TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Robert B]

FRESH LOOT!!!!

1. Cirrus Logic CL-GD5422 * CL-GD542x EVALUATION BOARD 1MB ISA
2. Panasonic JU-475-5 - 5.25" FDD 1.2MB
3. Server in the trunk. - TYAN THUNDER K8SD PRO S2882-D (THUNDER K8SD PRO) - Opteron S940 + Opteron 244 OSA244CEP5AU - 400W PSU from another server.
4. ASUS V7700/32 (TVR) - V7700/PURE/32/G - Geforce 2 GTS 32MB
5. XAR2TD-B3/P1 - Powercolor Evil Master II Radeon 8500 PRO 275Mhz (AR2TD)
6. EPOX EP-8KTA+ *** Socket A VIA KT133 - needs a lot of caps

 

[Ruru]

Ah, yeah, it had to be PCI, not PCIe.

 

[Ahhzz]

so.... cards.... and a Cooler

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Sorry, the dual VGA is a bit fuzzy...

 

[Mr.Scott]

I have a pair of those Xigy's on my SR-2. Underrated cooler for it's time. Very good.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Bought this relatively powerful laptop a few days ago.

Gericom 1st Supersonic M6-T 1200MHz. OEM'd by (surprisingly) FIC (First International Computer). Pretty sturdy construction and easy to swap parts if needed.

Specs:

Pentium III Tualatin 1.2GHz SL5GN (yes, it runs a fully packed desktop chip)
ATI Radeon Mobility M6-P 32MB AGP4x
VIA VT82C694T chipset (also desktop chipset)
40GB Hitachi DK23EA-40 HDD
Panasonic UJDA710 DVD/CDRW
Win98SE + NUSB3.6E + KernelEX 4.52

 

[Ruru]

I'm pretty sure that I have enough RAM for any project for the rest of my life

The box has much more under those modules which are in their packages. Everything from PC133 SDRAM to DDR3-1600 with DIMM and SODIMM form, some are also ECC/ECC registered. In that bag there's also some FB-DIMM DDR2 sticks.

 

[droid-I]

^go and check how much all that RAM cost back in the day No, do not. Now to find a way to make use for all that Random Access Memory

 

[Ruru]

^go and check how much all that RAM cost back in the day No, do not. Now to find a way to make use for all that Random Access Memory

Some day I'll check most of those how they overclock.. though I also need a motherboard which used DDR as all I have are dead (I need a Socket A board), and I could also use an AM3 board. Probably next on my list when getting old hardware.


edit: Let's have some fun before I put this card to my XP machine.. I was surprised to see that this has 384 shaders, all the info about R7 240 OEM was about a 320 shader one. Cool.

 

[onemanhitsquad]

loved the 5870 ...these will be going back into the X58 P6T6 WS build

 

[Ruru]

Damn, I was able to push the max on Afterburner, removing the limits didn't help as in 3D the clock stayed at 1GHz. 3DMark reports this R7 240 it as HD 8570 as it's the same card with different name.

Stock (730 (780 boost)/900): https://www.3dmark.com/fs/26791913

OC @ 1000/1170: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/26792126

 

[Greenslade]

I'm pretty sure that I have enough RAM for any project for the rest of my life

The box has much more under those modules which are in their packages. Everything from PC133 SDRAM to DDR3-1600 with DIMM and SODIMM form, some are also ECC/ECC registered. In that bag there's also some FB-DIMM DDR2 sticks.

It looks like it from that lot.

Damn, I was able to push the max on Afterburner, removing the limits didn't help as in 3D the clock stayed at 1GHz. 3DMark reports this R7 240 it as HD 8570 as it's the same card with different name.

Stock (730 (780 boost)/900): https://www.3dmark.com/fs/26791913

OC @ 1000/1170: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/26792126

Why did they change the names of there cards?,It gets confusion

 

[Valantar]

Why did they change the names of there cards?,It gets confusion

It's been quite common throughout the years to re-brand previous generations cards as lower tier cards in newer generations. It's a massive cost savings (no need to lay out and produce a brand-new die) and enables a wider scale of price and performance without the negative PR effect of forcing people to buy "old" products. A new lower midrange product will typically be (far) more attractive to any potential buyer than an old upper midrange product, even if they are literally the same thing beneath the stickers.

 

[Greenslade]

It's been quite common throughout the years to re-brand previous generations cards as lower tier cards in newer generations. It's a massive cost savings (no need to lay out and produce a brand-new die) and enables a wider scale of price and performance without the negative PR effect of forcing people to buy "old" products. A new lower midrange product will typically be (far) more attractive to any potential buyer than an old upper midrange product, even if they are literally the same thing beneath the stickers.

Thanks for explaining all that to me.

 

[Greenslade]

This. They're not as slow as you might think, especially if you don't have anything else in other PCI slots.

However, there is the following option that seems to have been missed. I have used this one in the past and it works perfectly.

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This allows a user to plug in SATA devices directly into the existing IDE ports on the board, which is very handy!

