Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-27, 02:15

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by nforce4max

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Scored a cheap Diamond Viper 770 32mb for $5 shipped and two weeks ago I also gotten a Viper 550 pci, somewhat surprised that next to no attention at all has been payed to TNT era cards except for Phill's review.

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-27, 02:12

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by nforce4max

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I think demand for high-end Windows XP stuff is starting to pick up, like a lot of people here have predicted will happen for ages. I know that LinusTechTips, a popular tech channel with almost 3 million subs, recently did a video about the rebuilding of his first gaming PC, which had an Athlon XP …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-27, 02:06

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by nforce4max

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If your into retro computing; face facts, your an extreme minority and its a really niche community. I don't know about other countries but in Australia people have been ditching this hardware curbside over the last 10-15 years and every day this hardware becomes more scarce. People like …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-27, 02:01

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The type of HSF I prefer nowadays is one that looks kinda like this one http://www.gpureview.com/database/images/videocards/gigabyte/radeon-hd-6850-9999.jpg I also prefer this design! If the fans have issues, they are quite easy to replace. Worst case you can find some ghetto method of slapping two …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-27, 01:58

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by nforce4max

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The goldscrappers thing isn't Juvenile at all... How's that? When presented with an opportunity to make a buck by scrapping what most people consider to be ewaste, you're expecting the guy who needs a buck to say "actually no, I won't do the scrapping thing because there might be a collector out …

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Re: Fastest Windows XP System

Posted on 2016-05-25, 23:38

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by nforce4max

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greasemonkey90s wrote: makes me want to bring back my phenom ii x3 720 5870 setup. it should be way faster then when it was my win 7 rig. That is a nice rig you got or had there, I still remember my old Phenom 2 rig with two gtx 280 in sli.

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-25, 23:34

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by nforce4max

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^Agree Gold scrappers have really fucked us over and people wonder why it is such a struggle to collect let alone restore machines from the 50s to the early 90s, without spare parts it becomes infinitely harder. People like myself should have to go to the extremes of digging through dumpsters and …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-25, 17:23

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by nforce4max

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Lead free solder is a real problem with modern hardware and even with amazingly good cooling it is still a lottery if the card is going to hold up these days, just look on eBay and everyone can see all the modern cards that are almost new in box that stopped working. The cheap pull apart fall apart …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-25, 17:16

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by nforce4max

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Stop over paying for stuff, problem solved. If we all put our foot down, then the sellers will either stop selling stuff or lower the prices. I bought 20 odd some video card off ebay for about 35$. Then you have real life deals. I gotten hole PC for free to 5-10$ from folks around town. Put a want …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-25, 17:11

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by nforce4max

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Insistance on using blower style coolers is also a factor. They dont provide the cooling needed and have no place on hot, high end cards - yet they were the standard for years and when it comes to refrence models, still are. Mind if I ask what a blower style cooler is? :blush: You mean those large …

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Re: That poor beige :(

Posted on 2016-05-24, 16:34

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by nforce4max

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PeterLI wrote: Computer stuff owned by government is usually auctioned off. That is true but one doesn't just get to pick what they want but rather by the pallet or lot unfortunately. What doesn't sell goes to the scrap 😵

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Re: should i repair my 7600GS AGP

Posted on 2016-05-24, 16:07

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by nforce4max

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Depends on what you use it for I think, if it's for an XP build then probably not worth it, as there are many other cheap alternatives today. But if you're pushing a Win98 system with unofficial drivers and you can't find a 7800 GS then that's another story. I have the 7800GS and had to replace the …

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That poor beige :(

Posted on 2016-05-24, 16:03

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by nforce4max

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Likely going to the scrap because it is all state owned 😢 Yes that is a complete Tandy 1000 HX with the manuals, disks, monitor, and joy stick!

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Re: The 100% via biuld? Thoughts/ideas?

Posted on 2016-05-23, 21:11

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by nforce4max

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3.8v is a Lot and that likely killed something if you can't get anything to work with that board after a cmos wipe, got a spare board to work with for testing?

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Re: The most underutilized GPUs

Posted on 2016-05-23, 21:02

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by nforce4max

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Matrox parhelia, should have been improved and given a better chance much like what Nvidia had done with Geforce 5 FX into Geforce 6. That card could have been a lot more than what Matrox had allowed it to be and if it had Win 9x support they would have sold even more. Didn't need to be a top tier …

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Re: Any thoughts on XGI Volari Z7?

Posted on 2016-05-23, 20:56

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by nforce4max

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Any news about how it performs in dos?

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-23, 14:02

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by nforce4max

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Re: heat killing modern GPU cards, I think it's wiser to buy models with very good coolers (especially used cards). This is coming from someone who bought 1st gen Fermi (a pair of 470s shortly after launch :dead: ). I would also suggest Quadro cards since CAD or 3D creation apps don't usually crank …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-21, 14:45

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by nforce4max

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Those prices are all extremely inflated and entirely unreasonable, where did you even get these number?!? Just comes to show that people don't know how to shop these days and the resellers are taking advantage drive up these costs that much more. Geforce 256 can be had for less than $10 shipped but …

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Re: What is the strangest thing you found inside HW you purchased?

Posted on 2016-05-20, 17:29

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by nforce4max

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I hope you documented with photos and called out the seller on it. I'd send a pic of the inside with all the roaches showing along with the caption "You call this gently used??" If they were half-way decent, they'd give you a partial refund (maybe equivalent to the shipping cost). I'd be tempted to …

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Re: What is the strangest thing you found inside HW you purchased?

Posted on 2016-05-20, 13:40

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by nforce4max

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My worst is the combination of dead roaches, cigarette tar, and dust all cacked into a carpet like material underneath every fan /projectile vomit. Gotten dead mice and spiders a few times. Dell clam shells are the worst and HP usually means London fog when it comes time for dusting (customer …

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