Anyone collect old cards?

james777 · Sep 12, 2009, 05:51 PM

I need a old card .Has anyone got a RTR1000 MPEG Plus 1 Channel Decoder Card

simonw · Sep 13, 2009, 04:08 AM

I normally try to sell my old cards, if there is no buyer, I'll donate it to a charity.

NUCLEARWINTER · May 13, 2011, 03:15 PM

i would love for this thread to include some photos of everyone's actual cards. i'm collecting old video game consoles. kinda similar(but not).

IvanV · May 13, 2011, 04:13 PM

I don't consider myself a collector, but I have a couple of oldies:

ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2X, it served me for a good few years.

A Voodoo 2, I don't know how I ended up with it, I'm pretty sure that I've never used it.

I also have a Voodoo 3 Velocity which I used for a short while. I can't dig up any pics, but this is an identical card:

Other than that, I'd kept an S3 Trio64V+ until a few years ago, when I gave it to a friend who needed to get an old PC running. I have no pics of it either, so I'll borrow one from member Demarc, originally posted here: The oldest piece of PC hardware at your home.. Notice the memory expansion slots.

Not nearly as old, and in fact still in use, is my ATI Radeon 9800Pro. It's a non-reference design actually built by Medion (whose name was printed on the back of the PCB and then sloppily painted over) and sold under MSI's brand. A stock photo:

Sadly, it doesn't seem that I'll keep collecting old cards as I sold my Radeon 4670 yesterday. Still, it turned out that I've got three cards I'm no longer using, plus one more that's already 7 years old, not bad for a non-collector.

OldBuzzard · May 13, 2011, 07:35 PM

I may still have 2 cards that were made by MIRAGE-MMC.

They were made for people that wanted to use the old fixed frequency workstation monitors on a PC. I had a 21" Sony GDM-20D10 which as BIG in it's day, and a VERY high quality monitor, but was fixed freq. That's when I found out about MIRAGE.

The first one was based on the Savage3D, but I forget what Mirage named it.

The second was the Mirage Illusionist 3D, based on the Savage4.

Pretty decent cards, but not easy to setup for the first time.

crowTrobot · May 16, 2011, 01:39 AM

wow those look like you kept them in great condition IvanV!

I'll look for my Radeon 7200 (?) in the basement and take a photo later but last time I saw it, it was a mess.

My GPU history goes S3 trio 64V > some ATI 64 something > Radeon 7200 > TNT2 >>>> (HUGE GAP) >>>>> 8800GT

lol. I only have the Radeon 7200 from the old ones and collect new ones now.

blibbax · May 16, 2011, 10:45 AM

My dedicated graphics card history:

6600LE->8500GT->9600GT->9800GTX+->HD6850

I feel young

The 6600 and 9600 have been sold. My mum's using the 8500 in her office PC. I've not yet decided what the fate of the (soon to be cooler-less) 9800 should be. Maybe that'll start my collection :P

Kizo · May 16, 2011, 01:08 PM

Some nice collections there.

Wish I had collected more.

Here's my history:
-FX5900XT (corruptions, returned it)
-FX5900 (heat issues, returned it)
-9600XT (sold it, excellent card, bundled HL2 coupon)
-HD2600XT (died, while playing Left 4 Dead 2

)
-GT240 (not in use currently, good GPU)
-HD6950

I'm not young, just wasn't into computers until a certain age.

Callandor · Jun 8, 2011, 02:47 AM

My history:-

-Asus V3800 Magic
-Geforce MX5800
-ATi 9500 non pro (bios flashed it)
-ATi HD2600XT
-BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTS250 OC
-ATi HD4870X2

Tyrsonswood · Jun 8, 2011, 03:21 AM

I still have a couple of AMD X800 XT's in use...... one AGP and one PCI-e (which the PCI-e version actually got fairly decent numbers in Win7 performance tool when overclocked to the hilt!)

I also have a Matrox Parhelia 256mb PCI-X in use....... (yeah, you'll have to google that one as nobody has ever heard of it)

Don't ask........

Callandor · Jun 8, 2011, 03:38 AM

I've heard of Matrox, they're usually sold in Southern Africa/Asia/Australia. Just like Gainward.

Tyrsonswood · Jun 8, 2011, 03:45 AM

Here in the states it's more of a business/technical card....... Found in a lot of industrial and medical equipment.

