Re: Got my first ever SCSI controller, died next day :(

Posted on 2016-08-02, 23:48

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by rick6

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In the old server case it didn't have any cooling of any sort near or far from it, and i tested it on a board outside of a case :| You can see here the old case were it came from, and the card itself when it was still inside of it. http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/IMG_20160423_ …

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Got my first ever SCSI controller, died next day :(

Posted on 2016-08-02, 22:53

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by rick6

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So, i was given 3 months ago a really cool server from 2000, and it came with really neat stuff like multi-processor board (coppermine) and 5 SCSI hard drives connected to this SCSI controller: http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/20160802_232130_zpspm7dzmcq.jpg It's a Acceleraid170 …

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

Posted on 2016-07-31, 12:56

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by rick6

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Just yesterday I was walking on a busy main street and spotted an LCD monitor next to some garbage bags lying near the curb, screen looked spotless so I picked it up. Powered it up at home, came up with no backlight. Lamps tested OK with my ghetto tester (flatbed scanner CCFL inverter) so I was …

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

Posted on 2016-07-01, 16:12

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by rick6

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Found this lying on the pavement, I have no idea if it's even computer related but I saw some familiar connectors and decided to pick it up. Do any of you know what it could be? http://i.imgur.com/aFOYgWdl.jpg?1 Looks like some sort of switching power supply...or something to do with telephone …

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Re: Largest IDE hard drives

Posted on 2016-06-30, 14:21

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by rick6

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If it's SATA1, then no. If it's SATA2/3 then kinda guilty...but at least no paying for a SATA patch for 98SE...unless the mobo has sata drivers for 98SE like ASRock ones :) But who doesn't like those "pretty" IDE cables? It's some Asus sk754 motherboard so i'm almost positive it's Sata1. I rarely …

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Re: Largest IDE hard drives

Posted on 2016-06-30, 08:22

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by rick6

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Heh, should i feel guilty for using a 500GB IDE on a board which supports Sata? :0 Because now that i've read this thread i kind of do.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-29, 13:22

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by rick6

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I must be crazy for buying this dead card but i couldn't let it pass. http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/IMG_20160629_140221_zpsutbqnkqj.jpg It's another Geforce 3 ti200 128MB from Chaintech. It's my second one, my first still works, and it was my first ever video card new in the …

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Re: 23 video cards VS Quake3 Arena, UT99, UT2k4, Painkiller, Doom3, 3DMark 2000/2001/2003, enjoy!

Posted on 2016-06-28, 20:07

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by rick6

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I did it and it worked, but only when i changed the color depth, otherwise i would get a incredible amount of artifacts. It scored 15000+/-, really awkward :D Also i don't get why it's so hard to get a score above 20000\25000 on 3DMark 2000. Maybe it's a limitation of the formula it uses to …

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Re: 23 video cards VS Quake3 Arena, UT99, UT2k4, Painkiller, Doom3, 3DMark 2000/2001/2003, enjoy!

Posted on 2016-06-28, 18:37

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by rick6

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"3DMark 01" = 3DMark01 SE ? Did you ran 3DMark 2000 in compatibility mode ? Also I'm curious what OS was used for these tests. If Windows XP 32-bit, then no compatibility mode is needed for 3dmark 2000, it just runs natively. I think. It was Windows XP 32-bit. 3D Mark 2001 was SE and i didn't ran …

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Re: 23 video cards VS Quake3 Arena, UT99, UT2k4, Painkiller, Doom3, 3DMark 2000/2001/2003, enjoy!

Posted on 2016-06-27, 16:10

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by rick6

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Just mssing dx9 optimisation ? Texture of UT99 looks washed :O ah i remember S3 Metal, it has soo nice textures. I've used S3 Metal in these tests, you can't notice that because i'm standing as much as i can against a wall and not all textures in UT are replaced with a higher S3 res. counterpart, …

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Re: 23 video cards VS Quake3 Arena, UT99, UT2k4, Painkiller, Doom3, 3DMark 2000/2001/2003, enjoy!

