Bought these (retro) hardware today

Reply 25020 of 54980, by Intel486dx33

Posted on 2018-09-05, 13:43

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Compaq sound card - 1994 ( ISA ) - ESS 688F with Yamaha YMF-262 OPL

I don't know if I should change the mounting bracket or leave it alone.
What computer do you think this came out of ?

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Reply 25021 of 54980, by Intel486dx33

Posted on 2018-09-05, 13:47

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For my Gateway 2000 486/33 desktop PC

Media Vision - Jazz 16 with Yamaha YMF-262 OPL

Reply 25022 of 54980, by Intel486dx33

Posted on 2018-09-05, 13:52

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Get them while they lasts !

These Socket 755 Gigabyte motherboards are selling for $35 NEW on AliExpress.com

FREE shipping to USA and $4 discount on purchase over $20.

These are great for Windows-XP Retro gaming build with PCI slots, PCIe graphics and DDR3 ram, USB 2.0 and Sata 3gb.

Over clock-able bios support too. Intel Core-2-Quad support.

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Reply 25023 of 54980, by yawetaG

Posted on 2018-09-05, 14:03

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Aren't those clones?

Reply 25024 of 54980, by Intel486dx33

Posted on 2018-09-05, 14:44

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yawetaG wrote:
Aren't those clones?

I don't think so, just NEW OLD STOCK I think.
They post that it is 100% NEW and NOT refurbished only missing original box contents.
Ships is a brown box.

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https://youtu.be/qxsOTb0-0BQ?t=129

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Reply 25025 of 54980, by Deksor

Posted on 2018-09-05, 17:00

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Intel486dx33 wrote:
Compaq sound card - 1994 ( ISA ) - ESS 688F with Yamaha YMF-262 OPL

I don't know if I should change the mounting bracket or leave it alone.
What computer do you think this came out of ?

I had a compaq deskpro 4000 with that exact sound card

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Reply 25026 of 54980, by SW-SSG

Posted on 2018-09-05, 18:15

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Intel486dx33 wrote:
I don't think so, just NEW OLD STOCK I think. Maybe refurbished ?
They post that it is 95% NEW only missing original box contents.

That's what they'd like you to think. 😉

Reply 25027 of 54980, by chose007

Posted on 2018-09-05, 20:01

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never ending graphics cards 😀

EIZO Paradise

EIZO Tseng 3000

EIZO capture card

S3 Twin Vision 868

GALAXY 7950GT AGP

FX5700 Ultra

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Reply 25028 of 54980, by Katmai500

Posted on 2018-09-05, 20:36

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Finally snagged a GF4 Ti 4600 for a cheap price. It looks really clean too. I've already got a working 64 MB Ti 4200, but I couldn't resist. 🤣

(sellers photo)

Reply 25029 of 54980, by bjwil1991

Posted on 2018-09-05, 21:25

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Blades of Glory! Lucky. Cannot decide between the ASUS Ti 4200 128MB and FX 5500-8X 256MB for my Ultimate Windows 98SE machine. Also, that card looks to be in fantastic shape.

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Reply 25030 of 54980, by KCompRoom2000

Posted on 2018-09-05, 21:41

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bjwil1991 wrote:
Blades of Glory! Lucky. Cannot decide between the ASUS Ti 4200 128MB and FX 5500-8X 256MB for my Ultimate Windows 98SE machine. Also, that card looks to be in fantastic shape.

I'd probably lean towards the ASUS Ti4200 128MB card for your Windows 98 rig, the only thing the FX 5500 has to offer over any Geforce 4 is DirectX 9 feature set compatibility (although it's not that good) and I doubt you'll be playing XP-era DX9 titles on Windows 98. Besides, chances are that FX 5500 card you're looking at is a 64-bit model and the Ti4200 is 128-bit which means that Ti4200 can be faster than the FX 5500.

Reply 25031 of 54980, by brostenen

Posted on 2018-09-05, 21:58

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One of these...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Licensed-Dual-Do … j8AAOSwBARbP9B3

Then one of these...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amiga-Repl … g8AAOSwOqRZht0b

Finally one of these, just to get a different colour...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-64-Vic-20- … SYAAOSwjk9ZQ~FU

My Amiga's are spoiled these day's. 😁

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Reply 25032 of 54980, by Katmai500

Posted on 2018-09-05, 22:10

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KCompRoom2000 wrote:
bjwil1991 wrote:
Blades of Glory! Lucky. Cannot decide between the ASUS Ti 4200 128MB and FX 5500-8X 256MB for my Ultimate Windows 98SE machine. Also, that card looks to be in fantastic shape.

I'd probably lean towards the ASUS Ti4200 128MB card for your Windows 98 rig, the only thing the FX 5500 has to offer over any Geforce 4 is DirectX 9 feature set compatibility (although it's not that good) and I doubt you'll be playing XP-era DX9 titles on Windows 98. Besides, chances are that FX 5500 card you're looking at is a 64-bit model and the Ti4200 is 128-bit which means that Ti4200 can be faster than the FX 5500.

Seconded. The Ti 4200 is also more period correct (early 2002 vs 2004). Plus the Ti 4200 was legendary for performance/price. It's not really that much slower than the 4600.

Reply 25033 of 54980, by oeuvre

Posted on 2018-09-05, 22:26

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mmm Ti4200

HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7

Reply 25034 of 54980, by appiah4

Posted on 2018-09-06, 06:39

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Radeon 8500 would be my pick..

Reply 25035 of 54980, by Srandista

Posted on 2018-09-06, 07:43

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I guess I bought a good card then 😀

ASUS V9280S GeForce4 Ti4200 8x 128MB BGA VRAM

Socket 775 - ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA, Pentium E6500K, 4GB RAM, Radeon 9800XT, ESS Solo-1, Win 98/XP
Socket A - Chaintech CT-7AIA, AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Radeon 9600XT, ESS ES1869F, Win 98

Reply 25036 of 54980, by kixs

Posted on 2018-09-06, 09:55

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It's a very nice card! You didn't pay too much for it but shipping from NL is always too expensive...

Requests here!

Reply 25037 of 54980, by Srandista

Posted on 2018-09-06, 10:20

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kixs wrote:
It's a very nice card! You didn't pay too much for it but shipping from NL is always too expensive...

Stalker! Yeah, what you can do. It's always strange, when you pay more for a shipping then for a product itself...

Socket 775 - ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA, Pentium E6500K, 4GB RAM, Radeon 9800XT, ESS Solo-1, Win 98/XP
Socket A - Chaintech CT-7AIA, AMD Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Radeon 9600XT, ESS ES1869F, Win 98

Reply 25038 of 54980, by kixs

Posted on 2018-09-06, 10:35

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Nah... just checked out the auction 😉

Requests here!

Reply 25039 of 54980, by jesolo

Posted on 2018-09-06, 10:44

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Srandista wrote:
kixs wrote:
It's a very nice card! You didn't pay too much for it but shipping from NL is always too expensive...

Stalker! Yeah, what you can do. It's always strange, when you pay more for a shipping then for a product itself...

Reminds me when I bought an item back in 2005.
Paid $10 for the item and $40 for shipping.

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