TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[lexluthermiester]

Platform

Boxed Processor

Product Family

AMD FX-Series Processors

Product Line

AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition Processors

# of CPU Cores

8

# of Threads

8

Max. Boost Clock

Up to 4.3GHz

Base Clock

4.0GHz

L1 Cache

384KB

L2 Cache

8MB

L3 Cache

8MB

Default TDP

125W

Processor Technology for CPU Cores

32nm SOI

Unlocked for Overclocking


Yes

CPU Socket

AM3+

Max. Operating Temperature (Tjmax)

61.1°C

This is my XP CPU and even "Halo CE for PC" plays just fine. Also Serious Sam 1st and 2nd Edition, Crysis, HL2...ETC.

Mine is a Lenovo Thinkcenter with a Xeon X3460 Quad and a Radeon R7-350X 2GB. I'm thinking of moving XP back to my Dell T3500 with the Xeon W3680 with a Geforce GTX 960. The Radeon is coming up short on many of the games I want to continue running on XP.

 

[Apocalypsee]

Windows 10 on a below min spec single core with less than the minimum required RAM running off of an HDD
Sounds like an interesting experiment! As for the system not detecting the full installed memory, maybe this has to do with the combination of unsupported hardware and 32-bit architecture? Like XP showing 4 GB as 3.xx?
Also, found this in the manual:
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Wait, what?? It did come with 1.25GB of RAM, two 512MB stick and 256MB sticks. It boot and runs just fine unlike what the manual says Here's how it installed; 512MB,256MB,512MB on slot 1,2,3 respectively.

Here's the GPU after a bit of cleanup, its GeCube Radeon X800GTO (you can see the sticker say GTO3?). Anyhow I love X800 cards, already got X800XP-PE AGP which is dead, X800XT PCIE also dead, X800GT (8 pipes) still working and this one is a fine addition to my collection Its the last card to support ATi Truform so having it makes it easier to play older games that supports this technology.

Soundcard is SB0100 SB live! 5.1, this is earlier model I think since its emboss with EMU10K1 on its DSP. I got several of SB Live! 5.1 before, the later one don't have that writing. I got Audigy 2 ZS, I might use that one instead of this so I can have EAX4 when playing Doom3.

It comes with Sony DVD drive and Samsung burner, see that the burner eject button is toast. I have yet to test both of this drive. as it comes unplugged.

Installing Windows XP, I cant stand the slow Windows 10 with no GPU hardware acceleration. Loading XP to memory take a long time tho. Maybe because of the weird memory config causing it. Using Easy2Boot as Rufus formatted USB drive isn't detected.

I will done few benchies tomorrow. I might remove 256MB sticks so it can run dual channel. For what I wanted to run, 1GB is plenty.

 

[Greenslade]

Why are his cards so slow?

INTEGRAL 32GBompact Flash (CF) Card
All card comes with 5 Years Manufacturer warranty
Complete with free protective case
SPECIFICATIONS
Integral CF 866x cards support the Sanitize command (the ultimate card refresh)
Complete with free protective case
32GB
Up to Read 100MB/s Write 40MB/s
VPG-20 will ensure FULL HD Video Recording
UDMA 7-enabled, for stunning performance when used with UDMA-enabled devices
New £22 i hope it is a lot faster than the speeds this guy gets on here.
cheaper than on Amazon.It is the last one the guy has got on Ebay 164 sold.

 

[lexluthermiester]

see that the burner eject button is toast.

That looks easily fixed.

 

[Outback Bronze]

Got bored last night. Went through some old GPU's to see if they still work.

Check out the rare as 9800 Pro 256MB with heatsinks on the memory. I really wish I had the original retail box for that bad boy!

 

[framebuffer]

Got bored last night. Went through some old GPU's to see if they still work.

Check out the rare as 9800 Pro 256MB with heatsinks on the memory. I really wish I had the original retail box for that bad boy!

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Nice collection, 9xxx series is awesome
I have the 9800 Pro 256 full in box, but it's from HIS, not the way nicer ATi reference one...

 

[Outback Bronze]

Nice collection, 9xxx series is awesome
I have the 9800 Pro 256 full in box, but it's from HIS, not the way nicer ATi reference one...

Wow, you keen on uploading pictures of the box and card of your HIS? Its gona give me a woody ; )

I bought that card many years ago loose and told the seller don't worry about the box : (

I've got a few more X850 Pro's and XT's too in their original retail boxes.

If I get a chance ill upload a collective picture of them all.

