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[biffzinker]

Someone is selling the same 3dfx DIAMOND MONSTER 3D Voodoo Graphics card I had.

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[Ruru]

I mean it won't hurt if it would run every XP era (even Crysis) with high details on 60fps

The Athlon & GF3 build comes later on. It's gonna be a W2k build tho.

Someone is selling the same 3dfx DIAMOND MONSTER 3D Voodoo Graphics card I had.
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3dfx DIAMOND MONSTER 3D Voodoo PCI 4 MB Vintage Video Graphics Accelerator Card | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 3dfx DIAMOND MONSTER 3D Voodoo PCI 4 MB Vintage Video Graphics Accelerator Card at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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Oh fuck and I sold my Voodoo 2 12MB at 15EUR several years ago Truly didn't have clue that they are that pricey.. even then..



I mean the LGA775 board has 2x PCIE and CF support, a 4890 CF would be a dream, I have those

 

[biffzinker]

Which one I should use for my ultimate XP/7 retro build..? Phenom II X2 @ X4 or Xeon 3230..?

You could disable two cores in the BIOS to simulate a dual-core while retaining the ability to use it as a quad core for the Phenom II x4. The suggestion is related to Windows 7.

 

[Trekkie4]

Someone is selling the same 3dfx DIAMOND MONSTER 3D Voodoo Graphics card I had.
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3dfx DIAMOND MONSTER 3D Voodoo PCI 4 MB Vintage Video Graphics Accelerator Card | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 3dfx DIAMOND MONSTER 3D Voodoo PCI 4 MB Vintage Video Graphics Accelerator Card at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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Are you referring to something in particular, specific revision? Or just the model, Diamond Monster 3D? Because Diamond Monster cards were/are quite common actually, one of the most commonly found Voodoo cards out there. Heck, even I got two of these. Had two more (all Diamonds), but they had a fault of some sort (most likely VRAM) so I gave them away as a retro "souvenirs"

I mean it won't hurt if it would run every XP era (even Crysis) with high details on 60fps

The Athlon & GF3 build comes later on. It's gonna be a W2k build tho.


Oh fuck and I sold my Voodoo 2 12MB at 15EUR several years ago Truly didn't have clue that they are that pricey.. even then..



I mean the LGA775 board has 2x PCIE and CF support, a 4890 CF would be a dream, I have those

You're lucky! I gave away my old Diamond Monster 3DII Voodoo2 12MB for NOTHING! That was in 2005, maybe 2006. Thing is, V2 was pretty much worthless back then. Not old enough, but definitely obsolete for anything useful

 

[biffzinker]

Are you referring to something in particular, specific revision? Or just the model, Diamond Monster 3D? Because Diamond Monster cards were/are quite common actually, one of the most commonly found Voodoo cards out there.

I was looking to see it there was any of the Enhanced Am486 chips out there for sale. Just happened across the Monster 3D, yeah there's nothing rare about the cards.

White ISA slots?

 

[Ruru]

Are you referring to something in particular, specific revision? Or just the model, Diamond Monster 3D? Because Diamond Monster cards were/are quite common actually, one of the most commonly found Voodoo cards out there. Heck, even I got two of these. Had two more (all Diamonds), but they had a fault of some sort (most likely VRAM) so I gave them away as a retro "souvenirs"


You're lucky! I gave away my old Diamond Monster 3DII Voodoo2 12MB for NOTHING! That was in 2005, maybe 2006. Thing is, V2 was pretty much worthless back then. Not old enough, but definitely obsolete for anything useful

I got mine also free in 2008 and it was a similar one, damn that I didn't know its value so I was just like damn lets sell it

Tho not obsolete, with the XP drivers (can't remember which) Unreal was hella pretty with it

You could disable two cores in the BIOS to simulate a dual-core while retaining the ability to use it as a quad core for the Phenom II x4. The suggestion is related to Windows 7.

The thing which has a pro here is that P5Q has 2x PCIe x16 which allows using crossfire, the Phenom's board doesn't have. What retro PC is it if there's no two old Radeons (4890)?

 

[INSTG8R]

I mean the LGA775 board has 2x PCIE and CF support, a 4890 CF would be a dream, I have those

I have an ABit AT8 32X S939 board that has 2 16x PCI slots I paired with an Opteron 170 and 2 1900XTXs

 

[Trekkie4]

I got mine also free in 2008 and it was a similar one, damn that I didn't know its value so I was just like damn lets sell it

Tho not obsolete, with the XP drivers (can't remember which) Unreal was hella pretty with it


The thing which has a pro here is that P5Q has 2x PCIe x16 which allows using crossfire, the Phenom's board doesn't have. What retro PC is it if there's no two old Radeons (4890)?

The problem with old (now referred to as "retro") games back in a day is that I was tired of them, because I only just moved away from them Referring to 2003-2006 era of course, I wasn't playing much of the old games, because I got my hands on new stuff, that was (in my opinion, back then) a lot more exciting than Glide-powered games & 3dfx. By the time I wanted to go back & got nostalgic for the older games, it was too late. Not only my old Pentium II was barely original spec-wise, but it didn't have 3dfx card inside. Instead, I had Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead, which I pulled out from my main rig (main rig from back in a day, obviously), Pentium 4 when I upgraded graphics to Abit Siluro FX5600

 

[Ruru]

I have an ABit AT8 32X S939 board that has 2 16x PCI slots I paired with an Opteron 170 and 2 1900XTXs

The thing that I hate is that neither of those my 4890s won't OC to 1GHz

Good 939 rig u have there

 

[INSTG8R]

The thing that I hate is that neither of those my 4890s won't OC to 1GHz

Good 939 rig u have there

I always planned to put it back together but actually might sell it to a collector.