Posted on 2016-06-26, 23:08

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by rick6

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Note: UT's Vertical sync option is actually reversed. You have to turn it on to turn it off :) Yeah that's quite weird..and it got me sometimes in the past wondering what's going on. But i guess it was really turned off :P http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/686fps_zpsepux66qv.jpg …

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Re: 23 video cards VS Quake3 Arena, UT99, UT2k4, Painkiller, Doom3, 3DMark 2000/2001/2003, enjoy!

Posted on 2016-06-26, 19:47

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by rick6

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I don't want to be a buzz-kill but did you verify with gpu-z that the pci-e video cards are actually running at 16x speed in this system? I say this because a high percentage (practically all) motherboards that offer both agp and pcie like this hybrid one usually run the pcie slot at 8x speed.. …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2016-06-26, 13:40

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by rick6

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Alright, even though i created a bunch of these charts for various games and benchmarks and it's own thread for them, i believe this one belongs in here: http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/3D%20Mark%202001_2_zpszzpgfuvw.jpg All hail the great Geforce 3 TI200 that overclocked can …

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Re: 23 video cards VS Quake3 Arena, UT99, UT2k4, Painkiller, Doom3, 3DMark 2000/2001/2003, enjoy!

Posted on 2016-06-26, 09:36

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Geforce2 MX* Nahh, GeForce 2 with MMX™ technology sounds waaay better! :lol: Haha, damn this classic mistake :D It's like that other mistake "DuEl Core CPU" like if there was going to be a deathmatch between them. Rick, are You sure the HD3850 AGP is 256mb, I thought they were all 512mb except for …

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

Posted on 2016-06-25, 23:03

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by rick6

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Well my retro activity for this week is all about testing Geforce 3 cards VS everything else. I'll be testing and sharing the results in a week or two about the geforce 3 TI 200 64MB, Geforce 3 TI200 128MB (and OC'ed version), Geforce 3 TI 500 64mb, Geforce 5 5600 (64bit), Geforce 6800, Geforce …

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23 video cards VS Quake3 Arena, UT99, UT2k4, Painkiller, Doom3, 3DMark 2000/2001/2003, enjoy!

Posted on 2016-06-25, 23:02

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by rick6

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I would like to share some results i got with a Athlon X2 4200+ (not overclocked), a bunch of video cards from different generations and some old games and benchmarks. The motherboard was a ASRock Dual-VSTA (which supports both AGP and PCI-E) and 2GB of DDR1 in dual channel mode all under Windows XP …

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Re: Anyone here knows or owns a MEDION GEFORCE 4 ti4200?

Posted on 2016-06-25, 22:30

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by rick6

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Medion is a brand that Aldi sells. Double check the clocks, they often have slightly lower or higher clocks or other differences. Shouldn't be hard to find something on Google. You were right, clocks are different but i couldn't care less, it was only 10€ :D http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-24, 00:21

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by rick6

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Not only it will not last long, but the more times you repeat it the worse the card will get, until it completely breaks down and can't be fixed anymore. Don't ask me how I know. Oh yes, been there, done that :D Guess that's what you get when you dont do a proper reball and use a real rework …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-06-23, 23:41

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by rick6

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Took a gamble and bought a dead MSI Geforce 4 ti 4200 128MB for 5€. (3€ for the card and 2€ for shipping) It looks like this, apart from the fact that mine has 2 or 3 blades missing from the fan http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/msigf4ti4200_top.jpg I didn't knew that this was going to be more …

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Re: Anyone here knows or owns a MEDION GEFORCE 4 ti4200?

Posted on 2016-06-18, 17:39

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by rick6

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Really good to know! Seems that the seller lives in the same town as i do! I'll save on shipping costs and i'll get the card for 10€ if all goes well! Geforce 3 TI500 and Geforces 4 TI in good condition don't seem to be easy to find on ebay, and they cost a lot. A lot at least to me for what i am …

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