Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-07-11, 09:17

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Sold a spare 12MB Voodoo 2 I had because I really don't see myself dealing with a Voodoo 2 SLI (No SS7 systems, have a Voodoo 3 for my Slot 1 system, the other V2 is in an MMX PC and doing SLI there would have dubious benefits..) but I'm still regretting it. The box is now on its way and I feel …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-11, 05:00

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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http://i.imgur.com/YRsNSzM.jpg Bought a mystery motherboard. Does anybody here have any idea what it is? I know it has a VIA chipset because it has 750MB of RAM and Intel top out at 512MB. Not sure if it's SDRAM or DDR or if it supports Tualatins or not (I hope it does). No clue what that brown …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-07-10, 06:16

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Nice. You should throw a E8400 E0 stepping in there and see what it can do. Do you have any plans to go LN2 or Phasechange? Unfortunately phasechange and ln2 are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy out of my price range (my usual total income at the moment is $30 - $40/month.) Plus I'm saving up for a …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-07-10, 02:09

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Brought back a Dell Latitude D830 back from the dead so to speak after sitting for years as a retro xp laptop only to find that the speakers have dry rotted :( Going to scrounge some spares but anyway it is nice to tinker around with. Bad timing. I scrapped 3 or 4 laptops a couple weeks ago and I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-09, 16:08

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Got this Gainward FX 5950 and tested it; works great. However, realistically, I'm going to use the Quadro FX 3000 as a daily driver. http://i.imgur.com/O6gGFbh.jpg I owned this card for a couple of years back in the day. It was my go to Doom 3 card. I believe that is the Golden Sample model and the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-08, 11:27

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Got this Gainward FX 5950 and tested it; works great. However, realistically, I'm going to use the Quadro FX 3000 as a daily driver. Same here! Got this baby last week: http://i.imgur.com/IyLUQUzl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UKvOmxNl.jpg It's MSI's FX5950 Ultra-VT256 - works like a charm. The huge …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-08, 04:17

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Got this Gainward FX 5950 and tested it; works great. However, realistically, I'm going to use the Quadro FX 3000 as a daily driver. http://i.imgur.com/O6gGFbh.jpg Neat looking card. I don't understand why everyone here except me buys a 5950 just to not use it regularly. Its like buying a …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-07-07, 22:29

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Played with my new-to-me-but-older 775 P5E3 WiFi-AP board and some of my p4 chips. Using my Cooler Master GeminII S heatsink and a strong thermaltake 120mm fan, got my P4 single core cedar mill D0 chip to 5012 mhz stable on air cooling. And when I got tired and shut it down for the night I was …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-07, 13:16

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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A brand new Samsung SyncMaster 797MB, for $10. Few of them were found in a warehouse in Moscow and sold via local downgraders forum. http://geryon.ru/syncmaster797mb-1-pre.jpg http://geryon.ru/syncmaster797mb-2-pre.jpg My understanding was the average Russian couldn't afford newer than a CRT? Isn't …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-07-06, 20:17

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Farcry was running poorly so I decided to run 3Dmark. From what i've seen this is a typical score for my rig. P4 EE 3.4 478/6800GT OC AGP A bit low isn't it? My FX5950 rig scores 3500ish and I know for a fact the 6800GT has roughly twice the performance under DX9 so I would expect it to score high …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-06, 06:37

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Slot 1 boards give you versatility, I can either run a Pentium 2 233 at 133mhz (with a lower multiplier) or a Pentium 3 1.4GHz tualatin on my slot 1 board, with ISA slots for DOS sound, PCI and AGP graphics I like to have a separate machine for each generation separated by year. I already have a …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-07-06, 06:28

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Farcry was running poorly so I decided to run 3Dmark. From what i've seen this is a typical score for my rig. P4 EE 3.4 478/6800GT OC AGP A bit low isn't it? My FX5950 rig scores 3500ish and I know for a fact the 6800GT has roughly twice the performance under DX9 so I would expect it to score high …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-07-05, 23:54

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I personally, by hand, upgraded to a BFG NVIDIA 7800 GS currently in the PC. Oh, good. Glad you didn't use your foot...or...other...stuff.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hypersonic-PC-VINTAGE-Red-BMW-Metallic-Paint-Wave-Master-Case-/172437237030?hash=item28260f6d26:g:XNsAAOSwoydWiYc3 That was posted a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-05, 23:04

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Probably the Maximus II Gene/Formual (P45 based) or the Rampage Formula/Extreme (X48 based). I'm looking to pick them up eventually. Rampage Formula, that's the one I was thinking of. Also, Why do so many people here buy a Slot 1 motherboard and then run a Slocket on it? Is for the ISA ports or is …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-07-05, 22:56

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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IBM NetVista MASTER RACE! http://imgur.com/a/KRyCR All it needs is more RAM. Not an IBM Cultist myself but that's a beautiful machine all the same? What is the base model? Anywho, on to what I've been doing. I've been using a 48x IDE CD-ROM on my main to archive all of my older CD ROM based games. …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-07-05, 22:19

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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The Serpent Rider wrote: Who wants to have extremely overpriced reference Radeon 7500? Most funny thing is that one of them was sold. http://www.ebay.com/itm/30-10118-02-ATI-Radeo … JcAAOxy4YdTUVw3 Aren't those specialized for DEC AlphaOnes?

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-07-05, 22:16

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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kithylin wrote: Not really outrageously priced but.. still Hilarious... anyone want to attempt a repair on this for their laptop? http://www.ebay.com/itm/111801974382 Gee. I almost wonder why it doesn't work...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-05, 04:00

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Not sure if retro or not.. but I picked up this at 3am today: http://www.ebay.com/itm/222569252077 Pretty much the biggest elite overclocking motherboard for Pentium4 chips for 775, and most 775 chips in general. ASUS P5E3 Premium/WiFi-AP. Special because it's one of the few (possibly the only) …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-05, 03:25

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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So. Apparently 1 trip to the recycling center on my lunch and about an hour is enough to turn me inadvertently into a vintage Macintosh collector. Pictures to follow when I get home, get it in the house, and dodge my wife's fists of fury. Went in to see what was in. They had a Macintosh LC 630 in …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-07-02, 22:35

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I would personally grab the monitor, it looks like plastics are OK and I know quite a lot of them with case shattered to pieces while fully working. It could make few bucks on ebay. I'm not sure THAT monitor would be worth it. The burn in aside look at the label, It comes from a chemical factory/ …

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