TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

debs3759 · Aug 27, 2014

My oldest graphics card, and the second revision of ATI's first VGA card, VGA Wonder. Made in 1988, 6 years before I built my first PC.

Jstn7477 · Aug 28, 2014

debs3759 said:
My oldest graphics card, and the second revision of ATI's first VGA card, VGA Wonder. Made in 1988, 6 years before I built my first PC.

I had one of these, scrapped from my great grandfather's non-functional Leading Edge (Intel 286?) PC that I acquired in late 2007 when he passed away. The card still worked fine, except the yellow capacitors for the VRAM all slowly caught on fire and sizzled away, so the PII-350/440BX Compaq I got from him that I tested the card in had a gentle stream of smoke streaming out of it and the card ran quite hot. I also acquired an AST 486-66DX2 that had 20MB of RAM I believe, upgraded it with some SIMMs but being from 1994 it didn't like the higher density ones so I got maybe 48MB working properly, though 64MB at one point with improper RAM configuration as one stick in the computer was a 16MB/12 chip? special upgrade stick.

emissary42 · Aug 28, 2014

Who remembers these elkos (or that card)?

Someone wanna guess the board? Yes, it is a really crappy one^^

Misaki · Aug 28, 2014

emissary42 said:
Who remembers these elkos (or that card)?

Someone wanna guess the board? Yes, it is a really crappy one^^

I'm sure that is ECS K7S5A. Very popular in ~2004 because it was cheap. With modded BIOS results were not bad at all...
But neverending sound problems! I'm used SoundBlaster 128 PCI because C-Media card on this board simply dosen't wanted to work.

emissary42 · Aug 28, 2014

Misaki said:
I'm sure that is ECS K7S5A. Very popular in ~2004 because it was cheap. With modded BIOS results were not bad at all...

It never could compete with my older abit NF7-S v2.0 and didn't get very old. But you are right, it is a K7S5A.

GreiverBlade · Aug 28, 2014

xLDKx NewYorker said:
Misc Gateway Tower
Gateway PSU from tower ¿300w?
Intel WarmSprings440BX from Misc Gateway
Katmai Slot 1 Pentium 3 @550MHz from Pile O'Parts
Geforce 2 Pro 64mB w/ATI Fan @100MHz from Pile O'Parts
2x256mB SDRAM @MHz from Dell Optiplex GX100
40gB WD from Misc Acer
2xDVD-RW from Pile O'Parts
http://imgur.com/a/vFqII
Edit... Came from GCF so cut me a break if you notice what I did not while taking these pics... Otherwise disregard this last bit in it's entirety

at last xD

btw use simply the upload a file button then thumbnail or full size

(not a fan of imgur, except for private conversation where the button "upload a file" is absent)

xLDKx NewYorker · Aug 28, 2014

Misc Gateway Tower
Gateway PSU from tower ¿300w?
Intel WarmSprings440BX from Misc Gateway
Katmai Slot 1 Pentium 3 @550MHz from Pile O'Parts
Geforce 2 Pro 64mB w/ATI Fan @100MHz from Pile O'Parts
2x256mB SDRAM @MHz from Dell Optiplex GX100
40gB WD from Misc Acer
2xDVD-RW from Pile O'Parts

Edit... Came from GCF so cut me a break if you notice what I did not while taking these pics... Otherwise disregard this last bit in it's entirety

Edit...... Gonna go shoot myself in the head now. Blame it on Imgur

debs3759 · Aug 28, 2014

My new bulbs arrived in the mail this morning. I think the lighting is better on this pic of the same card as my last pic. Haven't tested it on a motherboard yet, but I'm not as bothered about larger items. I want decent graphics card pics for my website

Still gonna experiment and try to get more light, but this'll do for now.

GreiverBlade · Aug 28, 2014

xLDKx NewYorker said:
Edit... Came from GCF so cut me a break if you notice what I did not while taking these pics... Otherwise disregard this last bit in it's entirety

that is not a valide excuse, new place : you learn to use it

xLDKx NewYorker said:
Edit...... Gonna go shoot myself in the head now. Blame it on Imgur

nah it's fine anyway.

new lessons : you can edit your post with the edit link on the bottom left of the post

instead of redo a new one and delete the old one

also "more options" button for getting the full editor with "upload a file" button when editing

xLDKx NewYorker · Aug 28, 2014

GreiverBlade said:
that is not a valide excuse, new place : you learn to use it

nah it's fine anyway.

new lessons : you can edit your post with the edit link on the bottom left of the post instead of redo a new one and delete the old one

also "more options" button for getting the full editor with "upload a file" button when editing

I realized about the edit function, It's that I did over 9000ah-rue edits... I get mad easy, which is not a good mix with older PC's. Wouldn't be the first time I, literally, put my hand through an LCD monitor. I've also busted my hand on a CRT and a on a brick wall

I have issues I know, working on it...

stinger608 · Aug 28, 2014

And of course I added you to the original post New Yorker!! :respect:

xLDKx NewYorker · Aug 28, 2014

stinger608 said:
And of course I added you to the original post New Yorker!!

