Acquired Tech - April 2018 - ATI Cards Galore + Rare S3 Graphics card?

[@F2FTech]

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[@RetroAdventure]

Hooray! I made the list! Thanks!

[@F2FTech]

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[@RK-zf1jm]

According to toms hardware the chrome s3 card you have may not of been released as they were purchased by VIA (chip and intergrated cpu manufacturers) in 2004 because cards with a s3 chrome gt 440 name appeared in 2006 thats all the information they seemed to have on them.

[@0xybelis]

Where is S3 Chrome test?

[@PixelPipes]

That S3 GammaChrome S18 Pro is like the holy grail of s*** graphics cards lol. Can't wait to see it tested!

[@F2FTech]

😂

[@dimasferrer2025]

Hey, do you remember the s3 chrome 540gtx?? This was the latest graphic card made by s3, I wish you tested the s3 540gtx, please..maybe this video card was a greatest goal compared to Intel Larrabee or some tries as artic sound.. I'd prefer the return of s3 graphics than Intel discrete graphics

[@MrMilli]

S3 used to sell the Deltachrome, Gammachrome and Chrome cards on their own website. Though all released for sales, the amount of units must have been very low because I tried to buy them at the time and were always out of stock. The Deltachrome is S3's initial comeback card but it lacked performance. Gammachrome fully fixed the performance issues concerning the fixed function pipeline part of the chip and the card was competitive in old games that didn't use shaders too much. The last Chrome cards were actually very competitive with the cards of ATI and nVidia (in the same price bracket obviously) and are still used to this date in the VX11 chipset.

[@F2FTech]

Very interesting. To your knowledge did they ever sell on Newegg? Or was it direct only? This preview sample is probably one of very few sent out for review. I want more information on it, there’s just not much from what I’ve seen in that one review.

[@MrMilli]

Considering I'm based in Belgium, that's going to be very hard to remember (no Newegg here back then). If memory serves me well, only the last generation Chrome cards reached retail stores. goo.gl/ukRc88 A decent GammaChrome review: goo.gl/zZLvL9 A S3 interview from around that time: goo.gl/TquFsm

[@F2FTech]

Thanks. Yeah that was the review I was referring too. It’s the only one I can find. I wasn’t able to find the card for sale on Newegg or anywhere else. Maybe they sold those models direct only, like you said? It’s funny you mention the S27. A buddy of mine just posted a link to a Scott Wasson review of that card. Single and multi-GPU. techreport.com/review/9898/s3-multichrome-dual-gpu-technology It’s interesting to hear him say the interface was polished and the GPU usage overlay was a great idea as well. Sadly it’s performance overall wasn’t that great and lack of SM 3.0 support didn’t help. Would love to have one or two 😉

[@MrMilli]

Yeah, the mystery surrounding these cards is what got me so interested back in the day. VIA's CPU division and whatever is leftover from S3, lives on in Chinese company Zhaoxin. Curious to what they will bring to the table in the future. I just saw this on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_S20_series#Retail_products And also this: goo.gl/63YPzF

[@F2FTech]

Awesome find. Looks like they were sold direct and possibly Newegg, though I can’t find the listing. I did find the review on the Nitro variant as well. Now, I’m wanting to find some s27s...I wonder how many were sold over their lifetime? It’s interesting to see what happened to the company after VIA.

[@santi0797]

Just found out your channel two days ago, because i bought a Power Color 4870x2, and i was looking for some vids on that old beast, im rebuilding my "dream" 2009 ish pc, and i had to have that card, only need a case now, and that pc is done. Anyways, love the content, keep it up!, i watched like ten vids in a row, very well done!.

[@F2FTech]

Thanks brother. I hope your 2009 PC build turns out the way you want it. Love the 4870 X2. Not in Windows 10 of course 😉

[@santi0797]

Windows 10?? yikes, put that thing as far away as possible!, of course it has the best os after windows xp, windows 7, it goes great with the build. At first the idea was to use my original Ati 4890, that i bought in 2009 with my first "gaming pc" (always had gaming pcs but not 100% high end pcs). Unfortunately as with the majority of cards from that era, my 4890 died, so the 4870 x2 was chosen for its replacement. The build is almost complete, it has a Xeon X5650, Asus rampage Gene 2 X58, 6gb of ram, one of the last true reliable hdds on the market, a Hitachi 1TB hdd from 2010, before they were sold to wd and turning HGST, 250gb samsung ssd (once you go ssd you cant go back...), and the case, wich is not so nice and has to be raplaced. I found a guy that has a huge supply of older Ati and Nvidia cards here, but he is asking 100usd for a 3870x2..., quite expensive i think.

