Unobtainium?

[Hi-Fi Man]

More goodies incoming,

That 7800 GS has almost no use on it and looks new. The thermal pads for the RAM haven't even degraded. I need to collect some more cards but my 7800 GS is the start of my collection.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Bought that same BFG 7800gs,so glad you posted those pictures cause i'm now on a nostalgia trip.That box alone can hyper anyone who just bought it.BFG cards were art.

Got it simply for BF2 to upgrade from a 6200 le,oh the days of getting upgrades for one single awesome game. P4 2.4 Ghz 533 fsb Northy made for a sucky system though lol.

 

[Hi-Fi Man]

I was testing that 7800 GS in a socket 939 system with an Athlon 64 3700+ OCed to 2.6GHz, 4GB of DDR-400 RAM, all in a nForce 3 Ultra MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. Right now I have the 6800 GT in there because I want to preserve that 7800 GS.

It's basically my retro nVIDIA build. nVIDIA card, case (cooler master elite 334 nVIDIA edition), and nForce 3 Ultra chipset.

 

[skipsneeky2]

I was testing that 7800 GS in a socket 939 system with an Athlon 64 3700+ OCed to 2.6GHz, 4GB of DDR-400 RAM, all in a nForce 3 Ultra MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. Right now I have the 6800 GT in there because I want to preserve that 7800 GS.

It's basically my retro nVIDIA build. nVIDIA card, case (cooler master elite 334 nVIDIA edition), and nForce 3 Ultra chipset.

I had my P4 in a Asus P4c800-E Deluxe motherboard,some guy at a swapmeet sold it to me for $50.Opened box but never used,even the io shield was still wrapped up.Loved that motherboard.Last i checked people were still bidding well over $100 on those things on Ebay lol.

Dell Dimension 2400 and its mobo failed,i needed a new one so i shoved all the parts onto that Asus board and put the build into a Antec 900 case. Didn't take long before i had that 7800gs. Tortured myself a bit with the 6200 le first.:awe:

 

[Hi-Fi Man]

Man those 6200s sucked. I had a buddy that had a PCI version with two VGA outputs!

I had a socket 478 Asus board similar to that one with an AGP Pro slot just like yours. What even used AGP Pro?

 

[skipsneeky2]

Man those 6200s sucked. I had a buddy that had a PCI version with two VGA outputs!

I had a socket 478 Asus board similar to that one with an AGP Pro slot just like your's.

Got mine for like $20,i needed something to post with.:biggrin: I think these damn things ended up being embedded in motherboards during the 775 days.The cards simply wouldn't disappear then the 8400gs just took its place like a plague.

:| 8400gs i swear was slower,i had one in another build lol.

 

[Hi-Fi Man]

Ugh. The 8400 GS was a dog. A dog that still won't die, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...09%20600007541.

It was the 6150 that was embedded in a lot of boards which is essentially the same GPU config I believe.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Ugh. The 8400 GS was a dog. A dog that still won't die, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...09%20600007541.

It was the 6150 that was embedded in a lot of boards which is essentially the same GPU config I believe.

Considering in certain titles my 9500 gt GDDR2 1gb i have as a spare is slower then my HD4000 and sometimes a bit better in others,its safe to assume the 8400gs is a hard sale today unless you need something to post with.:biggrin:

Man how times have changed,how the hell is that 8400gs still selling?People are still buying the Evga 512mb one....

 

[stormkroe]

OK, you guys are asking for it.
STB Voodoo 3 2000 16MB agp

Voodoo 5 5000 (upgradedlol cooling, worked great tho)

Hercules Terminator 2xi Intel i740 (bought as 2D for my Voodoo 2)

Nvidia 6600 GT

This is fun, thanks for the thread!

 

[MeldarthX]

*I can see lava twitching to post the pics of his collection; which would be awesome to see again*

 

[ElFenix]

i had a voodoo 3 2000, but mine was pci. stuck it in my overclocked pentium pro (move the jumper over a bit and get 233 MHz!) and played quake 3. good times.


still have a matrox millenium and canopus pure 3d voodoo somewhere. that was the setup in late 1997.

 

[lavaheadache]

*I can see lava twitching to post the pics of his collection; which would be awesome to see again*

I seriously have over 125 cards. I have to think about the best method to show em. I suppose I could leave out the dupes. I could show lineage, competing cards, generational, brand or by gpu vendor. What would make sense?

 

[stormkroe]

i had a voodoo 3 2000, but mine was pci. stuck it in my overclocked pentium pro (move the jumper over a bit and get 233 MHz!) and played quake 3. good times.


still have a matrox millenium and canopus pure 3d voodoo somewhere. that was the setup in late 1997.

