Got this MSI GeForce NX8800GTS 640MB card for my Pentium M build. A bit overkill, as I intended to go for a more time appropriate 7000 series card, but 8000 series cards were more available and cheaper, and I figured a bit more GPU grunt will really allow me to push the Pentium M to its limits.

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All these people getting such great stuff locally!

The oldest machine I have ever seen for sale locally was a 486DX2/66. Unbranded case, and the battery had exploded. It is also the only 486 machine I have seen locally.

Everything at our thrift stores and recycling yards is really late 90s and early 2000s. You want Pentiums? S, MMX, II, III, 4, 4HT, D? I've got you covered. Need anything even slightly older? Good luck with that. It's been a while since I've even seen an ISA card that wasn't a modem in one of those machines.

Daniël Oosterhuis wrote:

A bit overkill, as I intended to go for a more time appropriate 7000 series card]

I've got an XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB AGP laying around somewhere I wouldn't be opposed to selling if you'd like. It used to be in my Pentium 4 build, but I'm parting out a lot of stuff to make room for more PC/XT/AT era stuff lately.

FAMICOMASTER wrote:

Daniël Oosterhuis wrote:

A bit overkill, as I intended to go for a more time appropriate 7000 series card]

I've got an XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB AGP laying around somewhere I wouldn't be opposed to selling if you'd like. It used to be in my Pentium 4 build, but I'm parting out a lot of stuff to make room for more PC/XT/AT era stuff lately.

Thanks for the offer, but the board in question has PCIe, not AGP.

Ahh, okay. Can't help you there, sorry. I don't have anything newer than that besides my 1050 Ti.

I'm a bit ashamed to be posting this here but it's hardware after all 😀
P9X79 with a (yet) unknown i7. In a big Corsair tower (Obsidian 550D), with an FSP650-80EGN. I'm quite happy with it, and I have not even turned it on yet 😁

Intel486dx33 wrote:

GigAHerZ wrote:

Damn, where are those flea markets you guys can visit and get stuff from!?
I went through 5 different goodwill-like places in my home town, and they are only selling clothes and shoes...

You need to go to computer recycle centers.

I've contacted many electronic waste recyclers - they don't allow anyone to come and investigate their stuff. They just want to silently do their job by recycling everything on their own.

FAMICOMASTER wrote:

Daniël Oosterhuis wrote:

A bit overkill, as I intended to go for a more time appropriate 7000 series card]

I've got an XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB AGP laying around somewhere I wouldn't be opposed to selling if you'd like. It used to be in my Pentium 4 build, but I'm parting out a lot of stuff to make room for more PC/XT/AT era stuff lately.

Those cards go for a mint on eBay.

FAMICOMASTER wrote:

All these people getting such great stuff locally!

You're from USA, you don't get to complain! You have 48 local states + possibly Canada. I don't get a scrap in my small country outside of EU 🙁

You say that like our upgrade treadmill is somehow less violent towards vintage electronics.

I have 48 local states + Canada, but I'm not about to drive 800 miles for a video card. When I say local, I mean within the county, which is at most 30 miles.

cyclone3d wrote:

Those cards go for a mint on eBay.

Really? What kind of a mint are we talking about?

Card works, it's got the XFX stickers and it's got green LEDs in it. If it's actually worth something, I'd love to get rid of it. My X1300 is more than powerful enough, honestly.

Bought 512MB and 4GB compact flash for the pentium as dos use, already had adapters bought years ago.

Got Intel 320 series 120GB and three Intel 710 series 100GB for the PIII stuff. I already got two Startech PATA to SATA bridges.

Also Compaq sound card ES1868, and Creative CT2260. Play with it and see if I can learn where noise gets in, then try experiments to clean noise up.

Pentiumspeed

FAMICOMASTER wrote:

cyclone3d wrote:

Those cards go for a mint on eBay.

Really? What kind of a mint are we talking about?

Card works, it's got the XFX stickers and it's got green LEDs in it. If it's actually worth something, I'd love to get rid of it. My X1300 is more than powerful enough, honestly.

Do a search on ebay for:
7950gt AGP

And then look at the sold items.

cyclone3d wrote:

Do a search on ebay for: 7950gt AGP […]
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FAMICOMASTER wrote:

cyclone3d wrote:

Those cards go for a mint on eBay.

Really? What kind of a mint are we talking about?

Card works, it's got the XFX stickers and it's got green LEDs in it. If it's actually worth something, I'd love to get rid of it. My X1300 is more than powerful enough, honestly.

Do a search on ebay for:
7950gt AGP

And then look at the sold items.

$322! 😲

Yeah... I didn't pay anything near that for mine though. Pretty sure I got mine for less than $50 but that was quite a while ago.

The 7950GT is the fastest AGP card that nVidia released and it is quite hard to find.

WOW nice, I got this for free!

You bet your ass this will be up on eBay in a few hours / days!

I'd be happy with about $100 + shipping but hell I won't turn down anything like that!

cyclone3d wrote:

The 7950GT is the fastest AGP card that nVidia released and it is quite hard to find.

Meanwhile, the fastest AGP card period is a good few generations newer, performs significantly better in all games, and goes for $30-60 all day long. It just doesn't have the "N" magic green pixie dust all over it...

Heh, brand names.

Don't go telling too many people, I've got a bunch of nVidia cards I want gone yet!

xjas wrote:

cyclone3d wrote:

The 7950GT is the fastest AGP card that nVidia released and it is quite hard to find.

Meanwhile, the fastest AGP card period is a good few generations newer, performs significantly better in all games, and goes for $30-60 all day long. It just doesn't have the "N" magic green pixie dust all over it...

Heh.. have you seen the prices lately though? $30-$60 is now a pipe dream.

Good thing I accidentally ended up with 5 or 6 of them.

Thing is, it also doesn't work in Win9x while the 7950GT should.

I just bought 12 non-working boards with various battery and other damages. I just love working on these boards and bringing them back to life. The best part is seeing a board POST again after a difficult repair.