loves old graphics cards :) - Page 3

xBruce88x · 11-05-2009, 08:28 AM

Ah good old socket A, i had a 9600XT with a socket A system. the cpu was an athlon xp 2500+ with the Barton core. 1GB DDR400 XMS. yea.. my first real gaming pc. the motherboard was an Abit NF7-S. that thing was tough. it survived THREE hits from lightning! the first hit messed up the onboard lan, the 2nd took out the sound, and the third just made the cpu more heat sensitive... guess what finally killed it? ... a bios update. figures.

yea... the 9800s were beasts.

CHAOS_KILLA · 11-05-2009, 09:07 AM

Ur motherboard must attract lightning! lol

xBruce88x · 11-05-2009, 10:00 AM

lol yea it used to... we get a lot of storms here during the spring, summer, and parts of fall

Xdarklightningx · 11-06-2009, 04:14 AM

lol I got 2 pretty old card I have a geforce 8400 gs it's so old my fan stopped working in it i gotta order a new one, and i also have a ATI 9250 pro that I'm letting a friend use because he was using a shitty onboard gfx card. Both of these cards run great and have not had any problems at all. My bro is using my old comp with the 8400 gs the temps get a little to hot for a gpu but its been contently running for like 5 months like that and hasn't gone out. I'm gonna order that fan soon probably lol. And my 9250 pro only has a heat sink over the gpu even tho its a fairly big heatsink cools it descent.

Melvis · 11-06-2009, 10:12 AM

I have a soft spot for my old FX5700 and 7600GT but nothing that old (even though i have a TNT 2 32mb and 64mb here) There just to old for me to care about realy. My MX440 would be as far as i would go back and care about

ucanmandaa · 11-06-2009, 10:22 AM

mx 440 actually is a slightly modded Geforce 2 so that counts too I guess

Melvis · 11-06-2009, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ucanmandaa

mx 440 actually is a slightly modded Geforce 2 so that counts too I guess

is it? bugger, ok you got me then, i care about the old TNT 2's as well

matthewbroad · 11-06-2009, 10:32 AM

I owned 2 Voodoo 5500 AGP 2x's. One actually died because of a cap missing and I left it at school in grade 11 (2007). I graded in 2008 and got a free voodoo 5500 AGP 2x in 09 sometime.

ucanmandaa · 11-06-2009, 12:30 PM

well one of my voodoo 5 agp caps fell off years ago... interestingly it still works

How sturdy these cards are! It even survived a blown computer (except voodoo and the cpu every thing was burnt due to power surge)

twicksisted · 11-06-2009, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matthewbroad

I owned 2 Voodoo 5500 AGP 2x's. One actually died because of a cap missing and I left it at school in grade 11 (2007). I graded in 2008 and got a free voodoo 5500 AGP 2x in 09 sometime.

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9440/dscn1168p.jpg

Phwooar! check out the heatsinks on that baby

(fap fap fap)

matthewbroad · 11-06-2009, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twicksisted

Phwooar! check out the heatsinks on that baby

(fap fap fap)

To bad the fan's don't work. If I get this 5500 going i'll put on a big 80mm fan

Gyres01 · 11-12-2009, 08:14 PM

Hmmmm let us dig into the PC graveyard box...........Got 1 Raedon 7200 32mb and a MX440 64mb, and an ATI Xpert2000 Pro 32mb.

System Name:	xBruce88x
Processor:	Intel Pentium D 915 2.8Ghz 800FSB (OC to 3.5Ghz/1000FSB)
Motherboard:	AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA
Cooling:	1x front 80mm, 1x rear 80mm, MASSCOOL 8WA741 92mm cpu cooler, and whatever is on the gfx and power
Memory:	Corsair XMS2 Plat. 675Mhz DDR-2 2x1GB
Video Card:	MSI OC Geforce 9600GT 512MB (@ x4 pci-e, chipset limit), 2x 3DFX VooDoo II, now what to do with agp!
Harddisk:	500GB Hitachi 16mb cache, 7200rpm
CD/DVD Drive:	BenQ DW1655, Samsung SD-616E
CRT/LCD Model:	Panasonic GDM-5402 (1920x1440 @75htz max)
Case:	no freaking idea... but its just big enough for the asrock board, and looks nice. been through a lot
Sound Card:	Realtek ALC888 (for case audio plugs) and Creative SB-Audigy 2 (for Tritton AX-51)
PSU:	Antec Smartpower 400W (12v1 14A, 12v2 15A)
Software:	Windows XP SP3, made to look like vista lol
Benchmarks:	3D Mark: 6926