That would have been about the most powerful pci gaming rig available hehe. Did you ever play quake 2? Just wondering if I might have killed your butt a few times in the past (I played LOTS of q2, especially Lithium. [A-6]Kroe, hpb extraordinaire)

 

[ElFenix]

No, I probably owned you. Used to be at the top of Q2 CTF all the time. And I rarely capped the flag. Played hard D.

 

[stormkroe]

No, I probably owned you. Used to be at the top of Q2 CTF all the time. And I rarely capped the flag. Played hard D.

Clearly, you don't remember who you're talking to
At least tell me you played fast hook? Perhaps even off-hand? If not, you haven't lived until you've railed a n00b out of the air as your paths cross at 100 mph.
I still have recordings and SS (somewhere) of so many great and horrible performances. Those were the days.
1997/98 [A-6]Blackwolf, Hitman, Genarro, Empathy, MeatPuppet, JJman
Any of those ring a bell?

 

[ElFenix]

Not really but if someone with the autodoc kept blasting you with both barrels until you were dead every time you went for the flag, that was me.

 

[Cookie Monster]

I seriously have over 125 cards. I have to think about the best method to show em. I suppose I could leave out the dupes. I could show lineage, competing cards, generational, brand or by gpu vendor. What would make sense?

That would be pretty cool.

5800Ultra vs 9700Pro
6800Ultra vs X800XTPE
7800GTX vs X1800XT

etc etc

 

[MongGrel]

This thread is fun.

Lot of old silicon in here.

 

[lavaheadache]

Been a good long while since I’ve been around these parts. Figured I would say “hi” by bumping one of my favorite memories of this place. Still into pc’s and video cards but man..... the market has changed so much that I’ve really just been turned off to buying anything new in a few years. How the heck did the pricing structure for graphics cards get so out of control? And to make matters worse..... games are worse than ever. Argh. Anyway, Hi all! Anybody have any cool video cards they’ve been dying to show us?

 

[esquared]

Been a good long while since I’ve been around these parts. Figured I would say “hi” by bumping one of my favorite memories of this place. Still into pc’s and video cards but man..... the market has changed so much that I’ve really just been turned off to buying anything new in a few years. How the heck did the pricing structure for graphics cards get so out of control? And to make matters worse..... games are worse than ever. Argh. Anyway, Hi all! Anybody have any cool video cards they’ve been dying to show us?

Welcome back.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Been a good long while since I’ve been around these parts. Figured I would say “hi” by bumping one of my favorite memories of this place. Still into pc’s and video cards but man..... the market has changed so much that I’ve really just been turned off to buying anything new in a few years. How the heck did the pricing structure for graphics cards get so out of control? And to make matters worse..... games are worse than ever. Argh. Anyway, Hi all! Anybody have any cool video cards they’ve been dying to show us?

I don't have anything especially old anymore. My oldest card is a reference GTX 780; kind of neat that it is the minimum spec for Cyberpunk 2077 though. I have decided I will not be selling my Red Devil Vega 56. The reason being, there are cards I have sold in the past, that I would love to have back because of cool factor they possess. The Red Devil is definitely one of those. My 5800 Ultra on the other hand, is not among them, I could not get rid of it fast enough bitd.

 

[CP5670]

Been a good long while since I’ve been around these parts. Figured I would say “hi” by bumping one of my favorite memories of this place. Still into pc’s and video cards but man..... the market has changed so much that I’ve really just been turned off to buying anything new in a few years. How the heck did the pricing structure for graphics cards get so out of control? And to make matters worse..... games are worse than ever. Argh. Anyway, Hi all! Anybody have any cool video cards they’ve been dying to show us?

They realized there was a market of people like us who grew up with PC games and video cards, and now have more money to spend and still like this stuff. PC gaming is way more mainstream now and the crypto miners came in as well, so they started selling cards for $1500+ and there was no going back.

I sent you a bunch of my oldest cards at one point. I think I still have a Geforce 3, 8800GS and a few others lying around. I put most of my stuff on ebay these days before it becomes too old.

 

[Shmee]

I still have a BFG 7800 GS as well, as I see someone was posting about 5 years ago. No use for it really, even my old AMD 939 comp is PCIe. It was one of the last great AGP cards though.

 

[NTMBK]

Sadly I sold on my AGP HD4670- that was the oldest card I had kicking around.

 

[lavaheadache]

I still have a BFG 7800 GS as well, as I see someone was posting about 5 years ago. No use for it really, even my old AMD 939 comp is PCIe. It was one of the last great AGP cards though.

BFG 7800 gs agp is a pretty cool card to have. I don’t have one. I attempted to get one several times but never quite panned out. Care to share pictures of it?