Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-12-09, 18:31

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Picked up Saturday. $45 Optiplex GX115 with cute 15" monitor and accessories 20241208_051318.jpg Uninteresting system as such. Only 2 RAM slots, weak onboard GPU and no AGP. But! My first PC was a PIII-500 of this model. :D (With a Nokia monitor weighing like a smaller house) Gonna throw in an HDD, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-12-03, 16:12

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Bought a Voodoo 3 PCI, for parts/not working. unfortunately it really isn't working lol... Stone cold dead, no output ( however the computer boots up, so it doesn't stop post). Physical inspection is good, no missing/broken parts. Doesn't detect in windows with second card inserted. Voltage …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-12-01, 03:54

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A couple of recent pickups. Very cheap, 24$ + Shipping. GeForce 3 Ti 200 128MB Version ( Thanks Wes1262 for the find!) In perfect condition, overclocks to just above Ti 500 levels! 265/255 Core/Mem! ( Core might go higher,slider maxed out Riva Turner. ) Fantastic card. And an MSI Ti-4800SE! Only has …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-15, 06:50

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It is a Full 7950GT Core, Whoot!! Huge!! They also used Qimonda 700Mhz GDDR3, so if it is a knock off they used great parts! PXL_20241115_022436446.jpg Guess you're even more excited about it now, then? Congrats! Yea I never thought I'd get a 7950GT, when buying a 7900GS. Pretty stoked, I can just …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-15, 02:29

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It is a Full 7950GT Core, Whoot!! Huge!! They also used Qimonda 700Mhz GDDR3, so if it is a knock off they used great parts! Filename PXL_20241115_022436446.jpg File size 1.1 MiB Views 830 views File comment 7900GS with a Full 7950GT Core! File license CC-BY-4.0

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-14, 15:30

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Super excited about this one!! Ta da!! Unopened, brand new, Reference Nvidia 7900GS AGP. Don't see one of these beauties every day. Nice find! I'm surprised this is nVidia's reference design, though. My XFX GeForce 6800 XT AGP looks almost identical in layout. But I suppose that could also be using …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-14, 05:06

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It gets even cooler but weirder, apparently this 7900GS has all the Pipes Unlocked, GPU-Z and Riva Turner show 24/8 instead of 20/7 already. I went into Riva to try and unlock the extra cores but they were already enabled and running?!? I think this reference 7900GS is a 7950GT in disguise 🥸! I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-14, 02:07

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Super excited about this one!! Ta da!! Unopened, brand new, Reference Nvidia 7900GS AGP. Don't see one of these beauties every day. Super pumped to have it, it's not the 7950(still on the lookout), but still fantastic 🤩. Excited to put it to the test.! Filename PXL_20241114_012004880~2.jpg File …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-12, 04:29

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A GeForce 2 Ti 64MB, with 4ns ram. Love the GF2Ti! A lot of GF2Ti have 4ns ram I believe, very dumb that they made it slower than the Ultra, since it can clearly be faster. How do you check for the 4ns ram? I have a few GFS2Ti's I'd like to check. Just look at the last number on the last row of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-12, 04:24

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Those QFP RAM chips are notoriously unreliable. The SOP versions are much more reliable. Unreliable in what way, like bad overclocks? Or artifacting? It works great "currently" I pushed them all they way up to 255Mhz (510) before I ran into any problems. Which is above rated speed although barely, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-10, 21:12

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My latest pickup! It's not particularly extraordinary, but for one reason or another I couldn't ever seem to get my hands on one for a decent price. A GeForce 2 Ti 64MB, with 4ns ram. I specifically targeted 64MB and 4ns. ram. that way it's basically guaranteed to run at or above a GF2 Ultra. Since …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-09, 02:22

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Ordered a x800gto, got this. Seller contacts me saying that he accidentally sent me a camera that was for another buyer. Then he said he managed to get the package replaced with the correct one. I didn't believe him so I filmed the unboxing. There's no way to get a package swapped with another …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-05, 14:40

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I believe I found one of those rare mystery, AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 333FSB HP/Compaq OEM cpu's. The fastest Athlon XP AMD ever produced. I had to pay a rather steep 50$ for it. If it actually turns out to be real when it arrives, Ill post pictures of it and how I found it LOL. Its quite hilarious. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-05, 14:23

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I believe I found one of those rare mystery, AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 333FSB HP/Compaq OEM cpu's. The fastest Athlon XP AMD ever produced. I had to pay a rather steep 50$ for it. If it actually turns out to be real when it arrives, Ill post pictures of it and how I found it LOL. Its quite hilarious. Also …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-04, 15:55

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So, I tested the card. It works, which is a miracle considering it covered the entire width of an hemisphere of the planet in a paper bag. And unfortunately it's "only" a 275/300. Will be interesting to see if's faster than the 9100 128mb 275/275 that I have. Also there is the overclocking route …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-01, 22:06

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Picked up a nice ATI 9600XT Reference edition for 16$ to my door. Great cheap pickup from the "Bay". Works great, Only needed some new thermal paste 👍. Filename PXL_20241101_220022228~2.jpg File size 1.95 MiB Views 1141 views File comment 9600XT Zoom Zoom File license CC-BY-4.0

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-10-31, 03:23

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Wes1262 wrote on 2024-10-31, 01:18: Gigabyte used XT Ultra for the 300/300 And just Deluxe for the 275/275 That Gigabyte card I believe is the only known released 8500XT.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-10-30, 17:36

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Ati Radeon 8500 XT. Made in Canada. 64mb, 300/300mhz. Hopefully it works. It's from ebay so it's "tested" with the air quotes. And hopefully Agp4Life is wrong about these :P Brave assumption! :P It looks to be missing this chip, (Marked Red) which usually in practice means it's not even full 275/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-10-27, 17:22

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That's a great find, and it's crazy that it works despite the damage to the die! I am not sure how it's even possible given that the lithography seems to expand to the actual border of the die. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/AMD_Athlon_XP_Barton_die.JPG Yea no idea, i thought …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-10-27, 15:56

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And it does!! Scary stuff! As there seems to be some slight surface damage to the silicon. 😬 Also this thing pumps out heat! PXL_20241026_215750867~2.jpg PXL_20241026_224443550~3.jpg mmmmm now put it up against a 3200+ and lets see what it can do and if that extra speed makes any difference when …

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