System Name:	CHAOS-KILLA
Processor:	i7 920 Quad Core HT on @ 3.5Ghz (northbridge gets to hot for 4.0ghz OC)
Motherboard:	EVGA SLI X58 Micro ATX Motherboard
Cooling:	CPU Cooler Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120, 2 180mm bottom case fans, 120mm top case fan
Memory:	6GB Corsair Dominator Ram 1866Mhz triple channel
Video Card:	Sapphire HD5870 1GB Video Card
Harddisk:	1TB HD Western Digital
CD/DVD Drive:	Benq DVD+RW 24speed
CRT/LCD Model:	23.6inch Samsung P2350 LCD Moniter 1920*1080
Case:	Raven RV01 Full ATX Case
Sound Card:	Motherboard Realtek AC97 Sound
PSU:	HX1000 Modular PSU from Corsair
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Benchmarks:	No Benchmarking. Gaming, Movies, Videos, Music, Pictures, photo shop sketching and Net browsing!

System Name:	xBruce88x
Processor:	Intel Pentium D 915 2.8Ghz 800FSB (OC to 3.5Ghz/1000FSB)
Motherboard:	AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA
Cooling:	1x front 80mm, 1x rear 80mm, MASSCOOL 8WA741 92mm cpu cooler, and whatever is on the gfx and power
Memory:	Corsair XMS2 Plat. 675Mhz DDR-2 2x1GB
Video Card:	MSI OC Geforce 9600GT 512MB (@ x4 pci-e, chipset limit), 2x 3DFX VooDoo II, now what to do with agp!
Harddisk:	500GB Hitachi 16mb cache, 7200rpm
CD/DVD Drive:	BenQ DW1655, Samsung SD-616E
CRT/LCD Model:	Panasonic GDM-5402 (1920x1440 @75htz max)
Case:	no freaking idea... but its just big enough for the asrock board, and looks nice. been through a lot
Sound Card:	Realtek ALC888 (for case audio plugs) and Creative SB-Audigy 2 (for Tritton AX-51)
PSU:	Antec Smartpower 400W (12v1 14A, 12v2 15A)
Software:	Windows XP SP3, made to look like vista lol
Benchmarks:	3D Mark: 6926

System Name:	First Build
Processor:	+7850 Black Edition @ 3.4 ghz
Motherboard:	BIOSTAR TA790GX A2+
Cooling:	zalman cnps9700 on cpu and a few 120s in case
Memory:	3 Gigs kingston hyper x (1066)
Video Card:	HIS 4850 Turbo (512 mb)
Harddisk:	250 barracuda 7200rpm
CD/DVD Drive:	Lite on
Case:	Apevia
PSU:	Raid max 730 watts
Software:	Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit

System Name:	Night Rider \| GF's Sli Rig
Processor:	AMD FX-57 @ 2.8GHz (Standard) \| AMD 3700+ Sandy Core 2.2GHz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte K8NF-9 Ultra \| Gigabyte K8N Pro-Sli
Cooling:	AMD 4 Copper Pipe Heat Sink 80mm Fan / 3x120mm and 1x80mm Case fans \| Standard
Memory:	2x1GB Giel DDR500, 3-4-4-8 \| Random sticks of DDR400 2GB
Video Card:	HIS 256MB 3850 \| XpertVision 8600GT's 256MB in Sli
Harddisk:	ST3500320AS / ST3320620NS \| 150GB Raptor
CD/DVD Drive:	Sony DVD-ROM DDU1615 / Sony DVD RW AW-G170A \| 2x Lite-on Burners
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell M992 19inch CRT / Dell 19inch LCD \| My LCD <
Case:	Atrix 9001-C4 \| Grey spare case with side and back fans 80mm
Sound Card:	Onboard \| Onbaord
PSU:	Corsair HX-620 \| Corsair HX-450
Software:	Windows XP Pro SP3 and testing Windows 7 \| Windows XP Pro 32Bit
Benchmarks:	3D Mark 05 = 10358 / 3D Mark 06 = 4418 / 3D Mark 2001SE = 27262 Using the 8600GT \| 3DMark06 = 4700

11-05-2009, 08:28 AM	#51
xBruce88x Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 109 (4.51/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 18 Times in 14 Posts System Specs	Ah good old socket A, i had a 9600XT with a socket A system. the cpu was an athlon xp 2500+ with the Barton core. 1GB DDR400 XMS. yea.. my first real gaming pc. the motherboard was an Abit NF7-S. that thing was tough. it survived THREE hits from lightning! the first hit messed up the onboard lan, the 2nd took out the sound, and the third just made the cpu more heat sensitive... guess what finally killed it? ... a bios update. figures. yea... the 9800s were beasts.