[@F2FTech]

Sounds like an awesome build. I’m with you on the SSD. It’s a must for me nowadays 😉. $100 sounds steep for a 3870 X2. I’d watch ebay if you want one for less.

[@santi0797]

Yesm it´s quite pricy, unfortunately i dont live in the US, i live in Argentina, so it is quite difficult to find cards for cheap, i do travel to the US at least once a year, and every time i go i buy things from Ebay and Amazon. Probably gonna hoard some 5970 and 3870x2 next time i travel haha.

[@mrdanijel]

wauw. awesome ATi collection

[@RetroAdventure]

Beautiful cards imo. They just don't make them like they use to...

[@RK-zf1jm]

wow that collection of x19 series cards those were great cards back in the day probably still mince e sports games now

[@DanielCardei]

waiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit! new video. popcorn on! i`ll write as the video goes :D holy Jesus. sweet collection. I`m scared now :P I got 2 of those cards hover cards. XT FTW My red team gpus 6990, 5970(2 dead :( ), 4870x2(2 and 1 artefacts), 3870x2 and 3850x2 so welcome to the club

[@F2FTech]

😂 the 4850 X2? I’ve seen a couple, but haven’t bit yet. Would love to have 3850 X2 and 2600 XT X2. Anyway, I have to build and older pc like you said. One with a legacy Bios and maybe dual boot win7 and XP.

[@televisionandcheese]

SO MANY RADEONS !

[@xKynOx]

From personal experience the vram dies from overheating on the 1st set of cards you might want to add some sinks.

[@F2FTech]

On the x1900 XTX’s?

[@ugh.idontwanna]

Nice haul! If nothing else, I kind of like the sticker of the Gamma Chrome. What sort of system are you planning to use for your AGP testbed?

[@F2FTech]

Still ironing that out, but a Athlon 64 one from the looks of it. Have some things to test first.

[@L0rd_0f_War]

Nice update. Just a comment, the audio/speech volume is a bit low in this video. Looking forward to the X1900XTX review.

[@F2FTech]

Thanks. I’ll make sure the audio is up a bit on the next one. I really need a lapel mic for these types of videos.

[@chuck2501]

my 6990 just died over night a couple of months back, I'm bummed. I'd only just re-pasted the thermal grease and put new pads in 2 months before.

[@F2FTech]

Sorry to hear. Such a classic.

[@SiggyPony]

Jelious :) I only have one X1950XTX Haven't seen another reasonably priced one close to me. I'm collecting X series ATI cards :)

[@F2FTech]

I’ll trade you an x1900XTX for your X1950XTX 😉

[@Russell970]

I used to like those toasters xD

[@MainMarinePCMR69]

Nice beard @5:11 lol Also nice haul. It's nice seeing these old cards still have interest and use today.

[@F2FTech]

Yeah I saw that in post 😂 nice catch

[@DanielCardei]

1mil subs face reveal :D

[@Royan356]

lmao that face when I thought I was the first one to notice his face and post a comment about it before seeing your comment. my name jeff

[@jamzales]

I just bought the heatsink/fan for gamma chrome on ebay.

[@Jivemaster2005]

Don't forget the 6870x2 to add to your collection :-)

[@F2FTech]

That and the 4850 X2, 2600 XT X2, 5950...too many! Ah too many!

[@Jivemaster2005]

lol! no turning back now! ;-)

[@lakicar1989]

Do you have some of the Ati 9xxx series? They were pretty popular in my country back in the day. I had 9250, buddy had 9550GE (GamerEdition). Nice haul btw.

[@F2FTech]

I’ve owned a 9500 Pro. I have a 9000 and a 9550 currently.

