TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Caring1]

Was given the complete system but I threw the case away as it was rusted and bent.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Price was right. Nice score.

 

[Trekkie4]

OEM machines like IBM/Lenovo, DELL, HP, Gateway, DTK, eMachines?

Right, but there are no guarantees. Usually these things are not listed, or explained in full (usually there are no technical specs), so it all comes down to pure dumb luck...

Haven't seen one of those forever! Nice! Is that the 320MB or 640MB version?


If you were in North America I'd say Ebay...


This too if you can find them..

Not really, I already checked ebay, and the prices are quite steep. Seems to be related to the keyword(s) "Tualatin", because all the prices are around 30-40$ at least if not even more. Oh yeah, and pretty much all of them are advertised as "rare & vintage", which sets the price even higher.

 

[Ruru]

"Thunder", I believe that... those older cheap CM PSUs were something I'd not plug to an outlet if I'm honest.

 

[lexluthermiester]

because all the prices are around 30-40$ at least if not even more.

$30-$40? Those are not bad prices. Grab one for that price. Hell $50 is very reasonable. Those were uncommon back then and are rare CPU's these days. IF you see one for those prices, pull the trigger and get it!

"Thunder", I believe that... those older cheap CM PSUs were something I'd not plug to an outlet if I'm honest.

I disagree. Use to use that range of PSU. Never had a problem. They were solid.

 

[Trekkie4]

$30-$40? Those are not bad prices. Grab one for that price. Hell $50 is very reasonable. Those were uncommon back then and are rare CPU's these days. IF you see one for those prices, pull the trigger and get it!


I disagree. Use to use that range of PSU. Never had a problem. They were solid.

Seriously? For a mass-produced 21 year old CPU? Besides, the mentioned price does not include shipping & customs, so in reality the amount is likely to get even higher.

Oh well, so much for that idea. Think I'll rather stick to Coppermine, those can be found just about anywhere & are usually cheap(er) or even free ... depending on where you find them

 

[Mr.Scott]

Tip:
CPU World forums usually has people from all over the world selling all kinds of older processors.......dirt cheap. Look there.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Seriously? For a mass-produced 21 year old CPU?

Seriously. If you want the best, you have to be willing to spend a penny...

Tip:
CPU World forums usually has people from all over the world selling all kinds of older processors.......dirt cheap. Look there.

..Or this.

 

[basco]

its the 640mb 8800gts Mr. luther.
evga once had a give us the old card with this specific ACs3 cooler and get a gtx 980 i believe but could not find it back then.

 

[framebuffer]

BGA memory chips. Those were generally found only on 4400/4600/4800.
Nice .

yep, they should be 2.8ns

 

[lexluthermiester]

its the 640mb 8800gts Mr. luther.
evga once had a give us the old card with this specific ACs3 cooler and get a gtx 980 i believe but could not find it back then.

Did you mean 9800GTX?

 

[Fouquin]

its the 640mb 8800gts Mr. luther.
evga once had a give us the old card with this specific ACs3 cooler and get a gtx 980 i believe but could not find it back then.

Did you mean 9800GTX?

https://asia.evga.com/articles/01196/rewind-reward-8800GTX-GTS-ACS3/Default.asp

I also missed this one because I could not get either of my 8800 GTXs out of storage in time. I was living in another state on a contract job. Also funny that EVGA themselves completely forgot that ACS3 was introduced on the 7800 GTX, not the 8800 GTX. They even had special editions of the 7800 GTX ACS3 KO that never made it to the 8800.

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Speaking of 7800s... My incredibly poor financial decision of the year just arrived.



Complete in box, accessories still wrapped and tape intact... I just couldn't pass it up.

 

[Ruru]

https://asia.evga.com/articles/01196/rewind-reward-8800GTX-GTS-ACS3/Default.asp

I also missed this one because I could not get either of my 8800 GTXs out of storage in time. I was living in another state on a contract job. Also funny that EVGA themselves completely forgot that ACS3 was introduced on the 7800 GTX, not the 8800 GTX. They even had special editions of the 7800 GTX ACS3 KO that never made it to the 8800.

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Speaking of 7800s... My incredibly poor financial decision of the year just arrived.

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Complete in box, accessories still wrapped and tape intact... I just couldn't pass it up.

Saw you posting this on Discord, I've seen also versions with blue PCB which I find kinda strange. Anyway, truly a nice one!

 

[basco]

@Fouquin i think ya know this but plz be careful with the screws on the 7800gt dual if you ever would disassembly it and in the process of putting it back together there is a chance the screw is too long and pulls through the gpu memory !
so the screw can be pulled in far more then needed !
i hope thats understandable.

combatibility can be a pain with this gem too.

and good score on that card-looks like new

 

[lexluthermiester]

@Fouquin i think ya know this but plz be careful with the screws on the 7800gt dual if you ever would disassembly it and in the process of putting it back together there is a chance the screw is too long and pulls through the gpu memory !
so the screw can be pulled in far more then needed !
i hope thats understandable.

combatibility can be a pain with this gem too.

and good score on that card-looks like new

I'll echo this. The TIM for that card will need replacement after all this time and it's important to be very careful remounting the heatsinks. Of course, Fouqin seems the careful type, so this might not need saying..

