Post your backup card(s)

[MadCow]

Every overclocker should keep a card to use if they blow up their current one, what's yours? I bet mine's the worst of them all, I have no idea what it actually is, all I know is it's made by S3 and the driver says it's a Virge DX/GX. I got it a few years ago from my uncle when I blew up my PCI Radeon 7200, so it's pretty damn old.:laugh: And it's so damn slow that I have to overclock it for it to display the desktop at an acceptable framerate at 1208x1024, it actually lags at stock clocks. :laugh: Of course with overclocking comes heat, and in this case I almost burnt my finger when I touched the bare chip after some time. So I made a heatsink/fan combo out of an old NB cooler and a random fan I had lying around, then I just soldered the fan leads directly to the PCI +12V trace (It had holes in the PCB already) And now I present to you, the Frankenstein PCI card:
http://www.1pixelhost.com/files/urvzeholr3c9iwstfaem.jpg (http://www.1pixelhost.com/)

Runs cool as hell with this, and if I blow my X1950, I'll see just how high this thing clocks. :D

[Grings]

i just got an x700 pro for £11 (aria) as i didnt have a backup pci-e card (well i have a few, but they're all in rigs already)

If my 8800 dies then ill revert to using my x1800, the rig thats in can have my 7800, and the rig thats in can have the x700

[WhiteLotus]

integrated in the board count?

[Grings]

i just got an x700 pro for £11 (aria) as i didnt have a backup pci-e card (well i have a few, but they're all in rigs already)

If my 8800 dies then ill revert to using my x1800, the rig thats in can have my 7800, and the rig thats in can have the x700

as for agp, i only use one now (9800pro, in my bedroom video box), but have a boxful of spares (9600xt, 4200ti, and loads of geforce2-4mx's etc)

edit: eh, i just edited my post and it quoted it instead, wtf?

[curt]

i just bought a 7300gt 256mb for 50 bucks good lil back up card one to use when im workin on my 8800gts 640mb or the 6800gs from my server

an i got oddles of old agp cards from 6800.s down to tnt2.s lol

an one normal pci 2mb card just in case

[Taz100420]

PCI Trio S3 1MB, Radeon 7000 64MB, ATI Rage 16MB or something along those lines

[jamupnorth]

Mmm i have a nvidia mx400 in the drawer but i cant use it as its agp (so why did i bother replying to the thread ?) oh i think this thread should be about what cards should be in a museum! . it would be pretty full !!

[3991vhtes]

MGA Matrox 2MB :)

[imperialreign]

I've got 3:

ATI X700 PRO 256MB GDDR3
VisionTek X1300 512MB GDDR2
ATI X1650 PRO 256MB GDDR3

and sadly, my X700 OCs the best out of them all :ohwell:

[3991vhtes]

BTW, mine is PCI, made in the mid 1990's

[imperialreign]

You'd prob be better off going with the onboard video :D

[theonetruewill]

Check out my video cards in system specs... I've only had my computer for 8 months... I have a problem...

Hi I'm theonetruewill, and I'm a graphaholic.

PS: add an X550, a Riva TNT2, 3DFX Voodoo2, and an X300se to that list, they wouldn't fit on.

[JC316]

Geforce 4 MX 420 PCI is my backup card.

[Tatty_One]

Backup card.......Gainward Bliss 8800GTS 640MB voltmodded on 720core with a thermalright HR03 cooler.

Got a HIS 3870 last week (not taken outta the box yet) with a Asus 8800GT on the way, am going to keep the GT, fleabay the 3870 as new at cost price and maybe later sell the 8800GTS but for now it's my backup.

Ohhh and I have a MX400 32MB AGP but as I have no AGP slot I can't really call it a backup :(

[tigger]

Mines a 2mb cirrus logic cl-gd5446-hc-a based card on pci.Does the job till i beg another.

[jamupnorth]

Backup card.......Gainward Bliss 8800GTS 640MB voltmodded on 720core with a thermalright HR03 cooler.

Got a HIS 3870 last week (not taken outta the box yet) with a Asus 8800GT on the way, am going to keep the GT, fleabay the 3870 as new at cost price and maybe later sell the 8800GTS but for now it's my backup.