Cheers.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Here's the GPU after a bit of cleanup, its GeCube Radeon X800GTO (you can see the sticker say GTO3?). Anyhow I love X800 cards, already got X800XP-PE AGP which is dead, X800XT PCIE also dead, X800GT (8 pipes) still working and this one is a fine addition to my collection Its the last card to support ATi Truform so having it makes it easier to play older games that supports this technology.

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better a GTO or GTO3 than a "GTFO" ...

my own contribution to the Atom Shi... history...
(i have my Yeelight set on red ... )
Samsung N150Plus


it was my mother daily driver until i got her a Desktop (Athlon 5350 that i got back home recently too, replaced with a screen broken laptop a Lenovo G50-70 with a i7-4510U and then with a new laptop with a more recent i5)

 

[Apocalypsee]

@Outback Bronze Those are nice collection of Radeon cards, I only got one Powercolor X800GT that fully in the box with all its software/cables I buy it basically NOS (new old stock, never used). Box is similar to that Powercolor 9800 Pro you got there.

I replace the SB Live! 5.1 with Audigy 2 ZS, its a big soundcard though not as big as an ISA Soundblasters

I done 3DMark2001SE single vs dual channel RAM. ~2000 mark difference increase from removing a 256MB stick and speed upped from 333MHz to 400MHz. Should've stick with smooth edges on fonts lol, I used to disable that back then 3DMark2000 scores the same as well, and same increase going to dual channel, noting its CPU bottleneck.

 

[Ruru]

Got some air out of the X58 system's loop, runs cooler now. Also I put mixed RAM sticks so it has now 24GB (3x 4GB 1866 + 2x 4GB 1600 + 4GB 1333). Seems stable so far.

 

[lexluthermiester]

(3x 4GB 1866 + 2x 4GB 1600 + 4GB 1333)

I'm guessing they all run at 1333?

 

[Ruru]

I'm guessing they all run at 1333?

Yeah, at about ~1400. I'm currently running it with 25x multiplier and 174BCLK = 4.35GHz.

 

[framebuffer]

Wow, you keen on uploading pictures of the box and card of your HIS? Its gona give me a woody ; )

I bought that card many years ago loose and told the seller don't worry about the box : (

I've got a few more X850 Pro's and XT's too in their original retail boxes.

If I get a chance ill upload a collective picture of them all.

Cheers.

I took few pictures of my full 9500/9700/9800 collection

HIS 9700 Pro 128MB

HIS 9800 Pro 128MB

HIS 9800 Pro 256MB

Creative 9800XT 256MB

without box

(from top left)
Reference Radeon 9500 Pro
MEDION Radeon 9500 Pro
Reference FireGL X1 (9700)
Hercules 9800 Pro
Reference 9800 Pro ( with custom heatsink unfortunately )

that's all!

 

[Audioave10]

I took few pictures of my full 9500/9700/9800 collection

HIS 9700 Pro 128MB
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HIS 9800 Pro 128MB
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HIS 9800 Pro 256MB
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Creative 9800XT 256MB
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without box
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(from top left)
Reference Radeon 9500 Pro
MEDION Radeon 9500 Pro
Reference FireGL X1 (9700)
Hercules 9800 Pro
Reference 9800 Pro ( with custom heatsink unfortunately )

that's all!

They all look new!! beautiful I only have the lower models.

 

[GreiverBlade]

I took few pictures of my full 9500/9700/9800 collection

HIS 9700 Pro 128MB
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HIS 9800 Pro 128MB
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HIS 9800 Pro 256MB
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Creative 9800XT 256MB
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without box
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(from top left)
Reference Radeon 9500 Pro
MEDION Radeon 9500 Pro
Reference FireGL X1 (9700)
Hercules 9800 Pro
Reference 9800 Pro ( with custom heatsink unfortunately )

that's all!

the first one made me re listen to ...

hey! 1999... nostalgic but not hardware (well Excalibur is hardware tho ... legendary hardware ... )

and sing along ...
"Excalibur
Sword of the kings
Take me on your wings
Back where I belong
Excalibur"

ok ... i go back to my corner ...

 

[Greenslade]

Can you dual boot on a CF Card?
As i can get a 64 gb one for 11 pounds less than two 32 gb ones of the same make.

