Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-19, 04:20

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by BananaBonez

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6800 ultra's only pull about 150 - 175 watts. Actually around 80 watts, maybe more with Furmark or something, but not that much. 350 watt PSU with 18A on 12v rail is enough for it. That if it's working properly. Only real issue was 3DMark 2003 'Nature' where it would give some weird artifacting. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-19, 03:16

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by BananaBonez

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dexvx if you are using a motherboard that gets the power for the cpu from the +5V line and in combo with the Corsair CX430 PSU that could be your problem. Not enough current available from the +3V and +5V rails to power both mobo and the BFG 6800U without voltage drops causing sags and reboots. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-19, 00:26

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by BananaBonez

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Also I thought I might chime in that I did try once connecting my 6800 ultra to a 'modified...' :lol: cable for molex that consisted of only the 2 black wires and the one yellow one, which only gave it +12v and did not connect to the molex +5v plug and it wouldn't work. So I don't know what portion …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-18, 20:27

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by BananaBonez

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Tested this BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB AGP. Needed 2x Molex connectors. Had to fiddle with it, as BIOS had trouble booting. It did NOT like my SATA power -> Molex adapter I use for every other video card. I owned one of these for a while, they are indeed picky on their power. The one I had …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-18, 19:56

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by BananaBonez

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I owned one of these for a while, they are indeed picky on their power. The one I had sometimes wouldn't even power on if I used two molex connectors on the same power cord off the power supply. I'd have to use 1 molex from 1 cord and another molex from another cord. And mine wouldn't power on with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-18, 19:38

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by BananaBonez

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I owned one of these for a while, they are indeed picky on their power. The one I had sometimes wouldn't even power on if I used two molex connectors on the same power cord off the power supply. I'd have to use 1 molex from 1 cord and another molex from another cord. And mine wouldn't power on with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-18, 18:22

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by BananaBonez

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Tested this BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB AGP. Needed 2x Molex connectors. Had to fiddle with it, as BIOS had trouble booting. It did NOT like my SATA power -> Molex adapter I use for every other video card. I owned one of these for a while, they are indeed picky on their power. The one I had …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-07-18, 18:10

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by BananaBonez

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Jade Falcon wrote: Aside from the cap's Id say its not all to over priced seeing it has its box. But 50$ for a ECS board with busted caps? and saying its in good condition? yeah no way that's a good buy. i have had ebay sellers reply back to me "What bad caps?" when the photos clearly showed …

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Re: BFG Technologies FX5900 Ultra Artifacting

Posted on 2017-07-18, 03:29

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by BananaBonez

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There is nothing wrong with 91% or better IPA for cleaning. However almost all commercially sold IPA is made from crude oil based distillate and will leave a thin layer of impurities that can effect/destroy grease type TIM's. This is rare and not really a concern with modern and easily replaced …

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Re: Computer turning on and off

Posted on 2017-07-17, 22:07

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by BananaBonez

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So I have this P4 machine that the other day when I went into my office noticed that it was starting and stopping. I am just looking at it and it turns itself on and after 5 or so seconds shuts down then after 5 seconds or so it starts again. If I power off from the button on the back of the PSU …

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Re: BFG Technologies FX5900 Ultra Artifacting

Posted on 2017-07-17, 20:12

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by BananaBonez

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I'm not opposed to flashing the card but where on Earth would I get a 64MB bios for a FX5900 Ultra? I'm pretty sure these cards came exclusively in 128MB and 256MB. It's a dead even 50-50 shot anyways if it's a single memory chip. Actually, now that I've blasted my mouth off I don't know off the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-17, 19:53

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by BananaBonez

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Also the drying thing really irks me.. There are a lot of things on electronics that can leak water into them. Some people resolve this issue by apparently putting their electronics into an oven and baking them (at around 70C or so..) but to that I go wtf.. I can't think of any particular component …

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Re: BFG Technologies FX5900 Ultra Artifacting

Posted on 2017-07-14, 23:31

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by BananaBonez

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Edit: Could a mod renamed this to "BFG Technologies FX5900 Ultra Artifacting"? High-res pictures of the board: https://m.imgur.com/gallery/NmScv I've finally got around to working on my BFG FX5900 I bought a while back. The AGP contacts were dirty but I was able to clean them with a pencil eraser. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-11, 17:36

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by BananaBonez

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http://i.imgur.com/YRsNSzM.jpg Bought a mystery motherboard. Does anybody here have any idea what it is? I know it has a VIA chipset because it has 750MB of RAM and Intel top out at 512MB. Not sure if it's SDRAM or DDR or if it supports Tualatins or not (I hope it does). No clue what that brown …

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Re: What would you guys say this is worth?

Posted on 2017-06-30, 20:43

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by BananaBonez

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i486_inside wrote: Get off this forum and don't come back I have not given you any reason to verbally abuse me. It sounds like you are a bully. Why dont you get off!

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Re: What would you guys say this is worth?

Posted on 2017-06-30, 20:37

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by BananaBonez

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Would you not be insulted or at least annoyed if you were selling a $5000 vehicle and someone offered you $1000 or less for it? I sure would. I have not insulted anyone on this forum. My reference to If you can not stand the heat ... is in regards to other words if you can not pony up the money to …

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Re: What would you guys say this is worth?

Posted on 2017-06-30, 18:18

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by BananaBonez

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an offer of $50 when the sellers price is over $200 is lowballing and insulting the seller. If it is worth $150 to YOU why so low of a bid? I would ignore you too. God,I have spent over a $1000 on computer parts in the last 10 years on eBay. If you cant stand the heat stay out of the kitchen. If …

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Re: What would you guys say this is worth?

Posted on 2017-06-30, 11:19

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by BananaBonez

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an offer of $50 when the sellers price is over $200 is lowballing and insulting the seller. If it is worth $150 to YOU why so low of a bid? I would ignore you too. God,I have spent over a $1000 on computer parts in the last 10 years on eBay. If you cant stand the heat stay out of the kitchen. If the …

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Re: Photobucket now charges for third party inlining

Posted on 2017-06-30, 05:45

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by BananaBonez

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IMO vogons should host all of its own photos and not deal with these shitty file hosting sites. That way everything is preserved for the generations to come. Nothing worse than going to very old websites that still have posts to read but no photos, almost useless to keep going.

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Re: What would you guys say this is worth?

Posted on 2017-06-30, 05:28

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by BananaBonez

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There is a Make an Offer button on it.

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