Ohhh and I have a MX400 32MB AGP but as I have no AGP slot I can't r:(


Tatty u lost me on the 3870 ? last week you loved it ?

whats going on ?

[Tatty_One]

Tatty u lost me on the 3870 ? last week you loved it ?

whats going on ?

It's never come outta the box but I started breaking out in a rash at the weekend, couldnt understand what it was, was getting real bad, then my daughter moved around some stuff in my study and the ATi card was moved into a spare room....the rash cleared up real quick! I moved the box back into study and within 20 minutes the rash broke out again so it's gotta go I'm afraid, I am allergic to ATi graphics cards....thats a fact! :rockout:

[theonetruewill]

It's never come outta the box but I started breaking out in a rash at the weekend, couldnt understand what it was, was getting real bad, then my daughter moved around some stuff in my study and the ATi card was moved into a spare room....the rash cleared up real quick! I moved the box back into study and within 20 minutes the rash broke out again so it's gotta go I'm afraid, I am allergic to ATi graphics cards....thats a fact! :rockout:

NVidia have infected them!

[jamupnorth]

It's never come outta the box but I started breaking out in a rash at the weekend, couldnt understand what it was, was getting real bad, then my daughter moved around some stuff in my study and the ATi card was moved into a spare room....the rash cleared up real quick! I moved the box back into study and within 20 minutes the rash broke out again so it's gotta go I'm afraid, I am allergic to ATi graphics cards....thats a fact! :rockout:

Lol...fooking mad

i want one though!

[hat]

I have an artifacting x1800XL in the closet. I never did get around to BIOS flashing it, I was too afaraid I'd kill it. I should probably break it out and start using it now that I know that my problem with the system crashing was ATiTool and Punkbuster not playing nice.

[3991vhtes]

You'd prob be better off going with the onboard video :D

None of my boards have onboard video :roll:

[TonyStark]

Nvidia 7200GS 128MB

Overclocked 44% on the core and 37% on the memory.

:cool:

[newtekie1]

All of my backup cards are in use.:roll:

I'll just pull one of my 7600GTs if I need a quick backup card.

[Widjaja]

I don't OC my Sapphire X1950pro but I do keep a backup.

This card:-
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/WiFry/Gigabyte7600GS.jpg

[hat]

You know what... I dug up those modded bioses from Tatty One from a couple months ago and I'm gonna flash it (the x1800) when I get my new PSU in. Maybe even use it for GPU folding.

[black light burns]

"i use onboard as a back-up using it right now because i fried the 7900GS replacement on the way."
posted for p_o_s_pc

EDIT: Damn it keep forgetting to put the damn quotes and put who it is for.:banghead:


I don't have any extra cards.... oh wait yes i do i have a mx4000 PCI

[strick94u]

Great up to now I have not given it much thought IE no spare:(
not sure if this board would run an old pci card but I don,t see why it would not.
so worse case 440 mx pci

[rougal]

My old card as backup. Gigabyte 7300gt.

[Chewy]

I have my 1900gt rev.1 with accelero x2 cooler, the cooler is starting to make a rattling sound.. it hasent even had a years use... when I get my new 8800gts 112sp I'll have to take the cooler back to where I bought it so they can order me up a new fan for it..

The cards been set in bios so if my temp goes over 50c fan spins @ 100% or something like that.. maybe 60c..

[AphexDreamer]

My spare tire be a VisionTek Radeaon X1300 512MB GDDR2 that clocks to about 645/374 on air with stock cooler. I had some good times with that card and Oblviion, good times indeed :rolleyes:. If I ever go suiside with my Pro that'ed be the card i'd use.

[hat]

haha dude, I played oblivion with an nvidia fx 5200... 640x480 no aa no af med textures, no shadows, no secular, view distance 100%, no distant rendering, ... whatever lets just say it looked like crap :roll:

[AphexDreamer]

haha dude, I played oblivion with an nvidia fx 5200... 640x480 no aa no af med textures, no shadows, no secular, view distance 100%, no distant rendering, ... whatever lets just say it looked like crap :roll:

Actulay it played Oblvion quite nicely. At 1024x768 With max view distance, Max Trees, max buildings, and HDR. I had the grass on low and the tree fade was a little less than half way, water detail was normal, with Water Ripples on and window refection on. I had the Blood decale on normal and would occacialy play it with AAx2 forced. I would get like 20FPS more or less. Oh and I also did some modfications of my own in the oblvion.ini. Game looked preaty good. I was happy with my good ol X1300.

