TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

Ruru · Sep 21, 2018

My Nokia 5 is as a hotspot since I don't have a "real" internet connection. ~60Mbit/s 4G is fine for everything.

So it has usually connected to my PC, though the bundled charger is pretty fast if I want to charge it up quickly. When just surfing the interwebs without downloading stuff etc it's fine.

GreiverBlade said:
well i would either need a US SNES or an adapter for the EU one ...

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My friend has an adapter which allows to US SNES games to run with the PAL SNES, can't remember the model.. at least he said that none problems with any game this far, cost about 30eur from ebay.

phill · Sep 21, 2018

Chloe Price said:
I cranked the multiplier up (since I did the legendary pencil trick), can't remember the settings, and I was kinda noob back then so I'm sure that it wasn't even the maximum what that chip coul've done

I was no better (not that I confess to knowing much more now but!!) I love trying and that's what I did lol

I'll see if I can find the receipt for the hardware I had back then.. I'm sure I have it somewhere still

DR4G00N · Sep 23, 2018

My Quadro/Geforce2 cards showed up yesterday, both work great thankfully.
Though one thing I didn't realize when I bought them is that the GTS is actually a GTS-V which uses a lower bin core running at 175MHz & mems at 143MHz. It can be oc'ed to regular GTS spec's 200/166 but it can't do much past that really.
The Quadro on the other hand runs really nice, happily running up to 310/263. Just modded it into a GF2 Ultra a couple hours ago which worked great as well. Now I just need to dig up some games to run on it.

Trekkie4 · Sep 23, 2018

DR4G00N said:
My Quadro/Geforce2 cards showed up yesterday, both work great thankfully.
Though one thing I didn't realize when I bought them is that the GTS is actually a GTS-V which uses a lower bin core running at 175MHz & mems at 143MHz. It can be oc'ed to regular GTS spec's 200/166 but it can't do much past that really.
The Quadro on the other hand runs really nice, happily running up to 310/263. Just modded it into a GF2 Ultra a couple hours ago which worked great as well. Now I just need to dig up some games to run on it.

To the limit!!

havli · Sep 23, 2018

Bought these recently

Asus Commando

Gigabyte 790X-UD3P with Phenom II X4 940BE

MSI K8N Platinum with Venice 3500+ and 4x512 MB DDR

GeForce 8800 GTX

Radeon HD 6970

lexluthermiester · Sep 23, 2018

havli said:
Bought these recently

Asus Commando
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Gigabyte 790X-UD3P with Phenom II X4 940BE
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MSI K8N Platinum with Venice 3500+ and 4x512 MB DDR
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GeForce 8800 GTX
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Radeon HD 6970
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Nice! Those video cards need cleaning and the 6970 needs a pair of 100mm low-profile fans instead of that giant 120mm.

havli · Sep 23, 2018

Yeah, the 8800 definitely needs cleaning and fresh thermal paste perhaps. On the other hand I think the 6970 can stay as it is... not very good looking, granted

but my case is big enough to fit it and AC S1 with 120mm fan will get the job done.

Robert B · Sep 23, 2018

FUN! FUN! FUN!

Restoring 101!

Red_Machine · Sep 23, 2018

DR4G00N said:
It can be oc'ed to regular GTS spec's 200/166 but it can't do much past that really.

Early nVIDIA cards are great for overclocking. I have a Vanta that I was able to get up to 75% overlcock without a heatsink. Epic stuff.

Trekkie4 · Sep 24, 2018

Red_Machine said:
Early nVIDIA cards are great for overclocking. I have a Vanta that I was able to get up to 75% overlcock without a heatsink. Epic stuff.

You probably mean M64, not Vanta...

While the Vanta series was used in OEM machines (HP Vectra & similar) & didn't have ANY features, the M64 one was aimed for budget gaming & supported OCing. Some models even had active cooling & TV-Out, but for the most of it, M64 was a stripped version of TNT2 Pro. I remember doing a test, complete review of M64 card with some impressive & highly surprising results! Especially since I used to avoid M64 like a plague & considered it to be a low-end piece of crap.

M64 scored 1768 points in 3DMark2000, under Windows ME & Duron 950

For the sake of comparison, that's about the same performance I would get from a 8MB Voodoo2 SLI configuration

lexluthermiester · Sep 24, 2018

Trekkie4 said:
While the Vanta series was used in OEM machines

Not exclusively. There were Vanta's in the retail sector. And they OC'd well as described above. I always mounted a heatsink on them regardless of whether or not an OC was to be applied.

Red_Machine · Sep 24, 2018

Trekkie4 said:
You probably mean M64, not Vanta...

Nah, definitely an original Vanta-16, no M64 printed anywhere on the card.

Susquehannock · Sep 24, 2018

Red_Machine said:
Early nVIDIA cards are great for overclocking. I have a Vanta that I was able to get up to 75% overlcock without a heatsink. Epic stuff.

Yes they were/are. Geforce2 GTS especially. AGP card prices have skyrocketed but GTS are still fairly reasonable. If memory serves Leadtek were the best overclockers. Followed closely by the ASUS cards. Wish I still had screen shots what this V7700 would do but I made the bad decision back then to save a few bucks and store everything on cheap generic CD-Rs which are unreadable now. Might put the card back in after the Voodoo4 and see how it will OC 17 years later.

Bungz · Sep 25, 2018

Couple of eBay finds.

A Mesh Matrix64 system in original stock configuration. Even has keys and recovery partition intact. I made a Image of the disk so shall not lose that.

Athlon 64 Socket 754 3200+ Clawhammer
MSI K8T Neo FIS2R or similar
2 x 256mb Corsair XMS
9800 Pro 128mb
Audigy 2 Zs
Some suspect PSU, will be investigated if it looks reasonable inside I may let it stay as I would like to keep it original.

