ATI X1800XT Tradeup competition, final stage

Zardon · Dec 11, 2005, 03:51 PM

Firstly thanks to everyone who has participated in this extremely popular competition. my inbox will never be the same again, with thousands of pictures of old ATI boards now filling it to overflow. Also thanks to the fun entries I had from the hopeful X800XTPE owner to the guy with the hot naked girlfriend who decided to try and get me in trouble with the better half by having her adorn the card across her clevage.

Anyhow... we are now in the final phase of the ATI sponsored competition for the free trade up, and ATI are going to pick a final winner from the Graphics Solution Plus entrants. So if you are one of the lucky people who entered with one of these cards we will be announcing the winner shortly. When the winner is announced ill be sending him or her information on how to claim the card....

Finally I have had requests for a picture gallery of the entries, and ive taken a small selection and presented them to you over here.

Sandok · Dec 11, 2005, 04:18 PM

Hot girlfriend you say? May we see this famous picture?

emmi · Dec 11, 2005, 04:34 PM

:d

riles9262 · Dec 11, 2005, 06:03 PM

Wow, some really old stuff there. And as for the hot girlfriend...any mention of that without pics is against forum rules

germanjulian · Dec 11, 2005, 08:20 PM

how can you talk about ati graphic's card, hot girlfriend and clevage and not post a photo?

Sonata · Dec 11, 2005, 08:38 PM

This competition really pissed me off because I didn't have a video card old enough to have chance at winning

tornadog · Dec 11, 2005, 08:47 PM

Thanks DH and ATI. This is the first contest where I won without participating. Thanks to some overzealous DH members, I was able to sell my VGA Wonder and my Rage II for a total of 75 bucks, combined that my X800 Pro Vivo for 240 bucks, I was able to buy a brand new 7800 GT OC from Dell for free. Thanks guys and hope DH will come up with more such contests..

Tipstaff · Dec 11, 2005, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by tornadog

Thanks DH and ATI. This is the first contest where I won without participating. Thanks to some overzealous DH members, I was able to sell my VGA Wonder and my Rage II for a total of 75 bucks, combined that my X800 Pro Vivo for 240 bucks, I was able to buy a brand new 7800 GT OC from Dell for free. Thanks guys and hope DH will come up with more such contests..

That so owns.

BTW:

"Well according to ATI, the oldest card would have been the ATI Color Emulation Card followed by the ATI Graphics Solution Plus, then the EGA Wonder."

Wait a second. I thought that the Color Emulation Card was before ATI became ATI. From what I remember that card was put out when they were known as Conway, wasn't it?

Zardon · Dec 11, 2005, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

Wait a second. I thought that the Color Emulation Card was before ATI became ATI. From what I remember that card was put out when they were known as Conway, wasn't it?

No idea, im just going on what they told me. As I said it doesnt really matter anyway, no one has one !

pr0digal jenius · Dec 11, 2005, 10:16 PM

some old stuff there. Don't feel so bad anymore about not having the Rage II+ anymore, as it was a sure loser anyways

Zardon · Dec 11, 2005, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

Wait a second. I thought that the Color Emulation Card was before ATI became ATI. From what I remember that card was put out when they were known as Conway, wasn't it?

ok after reading this I emailed Rick in ATI and got this reply.

"The Color Emulation card did carry the ATI brand.

Comway primarily made multifunction cards - memory, serial and printer combinations. Some later cards had video capabilities but they were either straight MDA or CGA solutions.

Putting CGA graphics on Monochrome monitors, which was the primary function of the Color Emulation card, was first product manufactured by ATI."

**dj_stick** · Dec 11, 2005, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

That so owns.

i agree

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

A T-Shirt is on the way to her to keep the frostbite away.

i have to laugh at that one

Tipstaff · Dec 11, 2005, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

ok after reading this I emailed Rick in ATI and got this reply.

"The Color Emulation card did carry the ATI brand.

Comway primarily made multifunction cards - memory, serial and printer combinations. Some later cards had video capabilities but they were either straight MDA or CGA solutions.

Putting CGA graphics on Monochrome monitors, which was the primary function of the Color Emulation card, was first product manufactured by ATI."

Cool. Did Rick mention if that was the card primarly sold to Commodore?

And thanks for clearing that up, Z.

Zardon · Dec 11, 2005, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

Cool. Did Rick mention if that was the card primarly sold to Commodore?

And thanks for clearing that up, Z.

No he didnt mention it, ill ask him tomorrow, its pretty late here atm.

Resistor · Dec 12, 2005, 06:10 AM

This contest really opens up my eyes.. so many old graphics card that I have never seen in my life...

Synetech · Dec 12, 2005, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Resistor

This contest really opens up my eyes.. so many old graphics card that I have never seen in my life...

That's mainly a product of your age. I feel the same way about things like the pyramids and the Roman empire; not quite old enough to have seen them first hand.

e!i · Dec 12, 2005, 02:10 PM

No cleavage, sigh

Dec 11, 2005, 03:51 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	ATI X1800XT Tradeup competition, final stage Firstly thanks to everyone who has participated in this extremely popular competition. my inbox will never be the same again, with thousands of pictures of old ATI boards now filling it to overflow. Also thanks to the fun entries I had from the hopeful X800XTPE owner to the guy with the hot naked girlfriend who decided to try and get me in trouble with the better half by having her adorn the card across her clevage. Anyhow... we are now in the final phase of the ATI sponsored competition for the free trade up, and ATI are going to pick a final winner from the Graphics Solution Plus entrants. So if you are one of the lucky people who entered with one of these cards we will be announcing the winner shortly. When the winner is announced ill be sending him or her information on how to claim the card.... Finally I have had requests for a picture gallery of the entries, and ive taken a small selection and presented them to you over here.

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pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	some old stuff there. Don't feel so bad anymore about not having the Rage II+ anymore, as it was a sure loser anyways

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