TechPowerUp

www.techpowerup.com

when it was my rig

 

[Ruru]

The problem with old (now referred to as "retro") games back in a day is that I was tired of them, because I only just moved away from them Referring to 2003-2006 era of course, I wasn't playing much of the old games, because I got my hands on new stuff, that was (in my opinion, back then) a lot more exciting than Glide-powered games & 3dfx. By the time I wanted to go back & got nostalgic for the older games, it was too late. Not only my old Pentium II was barely original spec-wise, but it didn't have 3dfx card inside. Instead, I had Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead, which I pulled out from my main rig (back in a day, obviously), Pentium 4 when I upgraded graphics to Abit Siluro FX5600

I got maybe ur point, I'm honestly a little drunk but I love to play old games with old hardware, if it's not the solid 60fps like it wasn't then, it's easy to fix as I could just swap a faster CPU or GPU these days to that retro rig.

but my socket A/GF3 build will be totally my dream retro build as I put the best MS OS on that ever - Win 2000.

I always planned to put it back together but actually might sell it to a collector.

TechPowerUp

www.techpowerup.com

when it was my rig

That look is exactly why I love soft tubes as a watercooling dude!!

 

[Trekkie4]

I was looking to see it there was any of the Enhanced Am486 chips out there for sale. Just happened across the Monster 3D, yeah there's nothing rare about the cards.

White ISA slots?
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Never mind the white ISA slots lol ... I'm more curious about the lithium CR2032!! (actually these are ISA & VLB)

 

[Ruru]

ISA... oh boy. My last board with ISA was Abit KT7A, IMO the best SDRAM S462 board

 

[biffzinker]

I'm more curious about the lithium CR2032!! (actually these are ISA & VLB)

Here's the ebay link.

UMC UM4980 V1.4 Socket 3 486 VESA Cyrix ST DX 40MHz Cirrus Logic CL-GD5429 VLB | eBay

UMC UM4980 V1.4 Socket 3 mother board. there is a reason for it, because it's one of the best VLB 486 boards ever made! It's really ultra fast, and plenty. Working perfectly with an also very cool Cirrus Logic CL-GD5429 2MB VLB video card and.

www.ebay.com

 

[Ruru]

Funny how few years back then 486s were pure e-waste, now they cost more than an used 1gen Ryzen platform

 

[Trekkie4]

@biffzinker On a side note, that board would make a perfect choice for 486 DOS gaming rig! Featuring VLB & not having NiCd/NiMH batteries to worry about, yet STILL being old enough to retain the old format, and not having floppy/hard drive controller built in, unlike some of the other, slightly modern boards. @Chloe Price

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124$?!? Yikes...

I actually have yet another 486 board inside one of the boxes, which I totally forgot up until the other day. Don't know the brand, but it has VIA chipset. The model is 486VC, or 486-VC, not sure. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a CPU, so there's no way of telling if it works or not. It also has one of those Dallas clock battery chips, soldered directly into the PCB which is going to be a PITA to replace if I ever end up using it.

 

[Ruru]

@biffzinker On a side note, that board would make a perfect choice for 486 DOS gaming rig! Featuring VLB & not having NiCd/NiMH batteries to worry about, yet STILL being old enough to retain the old format, and not having floppy/hard drive controller built in, unlike some of the other, slightly modern boards. @Chloe Price

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124$?!? Yikes...

wuut... had to quote before you edit

Hope u don't get mad as I'm just joking

 

[Trekkie4]

wuut... had to quote before you edit

Hope u don't get mad as I'm just joking

Uhh ... why would I want to edit? I personally think that 124$ for an old 486 is a LOT of money. Heck, I remember when these things were next to worthless!

 

[68Olds]

Wow, I need to go see what's the model of my 486 board. I also have a DX-50 & a DX2-66 for it.

 

[INSTG8R]

That look is exactly why I love soft tubes as a watercooling dude!!

Was the only way to do it then.

 

[Ruru]

Uhh ... why would I want to edit? I personally think that 124$ for an old 486 is a LOT of money. Heck, I remember when these things were next to worthless!

Sorry, understood wrong ur post... I'd just get a Pentium if I want a Win95 PC as those 486 ones are hella expensive

Was the only way to do it then.

And still is, my mental health doesnt go with 1:1 with the hardtubes.. I can swear if I'd go with hardtubes, I'd probably think that is this hell.. oh hell no for me, soft tubes look so much cooler as in old school way and they're just so easy as u don't kink them.

 

[INSTG8R]

Sorry, understood wrong ur post... I'd just get a Pentium if I want a Win95 PC as those 486 ones are hella expensive


And still is, my mental health doesnt go with 1:1 with the hardtubes.. I can swear if I'd go with hardtubes, I'd probably think that is this hell.. oh hell no for me, soft tubes look so much cooler as in old school way and they're just so easy as u don't kink them.

Yeah still running soft tubing a can remove my block without needing to drain or unhook a bunch of stuff its almost as simple as an AIO

 

[Ruru]

Yeah still running soft tubing a can remove my block without needing to drain or unhook a bunch of stuff its almost as simple as an AIO

I just can't imagine what a job it would be to drain/modify a loop with hard ones... nah, not my thing, never.

 

[INSTG8R]

I just can't imagine what a job it would be to drain/modify a loop with hard ones... nah, not my thing, never.

Yeah exactly and draining my loop is already the worst job. Hard tubing is just fashionable, everything else about it is a nightmare

Uhh ... why would I want to edit? I personally think that 124$ for an old 486 is a LOT of money. Heck, I remember when these things were next to worthless!

My first ones were curbside finds

 

[Ruru]

Yeah exactly and draining my loop is already the worst job. Hard tubing is just fashionable, everything else about it is a nightmare

I love the oldschool look anyway so that's why I go with soft ones, 13/10 here.