Original post?
Nvm I got it, thanks man... Nice MoBo's btw

debs3759 · Aug 30, 2014

Oops. I just negotiated a price on a Voodoo3 2000 AGP - seller had it listed for £20 and I persuaded him to sell it to me for £15. After I paid I went to get other details from my database, and it turns out i already have one! Only paid £2.80 for the one I have as well. Oops, that'll teach me for rushing into a purchase

Can't even SLI them

Misaki · Aug 30, 2014

debs3759 said:
Oops. I just negotiated a price on a Voodoo3 2000 AGP - seller had it listed for £20 and I persuaded him to sell it to me for £15. After I paid I went to get other details from my database, and it turns out i already have one! Only paid £2.80 for the one I have as well. Oops, that'll teach me for rushing into a purchase Can't even SLI them

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but only Voodoo 2 had SLI option . In home I have 2 motherboards with integrated Voodoo 3 2000 8MB and I can't SLI them :laugh:

P4-630 · Aug 30, 2014

Misaki said:
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but only Voodoo 2 had SLI option . In home I have 2 motherboards with integrated Voodoo 3 2000 8MB and I can't SLI them

What kind of games can you run on that?

debs3759 · Aug 30, 2014

Misaki said:
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but only Voodoo 2 had SLI option .

That's why I can't SLI them. That and the fact there are no dual AGP motherboards

Misaki · Aug 30, 2014

P4-630 said:
What kind of games can you run on that?

Quake 3 on low
Quake 2 :rockout:

UT99
Worms Amageddon
Red Alert

Probably much more

P4-630 · Aug 30, 2014

debs3759 said:
My new bulbs arrived in the mail this morning. I think the lighting is better on this pic of the same card as my last pic. Haven't tested it on a motherboard yet, but I'm not as bothered about larger items. I want decent graphics card pics for my website Still gonna experiment and try to get more light, but this'll do for now.

No fans needed on this card?

debs3759 · Aug 30, 2014

P4-630 said:
No fans needed on this card?

LOL. That is ATI's first ever VGA card. The only fan it needs is collectors like me :peace:

debs3759 · Aug 30, 2014

Misaki said:
Quake 3 on low
Quake 2
UT99
Worms Amageddon
Red Alert

Probably much more

Don't forget Doom! I had a friend inn '95 who showed off his shiny new laptop that played Doom with good graphics for the time. pretty sure any Voodoo chip would stomp all over it!

P4-630 · Aug 30, 2014

debs3759 said:
LOL. That is ATI's first ever VGA card. The only fan it needs is collectors like me

What would it be worth if you would sell it? Prehistoric LOL

Found one for sale on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATi-VGA-Won...mputing_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5b037c86a8

I guess you just keep it, it might be worth more in the future!

debs3759 · Aug 30, 2014

P4-630 said:
What would it be worth if you would sell it? Prehistoric LOL

I only recently bought it for my collection

Found one for sale on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATi-VGA-Won...mputing_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5b037c86a8

Mine only cost $15, it sometimes pays to have contacts

unfortunately, buying the memory to upgrade to 512 KB RAM wasn't so cheap (but still less than half the normal eBay price). So ultimate;y it will have cost almost as much (only because I wanted the extra RAM to be the same make and similar date code, could have been cheaper).

Ruru · Aug 31, 2014

Damn, I always wanted a Socket A board with 4 ddr slots, but I never got one.

MaxiPro800 · Aug 31, 2014

emissary42 said:
Someone wanna guess the board? Yes, it is a really crappy one^^

ECS K7S5A/PCChips M830 ,I' happened to have one of those and even with bulged caps near CPU it worked rock solid.It would forget CMOS settings tho.

K7S6A was beter IMO. I happened to have it and it ran fine with everything I threw at it. The only problem that it had (same for my current ASUS P4P800-VM)is that it would forget the CMOS settings,but I fixed that with modbin anyway.

Anyways if you want to,you can put a Chaintech 7SID BIOS in there. If you want to do so,ask me and I'll do a BIOS file for you to flash.

stinger608 · Aug 31, 2014

9700 Pro said:
Damn, I always wanted a Socket A board with 4 ddr slots, but I never got one.

Always seemed like they were few and far between. I just recently got my hand on the DFI board with 4 slots.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-UD5 WiFi LGA2011-v3\| Stock
Cooling	Corsair H100i v2 w/ 2x EK Vardar F4-120ER + various 120/140mm case fans \| Stock
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Case	Lancool / Silverstone / Thermaltake / Cubitek
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Power Supply	80plus Platinum
Software	-
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Cooling	HR-22 / Silver Arrow IB-E / Archon SB-E / Mega Shadow / TRUE-Black
Memory	Corsair Dominator GT / GTX / Platinum, G.SKILL Flare / Perfect Storm / Pi / Trident (X/Z), OCZ Blade
Video Card(s)	mostly obscure stuff
Case	Lancool / Silverstone / Thermaltake / Cubitek
Audio Device(s)	-
Power Supply	80plus Platinum
Software	-
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Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/USAMS GAN PD 33w/USAMS GAN 100w
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75%/Lofree Edge/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 14/Win11 64
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Processor	i7 3610qm
Memory	12gB DDR3 1666
Video Card(s)	GTX 670M 4gB
Storage	2x750gB
Display(s)	17.6" Nvidia GF3D2 120hz

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