Rare GPUs / Unreleased GPUs

[erek]

Traded my Intel Larrabee (Rev. 1) for this interesting Engineering Sample

 

[lexluthermiester]

Traded my Intel Larrabee (Rev. 1) for this interesting Engineering Sample

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That backplate heatsink needs some love. White Vinegar would likely do the trick.

 

[DFX87]

Got a new G70 ES card for my collection. The e-tag contains a very strange entry.
Anyone have any idea what this could mean?

 

[erek]

Got a new G70 ES card for my collection. The e-tag contains a very strange entry.
Anyone have any idea what this could mean?

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Oh wow, that’s beautiful. Never saw one of these before! Another reference translucent green shroud !!!

 

[The red spirit]

Oh wow, that’s beautiful. Never saw one of these before! Another reference translucent green shroud !!!

I have seen it somewhere. Hm, let met me think... Oh:

 

[DFX87]

Quadro 6000 ES

 

[Darthgrey]

Here are some GeForce 6800 Ultra, both were made in a USA, the one with e-tag and universal AGP is not working from the beginning, tag says that shader is broken and there are plenty artifacts on the screen. Second one with D-SUB and DVI (like 6800GT had) is working perfectly.

 

[P4-630]

Here are some GeForce 6800 Ultra, both were made in a USA, the one with e-tag and universal AGP is not working from the beginning, tag says that shader is broken and there are plenty artifacts on the screen. Second one with D-SUB and DVI (like 6800GT had) is working perfectly.

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I have had a XFX GeForce 6800 GS XXX (pcie) in the past, was my first nvidia gpu, but shortly after that switched back to ati/amd
Nowadays nvidia again haha.

 

[LTUGamer]

In the office we are using PC with integrated Intel HD graphics. However electronic guys bring box with graphics cards to replace integrated graphics. There was the cringiest power port and the worst cooling solution I have ever seen.

 

[The red spirit]

In the office we are using PC with integrated Intel HD graphics. However electronic guys bring box with graphics cards to replace integrated graphics. There was the cringiest power port and the worst cooling solution I have ever seen. View attachment 212235

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Just market it as rare engineering sample on eBay and somebody will buy it XD

 

[pavle]

In the office we are using PC with integrated Intel HD graphics. However electronic guys bring box with graphics cards to replace integrated graphics. There was the cringiest power port and the worst cooling solution I have ever seen.

Funny, also with a bad condenser, that first one. I don't know if that heatsink is enough for GeForce 4 Ti 4400/4600; the retention mechanism also leaves much to be desired.

 

[The red spirit]

Funny, also with a bad condenser, that first one. I don't know if that heatsink is enough for GeForce 4 Ti 4400/4600; the retention mechanism also leaves much to be desired.

Funny thing is that that guy also failed to replace Intel HD Graphics, since those cards are both AGP. Earliest Intel HDs were on like first gen i7/i5/i3. Before that, there were GMAs and Extreme Graphics. Also first card has one bad or nearly dead capacitor (it's expanding) and second card has two fan headers available, so I guess that second card is some late AGP era card and quite powerful one, but with that "electronics engineer cooling solution" it's going to artifact from overheating. To be honest, that person really shouldn't be working as IT staff. I can only say that intended upgrade certainly didn't go well.

 

[Valantar]

Funny thing is that that guy also failed to replace Intel HD Graphics, since those cards are both AGP. Earliest Intel HDs were on like first gen i7/i5/i3. Before that, there were GMAs and Extreme Graphics. Also first card has one bad or nearly dead capacitor (it's expanding) and second card has two fan headers available, so I guess that second card is some late AGP era card and quite powerful one, but with that "electronics engineer cooling solution" it's going to artifact from overheating. To be honest, that person really shouldn't be working as IT staff. I can only say that intended upgrade certainly didn't go well.

I was about to ask what kind of PCs you are using if some random old AGP GPUs were an upgrade to the graphics Good to hear things weren't that bad.

 

[The red spirit]

I was about to ask what kind of PCs you are using if some random old AGP GPUs were an upgrade to the graphics Good to hear things weren't that bad.

Considering how slow Intel HD stuff used to be, I wouldn't be surprised that some Radeon HD 3850 AGP would beat it. The only issue is that as display adapter AGP card wouldn't be better and it might not have any driver that functions in Windows 10. I still to this day remember the horror of Intel HD, I wanted to see how fast they are and decided to run NFS MW 2005. It was just awful. With resolution cranked down to 640x480 and graphics set to low it managed to output just barely playable fps. At the time game was 7 ears old. It was an inexcusable garbage for anything 3D, pretty poor display adapter as there only was VGA out. Somewhere around HD 4000 series, they started to get a lot better and you could expect to run some AAA games from years ago at 720p low. A big leap was UHD series, those IGPs could play older AAA titles at 720p 1080p low and get 45-60 fps. And the latest Xe graphics are also pretty good, now you can do the same, but at higher fps or better graphics. Quite a bit of latest AAA titles should be playable too. The only thing is that most demanding AAA titles won't run at 720p low, but give Intel few more years and they might just make even faster IGP that could run then latest and most demanding AAA titles at 720p low. If Intel continues to improve IGP as much as they did until now, quite soon they may unironically start to compete with AMD.

