Re: AAlchemy 8164 based single 2800MP Powerhouse
Posted on 2013-02-14, 03:01
Grats on getting the PSU fixed. Nice setup
Re: 3dfx Quantum3D Mercury - 4 Quantum 3D Obsidian2 SBi, on ebay
Posted on 2012-11-01, 13:34
What mobo are you using? I've had trouble using any other mobo than an Intel GX board. Use two monitors, connect your primary VGA directly to the main monitor and the Obsidian w/ the Medusa to the other. You may have issues using Quantum3d drivers on a non GX chipset mobo, so you may have to use …
Re: 3dfx Quantum3D Mercury - 4 Quantum 3D Obsidian2 SBi, on ebay
Posted on 2012-05-11, 02:25
I've got one of these on the way. Planning on plopping it into a dual P3 Xeon box. Only issue I'm going to have to deal with is the medusa cable... And flashing my Gateway OEM MS440GX board to an Intel bios, but I don't expect that to give me too much trouble. I'm having a miserable time getting …
Re: 3dfx Quantum3D Mercury - 4 Quantum 3D Obsidian2 SBi, on ebay
Posted on 2012-05-10, 23:07
I've got one of these on the way. Planning on plopping it into a dual P3 Xeon box. Only issue I'm going to have to deal with is the medusa cable... And flashing my Gateway OEM MS440GX board to an Intel bios, but I don't expect that to give me too much trouble. I'm having a miserable time getting …
Re: 3dfx Quantum3D Mercury - 4 Quantum 3D Obsidian2 SBi, on ebay
Posted on 2012-05-10, 23:00
same for you, it's nice to see you here :) about the i/o plate.. Duuuuuhhh, well.. at least it's something more.. are you sure you can't use these to output normal video? and WOWZORZ 56 cards? did u mean 5 instead? anyway 5 or 6 that's sick hehe. I personally bought 4 of them just in case someday I …
Re: well-hated geforce2 GTS rocking 3dmark99max?
Posted on 2012-05-10, 13:54
3dfx's acquisition of STB cost a lot of money for questionable gains. The story is the same with the Gigapixel acquisition.
Re: Was Windows 95/98/XP ever retail?
Posted on 2012-05-10, 13:19
Not sure if people are reading my posts... you can find boxed retail versions boxed retail versions boxed retail retail The Windows 2000 CD-ROM in the first picture is an upgrade version. The Windows XP Home CD-ROM in second picture is an OEM version. Not sure about Windows 98 in third. …
Re: 3dfx Quantum3D Mercury - 4 Quantum 3D Obsidian2 SBi, on ebay
Posted on 2012-05-10, 13:15
so, you were the one who bought five of these?I bought four of them too with chances of buying more :) seller supplied me with some pics before shipping em and all the four cards seemed to have a backplate connected to the card with VGA male/female ports like the ones from the normal voodoo …
Re: 3dfx Quantum3D Mercury - 4 Quantum 3D Obsidian2 SBi, on ebay
Posted on 2012-05-10, 13:14
subhuman@xgtx wrote: uhh that's nice anyway! but I was talking to gwb 😜 I ended up purchasing x56 cards I got a discounted rate also- good to see you on here!
Re: Was Windows 95/98/XP ever retail?
Posted on 2012-05-09, 20:29
Not sure if people are reading my posts... I know that boxed copies exists. I'm more interested in the disc that came within the box and whether it was specifically a retail disc or if it was just an OEM disc sold in a box. Not sure if people are reading my posts... you can find boxed retail …
Re: Was Windows 95/98/XP ever retail?
Posted on 2012-05-09, 12:20
Not sure if troll... you can find boxed retail versions of all versions you listed above on eBay. I may be able to dig out a receipt I purchased of WinXP Home at Sam's club for ~$100.00 back in the day
Re: 3dfx Quantum3D Mercury - 4 Quantum 3D Obsidian2 SBi, on ebay
Posted on 2012-05-09, 02:13
I'm surprised those aren't selling faster at that price. Spoke too soon ;) http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2309/img4252u.jpg http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9030/img4330d.jpg They are useless without the Medusa cable, though I have quite a bit of the medusas :) You can have any decent …
Re: Cyrix MII-433GP Build
Posted on 2012-03-05, 16:22
Very nice thread, looking forward to the benchies
Re: The 486 I just built
Posted on 2012-02-23, 21:33
Awesome and well planned system. Post some pics please!
Re: Project time: Restoring a Packard Bell Legend 406CD to general use/gaming spec
Posted on 2012-02-23, 21:32
Very clean little system you have there. The older PBs are neat computers and unsurprisingly have a cult following which tend to reflect prices on the 'bay. Thanks for sharing!
Re: Cyrix 5x86 Register Enhancements Revealed
Posted on 2012-02-17, 21:36
This such a beautifully crafted thread. Bookmarked for later reading tonight!
Re: AVM Summit on eBay
Posted on 2012-02-04, 19:56
Where there any games that supported this?
Re: Socket 939 rig
Posted on 2012-02-03, 19:05
luckybob wrote: Zalman 9500's are AWESOME universal heatsinks. I use them for my opties. I agree, I had a copper 9700 back in the day for my AM2 and 775 rig, fantastic little cooler. OP-very nice rig, cool to see people tricking out modern "retro" rigs
Re: Any Abit BX6 2.0 owners out there?
Posted on 2012-02-03, 16:50
The first thing that comes to mind is that almost all Abit boards of that time used capacitors that were defective and went bad after a few years. The symptoms can be anything from failure to unpredictable weirdness. Even if they're not bursting they can be bad. Look up the brand name on them. x2, …
Re: soyo p4i845pe isa system
Posted on 2012-02-03, 16:19
Hi ratfink, thanks for the info. Is this the mobo you have- http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOYO-SY-P4I845PEISA-S … =item1e6a3e7f99 ?
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