11-05-2009, 09:07 AM	#52
CHAOS_KILLA Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Posts: 536 (0.94/day) Thanks: 33 Thanked 48 Times in 43 Posts System Specs	Ur motherboard must attract lightning! lol

11-05-2009, 10:00 AM	#53
xBruce88x Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 109 (4.51/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 18 Times in 14 Posts System Specs	lol yea it used to... we get a lot of storms here during the spring, summer, and parts of fall

11-06-2009, 04:14 AM	#54
Xdarklightningx Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 16 (0.18/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	lol I got 2 pretty old card I have a geforce 8400 gs it's so old my fan stopped working in it i gotta order a new one, and i also have a ATI 9250 pro that I'm letting a friend use because he was using a shitty onboard gfx card. Both of these cards run great and have not had any problems at all. My bro is using my old comp with the 8400 gs the temps get a little to hot for a gpu but its been contently running for like 5 months like that and hasn't gone out. I'm gonna order that fan soon probably lol. And my 9250 pro only has a heat sink over the gpu even tho its a fairly big heatsink cools it descent.

11-06-2009, 10:12 AM	#55
Melvis Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 681 (1.11/day) Thanks: 93 Thanked 68 Times in 62 Posts System Specs	I have a soft spot for my old FX5700 and 7600GT but nothing that old (even though i have a TNT 2 32mb and 64mb here) There just to old for me to care about realy. My MX440 would be as far as i would go back and care about

11-06-2009, 10:22 AM	#56
ucanmandaa Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 71 (0.20/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	mx 440 actually is a slightly modded Geforce 2 so that counts too I guess

System Name:	quaddamage
Processor:	Q6600 @ 3.47ghz
Motherboard:	Maximus Formula with Rampage Formula bios
Cooling:	Tuniq Tower 120
Memory:	OCZ Flex ][ 1150mhz 2x2gb
Video Card:	HIS 4850 IceQ4 1gb Crossfired
Harddisk:	3x 320gb Seagates
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung T260HD
Case:	HAF 932
PSU:	PCP&C Silencer 610w

System Name:	P2 Rig
Processor:	Phenom II X3 720BE [3.44Ghz]
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P [NB: 2150mhz]
Cooling:	Stock
Memory:	2x1GB DDR2-800 [860Mhz]
Video Card:	Radeon 4830 [730/1050]
Harddisk:	500GB SATAII
CD/DVD Drive:	LG DVD RW DL
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell P1130 @ 1792x1344/85hz
Case:	Cooler Master Elite 335
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	BFG 680w
Software:	Windows 7 7600 X64

11-06-2009, 12:30 PM	#59
ucanmandaa Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 71 (0.20/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	well one of my voodoo 5 agp caps fell off years ago... interestingly it still works How sturdy these cards are! It even survived a blown computer (except voodoo and the cpu every thing was burnt due to power surge)

System Name:	Cosmos S
Processor:	Q6600 G0 @ 3.5ghz
Motherboard:	Asus Maximus Formula II P45
Cooling:	Noctua NH-U12P + 2X Xigmatek 12cm Fans (Push Pull) & seven 12" fans in Case
Memory:	8GB Corsair Dominator 1066mhz DDR2 (4X2gb sticks)
Video Card:	XFX Radeon HD4890 1gb
Harddisk:	2 Western Digital WD320 RE16 drives in RAID0
CD/DVD Drive:	Sony Blueray & Pioneer DVD R/W
CRT/LCD Model:	24" Samsung Syncmaster SM-245B
Case:	Cosmos S Case, Logitech G15 keyboard, Logitech G5 Mouse, Razer Goliathis Mousemat
Sound Card:	Asus Xonar D2X - Logitech Z5500's 5.1 surround on Optical
PSU:	Enermax Galaxy DXX 1000W
Software:	Vista X64bit Ultimate

11-12-2009, 08:14 PM	#62
Gyres01 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 10 (0.04/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Hmmmm let us dig into the PC graveyard box...........Got 1 Raedon 7200 32mb and a MX440 64mb, and an ATI Xpert2000 Pro 32mb.

Processor:	AMD 5600
Motherboard:	ECS
Memory:	2 gb pc 6400
Video Card:	9600 GT oc
Harddisk:	250 gb
CD/DVD Drive:	DVD/R/RW
CRT/LCD Model:	19" WS
Case:	Super Lanboy
Sound Card:	Diamond 5.1
PSU:	Antec 550 W
Software:	XP sp3

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