TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[TRWOV]

I think the DB26 was for a breakout cable that had another VGA output along with composite and S-video.

edit: something similar to this:

 

[Ruru]

Damn guys, havent get a photo, I got a GF4 MX420 MSI I think..

 

[Ruru]

Guess the items?

Sorry for crappy image quality, took it with my iPhone 4 but its camera isn't the best...

 

[debs3759]

I think the DB26 was for a breakout cable that had another VGA output along with composite and S-video.

edit: something similar to this:

Cool, thanks. Doubt I'll find that cable any time soon

 

[Random Murderer]

Guess the items?

Sorry for crappy image quality, took it with my iPhone 4 but its camera isn't the best...

Well, you have a desk, a bottled beverage, an mATX motherboard, some RAM, a couple of processors with IHSs, a processor I can't identify(S462 Athlon?), what I believe is a PCI NIC, three video cards and a Radeon 2900 series. If the pic wasn't taken with a potato, it would be much easier...
What do I win?

 

[stinger608]

Well, you have a desk, a bottled beverage, an mATX motherboard, some RAM, a couple of processors with IHSs, a processor I can't identify(S462 Athlon?), what I believe is a PCI NIC, three video cards and a Radeon 2900 series. If the pic wasn't taken with a potato, it would be much easier...
What do I win?

Congrats, you won an all expense paid 5 day 6 night stay in the Bahama's!! All thanks to 9700 Pro.

 

[Doc41]

i gave up hope on running all 4 sticks on the s939 board so i setteled with 2GB and replaced it with one of my brothers PC's, but only for a short while PSU went BANG, smell..etc

so yesterday i went out to buy a new one and thought i'd try one last time, ....and to my surprise all 4 sticks worked with the new PSU in

anyway he is more than happy with an extra 2GB xD, but windows is not playing nice booting up-to login screen and getting stuck but meh i'll just install a x64 version

the other PC, 3GHz P4, 2GB, xfx 6200 256mb

i'm not into sports but germany vs brazil 5-0 in just half an hour XD epic

 

[debs3759]

Anyone remember these?

Just part of the CPU collection I used to have. Never had a 386 board this chip would fit in though. I had almost 2000 different CPUs, but for financial and other reasons had to sell them all. Some, like this chip, I now regret not keeping. I'm now compiling a list of which chips I want to replace for my test rigs (generally the fastest that each motherboard/chipset supports).

 

[stinger608]

Wow Deb!!! 2000 processors is simply amazing! That must have been quite the collection to view!!!

 

[Ruru]

Well, you have a desk, a bottled beverage, an mATX motherboard, some RAM, a couple of processors with IHSs, a processor I can't identify(S462 Athlon?), what I believe is a PCI NIC, three video cards and a Radeon 2900 series. If the pic wasn't taken with a potato, it would be much easier...
What do I win?

Pretty fine guess

Yeah, HD2900GT, GF4 Ti4600, Radeon 9200, GF4 MX420, PCI NIC, S370 mobo + P3-866 + 512MB PC133, Celeron 600, 3x P3 S478, DDR1 & 2 sticks.

 

[Doc41]

aaaaaaand i was wrong...... again.
apparently the motherboard itself is half dead as i can't boot with more than 2 sticks inside , and as the memory controller is in the CPU this did happen with 2 different CPUs (it would POST with 3 or 4 sticks but it would BSOD in windows)

oh well guess i'll be on the lookout for another cheap "working" s939 board

 

[stinger608]

aaaaaaand i was wrong...... again.
apparently the motherboard itself is half dead as i can't boot with more than 2 sticks inside , and as the memory controller is in the CPU this did happen with 2 different CPUs (it would POST with 3 or 4 sticks but it would BSOD in windows)

oh well guess i'll be on the lookout for another cheap "working" s939 board

Shoot a PM to @ThE_MaD_ShOt as he may very well have a couple s939 boards available.

 

[HammerON]

Pulled these out of a DELL XPS that a co-worker didn't know what to do with after upgrading:

ATI HD 3650 256MB

Q6600

DDR2 RAM:

The DELl XPS also had this TV tuner installed:

 

[debs3759]

Just received a nice 3dfx Banshee card. $11.50 shipped. I had never heard of Octek before, and searching the FCC ID and part number didn't give any idea what it was, so I had to remove the heatsink and check the chip. That's my first Banshee card. Photo is from the eBay sale.