[Tatty_One]

None of my boards have onboard video :roll:

Perhaps you could superglue my old MX400 onto a bare piece of PCB on your mobo.....thats surely would then classify as "on board" :D

[Tatty_One]

I have my 1900gt rev.1 with accelero x2 cooler, the cooler is starting to make a rattling sound.. it hasent even had a years use... when I get my new 8800gts 112sp I'll have to take the cooler back to where I bought it so they can order me up a new fan for it..

The cards been set in bios so if my temp goes over 50c fan spins @ 100% or something like that.. maybe 60c..

Wanna buy my 8800gts?? :D

[Tatty_One]

You know what... I dug up those modded bioses from Tatty One from a couple months ago and I'm gonna flash it (the x1800) when I get my new PSU in. Maybe even use it for GPU folding.


Good boy! ;)

[Chewy]

Wanna buy my 8800gts?? :D

Already ordered my gts, picked it over the gt because I read that the xtra memory helps when maxing crysis (prob no AA still). *yawn..*, I could fall back asleep right now but I gtg to work :P

It should be interesting to see when using crysis bench and I have my new rig set up.. see if it really does better and by how much. I should have it done begining of December.. maybe this weekend. :rockout:

[W1zzard]

http://img.techpowerup.org/071127/Capture1242.jpg

[Chewy]

^^ thats what I was dreaming at the start of last nights sleep, having multiple backup cards :p.

[Wile E]

http://img.techpowerup.org/071127/Capture1242.jpg

lol. Feel like sending me a 3870 for me to test out?


My back-ups are an X700PRO 256MB and my dad currently has my X1800XT 256MB, but it will be another back up when he gets his new card. (He's probably getting a 3850)

[W1zzard]

i dont have any 3850/3870 cards .. amd still hasn't figured out if/when/how to send me one.

[Wile E]

i dont have any 3850/3870 cards .. amd still hasn't figured out if/when/how to send me one.I'm genuinely surprised by that. I was wondering why I didn't see a tpu review. I thought I just overlooked it or something.

I wouldn't mind an 8800GT either. lol

[btarunr]

You'll lose badly in the race for the worst backup card, Madcow.

I have a SiS 6326 PCI card, with 8 MB VRAM. Well, this thing has sufficient juice to boot the system with a Windows 98 CLI boot-CD, to flash my video-card's BIOS after a screw-up. Also to start the OS and remove the nvstrap driver set by Riva Tuner.

If my video-card goes RIP or needs to be removed for repairs (and for me to continue work on the PC), I also have a spare GeForce 6800 XT based card from my other system

[btarunr]

http://img.techpowerup.org/071127/Capture1242.jpg

After a long time.a boxfull of high-end cards.

Can you PLEEASE put-up a high-res version of this pic so i could set as a wallpaper?????

[Tatty_One]

Already ordered my gts, picked it over the gt because I read that the xtra memory helps when maxing crysis (prob no AA still). *yawn..*, I could fall back asleep right now but I gtg to work :P

It should be interesting to see when using crysis bench and I have my new rig set up.. see if it really does better and by how much. I should have it done begining of December.. maybe this weekend. :rockout:

Well all I can say is that on my rig, with my gfx card even at non voltmodded speeds I can play the crysis demo at 16xx x 10xx at MAX detail. full AA/AF and it's as smooth as silk and thats the truth but surely you aint buying a card for just one game lol.

Now everyone tells me that crysis is not CPU dependant, so the fact that I am running my CPU at 4Gig should make no difference (still find that a little hard to beleive, ever heard of a game that does not rely on CPU power to some degree?) but I was running the demo in DX9.

[Woah Mama!]

I think Wiz clearly puts us all to shame. To have an 8800GTX as a backup card.... :(

[Tatty_One]

I'm genuinely surprised by that. I was wondering why I didn't see a tpu review. I thought I just overlooked it or something.