Callandor · Jun 8, 2011, 04:18 AM

Went on their website and it looks like they're only focusing on professional graphics now, Gainward is still into PC Gaming though.

M0nk3m4n · Feb 6, 2012, 08:35 AM

Somewhere I have a 256kb ram ISA video card by Realtek. (that's right, Realtek)
Still worked too, but couldn't find a single driver anywhere. Was labelled 1990,91, or 92

Sep 12, 2009, 05:51 PM	#31
james777 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: Anyone collect old cards? I need a old card .Has anyone got a RTR1000 MPEG Plus 1 Channel Decoder Card

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NUCLEARWINTER Reap What You Sow. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 1,135 Rep Power: 65 System Specs	Re: Anyone collect old cards? i would love for this thread to include some photos of everyone's actual cards. i'm collecting old video game consoles. kinda similar(but not). __________________ insert witty comment here!

May 13, 2011, 04:13 PM	#34
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,921 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: Anyone collect old cards? I don't consider myself a collector, but I have a couple of oldies: ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2X, it served me for a good few years. A Voodoo 2, I don't know how I ended up with it, I'm pretty sure that I've never used it. I also have a Voodoo 3 Velocity which I used for a short while. I can't dig up any pics, but this is an identical card: Other than that, I'd kept an S3 Trio64V+ until a few years ago, when I gave it to a friend who needed to get an old PC running. I have no pics of it either, so I'll borrow one from member Demarc, originally posted here: The oldest piece of PC hardware at your home.. Notice the memory expansion slots. Not nearly as old, and in fact still in use, is my ATI Radeon 9800Pro. It's a non-reference design actually built by Medion (whose name was printed on the back of the PCB and then sloppily painted over) and sold under MSI's brand. A stock photo: Sadly, it doesn't seem that I'll keep collecting old cards as I sold my Radeon 4670 yesterday. Still, it turned out that I've got three cards I'm no longer using, plus one more that's already 7 years old, not bad for a non-collector. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

May 13, 2011, 07:35 PM	#35
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oberlin, OH Posts: 2,783 Rep Power: 145 System Specs	Re: Anyone collect old cards? I may still have 2 cards that were made by MIRAGE-MMC. They were made for people that wanted to use the old fixed frequency workstation monitors on a PC. I had a 21" Sony GDM-20D10 which as BIG in it's day, and a VERY high quality monitor, but was fixed freq. That's when I found out about MIRAGE. The first one was based on the Savage3D, but I forget what Mirage named it. The second was the Mirage Illusionist 3D, based on the Savage4. Pretty decent cards, but not easy to setup for the first time. __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY

May 16, 2011, 01:39 AM	#36
crowTrobot HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 699 Rep Power: 83 System Specs	Re: Anyone collect old cards? wow those look like you kept them in great condition IvanV! I'll look for my Radeon 7200 (?) in the basement and take a photo later but last time I saw it, it was a mess. My GPU history goes S3 trio 64V > some ATI 64 something > Radeon 7200 > TNT2 >>>> (HUGE GAP) >>>>> 8800GT lol. I only have the Radeon 7200 from the old ones and collect new ones now.

May 16, 2011, 10:45 AM	#37
blibbax What does this do? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 4,263 Rep Power: 254 System Specs	Re: Anyone collect old cards? My dedicated graphics card history: 6600LE->8500GT->9600GT->9800GTX+->HD6850 I feel young The 6600 and 9600 have been sold. My mum's using the 8500 in her office PC. I've not yet decided what the fate of the (soon to be cooler-less) 9800 should be. Maybe that'll start my collection :P __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!

May 16, 2011, 01:08 PM	#38
Kizo HHs Valve fanatic/C++ dev Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 282 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Re: Anyone collect old cards? Some nice collections there. Wish I had collected more. Here's my history: -FX5900XT (corruptions, returned it) -FX5900 (heat issues, returned it) -9600XT (sold it, excellent card, bundled HL2 coupon) -HD2600XT (died, while playing Left 4 Dead 2 ) -GT240 (not in use currently, good GPU) -HD6950 I'm not young, just wasn't into computers until a certain age.

Jun 8, 2011, 02:47 AM	#39
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Jun 8, 2011, 03:38 AM	#41
Callandor Forged on Dragonmount Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 7,250 Rep Power: 304 System Specs	Re: Anyone collect old cards? I've heard of Matrox, they're usually sold in Southern Africa/Asia/Australia. Just like Gainward. __________________

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