 

[Ruru]

Posted this on Discord but I may post this here as well, nothing beats a HD 3850 AGP

 

[DR4G00N]

$30-$40? Those are not bad prices. Grab one for that price. Hell $50 is very reasonable. Those were uncommon back then and are rare CPU's these days. IF you see one for those prices, pull the trigger and get it!

Seems excessive to me, I think I paid $10 max for my P3 1.4GHz years ago. Never would I pay $50 for a s370 or any other vintage cpu, because they're not rare at all.

 

[Trekkie4]

Seems excessive to me, I think I paid $10 max for my P3 1.4GHz years ago. Never would I pay $50 for a s370 or any other vintage cpu, because they're not rare at all.

My point exactly... For a moment there I thought it was just me & my weird logic. *shrug*

 

[lexluthermiester]

I think I paid $10 max for my P3 1.4GHz years ago.

That was years ago. Go hop on Ebay, let's see what you find..

Pentium 3 1.4GHz in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

Pentium 3 1.3GHz in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

because they're not rare at all.

Non-Tualatin core S360 P3's, sure.

 

[WhitetailAni]

@MaxiPro800 try setting AGP to AGP 1X. AGP 2X can have weird compatibility problems with Slot A.

 

[Trekkie4]

That was years ago. Go hop on Ebay, let's see what you find..

Pentium 3 1.4GHz in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

Pentium 3 1.3GHz in CPUs/Processors for sale | eBay

www.ebay.com

Non-Tualatin core S360 P3's, sure.

I was going to pair one of those with 440BX motherboard, but after seeing just how expensive & difficult to find Tualatins are, I have to admit I completely lost interest.

It's a shame really, it would have been a pretty cool combination...

 

[lexluthermiester]

I was going to pair one of those with 440BX motherboard, but after seeing just how expensive & difficult to find Tualatins are, I have to admit I completely lost interest.

It's a shame really, it would have been a pretty cool combination...

That wouldn't work anyway. The 440BX chipset was incompatible with the Tualatin cores. You'd need an i815 or i820 chipset based board.

 

[Trekkie4]

That wouldn't work anyway. The 440BX chipset was incompatible with the Tualatin cores. You need an i815 chipset based board.

Uhh, sorry but you're wrong. It would work ... in fact, more than few Asus P3B-F owners swear by this, but it requires either a slocket mod OR one of those lin-lin socket converters ... which I could easily obtain. For free, even.

Edit
LINK to Vogons, running a Tualatin on P3B-F

 

[lexluthermiester]

Uhh, sorry but you're wrong. It would work ... in fact, more than few Asus P3B-F owners swear by this, but it requires either a slocket mod OR one of those lin-lin socket converters ... which I could easily obtain. For free, even.

I'll take your word for that. The few times I tried a Tualatin in a 440 board they always failed to boot. The 440BX was not officially compatible with the any of the Tualatin based CPU's. IIRC, the P3BF was a frankenstein board. Is that the board you have?

 

[Trekkie4]

I'll take your word for that. The few times I tried a Tualatin in a 440 board they always failed to boot. The 440BX was not officially compatible with the any of the Tualatin based CPU's. IIRC, the P3BF was a frankenstein board. Is that the board you have?

Yes, mine is Asus P3B-F, latest revision number. Officially no, I don't believe that it was ever supported. But unofficially people are having a blast, because it essentially allows you to build the world's fastest Slot 1, I've seen reports of up to 1.5, 1.6GHz (overclocked 1.4 Tualatin) but these are not for every-day use scenario, obviously. The only "catch" is the core voltage, as the board can only go as low (1.70V), but again there are ways to work around this issue. From soldering & using different voltage regulators, all the way to keeping the Tualatin chip @ 1.70 & giving it a beefy hunk of aluminum, to keep it cool & within safe temp. zone.

What really surprised me is the flexibility of 440BX chipset itself. You would think that after converting Slot 1 into S370, and then converting S370 into S370T would cause problems, or signal delays but apparently this seems to be working perfectly fine. Google it, there are tons of documented examples

There are even All-In-One solutions available, although these are incredibly rare & difficult to find. A modified Slocket straight out of the box, which allows you to pair Coppermine compatible BX boards to run Tualatin cores

Edit
Yet another way to mod Tualatin CPU, to be used on a 440BX board. This time by physically modding the actual CPU, rather than using a commercial adapter which is how I would have done.

Edit2
Running a Lin-Lin socket converter through existing Slocket & into Slot-1 motherboard (SOURCE)