wirerogue wrote on 2023-08-12, 22:49:

received my order from shopgoodwill. arrived in good condition. they do great packaging. even has the original geforce 256 ddr 6 […]
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received my order from shopgoodwill.
arrived in good condition. they do great packaging.
even has the original geforce 256 ddr 64mb
posted immediately, the fan needs to be replaced of course.
does anybody know what makes this a Special Edition or how many were manufactured?
thanks.
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Seems the "Special Edition" was to celebrate the launch of their first 1GHz Pentium III-based system, so the package was also tricked out with a number of options - at a basic $6k and with limited processor availability I suspect numbers weren't that great...

https://web.archive.org/web/20000510221725/ht … 3-08-rr-000.htm

Does it feature RDRAM, as the link suggests? If it does, then it’s indeed special, as far as PIII’s go!

Irinikus wrote on 2023-08-13, 14:36:

Does it feature RDRAM, as the link suggests? If it does, then it’s indeed special, as far as PIII’s go!

Yes, believe it's based on the Intel VC820 - https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/intel-vc820-vancouver

PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2023-08-13, 07:51:

wirerogue wrote on 2023-08-12, 22:49:

received my order from shopgoodwill. arrived in good condition. they do great packaging. even has the original geforce 256 ddr 6 […]
Show full quote

received my order from shopgoodwill.
arrived in good condition. they do great packaging.
even has the original geforce 256 ddr 64mb
posted immediately, the fan needs to be replaced of course.
does anybody know what makes this a Special Edition or how many were manufactured?
thanks.
IMG_20230812_153428.jpg
IMG_20230812_151927.jpg
IMG_20230812_152707.jpg
IMG_20230812_152716.jpg

Seems the "Special Edition" was to celebrate the launch of their first 1GHz Pentium III-based system, so the package was also tricked out with a number of options - at a basic $6k and with limited processor availability I suspect numbers weren't that great...

https://web.archive.org/web/20000510221725/ht … 3-08-rr-000.htm

Feel the Power!!!
I was happily surprised to see this is a slot 1 CPU. Neato.

Does it indeed feature RDRAM? (Post a pic of the RAM and CPU!)

Irinikus wrote on 2023-08-13, 16:12:

Does it indeed feature RDRAM? (Post a pic of the RAM and CPU!)

yes

i also noticed the serial number on the gpu is written by hand. that's pretty cool.

Very NICE indeed! 😀

Is the picture from POST taking during memory count? It looks like it says something about 60 megs?

H3nrik V! wrote on 2023-08-13, 18:10:

Is the picture from POST taking during memory count? It looks like it says something about 60 megs?

It's in the middle of counting the memory.