Hi, Thank you for your replies. I had a better look at the cards yesterday. Unpacked and read everything. I also tried to sort them. First of all, the previous owner underestimated the count. It's probably around 2000 cards, and not 200. Some are totally blank (~200 maybe). About half of them have …

Hi I recently get my hands on 200+ punched cards from a 50's IBM 650 computer. (see attachments) I bought them (at first) to convert them into a nice looking frame to put in my office/retro room. But i felt like it would be a shame to waste the vintage software stored on them. I obviously does not …

There are much cheaper cards with similar compatibility and similar or better performance. GF256 DDR is collectors item. You're right 👍 I forgot about the price tag. Even if GF256 SDR can occasionally be found in the 50-70€ range, that still high for the performance. The high price tag being more …

I'm surprised that no one proposed GeForce 256, as it is period correct. (at least from the sources i found) Pentium III 1Ghz ~> Q1/Q2 2000 Geforce 256 ~> Q4 1999 I can't remember what people used at that time. My friends and i were around 13/14yo at that time, so none of us had high end computers. …

Thank you for your answers. Your boxes look really nice too ! If you want to try the Palit / Daytona drivers on the card anyway you can get them here http://ftp.uma.es/Drivers/TVIDEO/S3/775/ I tried the card on two systems. Windows XP (i was hoping to use GPU-Z) (MSI KT6V / Athlon XP 3200+ / 1Gb DDR …

Hi, I recently bought a nice little 2D graphic card : Trio64V22DX. I honestly bought it because of its nice looking, very very "Kitsch" box. Besides that, it's a classic 2D card. Nothing special. But i have two questions : Is the box matching ? I could not found a lot of online sources mentioning " …

Easier to grap two 7900GTX or 7950GT with 512 Mb. Yes, but i try to have setups of specific era. This one is strictly <= 2005. 78XX are 2005 cards 79XX are from 2006. For the same reason, i use socket 939 instead of AM2 (2006) I had a lot of hesitation to pick a CPU. Single or dual core ? In 2005, …

This model could also have non-flat cooler base. They were aware of cooling problem by that time. Look for hairline cracks in BGA memory chips. If nothing found, try lowering memory clock for 10-20MHz. Yes, i heard a lot about R3xx dying because of defective cooling. When applying thermal paste, i …

Unfortunately, after more tests, it looks like my 9700 have a lot of artifacts. A lot during POST. Windows loading screen is OK 50% of the time, windows desktop is OK. 50% i have artifacts Artifacts tends to appear more on image displays. For example, when a window containing a picture is displayed. …

Hi, I have two GTX 7800 (256Mb) in SLI in one of my setups too. It tends to be quite hot. Even with brand new thermal paste / thermal pad (tested both) + complete cleaning + lubrificated fans. Running F.E.A.R Ultra settings @1080p, the cards are around 90°C (Seen on GPUZ) Interestingly, one card is …

thank for your answers. I looked harder online an found a few other cards. In fact, right here, someone posted about one. But without raising questions about the "in between" design. Radeon 9700 Pro - Repair . His pictures clearly show the HDD molex connector instead of the more commonly used floppy …

Hello Halloween passed, but a dark and evil creature, laying on my desk was still haunting me. Half Radeon 9700Pro, half Radeon 9800Pro. The Frankenstein of graphic cards 🧟. I honestly couldn't sleep last night. Not because of the Frankenstein thing, but looking for online info about my card. I …

Hello (my first post on Vogons) I recently found a nearly identical 16Mb Geforce 256. - Same brand (Guillemot) - Same PCB layout, with no memory chips on the back. I got the card a few weeks ago, but i just built the system needed to test it. My card works, but it seems that the "blue" color is …