I wouldn't mind an 8800GT either. lol

I have both :D.....an HIS 3870 and an Asus 8800GT on the way but the 3870 is going on fleabay for sale.....it is still sealed and un-opened!

[tigger]

Is that your lucky dip w1zzard :laugh:

[cdawall]

my agp back ups
Ti4200 64mb
FX5700 128mb
Radeon 8500 64mb

my PCI
some ancient creative thing that lives in my garage

[Live OR Die]

:laugh: Mines a Nvidia 8400GS not that bad if you want to run pacman :roll: http://img.techpowerup.org/071127/DSC_0002.jpg

[MadCow]

:laugh: Mines a Nvidia 8400GS not that bad if you want to run pacman :roll: [/img]http://img.techpowerup.org/071127/DSC_0002.jpg[/img]

Hah, mine can't even run pacman. Remember how the very first 3d card were nicknamed 3D decelerators? Well Mine's a 2D decelerator. :laugh: I'm gonna try to get the lowest possible 3dmark score one day.

[spud107]

MGA Matrox 2MB :)

thats what iv got as backup somewhere, good to keep handy,

[Tatty_One]

ATB Velocity 32MB FTW!!!

[Widjaja]

http://img.techpowerup.org/071127/Capture1242.jpg

They're all in the box because he only has an agp motherboard.

[theonetruewill]

http://img.techpowerup.org/071127/Capture1242.jpg

OK I'm going to try an gather all my cards together to get that same effect. But c'mon, an 8800GTX backup :eek::eek::eek: My backup's are all rubbish.

[Tatty_One]

Lol, W1z should start another competition....."guess the cards" from what I can see in there, there are 7 pretty visible cards, we have to list what 7 we think they are, not manufacturer just GPU, starting of course with the 8800GTX, we list our 7 guesses in a new thread, closing date 30 Nov, I entry each, the best (closest) 3 get to pick one of the cards to have, who ever comes first of course gets first choice :D

[black light burns]

Lol, W1z should start another competition....."guess the cards" from what I can see in there, there are 7 pretty visible cards, we have to list what 7 we think they are, not manufacturer just GPU, starting of course with the 8800GTX, we list our 7 guesses in a new thread, closing date 30 Nov, I entry each, the best (closest) 3 get to pick one of the cards to have, who ever comes first of course gets first choice :D

i am for that now i don't know if W1z is.

[imperialreign]

Lol, W1z should start another competition....."guess the cards" from what I can see in there, there are 7 pretty visible cards, we have to list what 7 we think they are, not manufacturer just GPU, starting of course with the 8800GTX, we list our 7 guesses in a new thread, closing date 30 Nov, I entry each, the best (closest) 3 get to pick one of the cards to have, who ever comes first of course gets first choice

talk about setting up for a feeding fenzy :laugh: That's a mighty fine idea, man - doubt w1z would go for it, though

[black light burns]

talk about setting up for a feeding fenzy :laugh: That's a mighty fine idea, man - doubt w1z would go for it, though

if he does i am going for the GTX :D

[Tatty_One]

talk about setting up for a feeding fenzy :laugh: That's a mighty fine idea, man - doubt w1z would go for it, though

I know but it's worth a try, think of it this way.....all them cards must be taking up valuable space in his home.....we would be doing him a favour :D

When I try to log on in the morning at work and get the message "account deleted" or "banned your arse" then I will guess he was non too happy with the idea :eek:

[black light burns]

I know but it's worth a try, think of it this way.....all them cards must be taking up valuable space in his home.....we would be doing him a favour :D

When I try to log on in the morning at work and get the message "account deleted" or "banned your arse" then I will guess he was non too happy with the idea :eek:

:laugh::roll: that is funny but i don't think that he would do that because of the idea

[Fuse-Wire]

my back up card is a 64mb connect 3D Raedon 9100 AGP

[mrsemi]

I'm using a 2600pro as backup but I burned so much stuff up in 3 months I took the replacements and made an entire backup machine out of it.

On my 3rd agp machine I've got a 5200 I used to use and technically my 6600le is backup because I gave it a bad flash and haven't figured out how to get it back to normal. That 6600le was a great card at the time, and it wasn't that long ago either.

