TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[phill]

Hi,
50 something++ is lol

I suppose that could be a blessing for some then...

I'm taking a leaf out of Intel's play book and saying i'm 40+++++++++++++++++

I suppose at the moment I could go with 40=, next year will be 40+

Apologies guys, I de-railed a little here!!

 

[Mr Bill]

Unless you’re a gamer, or doing CAD work, with the high speed Internet now days, the older machines still are great. I still have an old ASRock “XP 64 bit OS” machine, it’s almost unbelievable how fast that thing still is, LGA 775 2.93 ghz core 2 duo, 4 gig ram.

 

[phill]

Unless you’re a gamer, or doing CAD work, with the high speed Internet now days, the older machines still are great. I still have an old ASRock “XP 64 bit OS” machine, it’s almost unbelievable how fast that thing still is, LGA 775 2.93 ghz core 2 duo, 4 gig ram.

Even if you are a gamer I think, having an 'older' or retro or even 'relic' build, some of the older games are still among some of the best I've ever played.. I'd still go for a Mega Drive or old 98 PC if I wanted to have a game that I couldn't stop playing It's a brilliant thing to have grown up in the 80s when it all started getting easier for everyone.. I just wish I had more money!!

 

[kiriakost]

They are two mental states for someone whom wants to be called as fist class gamer.
In the beginning you are blind from your passion for ultimate performance, and you will easily waste 300 Euro for one pair of the fastest DDR modules , total 1GB.
Fifteen years later you are starting to feel as Grand-Idiot, because your investment has some value only to your self.

I got my second pair of OCZ EL PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Rev 2 (2x512) from eBay for 40 Euro shipped, ten years later than when I got my first pair.
Nowadays all four modules they are serving at one PC that I am using as backup storage at my LAN.

Unfortunately OCZ technology this is now a dead brand-name, no one can cover the lifetime warranty.

 

[Mr Bill]

They are two mental states for someone whom wants to be called as fist class gamer.
In the beginning you are blind from your passion for ultimate performance, and you will easily waste 300 Euro for one pair of the fastest DDR modules , total 1GB.
Fifteen years later you are starting to feel as Grand-Idiot, because your investment has some value only to your self.

Sometimes I wonder if the iPhone started all this, got to have the "latest and greatest" if not, it sure didn't help. I jumped on the latest and greatest and fastest train long ago, until I finally realized, the new wears off "way" to fast, then you start all over again. By the way, when you do purchase all the "latest and greatest" it will only be a few days before it isn't the latest and greatest. I love my X58 PC, because there's so many changes/upgrades you can make by purchasing parts, that don't break the bank. When you're having to spend thousands to upgrade, it takes all the fun out of it, well unless of course you're Bill Gates.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I still have an old ASRock “XP 64 bit OS” machine

You should really bump that up to Windows 7 if for no other reason than software/driver compatibility.

Sometimes I wonder if the iPhone started all this, got to have the "latest and greatest

Nah. The whole "gotta have it" syndrome is a force of nature for human beings.

 

[phill]

They are two mental states for someone whom wants to be called as fist class gamer.
In the beginning you are blind from your passion for ultimate performance, and you will easily waste 300 Euro for one pair of the fastest DDR modules , total 1GB.
Fifteen years later you are starting to feel as Grand-Idiot, because your investment has some value only to your self.

I got my second pair of OCZ EL PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Rev 2 (2x512) from eBay for 40 Euro shipped, ten years later than when I got my first pair.
Nowadays all four modules they are serving at one PC that I am using as backup storage at my LAN.

Unfortunately OCZ technology this is now a dead brand-name, no one can cover the lifetime warranty.

That is an amazing find!! I love those DIMMs and have them in my socket A and 939 systems. I wish I could have found some boxed stuff....

 

[Mr Bill]

You should really bump that up to Windows 7 if for no other reason than software/driver compatibility.

I still use MS Office XP Professional, Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Microsoft Graphics Studio, MS Picture It, MS Encarta 2000, MS Book Shelf 2000, Print Shop Deluxe Ensemble II, Easy CD Creator 5, Nero 6.3.0.2, and CyberLink PowerDVD XP, on that machine, I can't give that all up for 7... I think I have every OS since Windows 3.0, maybe even some old Dos disks.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I still use MS Office XP Professional, Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Microsoft Graphics Studio, MS Picture It, MS Encarta 2000, MS Book Shelf 2000, Print Shop Deluxe Ensemble II, Easy CD Creator 5, Nero 6.3.0.2, and CyberLink PowerDVD XP, on that machine, I can't give that all up for 7... I think I have every OS since Windows 3.0, maybe even some old Dos disks.

If memory serves, all of those work perfectly on Windows 7, however I can appreciate not wanting to change what works well. It was only a suggestion.

 

[kiriakost]

I still use MS Office XP Professional, Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Microsoft Graphics Studio, MS Picture It, MS Encarta 2000, MS Book Shelf 2000, Print Shop Deluxe Ensemble II, Easy CD Creator 5, Nero 6.3.0.2, and CyberLink PowerDVD XP, on that machine, I can't give that all up for 7... I think I have every OS since Windows 3.0, maybe even some old Dos disks.

