Rare GPUs / Unreleased GPUs

[pavle]

Quite a card, that dual R9 Fury. You could easily set everything on medium and use AA, might just look better than High or Ultra. Used to be that high and ultra presets only used bigger textures...
Does it get hot? What are peak GPU temperatures?

 

[masterdeejay]

Quite a card, that dual R9 Fury. You could easily set everything on medium and use AA, might just look better than High or Ultra. Used to be that high and ultra presets only used bigger textures...
Does it get hot? What are peak GPU temperatures?

It is very cool. Average is 60C in games. 68C in furmark dual gpu, but in games never goes above 65C
I undervolted it, stock clocks, default power limit. I use modded drivers: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/d...-whql-gcn-legacy-pack-21-10-2-pending.436611/
Now i playing Kingdom Come, reshade mod, fullhd most settings on ultra, hd textures on (2,8-3,6gb vmem used). most of the time 60 fps, little lower in crowded cities, only single card mode because crossfire mode is flickering and not needed for 60 fps limit.
I dont like AA in any game, i use reshade or enb mod sharpen if possible, i dont care the sharp edges.

 

[P4-630]

RTX 3080 with 12GB memory, a rare and unreleased GPU ....

NVIDIA preparing GeForce RTX 3080 with GA102-220 GPU and 12GB memory for January 2022 launch - VideoCardz.com

NVIDIA to add another GeForce RTX 3080 with more memory It looks like the original launch plans have been brought back from the drawer. According to our sources, NVIDIA has just informed board partners that they will have a new version of GeForce RTX 3080. The model carrying a GA102-220 GPU...

videocardz.com

 

[Fouquin]

Is radeon pro duo rare? (dual fury x)
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Single GPU mode performance is between GTX1060-1070, but in crossfire (or multigpu dx12) mode it is better than RTX2080/5700XT. Old card but still good for fullhd (no AA, not all settings on ultra) gaming today. (https://logout.hu/cikk/ati_vs_nvidi..._ii/tesztek_deus_ex_mankind_divided_high.html)
This is in my main rig. It is cool and quiet. Just 2x4Gb vram but a lot of bandwidth.
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Not particularly. They did sell quite a few in workstations to specific clients. The Polaris version sold much better because it could deliver the framebuffer needed for animation and real CAD work.

 

[KLiKzg]

THX that's good to know.....so it means it's not a card that can be used even in retro gaming.....

Depends what RETRO GAMING means to you?

If you think about 2D graphics, like old X-Wing, Wing Commander 1 or 2, Tie Fighter or Doom 1 & 2...then yes!
If you think about more 3D graphics like X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter, Wing Commander 4, Quake 3, Jedi Knight 1 or 2...then no!

 

[erek]

@Darthgrey ^^

 

[HammerON]

Thread cleansed of off topic conversation. Please keep it on topic or warnings will be issued. Carry on.

 

[madness777]

Galaxy GTX560Ti White Edition Volterra VRM
Sadly with a damaged proadlizer cap but fully functional!

ASUS HD4870 Matrix Card No.0016

 

[lexluthermiester]

Sadly with a damaged proadlizer cap but fully functional!

That's just a plastic cap anyway. If you're worried about an electrical short, get some black enamel paint and paint over the top. It'll be fine.

 

[Fouquin]

Galaxy GTX560Ti White Edition Volterra VRM

This is one of those cards I spent awhile trying to get. I loved all the white PCB cards, and very few if any ever made it over to the US. Now it's a normal thing, but back in 2010-2012 they just didn't come over here. I loved the idea of a silver and white PC theme with that era of hardware.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I loved all the white PCB cards

What would have been really cool is if they had done the shroud and whatnot white as well, but we wouldn't get that for a few more years..

 

[Fouquin]

What would have been really cool is if they had done the shroud and whatnot white as well, but we wouldn't get that for a few more years..

Not as long as you'd think! Galaxy/KFA2 did a GTX 680 with an all-white cooler to go with the white PCB. They thought exactly what you did and acted on it.

 

[madness777]

What would have been really cool is if they had done the shroud and whatnot white as well, but we wouldn't get that for a few more years..