 

[mstenholm]

I just took the card to CEX and told them that i had put the connecter in the wrong way round. I think they must have thought i was an idiotAnd told them i got it from ebay, one of the staff said why did i not send it back.For one i have had it to long.And that i had asked on a tech site and people had said that the card has been damage.I asked them to test it which they are doing now.What if it does work when they test it?Some one on youtube got a PC for 30 pounds with a graphics card in it but it did not work ,he tried it in another PC and it worked, i hope that is not the case for me.Have you seen my post on which GPU i should buy?

GTX 660 TI v HD7870 for XP/Best GPU/CPU comparison sites.*Game Debate*says the GTX 660TI is 10% better than the HD7870.But when i look on youtube there very close with the HD7870 edging ahead by a small margin in the games it is showing.https://youtu.be/H2blPzxouyc?t=3​

Which one should i go for ? Both are the same price on CEX .I can collect one from there shop .The GTX660 TI will have to be posted.
And whats your views on *Game Debate*and other GPU /CPU comparison sites?And the best ones.?

Wrong forum

 

[Greenslade]

Wrong forum

I have removed it

 

[onemanhitsquad]

the beginning of the "3D" movement I believe...some cards of the time came with glasses , I have a couple of them , but I also bought the Revelator kit and had fun with the "wave of the future", I am looking at aquiring the Elsa Victory II card (3Dfx) , preferably boxed , but can't be too picky.

 

[Ruru]

the beginning of the "3D" movement I believe...some cards of the time came with glasses , I have a couple of them , but I also bought the Revelator kit and had fun with the "wave of the future", I am looking at aquiring the Elsa Victory II card (3Dfx) , preferably boxed , but can't be too picky.



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I remember having stereoscopic 3D glasses too back in the day, they were Gainward's. And it actually worked pretty damn fine, I had a 21" Trinitron which handled high refresh rates.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I remember having stereoscopic 3D glasses too back in the day, they were Gainward's. And it actually worked pretty damn fine, I had a 21" Trinitron which handled high refresh rates.

Always wanted to try a set of those just to see the effect. Never saw a set of them though.

 

[Ruru]

Always wanted to try a set of those just to see the effect. Never saw a set of them though.

My uncle got those for me in Christmas 2005 IIRC. Though had to play with a lower resolution as those needed high refresh rate and I still had a GF4 Ti 4200-8x which wasn't a powerhouse anymore

Too bad that I've lost those

 

[QuietBob]

the beginning of the "3D" movement I believe...some cards of the time came with glasses , I have a couple of them , but I also bought the Revelator kit and had fun with the "wave of the future", I am looking at aquiring the Elsa Victory II card (3Dfx) , preferably boxed , but can't be too picky.



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Great score with that Erazor package, shrink-wrapped no less!

My introduction to true 3D graphics on the computer was the 1995 S3 Virge, which my roommate had in his PC back in college. But my first actual experience would have to be the 1992 Virtua Racing game in the arcade. And I can vaguely recall the revolutionary music video to Dire Straits' Money for Nothing, which came out in 1985:

 

[Ruru]

Great score with that Erazor package, shrink-wrapped no less!

My introduction to true 3D graphics on the computer was the 1995 S3 Virge, which my roommate had in his PC back in college. But my first actual experience would have to be the 1992 Virtua Racing game in the arcade. And I can vaguely recall the revolutionary music video to Dire Straits' Money for Nothing, which came out in 1985:

ViRGE, the legendary 3D "decelerator". Never had one as I got into PCs in 2003 after I got my relatives' old junk IBM which was hella old with its Pentium MMX. Few months later and I already had Pentium II, 160MB and a GeForce 2 MX so I could already play some games.

What's weird that I'm missing a GF2MX on my AGP cards box. Need to get one, a standard MX with 32MB of 128-bit SDR.

 

[QuietBob]

ViRGE, the legendary 3D "decelerator". Never had one as I got into PCs in 2003 after I got my relatives' old junk IBM which was hella old with its Pentium MMX. Few months later and I already had Pentium II, 160MB and a GeForce 2 MX so I could already play some games.

What's weird that I'm missing a GF2MX on my AGP cards box. Need to get one, a standard MX with 32MB of 128-bit SDR.

Oh, the great days of early 3D!
The first 3D accelerator card I owned was the Riva128, had it paired with a Celeron 300A. My next PC was an AthlonXP 1700+ paired with the GF2 MX400. Late 1990s is when 3D gaming really took off on the PC!

 

[Ruru]

Oh, the great days of early 3D!
The first 3D accelerator card I owned was the Riva128, had it paired with a Celeron 300A. My next PC was an AthlonXP 1700+ paired with the GF2MX400. Late 1990s is when 3D gaming really took off on the PC!

Yeah, I've got a picture what those early days of 3D cards were, thanks to youtube and people who make videos of those

Would be nice to have another desk though so I could have an AGP setup always ready for use, instead of keeping all the old hardware in the closet, out of the way

 

[onemanhitsquad]

"Great score with that Erazor package, shrink-wrapped no less!"

I bought those new and never opened the ErazorX as I had other cards already in play...luckily my wife is "ate up" with the hobby as well. When I met her she was rocking one of the big azz custom Gateway 2000 machines with 3Dfx.

**** after a quick check hers was a 1998 Gateway tower which came after the "2000" when they were updating their product line