 

[Ruru]

I took few pictures of my full 9500/9700/9800 collection

HIS 9700 Pro 128MB
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HIS 9800 Pro 128MB
View attachment 257369
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HIS 9800 Pro 256MB
View attachment 257371
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Creative 9800XT 256MB
View attachment 257373
View attachment 257374

without box
View attachment 257375
(from top left)
Reference Radeon 9500 Pro
MEDION Radeon 9500 Pro
Reference FireGL X1 (9700)
Hercules 9800 Pro
Reference 9800 Pro ( with custom heatsink unfortunately )

that's all!

Nice cleaning on those, they look totally new

Can you dual boot on a CF Card?
As i can get a 64 gb one for 11 pounds less than two 32 gb ones of the same make.

Yes you can.

 

[Greenslade]

Nice cleaning on those, they look totally new


Yes you can.

Thanks i got the 64gb.

They all look new!! beautiful I only have the lower models.

Wow that is a cool collection and the boxes to Why no 9600 editions

 

[Ruru]

Thanks i got the 64gb.


Wow that is a cool collection and the boxes to Why no 9600 editions

CF cards use the same protocol as the old IDE/PATA hard drives so that's why they're usually so compatible. As it's practically a SSD.

Also probably going to buy a 6800 Ultra AGP and other stuff today.

 

[Apocalypsee]

I did a cleanup on my store to see what kind of stuff I still got, here's the GPU I got. Not as extensive as you guys, but its better than nothing. I really need an AGP system, thinking of making Pentium 4 system but we'll see...

From left, 2nd row then 3rd row; Powercolor X800GT 128MB DDR fullset, ATi Rage 128 PCI 32MB, BBA Radeon X700 Pro 256MB, Radeon 9100 128MB (I think, cant remember the memory on this one), Sapphire Radeon 9550 256MB, Radeon X800XT 256MB (dead) and Leadtek Winfast TNT2 M64 32MB

 

[Ruru]

Cool, I got the 6800U just for the postage cost as the dude has thrown its original cooler away. Luckily I have a Zalman VF700Cu for it.

 

[Bones]

Reconfigured the daily (Again) and this time I'm running an older Crosshair V with a Deneb 955 BE in place and it's working OK.
Like the A8N32 it was acting cranky at first but began acting OK once it had some runtime on it.

One thing I did have to do was to find a cooler that would work without alot of hassle. My older Opty coolers (Predecesors of the AM4 Wraith) have a tendency to "Stick" to the CPU, making it a real pain to remove without pulling the CPU with it if I have to remove it.
So instead I dug out a classic I had lying around and it's working great.
I don't have a pic of the actual cooler in use here but this is a stock pic of what it is.

Thermaltake V1 cooler and yes, it's really easy to install and remove too.

 

[Ruru]

Reconfigured the daily (Again) and this time I'm running an older Crosshair V with a Deneb 955 BE in place and it's working OK.
Like the A8N32 it was acting cranky at first but began acting OK once it had some runtime on it.

One thing I did have to do was to find a cooler that would work without alot of hassle. My older Opty coolers (Predecesors of the AM4 Wraith) have a tendency to "Stick" to the CPU, making it a real pain to remove without pulling the CPU with it if I have to remove it.
So instead I dug out a classic I had lying around and it's working great.
I don't have a pic of the actual cooler in use here but this is a stock pic of what it is.

Thermaltake V1 cooler and yes, it's really easy to install and remove too.
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Doesn't twisting the cooler help to get rid of the tight CPU-paste-cooler contact?

 

[Bones]

Doesn't twisting the cooler help to get rid of the tight CPU-paste-cooler contact?

Not with these (Opty coolers) - The mating surface is really smooth and doesn't let air get in easily for it to separate.
It also doesn't help I'm always swapping stuff around so the TIM never has time to dry out (That being a key thing about it), it's still in a semi-liquid form so it swirls with the cooler as you twist it around instead of just breaking contact.

Thinner TIM's used does help but these still do it, plus in the socket you can't twist the cooler around too much. The thing that seems to work best is with a socket that has the cooler mounting ends separated, simply sliding the cooler to one side sometimes works but then the pipes catch these ends, keeping me from sliding it all the way off.

I've noted if the mating surface on the cooler is not so smooth that actually helps, if it is smooth like these it's almost impossible to remove it without the chip coming with it.
In cases the TIM has aged/dried out it's not nearly as bad of course, much easier to get it off and not pull the chip out.
However I've dealt with this so many times it's not really a problem, more of an annoying hassle these days.

 

[framebuffer]

They all look new!! beautiful I only have the lower models.

Nice cleaning on those, they look totally new

I'm pretty sure the Radeon 9700Pro has never been used, maybe also the 9800Pro-256, but not sure about it.
The rest are just well cleaned, yes