I got a good laugh at W1zzard's box too, yeah it'd be nice to have that backup box but no doubt he earned it.

[Widjaja]

Lol, W1z should start another competition....."guess the cards" from what I can see in there, there are 7 pretty visible cards, we have to list what 7 we think they are, not manufacturer just GPU, starting of course with the 8800GTX, we list our 7 guesses in a new thread, closing date 30 Nov, I entry each, the best (closest) 3 get to pick one of the cards to have, who ever comes first of course gets first choice :D

I like the idea!
I like it alot!:p

It would be an awsome competition.

How do we know all the cards work properly though?

[btarunr]

Lol, W1z should start another competition....."guess the cards" from what I can see in there, there are 7 pretty visible cards, we have to list what 7 we think they are, not manufacturer just GPU, starting of course with the 8800GTX, we list our 7 guesses in a new thread, closing date 30 Nov, I entry each, the best (closest) 3 get to pick one of the cards to have, who ever comes first of course gets first choice :D

How about us all asking W1z to post a high-res version of this pic? Wouldn't this make an awesome wallpaper? W1z could also place a TPU logo on the corner.

L2R all the visible ones look like:

Radeon X1800 XL ; Radeon X1900 XT(X) ; Radeon HD 2600 XT ; Radeon X1950 XTX(CF) ; Radeon HD 2900 XT ; Radeon X1900 GT ; Radeon HD 2900 XT ; GeForce 8600 GT ; GeForce 8800 GTX ; GeForce 8600 (silent pipe)

[Tatty_One]

How about us all asking W1z to post a high-res version of this pic? Wouldn't this make an awesome wallpaper? W1z could also place a TPU logo on the corner.

L2R all the visible ones look like:

Radeon X1800 XL ; Radeon X1900 XT(X) ; Radeon HD 2600 XT ; Radeon X1950 XTX(CF) ; Radeon HD 2900 XT ; Radeon X1900 GT ; Radeon HD 2900 XT ; GeForce 8600 GT ; GeForce 8800 GTX ; GeForce 8600 (silent pipe)

You have a couple wrong there.....trust me! Well I am not banned (yet) so he has either not read the thread or he likes the idea!

[btarunr]

You have a couple wrong there.....trust me! Well I am not banned (yet) so he has either not read the thread or he likes the idea!

Ban you? For what? Asking him about the cards? I don't think W1z has such a fat ego. Else he'd be working with ATI, coding drivers et al. and not be an inspirational hardware-enthusiast.

[Tatty_One]

Ban you? For what? Asking him about the cards? I don't think W1z has such a fat ego. Else he'd be working with ATI, coding drivers et al. and not be an inspirational hardware-enthusiast.

I was kidding!....well I hope I was :eek:

[cdawall]

lol there are several wrong on btarunr's list :roll:

[PVTCaboose1337]

Backup = ATI Rage IIC = Fail, but boots me to windows.

[btarunr]

lol there are several wrong on btarunr's list :roll:

Yeah? Put your list up, Einstein.

[cepoi]

http://img.techpowerup.org/071127/Capture1242.jpg

lol..many highend gpu..must be heavy..how many kg?

[kane77573]

http://bbs.pcpop.com/UpLoadImages/2007/6/4/0x0/c36de4d6-7d12-4903-b133-d3a02e37f93f.jpg

[btarunr]

Makes little sense to me. Isn't this thread about people's backup cards and not a flaunt-hut for people's setups?

[GLD]

http://img.techpowerup.org/071127/Capture1242.jpg

Nice photoshop skilz there. Makes it look like you have a box full of top end spares. :roll: ;)

[Scrizz]

i got an Matrox G200

[freaksavior]

evga 7300gs 512mb.

[btarunr]

Nice photoshop skilz there. Makes it look like you have a box full of top end spares. :roll: ;)

No Photoshop skills, dude. W1z really has all those cards. He writes reviews on them and so biggie companies keep sending him engg. samples.

[ktr]

For pci-e i have two 7600gt in sli, and if one goes dead...i do have the other.

For agp (which i dont use any more) i still have my x850pro, and then my 9200se.