[@AY-dw4om]

At around 3:00, don't you have a capacitor fell of one of the cards into this card's fan assembly ? watch the movie to see what I mean..

[@F2FTech]

Yeah A capacitor fell off another card when I got the cards and fell into the fan assembly. Some of these cards need some work.

[@kidman2505]

I like the capacitor chillin in that 2900xt, wonder if that was what fell off that other card.

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Yeah,GammaChrome!!!! The Via attempt to enter the descreet market Failed-killed by drivers, unfortunately.....

[@LowSpecActionSquad]

whats up with the capacitor in that fan of your 2900 XT at 2:53 ?

[@F2FTech]

It has fallen off another card. Trying to figure out which one.

[@danksmokaz]

bro it's all bout those Orchid VLB cards hehe. and yhea those were never released. rareware for sure

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

Were these cards from Scott Wasson?

[@F2FTech]

Unfortunately not. He wouldn’t ship them to me. These were passed down to a friend of a former reviewer. That’s all I got from the seller.

[@damienadams6126]

Really Nice Cards 👌👌

[@Xbfg]

Pixel pipes is a fantastic channel

[@F2FTech]

Agreed 👍

[@Royan356]

Hidden Face reveal in this video on one of those cards... *cough cough* starting at 5:09 . Also, If I saw it correctly, nice beard ;)

[@Royan356]

you need to focus on the video card reflection

[@Royan356]

btw the oldest card that I have is an MSI FX7300 or FX7400 (forgot it's name)

[@F2FTech]

Yeah someone else mentioned it as well 😀

[@Royan356]

Yeah... i was a bit late on that...

[@AdikMusicOfficialTM]

CLASSIC❤️

[@khizerrizviofficial]

I was waiting for the ATI 4850 the whole time.

[@F2FTech]

😥...not yet bro.

[@khizerrizviofficial]

I hope you get one. 😊 Good luck for the bids.

[@bestopinion9257]

5:45 I can't figure out what happened to this card. How can someone use it to make it look like that?

[@kirbyswarp]

Damn son. I have a firegl v7250 but I want one of those with the Radeon girl on it :( I have 2 nvidia quadro fx4800s and some fx5800s...

[@soccerzockt1518]

This smells like an Cross fire X! (do they even sopport that?)

[@F2FTech]

One of the X1900 XTX cards is a crossfire master card, so with the correct cable I can do two way.

[@solofalcon]

Would like to get my hands on a HIS X850XT PE IceQ II AGP, but too expensive and rare.

[@solofalcon]

www.hisdigital.com/us/product2-88.shtml

[@F2FTech]

I can’t pull it up with your link, but I’ll search it.

[@solofalcon]

HIS always had the coolest coolers lol, back in the day, and the box art was sweet with swords and shit.

[@gvi341984]

Will you ever use a cpu cooler like the 212 to cool these cards for fun?

[@F2FTech]

gvi341984 I thinks it’s been done, but maybe?

[@gvi341984]

+F2F Tech Yes on slightly newer cards but so far 3-5 videos have only been made with open case. Alot of the older cards tend to have crapped out fans and gpu fans are kinda noisy and terrible

[@Space_Reptile]

6 way crossfire??? i dont even know of those things can CF at all

[@F2FTech]

One of the cards is crossfire card, so 2-way is possible with the correct cable.

[@Space_Reptile]

id love to see a video on that

[@F2FTech]

Yeah gotta make sure they work first 😉. Would be cool though.

[@harryspapadopoulos8818]

Have you realised the fact that ATI/AMD cards are more rare to find?

[@Stratos1988]

Quad CF coming up ?

[@F2FTech]

Haha. I still have to test them first.

[@Stratos1988]

Test'em on the battlefield xD

[@davidnewland4872]

Have a r7 260x 2gb sapphire Radeon for 135.99$

[@DC3Refom]

Im surprised you channel hasmt got more atrention and views the contemt is intresting and great .I d rather watch your channel than linus shit tips m8

[@F2FTech]

I appreciate it, but I don’t post video everyday 😞 more of a hobby for me.

[@silverhawk7324]

I'll sell you a HD 6990 for $85 :)

[@F2FTech]

Might take you up on that.

[@thomasbennett4135]

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