TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Hemmingstamp]

Yayyy I can whack u with my Xeon 3230 & HD 7850!

I could only squeeze 720p out of it. It'll do as a daily or office laptop, not much else.

 

[Ruru]

I could only squeeze 720p out of it. It'll do as a daily or office laptop, not much else.

That setup is a temporary setup as well, I'll get a 8350K as my 2nd rig soon.

 

[Hemmingstamp]

That setup is a temporary setup as well, I'll get a 8350K as my 2nd rig soon.

I'm really gonna have to up my game aren't I

I still have an 8700K sat here. Might make a good keyring

 

[Ruru]

I'm really gonna have to up my game aren't I

I still have an 8700K sat here. Might make a good keyring

Whaat? Keyring? I need to upgrade if you are getting one, I have a P4 2.66 as a keychain.

 

[Deleted member 202104]

Seeing this thread:

How to make Windows 10 look like Windows Vista (sorta)

I think Vista was the best looking Windows OS, although the latest version of the square-edged Windows 10 interface is a close second, for me and in some ways better. Check out how to nearly get there. Can you guess which bit of the Vista look isn't copied before you watch the video? No...

www.techpowerup.com

reminded me that I still had most of the hardware from the machine I ran Vista on. Dug it all up and going to give a Vista install a go.

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L, E6300 Pentium Dual Core,8GB DDR2 1066, Arctic Freezer Pro 7

Still under warranty, too:

 

[Ruru]

Seeing this thread:

How to make Windows 10 look like Windows Vista (sorta)

I think Vista was the best looking Windows OS, although the latest version of the square-edged Windows 10 interface is a close second, for me and in some ways better. Check out how to nearly get there. Can you guess which bit of the Vista look isn't copied before you watch the video? No...

www.techpowerup.com

reminded me that I still had most of the hardware from the machine I ran Vista on. Dug it all up and going to give a Vista install a go.

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L, E6300 Pentium Dual Core,8GB DDR2 1066, Arctic Freezer Pro 7

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Still under warranty, too:

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Gimme that, Ive never had a high-end 200 card! :3

 

[Deleted member 202104]

Gimme that, Ive never had a high-end 200 card! :3

It was 896MB of pure power back in the day.

 

[hat]

I have a BFG GTX260 216 in my parts bin.

 

[Mr.Scott]

I have 2 working, and a GTX 275 FTW.

Wish you were on this side of the pond Chloe, I have a bunch of hardware I'd just give you.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Gimme that, Ive never had a high-end 200 card! :3

I have, GTX 280. Power-hungry beast but it was brilliant for it's time!

 

[Ruru]

I have, GTX 280. Power-hungry beast but it was brilliant for it's time!

I had only one GTS 250 but never a real 200 card... but on the other hand, I do have some 4800s..

 

[lexluthermiester]

I had only one GTS 250

That was a damn good card for it's price-point!

 

[Ruru]

That was a damn good card for it's price-point!

Can't argue as I got mine for free.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Can't argue as I got mine for free.

Score!

 

[Ruru]

Score!

I still don't kinda care about those but 4890 Radeons.. I have two of them as I've posted already.

 

[Hemmingstamp]

2011 DELL XPS L720x Benchmarks and front shot.

A family member passed this laptop to me a couple of days ago. A little beaten up, no charger and a dead battery.

Ordered a charger from the Bay. plugged it in to find the battery wouldn't charge. Booted to Windows 7 and had a tinker.
Pulled the thing apart and renewed the CPU, GPU thermal paste and cleared out all debris and dust.
Slapped an SSD in it and installed Windows 10. Downloaded a modded bios which solved the battery not charging and a few other things.

Works fine and sounds like a mobile disco. A few of the keys don't work but I'll have a look at those later.
This thing weighs a ton and was built to last


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Update: The keyboard is dead and the Windows logo key flew at me when I pressed it.
You just can't get these UK spec backlit keyboards here. Had to settle for a non backlit US keyboard from an Inspiron which I purchased from a UK based seller on the Bay

 

[80-watt Hamster]

I had only one GTS 250 but never a real 200 card... but on the other hand, I do have some 4800s..

That was a damn good card for it's price-point!

Let us now give thanks to our lord and savior, G92.

Pitcairn and Ellesmere were damn good, too, tho.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Let us now give thanks to our lord and savior, G92.

It was such a great GPU die series!

 

[stef]

Very popular, but too high failure rate IMHO. Was 55nm version (G92b) any better in that regard ?

 

[Ruru]

Let us now give thanks to our lord and savior, G92.

Pitcairn and Ellesmere were damn good, too, tho.

Do I need to grab my 8800 GT and take a picture?

 

[F-Zero]

Do I need to grab my 8800 GT and take a picture?

 

[framebuffer]

thought I'd show my dual-slot "modern" (2006+) collection part
+ various boxes or full-in-box cards

There is few more from ATi stored in another location

(have few more cards here and there which I left out)

 

[stef]

Great collection for the period.

@F-Zero, what thicknes of thermal pads are you using for 8800 GT/GTS ?
I have Leadtek 8800 GTS 512 that needs cleanup. I need to acquire right pads.

 

[Ruru]

Alright, I admit that I'm jealous of @framebuffer 's collection..

Didn't know that Creative had a 9800 XT too

 

[stef]

I think everybody had one at the time .

Some pics of Abit I tested some time ago (unfortunately, it had artefacts even on BIOS screen):