Edit: I just found out that Octek were (or were owned by) Joytech

 

[debs3759]

Turns out I've been using an outdated version of the FCC search page. When I used the current FCC ID search page I got more info, including a poorly scanned copy of the above card's user guide

If anyone else has trouble identifying hardware with an FCC ID, try http://transition.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/

 

[JunkBear]

I did not know if I post here or in graphic cards but I got a 9800 that need a 6 pins connector. Do all the 9800 needed a 6 pins power connector?

 

[Random Murderer]

I did not know if I post here or in graphic cards but I got a 9800 that need a 6 pins connector. Do all the 9800 needed a 6 pins power connector?

Which 9800? GT? GTX?
As far as I know, all 9800s need external power. I know the couple of GTX/GTX+ cards I've owned do.

 

[JunkBear]

ASUS EN9800GT HB/HTDI/512M GeForce

This card is it strong enough to play the older Battlefield 2 multiplayer at full setting @ 1080P ?

 

[Random Murderer]

ASUS EN9800GT HB/HTDI/512M GeForce

This card is it strong enough to play the older Battlefield 2 multiplayer at full setting @ 1080P ?

Apparently some non-reference design 9800GT cards did not require a 6 pin, but most did.
It should be powerful enough to max BF2 at 1080p. Maybe just slightly under max, but the 9800 series were pretty powerful for their time.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Apparently some non-reference design 9800GT cards did not require a 6 pin, but most did.
It should be powerful enough to max BF2 at 1080p. Maybe just slightly under max, but the 9800 series were pretty powerful for their time.

i have a ref HP 9800GT 1024 and a ASUS 9800GT 512 Matrix both require a 6pin (both non functional ... otherwise they would be in the WorkBattleStation ... if they where both 512 or 1024 xD ) see a bit previously in the thread

ref: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/page-45#post-2943485

 

[Random Murderer]

i have a ref HP 9800GT 1024 and a ASUS 9800GT 512 Matrix both require a 6pin (both non functional ... otherwise they would be in the WorkBattleStation ... if they where both 512 or 1024 xD ) see a bit previously in the thread

ref: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/tpus-nostalgic-hardware-club.108251/page-45#post-2943485

There was a Zotac version that drew all of its power from the PCIe slot.

Spoiler

Seeing as one manufacturer managed that, it would not surprise me if others had managed it as well.

 

[debs3759]

The reference design 9800 GT and the lower power green edition both needed a 6-pin connector. The original cards with G92 die had TDP of 105 Watts (according to NVidia, TPU database says 125 W). There is also a lower powered green edition using die G92b (not currently in the db) with slower clock speeds. Not sure of the TDP, but it will be less than 105 W. I don't believe it will be as low as 75 W though so cards with no power connector either run really slowly, have less overclocking potential or pull more than the 75W the ATX spec specifies from the slot.

 

[TRWOV]

Q6600 for free And it's a G0 The tuner isn't bad either. The 3650 could be useful as a backup GPU. Nice bounty there HammerOn

 

[debs3759]

Just had a bonus. I asked for help on CPU-World with an eBay auction in Spain (seller wanted €50 to ship a CPU internationally!). Another member got a friend in Spain to bid for me. Won an Athlon 64 FX-74 for €5.50! Add on €15 the seller charged for domestic shipping, then I estimate about €5 to reship to me. I figured that's a good price for that chip (fastest FX chip for socket F, I now will have a pair for my L1N64-SLI WS motherboard). There are faster Opteron chips for that board that use less power, but they can't be overclocked

Anyway, enough of the back story. The bonus - the guy who sorted the bid out for me said he is going to gift it to me now I'm gonna have to buy a couple of 240mm closed loop coolers for the processors and find a way to keep the VRMs cool (everything overheated when i fired it up 3 years back with a single CPU). i'll post pics when I have the CPU

 

[Ruru]

There was a Zotac version that drew all of its power from the PCIe slot.

Spoiler

Seeing as one manufacturer managed that, it would not surprise me if others had managed it as well.

XFX has also one:

Spoiler

Albatron also had a HD4830 without connector: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Albatron/HD_4830_Green/
That's also special card since it has full 800 shaders