Just found this old graphics card in the loft...

MissChief · 22 Jul 2010 at 03:20

I'm sure I still have my first graphics card, a Diamond Stealth 64 of some sort at my mums. I also still have the power VR 3D accelerator card I bought that was then no longer supported about 6 months after I bought it and the original 80MB HDD that came with it. The whole PC had 4MB of Ram and I was seriously considering another 4MB which would have set me back close to £100 at the time! All paired up with a 15" monitor and a 486 DX/2-66. It cost me £1152.64 from an old PC chain called ESCOM. I played X-Wing and Tie Fighter for hours on that. Sigh, good times, other than trying to get a bootdisk to let TIE Fighter work properly!

Rroff · 22 Jul 2010 at 03:32

Gripen90 said:
The Creative 3D Blaster Annihilator Pro is my "precious" it's boxed and sealed and has never been opened or used ! A brand new old card....

I had the Creative 3D Blaster GeForce 3... what a card that was... it was based on the Ti200 design but uprated memory and clocked to ti500 speeds out the box... I never did find how far it would overclock as the drivers at the time cut off at +40% on the sliders and it did all of that stable.

chief barker · 22 Jul 2010 at 07:17

Monkeynut said:
But can it play Crysis?

No graphics card can play Crysis, well smoothly anyway

johnsparton10 · 22 Jul 2010 at 07:26

Nogimmix said:
Not tried it out - might stick it in and see if I can play solitaire

Lolz, I am quite sure my mate was well happy when he tweeked his voodoo 3 to play nwn. Might be my earliest, most possibly fav memory as a child!

JTrickle · 22 Jul 2010 at 08:10

Alex74 said:
Must admit this card was before my time, so what can it play?

pong? asteroids? UT99?

Quake1, Jedi Knight2. Some old flight sims. Final Fantasy 7 iirc. Tad slow for quake2 multiplayer. Just about managed Unreal (original single player before unreal tournament) and DeusX.

Still got mine somewhere.

stiv121 · 22 Jul 2010 at 08:33

The question is, will it blend?

Duke · 22 Jul 2010 at 08:38

Mr Paul said:
GL Quake, Desent, Incoming......

Turok

RedGooner · 22 Jul 2010 at 08:44

I remember getting that card...Good memories...how GFX has changed...

scritchyrat · 22 Jul 2010 at 08:46

My first card was the Power VR one that came with Tomb Raider. God, makes me feel old!

Bubo · 22 Jul 2010 at 09:36

I had the Orchid Righteous in tandem with a Matrox Millenium, best of both worlds. Remember Matrox? Was the king of 2D cards at the time.

Orcish-Horde · 22 Jul 2010 at 10:02

wozza2k said:
Will it even work on a current MoBo?

Yes it goes into a PCI slot, I also have one in the roof space.

arknor · 22 Jul 2010 at 10:11

i have a gf2mx in the garage i think voodoo 3 were out at the time i bought it

Freddie1980 · 22 Jul 2010 at 10:31

Duke said:
Turok

MechWarrior (the one with the Glide patch), Carmageddon 2, Thief.

Gripen90 · 22 Jul 2010 at 11:07

Freddie1980 said:
MechWarrior (the one with the Glide patch), Carmageddon 2, Thief.

And Speedbuster, Interstate 76/82, Janes AH 64D Longbow, Janes WW2 Fighters, Janes F15, Total Air War and Microprose European Airwar... It'll run a lot of games :cool:

skotish| · 22 Jul 2010 at 11:11

I remember my mx 440 and geforce ti4200 i paid bloody £300 smackers for it lol

Kazz · 22 Jul 2010 at 11:33

Funnily enough I was having a clear out of some shelves which have just been clogged with crap for years and I found my Orchid Righteous 3D manual.

Kept it of course, you never know when it might come in handy

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Duke · 22 Jul 2010 at 11:35

Monster Truck Madness

Kelt · 22 Jul 2010 at 11:41

Ultima Underworld

This was so amazing back in the day...

=VTA=MANFACE · 22 Jul 2010 at 11:57

I just remembered I found this the other day, anyone know what it is ?

Kelt · 22 Jul 2010 at 11:59

=VTA=MANFACE said:
I just remembered I found this the other day, anyone know what it is ?

I'm guessing it's a 3dfx card of some kind...