RaiderOfLostVoodoo wrote on 2022-10-22, 02:16:Many people only search the title and not the description.
So if the auction is called "Old graphic cards", those people won't f […]
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douglar wrote on 2022-10-22, 00:13:
That's the strange thing about the pricing structure for vintage computer parts on ebay. You can often get desirable parts cheaper when you buy them as part of an existing build or as part of a lot of odds and ends than you can if you try to just buy the part itself.
Many people only search the title and not the description.
So if the auction is called "Old graphic cards", those people won't find it.
I personally love auctions that don't list the name of the items and have a description like: "See for yourself."
That's where the real bargains are to be made. Those Voodoo Banshees can be really tricky to identify. Two years ago I won an auction named "Old ISA sound cards" for 55€, which contained a Voodoo3 2000, a CT2670 (AWE64) with 2x4MB SIMMs and a Vibra16 with OPL3.
You can even dig deeper and search for electronic waste on Ebay. You can find almost anything in these auctions.
I personally found a VLB Tseng ET4000, Two Voodoos and an ASrock Dual PCIe/AGP board between literal trash.
I bought a video card gold scrap lot once, it worked out all right
I got
2 FX 5200 Dell OEM cards
3 MX440 Dell OEM cards
Ti 4200 which I sold when I got my Ti 4600 which I got at a garage sale for $5 🤣
Riva TNT2 Pro
3x Geforce2 MX 400 Dell OEM
Geforce 256 SDR
These worked, I had a bunch that didnt work but it cost me a whole 19.99 + 40 for shipping
Repo Man11 wrote on 2022-10-22, 01:58:
You'll have to see how the 9800SE does with Omega drivers; mine unlocks the pipelines with no issues, and even has some headroom for overclocking.
I will once I recap it, its got 4 buldging caps, i tested it to see if it works, it does complete 3dmark03 and thats as much stress as I'll give it till recap. If i can unlock it I should have something slightly faster than a 9600 Pro, but sadly with 128bit bus it will be crippled no matter what. It should compare with 8 pipes to a 9500 Pro.