TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Random Murderer]

Not really retro,but I just changed some stuff in my LGA775 main system (my daily driver actually) - I replaced the CPU (a old Pentium E2180) with a Pentium E5200 2.5GHz.

The thing that makes it quite overkill? I replaced my aged GT210 1GB GPU with a Radeon R7 240 2GB. The crazy thing? It does boot and works fine. It's pretty fast now compared to how it was working before with the E2180. We're talking about DDR2 stuff here

I wish you were in the US, I have three Q6600 G0 chips just lying around.

 

[erek]

I wish you were in the US, I have three Q6600 G0 chips just lying around.

couldn't it be possible to build an AGP rig around that chip?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/VIA/775Dual-VSTA/

or is this a better platform?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/nvidia/am2nf3-vsta/

 

[Random Murderer]

couldn't it be possible to build an AGP rig around that chip?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/VIA/775Dual-VSTA/

or is this a better platform?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/nvidia/am2nf3-vsta/

I actually have a 775Dual-VSTA board, it is possible to run AGP on it, but the VIA chipset had a ton of software issues and was generally a pain to use. I also have two P5W-DH Deluxe boards, a Rampage Formula, a DFI X48-T3RS, and an EVGA 790i Ultra SLI. LGA775 was a lot of fun.

 

[erek]

I actually have a 775Dual-VSTA board, it is possible to run AGP on it, but the VIA chipset had a ton of software issues and was generally a pain to use. I also have two P5W-DH Deluxe boards, a Rampage Formula, a DFI X48-T3RS, and an EVGA 790i Ultra SLI. LGA775 was a lot of fun.

Hmm, what about a 4CoreDual-SATA2 ?
Hmm, that AM2NF3 board... it supposrts AM3 Phenom II X4 ... is that generally a better performer than the Core 2 Quads?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/nvidia/am2nf3-vsta/#CPU

 

[dorsetknob]

couldn't it be possible to build an AGP rig around that chip?

Possible OF COURSE it is
My Bench Test rig for Retro Stuff is
Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2
Its q6600 Cpu
Ram Either DDR400 or DDR2 800 (2 gig )
Has Both AGP8x and PCIx 16 (4x electrical ).

Asrock released a few variant boards in 775 that run AGP or PCIx

 

[erek]

Possible OF COURSE it is
My Bench Test rig for Retro Stuff is
Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2
Its q6600 Cpu
Ram Either DDR400 or DDR2 800 (2 gig )
Has Both AGP8x and PCIx 16 (4x electrical ).

Asrock released a few variant boards in 775 that run AGP or PCIx

Would the nForce3 250 / Phenom II X4 platform outperform that Core 2 Quad platform?

 

[Random Murderer]

Hmm, what about a 4CoreDual-SATA2 ?
Hmm, that AM2NF3 board... it supposrts AM3 Phenom II X4 ... is that generally a better performer than the Core 2 Quads?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/nvidia/am2nf3-vsta/#CPU

I can't comment on AMD of that generation, I jumped straight from socket 939 to AM3+ in AMD.
In all good consciousness, I could not recommend either the 775Dual-VSTA nor the 4CoreDual-SATA2. They are essentially the same board and suffer from the same problems. Beyond the novelty of having DDR I and II on the same board and PCIe and AGP on the same board, these were budget boards designed to help people upgrade from AGP/DDR systems to PCIe/DDRII systems while using the same CPU and offering a CPU upgrade path. The idea was neat, but the implementation definitely left a lot to be desired.
Nowadays, if you're going to pick up one of those boards, be prepared to troubleshoot them and/or heavily modify them. These boards actually turned out to be decent overclocking boards, once you hard-modded several things on the board.

 

[dorsetknob]

don't know last AMD i had was a Durexon 800
but i personally doubt it

still got it archived on a shelf and it still boots and works

 

[Mr.Scott]

Would the nForce3 250 / Phenom II X4 platform outperform that Core 2 Quad platform?

No, it will not.
I own both Asrock boards.
Bought and modded them both specifically to bench AGP cards.
I like the AMD board better but get better scores on the Intel board.

 

[deflipe]

P4, case thermaltake

 

[deflipe]

Boys !! I just trade a 500gb sata hard drive for this beautiful Gateway E-4200.

Has a Pentium II of 350mhz, Ati rage and sound Creative Vibra 16

 

[erek]

Finally received the replacement motherboard and installed it today (from Latvia) no bulging capacitors

 

[erek]

Here's the GPU-Z NV30 BIOS Dump: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B78JrnhrwKa3dFpnLVJibXloRUU/view?usp=sharing

 

[erek]

I can't believe you found one. What did you pay for that?
Seriously, it's easier to find a VooDoo 6000.

I spent 2 years posting in FS sections of forums before someone PMed me on [H]ard|OCP with the real deal. how much do you suspect it is worth or that I should have paid for it first before I reveal?

 

[deflipe]

 

[Mr.Scott]

I spent 2 years posting in FS sections of forums before someone PMed me on [H]ard|OCP with the real deal. how much do you suspect it is worth or that I should have paid for it first before I reveal?

I know you did. I tour many of the same forums.
Worth is in the eye of the beholder. I know you were offering up to $200 at one point.
Actual worth of the card is probably less than $50 and that's being generous, but there just aren't many around so that increases the price for those that really want one.

 

[erek]

I know you did. I tour many of the same forums.
Worth is in the eye of the beholder. I know you were offering up to $200 at one point.
Actual worth of the card is probably less than $50 and that's being generous, but there just aren't many around so that increases the price for those that really want one.

$600 shipped is what i paid

 

[dorsetknob]

Worth is in the eye of the beholder. I know you were offering up to $200 at one point.

Recollect he was offering up to $300 here on the forums ( too much Derision from some )
Glad he has got what he wanted ( irrespective of what he payed).

 

[erek]

Recollect he was offering up to $300 here on the forums ( too much Derision from some )
Glad he has got what he wanted ( irrespective of what he payed).

$600 Shipped is what I ended up paying

 

[dorsetknob]

Someone Some where on the various Forums is saying
"" Shit i got one of those could have mugged him for a nice profit""
Enjoy the Card ( and no i don't have one )

 

[Mr.Scott]

Too rich for my blood.
Enjoy that card.
I do not have one either.

 

[P4-630]

Finally received the replacement motherboard and installed it today (from Latvia) no bulging capacitors

Looking good! As new! Also the hot air gets blown right out of the case.
But damn, that noise, louder than my vacuum cleaner lol!

And that price... $600

 

[Mr.Scott]

Someone Some where on the various Forums is saying
"" Shit i got one of those could have mugged him for a nice profit""

They did.

 

[MaxiPro800]

I just got some stuff recently:

Frontier 8865KHA case
Allied AL-8400BTX 400W PSU
ASRock K7VT4A+ w/ Athlon 2500+
Marvo M309 Gaming Mouse
Segotep C-K108 Keyboard
Western Digital WD400BB 40GB HDD
Maxtor 4D40H2 40GB HDD
PS2 SCPH-77004 w/ 2 memory cards
nVidia Geforce MX440 64MB AGP8x

 

[Ahhzz]

Had to load up one of these

to see what I had left in these

And these going the way of the dodo shortly...