Rare PC Components here in Istorya

[lloyd_joy]

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Peeps,

please allow me to start a discussion thread on some rare PC components here in istorya... kanang wala kaayo ma post ba... para ni sa pang puno sa kaban of knowledge sa atoang mga kakusa diri sa istorya... i'll start the ball rolling ha... again, please allow me...

here's mine... it's a BFG Ageia PPU (PhysX Processing Unit)... this is the "Father" of Nvidia PhysX...

Specs:
> Onboard 128MB DDR3 VRAM
> PCI form factor (32 bit PCI interface)... single slot
> 4 pin molex power connector for the required juice


Reason during the purchase last Oct 2007:
> For the PhysX "eye candy" in playing Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3)... on the PhysX enabled maps
> paired w/ 2 x HD 4870 X2 GPUs on Crossfirex... equivalent to a Quadfirex configuration... w/ a Core 2 Quad CPU (Q9550)
> last use was on the MoDT rig (Pentium M 770)... paired it w/ ATI's HD 3650... my BFG Ageia PPU is still functional... wala na lang gi support-tahan sa Nvidia ang driver para ani nya... old drivers lang... and on Win XP...




Note:
> The Ageia PPU is the card on top... bottom is a BFG Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT OC Edition w/ 128MB DDR3 VRAM (AGP 8x)... the 6600 GT is not rare in Cebu (naa man baligya sauna) but, BFG brand is... dili common brand sa Cebu ni sya...

links from Anandtech...
AnandTech | BFG PhysX and Performance Updates

AnandTech | PhysX

[butitoy]

wow items sir Lloyd_joy!

b4, i got a Nalu Edition GT 6800 256mb 256bit

like this :

ganahan kaayo ko to keep it kay rare na kaayo to para nako.eventually nabaligya ra ghapon

[lloyd_joy]

^ nice GPU bro butitoy,

naa man gud mga PC components na nice i-keep bisan wla na gamit... hehehe... mga rare items ba... so far, ang akoang old (obsolete) PC components na akoang gi keep na i considered a rare items kay kaning Ageia PPU and ang akoang GPU on VESA LB form factor (bought in Leading Enterprises way back in 1993) na akoang gi keep sa Cebu... don't know if it is still working. dili naman ma test kay wla nama'y mobo na nag use ug VESA LB... but ang akoang 1st PCI video card (bought in the same year, 1993) is still working fine...

gi sayangan gyud ko's EVGA 9600 GT na akoang gi labay sa trash can diri's balay... gggrrrr... magamit pa unta to. naa ko'y art form in mind man gud para ani nila... hope if dili na ma bz sa work, akoang ma execute na ni na plan... additional ni atong "CPU show case" na akoang gi planohan... "recycle" ni sila... not on a computing use but on a normal household items... nag pa ilia lang gyud sa pag ka adik aning PC DIY passion nato... hehehe

[LadYKilleR8520]

I dont know if Unique bah i cya.. but this is my first GPU that was kind of special

Asus EAH4870 Dark Knight = http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/EAH4870_DKHTDI1GD5/



I dont have this nah.. had to sold it... grabe kadako sa kuryente gud

[vipvip68]

I had a Matrox Marvel G400 before for gaming and video editing stuff sa early 2000-2001




Prior to owning that I had one of these... mao pa tong time when bag-o pa ang 3d gaming

[butitoy]

I had a Matrox Marvel G400 before for gaming and video editing stuff sa early 2000-2001




Prior to owning that I had one of these... mao pa tong time when bag-o pa ang 3d gaming

wow! Matrox!

[jhnpl]

Sorry wala nako actual pic pero nakit-an nako ang resibo



My first expensive video card. 3DFX Voodoo 3

Looks like this (Reference Pic)

[vipvip68]

Sorry wala nako actual pic pero nakit-an nako ang resibo



My first expensive video card. 3DFX Voodoo 3

Looks like this (Reference Pic)

ahh.. the good old days where a new videocard release was an event in itself...

[Sempron Guy]

GDDR4 version of the HD4850

Got this back in 2009. These babies were sold at tpc for 4.5k bnew. I couldn't resist. Back then HD4850s where sold at 7-8k bnew. Served me good for 1yr.

[werty]

sayang.. ako na gipatimbang ako karaan na 3dfx voodoo2...