Needs a clean and strip down but its worth keeping I think. Very well made case, don't get OEMs doing that anymore.

Also so bloody loud will be doing something about that.

And a common A7N8X Deluxe with 2GB or ram and a nice 3200+ because it was very cheap.

Think this maybe my first working 3200+ Socket A chip.

Trekkie4 · Sep 25, 2018

lexluthermiester said:
Not exclusively. There were Vanta's in the retail sector. And they OC'd well as described above. I always mounted a heatsink on them regardless of whether or not an OC was to be applied.

Red_Machine said:
Nah, definitely an original Vanta-16, no M64 printed anywhere on the card.

Alrighty then, my bad. Still, the M64 would have been better choice for retro gaming, as it offers better specs than Vanta series. Not to mention they already have a heatsink, which makes OC even easier. In fact, I find M64 (along with SB Live) the cheapest (yet most effective) hardware choice for building a retro gaming rig on the budget :toast:

Bungz said:
Couple of eBay finds.

A Mesh Matrix64 system in original stock configuration. Even has keys and recovery partition intact. I made a Image of the disk so shall not lose that.

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Athlon 64 Socket 754 3200+ Clawhammer
MSI K8T Neo FIS2R or similar
2 x 256mb Corsair XMS
9800 Pro 128mb
Audigy 2 Zs
Some suspect PSU, will be investigated if it looks reasonable inside I may let it stay as I would like to keep it original.

Needs a clean and strip down but its worth keeping I think. Very well made case, don't get OEMs doing that anymore.

Also so bloody loud will be doing something about that.

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And a common A7N8X Deluxe with 2GB or ram and a nice 3200+ because it was very cheap.

Think this maybe my first working 3200+ Socket A chip.

That CPU cooler on A7N8X looks like Spire FalconRock... If so, a very good & effective cooler for the money!

StrayKAT · Sep 25, 2018

Bungz said:
Couple of eBay finds.

A Mesh Matrix64 system in original stock configuration. Even has keys and recovery partition intact. I made a Image of the disk so shall not lose that.

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Athlon 64 Socket 754 3200+ Clawhammer
MSI K8T Neo FIS2R or similar
2 x 256mb Corsair XMS
9800 Pro 128mb
Audigy 2 Zs
Some suspect PSU, will be investigated if it looks reasonable inside I may let it stay as I would like to keep it original.

Needs a clean and strip down but its worth keeping I think. Very well made case, don't get OEMs doing that anymore.

Also so bloody loud will be doing something about that.

View attachment 107497

And a common A7N8X Deluxe with 2GB or ram and a nice 3200+ because it was very cheap.

Think this maybe my first working 3200+ Socket A chip.

Hah.. That brought back flashbacks. A7N8X. I had one of those. edit: I had a Athlon 2200+ looking back at paperwork now. And a Ti 4200. That was my last PC desktop before I moved back to Macs and laptops for awhile.

Robert B · Sep 27, 2018

Dio - Rainbow In The Dark [HD]

RESTORED!

Gigabyte GA-660 PLUS REV1.4

Some scars from the DUMPSTER trips but it is alive and kicking A$$!!!

agent00skid · Sep 27, 2018

Built this some time ago. A starting point for bigger plans.

Trekkie4 · Sep 27, 2018

Wow ... just wow! Don't think I've ever seen anyone mounting a socket 7 AT board inside the modern ATX case!

I love this place!

agent00skid · Sep 27, 2018

4 screw holes lined up, so it's reasonable secure. Have been thinking about putting some rubber feet behind it to prevent accidental bending onto the case where the mounting isn't as secure.

Trekkie4 · Sep 27, 2018

agent00skid said:
4 screw holes lined up, so it's reasonable secure. Have been thinking about putting some rubber feet behind it to prevent accidental bending onto the case where the mounting isn't as secure.

Oh, I know they're compatible... I even know there are certain I/O shields with only one hole (for the keyboard connector), but this looks completely crazy ... but why not!

phill · Sep 28, 2018

agent00skid said:
Built this some time ago. A starting point for bigger plans.
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The older PC's where never really pointed towards cable management with those massive 40 and 80pin IDE cables lol

dorsetknob · Sep 28, 2018

phill said:
The older PC's where never really pointed towards cable management with those massive 40 and 80pin IDE cables lol

thats why you could upgrade to these which were an improvement ( they come in UV for those into early case lighting

)

Ahhzz · Sep 28, 2018

dorsetknob said:
thats why you could upgrade to these which were an improvement ( they come in UV for those into early case lighting )

I've got 2 sets in Glow in the Dark

phill · Sep 28, 2018

dorsetknob said:
thats why you could upgrade to these which were an improvement ( they come in UV for those into early case lighting )

I believe I have some with my DFI boards

When RGB first existed :laugh:

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Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3600
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Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
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Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
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Processor	Ryzen 5 5600 @ 4.65GHz CO -30
Motherboard	AsRock X370 Taichi
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+
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Mouse	Evga Torq X3
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Software	Win 11 Pro 64-Bit

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Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
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Display(s)	Acer XF270HU, Philips 252B9
Case	Corsair Carbide 300R
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX
Power Supply	Corsair RM850i
Mouse	Logitech G604
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Software	Windows 10 x64

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Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4
Memory	32GB Corsair DDR4-3000 (16-20-20-38) \| 512MB PC133 SDRAM
Video Card(s)	nVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 FE \| 3dfx Voodoo3 3000
Storage	1TB WD_Black SN850 NVME SSD (OS), Toshiba 3TB (Storage), Toshiba 3TB (Steam)
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G5 27" @ 1440p144 & Dell P2312H @ 1080p60
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Keyboard	Vortex Race3 \| Dell AT102W
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