forums or used market, since it's not cheap to ship anything bigger from other countries.

Trekkie4 · Nov 30, 2019

Slightly off-topic (since @MIRTAZAPINE specifically mentioned FX 5900 XT), but those new FX5700 cards are widely available on ebay & aliexpress for around $40. Usually with free shipping.

agent_x007 · Nov 30, 2019

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Mr.Scott · Nov 30, 2019

I have a couple FX's.

5700 Ultra
5950 Ultra

Ruru · Nov 30, 2019

GDDR2 or GDDR3 version of 5700 Ultra?

Mr.Scott · Nov 30, 2019

Chloe Price said:
GDDR2 or GDDR3 version of 5700 Ultra?

GDDR2

Ruru · Nov 30, 2019

Mr.Scott said:
GDDR2

Would be still a nice card to have though :toast:

The fastest FX I've owned was FX 5600 Ultra (the 400/400MHz newer version).

Mr.Scott · Dec 1, 2019

Chloe Price said:
Would be still a nice card to have though The fastest FX I've owned was FX 5600 Ultra (the 400/400MHz newer version).

Runs ok. Mediocre clocker.

Ruru · Dec 1, 2019

4.5GHz on that Phenom II X2?! :eek:

Grog6 · Dec 1, 2019

Chloe Price said:
4.5GHz on that Phenom II X2?!

"Mediocre Clocker" he says.

lexluthermiester · Dec 1, 2019

Chloe Price said:
4.5GHz on that Phenom II X2?!

Look at the voltage. That's how it's being done..

Grog6 said:
"Mediocre Clocker" he says.

I think he was being sarcastic. 4.5ghz on an PhenomX2 is reaching the upper limits of what that silicon can do.

Ruru · Dec 1, 2019

Well, I used ~1.5V for 24/7 with X4 chips so that's not too much IMO.

lexluthermiester · Dec 1, 2019

Chloe Price said:
Well, I used ~1.5V for 24/7 with X4 chips so that's not too much IMO.

Are you sure? IIRC even for 45nm 1.54v is on the iffy side of high...

Ruru · Dec 1, 2019

lexluthermiester said:
Are you sure? IIRC even for 45nm 1.54v is on the iffy side of high...

I'm pretty sure that isn't 24/7

But back then 1.5V wasn't that special.

Mr.Scott · Dec 1, 2019

LOL.
I meant the 5700 was a mediocre clocker.
The 565 BE is a very good chip. 4.5 all day long on air, 4.8 or a little better on the chiller.

1.5v isn't anything special. When you get up over 1.6v or so you'll need a really good cooling solution to go faster.
And no, that is not a 24/7 clock. 4.4 was.

Ruru · Dec 1, 2019

Mr.Scott said:
LOL.
I meant the 5700 was a mediocre clocker.
The 565 BE is a very good chip. 4.5 all day long on air, 4.8 or a little better on the chiller.
1.5v isn't anything special. When you get up over 1.6v or so you'll need a really good cooling solution to go faster.

Very good exactly, never had a 4GHz AMD before Ryzen.

Mr.Scott · Dec 1, 2019

Chloe Price said:
Very good exactly, never had a 4GHz AMD before Ryzen.

I have a box full.
My AMD PII bin starts at 4.2 or so. Anything less is just average.

Ruru · Dec 1, 2019

Mr.Scott said:
I have a box full.
My AMD PII bin starts at 4.2 or so. Anything less is just average.

I remember when I upgraded from LGA775 to AM3, I first had X6 1055T which clocked to 3.8GHz, then I traded it to X4 965 BE (because six cores in 2011, not necessary) and got some cash (40EUR IIRC) in exchange, and damn, that was even worse with 3.7GHz..

And now when we can call AM2+/AM3 as retro, didn't have any luck with 940 BE & 955 BE neither, the first went to 3.6GHz and latter to 3.8GHz.

Mr.Scott · Dec 1, 2019

Chloe Price said:
I remember when I upgraded from LGA775 to AM3, I first had X6 1055T which clocked to 3.8GHz, then I traded it to X4 965 BE (because six cores in 2011, not necessary) and got some cash (40EUR IIRC) in exchange, and damn, that was even worse with 3.7GHz..

And now when we can call AM2+/AM3 as retro, didn't have any luck with 940 BE & 955 BE neither, the first went to 3.6GHz and latter to 3.8GHz.

I have a bunch like that also. They are about average silicon. Luck of the draw is all it comes down to.

Grog6 · Dec 1, 2019

That was back when it really was the luck of the draw; I never saw any of the really exceptional chips, but I knew they were out there.

That's kinda what made us Overclockers, the hope that "this one" might really go high.

I still remember my first over 1GHz OC, it was like riding a Unicorn, lol.

Ruru · Dec 1, 2019

Grog6 said:
That was back when it really was the luck of the draw; I never saw any of the really exceptional chips, but I knew they were out there.

That's kinda what made us Overclockers, the hope that "this one" might really go high.

I still remember my first over 1GHz OC, it was like riding a Unicorn, lol.

My HTPC is a perfect flashback from my first over 1GHz OC, the legendary E4300..

Oh boy, getting a 8800 GT. It's gonna be a damn interesting GPU review.

7800 GT
8800 GT
HD 4890
HD 4890 Crossfire
HD 6850
GT 1030
R9 290

maybe more if I just find some cheap PCIE cards

Grog6 · Dec 2, 2019

I ran 3x Crossfire 4870 cards in one x58 system, was surprised to see that those three cards drew ~900W fully loaded.

Keep that in mind.

One 7970 is only 300W, and is faster, lol.
I use a 6850 on my HTPC; it will do hardware 3d bluray decoding. (I have a 3d TV)

Have fun tesing; that looks like a cool project.

Ruru · Dec 2, 2019

I'm gonna run those in this my rig* with R5 2600 and a Seasonic 750W PSU, no problems with R9 290 CF even with OV/OC.

* though gonna grab a HDD and install a fresh W7 because

a) there's lot of old cards
b) all that driver installation is gonna take a shit to the registry

lexluthermiester · Dec 2, 2019

Grog6 said:
I still remember my first over 1GHz OC, it was like riding a Unicorn, lol.

Same here. It was a Pentium3 800mhz/100mhzFSB that only needed a slight voltage bump and being set to 133mhzFSB to effortlessly get to 1.06ghz. It was as effortless as the P3 650/100 bumped to 866/133 and the Celeron300a from 300/66 to 450/100.

Grog6 said:
Have fun tesing; that looks like a cool project.

Agreed.

Chloe Price said:
b) all that driver installation is gonna take a shit to the registry

Unless you do a registry clean after every run.

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TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

MIRTAZAPINE

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

Trekkie4

agent_x007

I scored 15 010 in 3DMark06

I scored P8 215 in 3DMark Vantage Performance

I scored X3 001 in 3DMark Vantage Extreme

Mr.Scott

Ruru

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Mr.Scott

Ruru

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Mr.Scott

Ruru

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Grog6

lexluthermiester

Ruru

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lexluthermiester

Ruru

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Mr.Scott

Ruru

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Mr.Scott

Ruru

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Mr.Scott

Grog6

Ruru

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Grog6

Ruru

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