For pci, i stll have a my MGA Matrox 2MB that is in my HP Vectra (a $4000 workstation like 15 years ago)

[cdawall]

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=45491&page=3

left to right X1800XT,HD2600XT,HD2900XT,X1900/X1800 unsure,8600GT,8800GTX,8600 silent?,buried a couple more is a zotac 8400GT :p

thats all i can see

[Rurouni Strife]

Ordered a 3850, so my current 1800GTO will soon relegate to backup duty (or possibly running my family's new pc if they decide they want one).

Current backup is an agp GeForce 2 MX 400. It's good for...Jedi Knight 2!
But seriously...

[largon]

Asus X1300 128MB PCIe

[intel igent]

a hercules something or other?! with i think 32mb ram :laugh:

hey at least its agp :slap:

:toast:

[3991vhtes]

Perhaps you could superglue my old MX400 onto a bare piece of PCB on your mobo.....thats surely would then classify as "on board" :D

Yes, it would be onboard. lol. :D

[sneekypeet]

Due to my rescent purchase...My good old X850XTPE PCI-e is my backup for the time being.

[Oliver_FF]

I've got a 7900GTO sitting around as my backup, my backup-backup is a geforce 6600GT, my backup-backup-backup is a geforce 6200 XD

[ghost101]

Well im currently on my backup after selling my card.

X300SE, its so rubbish the HD 3850 i ordered cant arrive fast enough.

[GLD]

No Photoshop skills, dude. W1z really has all those cards. He writes reviews on them and so biggie companies keep sending him engg. samples.

Yes I know this. It was sarcasm. ;)

[btarunr]

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=45491&page=3

left to right X1800XT,HD2600XT,HD2900XT,X1900/X1800 unsure,8600GT,8800GTX,8600 silent?,buried a couple more is a zotac 8400GT :p

thats all i can see

Nyaah! The first one, X1800 is X1800 XL, not XT. X1800 XT doesn't have a single slot cooler as a reference cooler but something similar to the X1900. There's a X1950 XTX before to the HD2900 XT also there's that white-ish one X1900 GThttp://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10863&stc=1&d=1196313651

[AphexDreamer]

http://img.techpowerup.org/071127/Capture1242.jpg

Imagine CrossFireing/SLIing all of those cards at once, DROOOOLLLL:respect:

[Tatty_One]

a hercules something or other?! with i think 32mb ram :laugh:

hey at least its agp :slap:

:toast:

Prophet?.....classic 3d card.

[intel igent]

Prophet?.....classic 3d card.

have no idea stripped out of my moms 10yr old paradigm prebuilt and the sticker went with it.........

the HSF is epoxied directly to the core.

i keep it JUST in case i need to see.

[btarunr]

have no idea stripped out of my moms 10yr old paradigm prebuilt and the sticker went with it.........

the HSF is epoxied directly to the core.

i keep it JUST in case i need to see.

I tried removing the HSF of an old TNT2. That ripped the GPU off the BGA. Waaaah!:cry:

[ghost101]

I tried removing the HSF of an old TNT2. That ripped the GPU off the BGA. Waaaah!:cry:

Hehe,

i did the same thing with an x800xl and arctic cooling 5 HSF. The RAM chips just came straight off with the thermal pads.

[btarunr]

Hehe,

i did the same thing with an x800xl and arctic cooling 5 HSF. The RAM chips just came straight off with the thermal pads.

sorry to hear that, buddy....you must've felt terrible. my sympathies

[jydie]

I have several video cards that I can use as backups, but I make sure to keep 3 cards in a safe spot in case of a bad video card bios flash... my PCI based Radeon 7000 and Nvidia 6200 along with a PCI-E x1 Radeon x1550. The x1550 seems strange to plug that into a motherboard because the PCI-E x1 slot is so small.

[cdawall]

Nyaah! The first one, X1800 is X1800 XL, not XT. X1800 XT doesn't have a single slot cooler as a reference cooler but something similar to the X1900. There's a X1950 XTX before to the HD2900 XT also there's that white-ish one X1900 GThttp://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10863&stc=1&d=1196313651

lol good job u skipped the first one cause i couldnt see it :D

[yogurt_21]

x1800xt, and if thats fails I go all the way down to a rage 128 16mb pci.