Shader_BiH wrote on Yesterday, 13:34:

Today I pass my 100 cards mark with a long overdue package from UK.

Riva TNT2 Ultra?

Nexxen wrote on Yesterday, 14:29:

Congratulations! A nice milestone. […]
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Shader_BiH wrote on Yesterday, 13:34:

Today I pass my 100 cards mark with a long overdue package from UK.

Congratulations!
A nice milestone.

Cheers!!

Thanks 😀 It's my first Canopus card. I've read about them here in the forum, and when this one popped up... I just had to grab it.

devius wrote on Yesterday, 19:56:

Riva TNT2 Ultra?

It's a tier below, TNT2 Pro. I've read somewhere it can actually reach higher clocks than the Ultra, not that I plan to abuse this old lass.

Just arrived, a Gigabyte nForce2 motherboard with AMD Athlon XP 2500+, sold as not working because the previous owner said "it just stopped working" so we'll see what I can do with it. It does have some bulging caps, so I'll likely recap it.

Also in the package, a Geforce4 Ti 4200 and a SoundBlaster SB0220. I am really hoping the video card works, I can deal with everything else not working if that were the case, I don't have a GeForce4 yet so that alone would make the whole package well worth it. It's dirty and needs a good cleaning. I paid $67 out the door for everything, worth the chance.

Brawndo wrote on Yesterday, 20:34:

Just arrived, a Gigabyte nForce2 motherboard with AMD Athlon XP 2500+, sold as not working because the previous owner said "it j […]
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Just arrived, a Gigabyte nForce2 motherboard with AMD Athlon XP 2500+, sold as not working because the previous owner said "it just stopped working" so we'll see what I can do with it. It does have some bulging caps, so I'll likely recap it.

Also in the package, a Geforce4 Ti 4200 and a SoundBlaster SB0220. I am really hoping the video card works, I can deal with everything else not working if that were the case, I don't have a GeForce4 yet so that alone would make the whole package well worth it. It's dirty and needs a good cleaning. I paid $67 out the door for everything, worth the chance.

That board will probably fireup after recap, and the Ti 4200 is really a great card for DX7-8 titles. I coupled mine with Pentium 3 at 1 GHz and the games fly. A Tualatin would probably make it even better. Good luck with testing 😀

Shader_BiH wrote on Yesterday, 13:34:

Today I pass my 100 cards mark with a long overdue package from UK.

Nice to know... but who counts 😉

Any special cards in your collection?

Shader_BiH wrote on Yesterday, 21:05:

Brawndo wrote on Yesterday, 20:34:

Just arrived, a Gigabyte nForce2 motherboard with AMD Athlon XP 2500+, sold as not working because the previous owner said "it j […]
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Just arrived, a Gigabyte nForce2 motherboard with AMD Athlon XP 2500+, sold as not working because the previous owner said "it just stopped working" so we'll see what I can do with it. It does have some bulging caps, so I'll likely recap it.

Also in the package, a Geforce4 Ti 4200 and a SoundBlaster SB0220. I am really hoping the video card works, I can deal with everything else not working if that were the case, I don't have a GeForce4 yet so that alone would make the whole package well worth it. It's dirty and needs a good cleaning. I paid $67 out the door for everything, worth the chance.

That board will probably fireup after recap, and the Ti 4200 is really a great card for DX7-8 titles. I coupled mine with Pentium 3 at 1 GHz and the games fly. A Tualatin would probably make it even better. Good luck with testing 😀

If it works, it will most likely end up in an AMD socket A system. I never owned an Intel computer until I built a C2D E6600 system back in the mid 2000s. Gotta stick to my heritage. 😁

Shader_BiH wrote on Yesterday, 21:05:

Brawndo wrote on Yesterday, 20:34:

Just arrived, a Gigabyte nForce2 motherboard with AMD Athlon XP 2500+, sold as not working because the previous owner said "it j […]
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Just arrived, a Gigabyte nForce2 motherboard with AMD Athlon XP 2500+, sold as not working because the previous owner said "it just stopped working" so we'll see what I can do with it. It does have some bulging caps, so I'll likely recap it.

Also in the package, a Geforce4 Ti 4200 and a SoundBlaster SB0220. I am really hoping the video card works, I can deal with everything else not working if that were the case, I don't have a GeForce4 yet so that alone would make the whole package well worth it. It's dirty and needs a good cleaning. I paid $67 out the door for everything, worth the chance.

That board will probably fireup after recap, and the Ti 4200 is really a great card for DX7-8 titles. I coupled mine with Pentium 3 at 1 GHz and the games fly. A Tualatin would probably make it even better. Good luck with testing 😀

...is that cat hair?

nd22 wrote on 2026-09-18, 10:25:

supercordo wrote on 2026-09-15, 21:32:

Got this Abit AN7 board for cheap, I would say. Was sold as for parts not working. Was missing the bios chip and all the jumpers. Booted right up after swaping in a new bios chip.

Congrats! You got the best socket A board ever made! I got 4 and they all perform flawlessly with the original Rubicon capacitors. It works even with SSD's! My main retro system has an AN7 with an Athlon XP 3200 and has been running since 2016.

Thanks, Come join the fun. Socket A: Aiming for the Stars!!!