With our hand-proof evidence nothing will stand in the court of law.

That is an amazing find!! I love those DIMMs and have them in my socket A and 939 systems. I wish I could have found some boxed stuff....

This is my high end vault
HP d530

 

[Mr Bill]

Willie Nelson had a song out many moons ago, don't remember the name, but the lyrics went something like this, Slow down, slow down old world, There's no hurry, Cause my life ain't mine anymore
I lived too fast, Now it's too late to worry, And I'm too blue to cry anymore. It's taken me 69 years to learn to slow down, it was hard at first, very hard, but once I crossed that bridge, I see things so much more differently, and see things that were always right in front of me, that I never paid any attention to before. I wished I could have crossed that bridge 30 years ago, but I was to wrapped up in the world, life is so much more enjoyable now, I never knew this kind of life ever existed, but it does.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Name is in the first line, Slow Down Old World is the title.

 

[stinger608]

I wish I could have found some boxed stuff....

I have the packaged set exactly like @kiriakost 's second thumbnail. Good stuff.

 

[Mr Bill]

Name is in the first line, Slow Down Old World is the title.

I hope my old school thoughts about computers and life, don't get me run off from here. Been through a lot of "people" losses in my 69 years, losses can really humble a person, unless of course you have ice water in your veins, I've become a person that I could never imagine in the past. Now I'm enjoying everyday life more, "even as hard as it is" I'm glad to be off that fast train that leads to nowhere. Uncomfortable seasons/situations teach us things our comfort zone can't.

 

[TheKingGamerBr]

I still use MS Office XP Professional, Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Microsoft Graphics Studio, MS Picture It, MS Encarta 2000, MS Book Shelf 2000, Print Shop Deluxe Ensemble II, Easy CD Creator 5, Nero 6.3.0.2, and CyberLink PowerDVD XP, on that machine, I can't give that all up for 7... I think I have every OS since Windows 3.0, maybe even some old Dos disks.

I Won't be surprised if you say that you still use Dial-Up

 

[Mr Bill]

I Won't be surprised if you say that you still use Dial-Up

Naw, I've stepped up to the 2 cans and a string, but it's brought me a lot closer to my family and friends.

 

[stinger608]

Been through a lot of "people" losses in my 69 years, losses can really humble a person

Amen to that Mr Bill!!!!! I've lost some very dear friends and family over the last couple of decades and know exactly what you are saying sir.

 

[kiriakost]

Willie Nelson had a song out many moons ago, don't remember the name, but the lyrics went something like this, Slow down, slow down old world, There's no hurry,

This should become the national anthem of NVIDIA, because their hardware innovations they can hardly be adopted from the 3D developers at such sort notice between its wave of release.
Will ray-tracing turn a boring game in to something else?
Software and hardware capabilities of DirectX 10 they never got explored and used in full, and the same goes for DirectX 11.

The speed that the market this is capable to adsorb new technology and make good use, this is 10 times slower than the speed that the technology this is developed today.
This is what historians will record about 3D development and technology adoption rate at this century.

 

[The Foldinator]

Found some more, after my Blaster i never had a stand alone sound card , don't think i have the ears for it.. to hear the difference (old)
Asrock board and a FX6350 and some lets do the Twisters(Ddr2) again

Still used the board when i started posting on here again(few months back) , now selling it to upgrade my GPU(s) (fah related).

 

[Robert B]

When I was about to say THAT'S A WRAP! I found more problems with this beauty. Still untested ...

 

[phill]

I love that card, brings back so many memories after having one... Also remember trying to beat a guy over at PC Stats by trying to break 20k in 3D Mark 2001SE with it and an AMD XP-M 2500... Oh those where the days!!

 

[MaxiPro800]

Finally restored this beauty to its former glory.

ASUS G70S, w/ Geforce 8700M GT 512MB, 500GB HGST HDD and a Core 2 Duo T8300 (originally had a T7700)

 

[lexluthermiester]

Finally restored this beauty to its former glory.
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ASUS G70S, w/ Geforce 8700M GT 512MB, 500GB HGST HDD and a Core 2 Duo T8300 (originally had a T7700)

If memory serves, that system will take a C2Q, such as a Q9000, Q9100 or QX9300

 

[MaxiPro800]

If memory serves, that system will take a C2Q, such as a Q9000, Q9100 or QX9300

PM965 doesn't support Q9000, 9100 or QX9300. 800FSB CPUs are the max it can take, so basically T9500 is the max it will take.

You're probably thinking of the G71G, which does have support for the 1066FSB CPUs like Q9000,9100 or QX9300.

 

[lexluthermiester]

You're probably thinking of the G71G, which does have support for the 1066FSB CPUs like Q9000,9100 or QX9300.

I think you're right. They both came in nearly identical chassis' if not the exact same. I had one BITD and it came with a P9400 and I swapped it for a Q9200ES(2.4ghz engineering sample). It was a very zippy laptop til I traded it up for a Gateway FX P7808U which had a 17" 1920x1200 led backlit screen. The gameway came with a QX9300, but I swapped it out for the Q9200ES because it ran much cooler.

By the way, Clint just did a new vid and at the end he bid on and won a Voodoo 3500 card.