 

[Valantar]

Considering how slow Intel HD stuff used to be, I wouldn't be surprised that some Radeon HD 3850 AGP would beat it. The only issue is that as display adapter AGP card wouldn't be better and it might not have any driver that functions in Windows 10. I still to this day remember the horror of Intel HD, I wanted to see how fast they are and decided to run NFS MW 2005. It was just awful. With resolution cranked down to 640x480 and graphics set to low it managed to output just barely playable fps. At the time game was 7 ears old. It was an inexcusable garbage for anything 3D, pretty poor display adapter as there only was VGA out. Somewhere around HD 4000 series, they started to get a lot better and you could expect to run some AAA games from years ago at 720p low. A big leap was UHD series, those IGPs could play older AAA titles at 720p 1080p low and get 45-60 fps. And the latest Xe graphics are also pretty good, now you can do the same, but at higher fps or better graphics. Quite a bit of latest AAA titles should be playable too. The only thing is that most demanding AAA titles won't run at 720p low, but give Intel few more years and they might just make even faster IGP that could run then latest and most demanding AAA titles at 720p low. If Intel continues to improve IGP as much as they did until now, quite soon they may unironically start to compete with AMD.

Intel's 96EU Xe mobile iGPUs are actually faster than Vega 8 in the 4000 and 5000-series APUs - though not across the board, as driver support is still a bit iffy. But they're noticeably faster in quite a few titles. Of course AMD will trounce Intel once again when they move to RDNA(2) APUs, but Intel has improved massively with the Xe arch. Still, I consider anything before that unusable for gaming outside of 2D or extremely rudimentary games - my i7-8650u work laptop is utterly useless for 3D at least. On the other hand I'm decently happy with my HTPC's Vega 7 (4650G), though that's paired with DDR4-3800 and overclocked slightly. Handles light titles like Rocket League pretty well (70-90fps at 900p medium). Fingers crossed that DDR5 APUs will finally get us over the threshold to properly useful gaming APUs. The Steam Deck sure shows promise, at least.

 

[The red spirit]

Intel's 96EU Xe mobile iGPUs are actually faster than Vega 8 in the 4000 and 5000-series APUs - though not across the board, as driver support is still a bit iffy. But they're noticeably faster in quite a few titles. Of course AMD will trounce Intel once again when they move to RDNA(2) APUs, but Intel has improved massively with the Xe arch. Still, I consider anything before that unusable for gaming outside of 2D or extremely rudimentary games - my i7-8650u work laptop is utterly useless for 3D at least. On the other hand I'm decently happy with my HTPC's Vega 7 (4650G), though that's paired with DDR4-3800 and overclocked slightly. Handles light titles like Rocket League pretty well (70-90fps at 900p medium). Fingers crossed that DDR5 APUs will finally get us over the threshold to properly useful gaming APUs. The Steam Deck sure shows promise, at least.

Well, I wonder how fast RDNA2 IGP is going to be. And even more I wonder when Intel will match it. I get a feeling that we won't need to wait long to find out. Integrated graphics are getting faster at incredible rate.

 

[Fouquin]

I don't know if that heatsink is enough for GeForce 4 Ti 4400/4600

It absolutely is not.

 

[lexluthermiester]

It absolutely is not.

Until you mount an 80mm fan to it. Then you're good.
/s

 

[erek]

Just arrived today from China. ES Revision A2

 

[P4-630]

AMD RX570 dual GPU

The resizable BAR "Enabled" seems incorrect though....

https://bbs.saraba1st.com/2b/thread-2020538-1-1.html

 

[The red spirit]

AMD RX570 dual GPU

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https://bbs.saraba1st.com/2b/thread-2020538-1-1.html

That's quite impressive card. Do normal RX 570 drivers work?

 

[P4-630]

That's quite impressive card. Do normal RX 570 drivers work?

Edited post, added GPU-Z screenshot.

It's not my GPU btw.

 

[The red spirit]

Edited post, added GPU-Z screenshot.

It's not my GPU btw.

That's a shame, but I guess they are rare and expensive. I wonder how well it could compete with Vega 56 with functioning crossfire.

 

[Darthgrey]

That's a shame, but I guess they are rare and expensive. I wonder how well it could compete with Vega 56 with functioning crossfire.

Like a usual RX 570 in crossfire mode against Vega56?

 

[The red spirit]

Like a usual RX 570 in crossfire mode against Vega56?

Interesting. Vega 56 had less cores, but they had more IPC than GCN 4 cores. I thought that two RX 570s could match low tier Vega. Oh well. I also wonder if dual GPUs on single card are still faster than crossfire. After all, for GPUs to effectively communicate, I would imagine that PCIe X16 is really slow (Compare PCIe with GPU's vRAM speed, there's a huge difference between them). That's why devs are encouraged to reduce draw calls. Dual GPU RX 570, I guess, is faster as it lets GPUs to have as fast bus as they need.