Chrome is the CHL8266, IR3550M version
Matte is Volterra
The matte shroud looks like cheap plastic but it's supremely high quality metal texture to the touch, like touching an iphone 6S or laptop

 

[AusWolf]

@Fouquin

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64/10 Prototype 8GB (Engineering Sample) **VERY RARE!!!** | eBay

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64/10 Prototype 8GB (Engineering Sample). Works and performs just like a regular reference Vega 64. I bought this card from another eBay seller a year or two back. It is not offten to come across an ES graphics card. Let me know if you have any questions about it, thanks!

www.ebay.com

Nice! Though it isn't cheap for what it is.

 

[The red spirit]

Nice! Though it isn't cheap for what it is.

That's like 2018 price of one of those bad boys.

 

[Fouquin]

It's a post launch partner sample. Nothing about it is rare or unreleased, as it's quite literally a retail card with the sample sticker stuck on. There's thousands of these around from various partners that requested them. Back about a year after launch there was even a seller that had three crates of them from a single game developer.

Just a reminder we just had this thread cleansed due to eBay listings being spammed in here causing a minor issue. I'd appreciate if this stays on topic and doesn't just become a lounge thread for sharing eBay finds. That should be its own thread.

 

[lexluthermiester]

It's a post launch partner sample. Nothing about it is rare or unreleased, as it's quite literally a retail card with the sample sticker stuck on

Nonsense. That ebay listing was an example of an engineering sample, which was shown right on the sticker on the card. See below.

Engineering samples are not common and indeed are rare. It's qualified to be in this thread.

@erek
You keep doing you and don't let others bully you. Your finds on ebay are interesting and fall right in line with the thread topic. We that enjoy those finds know that you are not trying to promote sales, only show examples of rare card finds. I like them and they have been the subject of interesting conversation.

@Fouquin
See PM.

 

[freeagent]

@erek, its all good my man, post away

 

[Fouquin]

Nonsense. That ebay listing was an example of an engineering sample, which was shown right on the sticker on the card. See below.
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Engineering samples are not common and indeed are rare. It's qualified to be in this thread.

@erek
You keep doing you and don't let others bully you. Your finds on ebay are interesting and fall right in line with the thread topic.

@Fouquin
See PM.

Look back through my own posts in the thread at previous examples of partner sampled cards, retail revision silicon with launch day or later firmware onboard. It's a partner sample. There's tens of thousands in circulation.

You've already critically misidentified one specification above, the GPU Tach LED switch exists on all reference boards and is not indicative of an engineering board. Without the yellow sticker these are no different from any off-the-shelf reference Vega 64. In fact the reviewer/integrator-only boards which came with no SKU sticker a few months after launch are likely more rare than these marked cards.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Look back through my own posts in the thread at previous examples of partner sampled cards, retail revision silicon with launch day or later firmware onboard. It's a partner sample. There's tens of thousands in circulation.

You've already critically misidentified one specification above, the GPU Tach LED switch exists on all reference boards and is not indicative of an engineering board. Without the yellow sticker these are no different from any off-the-shelf reference Vega 64. In fact the reviewer/integrator-only boards which came with no SKU sticker a few months after launch are likely more rare than these marked cards.

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You are not baiting me into an argument. The sticker on the card from that ebay link, which I highlighted in green above, clearly shows that it is an engineering sample. I did not misidentify, misunderstand or misinterpret anything. Engineering samples, no matter how close to retail samples they might be, are still rare cards. It's that simple.

 

[TOMCAT]

Spoiler: Door 0

Not often seen, mostly confused with similar ones. Even the TPU database shows a wrong frontside picture. And sorry, I have no frontside picture to correct it.

Spoiler: More Info

 

[Robert B]

Intel i752 Reference Board. I found this puppy a while back. Functional but I have no drivers for it. Standard VGA adapter type only. Anyone has any idea where of how I can find suitable drivers?

 

[stinger608]

Anyone has any idea where of how I can find suitable drivers?

Did you take a look at some of the driver links in the OP of the nostalgic hardware thread? Can't remember if there is anything there for that or not Robert.

 

[Fouquin]

Intel i752 Reference Board. I found this puppy a while back. Functional but I have no drivers for it. Standard VGA adapter type only. Anyone has any idea where of how I can find suitable drivers?

If I recall i810/i815 driver packages sometimes have i752 drivers. You can attempt to see if some of the old board driver packages like this one do still contain i752 drivers. Also can you get a clear picture of the back of the PCB for the database too?

 

[Robert B]

I tried extracting the drivers from those type of packs but without success. Those are for the embedded i752 from the i810e? chipset.

I'll take pictures and I'll upload them here.