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 1283 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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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-10-26, 23:00

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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! Filename PXL_20241026_215750867~2.jpg File size 216.03 KiB Views 2087 views File comment Core surface & ES Mark! File license CC-BY-4.0 Filename PXL_20241026_224443550~3.jpg …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-10-26, 22:11

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Well my rare Athlon Thoroughbred-B XP 2800+ came in and I got an unexpected surprise..!! Apparently it's an Engineering Sample! 🤯. I didn't have any clue as only pictures of the motherboard were shown, with the heatsink on. Now I just need to find out if it really works like the seller says 😂. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-10-23, 14:54

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Finally got my hands on a presumably fine for my CUSL2-C P3 board 1.1GHz Coppermine. IMG_4037.jpg Don't quite know if it's going to be that much better than my 1.0/133 Coppermine, but it's always nice to have the top of the line* processor for what you have. *I know the 1133 exists, but it really …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-10-23, 14:40

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A little off my usual norm, of Socket 939 CPU's. However I just purchased an Athlon XP 2800+. Not just your normal Barton 2800+, but actually the fastest Throughbred-B Core @ 2.25Ghz Its also the Fastest Athlon XP Produced for the Retail Market & the 2nd fastest Athlon XP Produced at all. As you can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-10-22, 15:16

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Picked up a couple of Geforce 256 32MB SDR cards for 37$ Each delivered. Feels like a decent price to me. Will report back later if they actually work on arrival lol :D Dude leave some for the rest of us .. are you starting a museum or something? :p Would you like to buy tickets?? :D Here is this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-10-21, 19:35

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Picked up a couple of Geforce 256 32MB SDR cards for 37$ Each delivered. Feels like a decent price to me. Will report back later if they actually work on arrival 🤣 😁

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