Saving an Old Flagship GPU From The Dump

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  • @rasmachris94
    @rasmachris94 Před 6 lety +503

    "you're in the studio dave..."

  • @WoofnSmash
    @WoofnSmash Před 4 lety +414

    Imagine in 10 years the 2080ti could be in this same recycle spot

    • @MrDox90
      @MrDox90 Před 4 lety +43

      I don't think so. Because 4k or 8k is not at all NEEDED standard 1080p is way more than enough for most people that makes 4k capable cards relevant for many years to come. In 10 years maybe the low end 1070 or 2060 will be, but the high end ones, not so much. I think even in 10 years a 2080ti will run most games at low maybe even medium at 1080p, and will not be regarded as junk. Heck it's almost 4 years since the 10xx series launched, and I would say 1080ti is still king if you disregard RTX (which is pointless in my opinion anyway). We are currently reaching a top end limit on how much power a gpu can have. Unless we come to a big break trough in new technologies and thus make regular gpus totally obsolete, then no. I think it will be priced at least around 100ish dollars in ten years.

    • @Tokaisho1
      @Tokaisho1 Před 4 lety +30

      @@MrDox90 Makes you wonder what 10 years has to offer, where we were in 2009 to now.

    • @PorWik
      @PorWik Před 4 lety +23

      Diddleshot yeah but at the same time rate of progress has been slowing down

    • @Draggao
      @Draggao Před 4 lety +8

      @@PorWik i think in 10 years the progress is gonna be amazing, scientists are already creating carbon nanotube processors, it's Just a matter of time.

    • @MrViki60
      @MrViki60 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Draggao lmao

  • @BudgetBuildsOfficial
    @BudgetBuildsOfficial Před 6 lety +522

    It was really around the GTX2XX Series that AMD was bergining to make some major leaps where Nvidia really wasnt. Its nice that a lot of titles like Fortnite, and GTA V will run properly without having to mess around with too many drivers. Nice find.

    • @vincentas1
      @vincentas1 Před 6 lety +10

      Budget-Builds Official You should do some video together.

    • @BudgetBuildsOfficial
      @BudgetBuildsOfficial Před 6 lety +35

      My Logic: Not my call.

    • @swag-cc4uc
      @swag-cc4uc Před 6 lety +1

      I miss the 5000 series release

    • @BudgetBuildsOfficial
      @BudgetBuildsOfficial Před 6 lety +14

      Dalle Smalhals: Pretty sure the X800 worked out better value. More performance, at a lower price.
      Also much cooler name.

    • @mumijaratnik4244
      @mumijaratnik4244 Před 6 lety

      What is better gt 1030 or gtx 750 overcloked by me :) 1gb ddr5 .

  • @MuhammadAli-jd2ut
    @MuhammadAli-jd2ut Před 3 lety +7

    You are so lucky to have found this card from the dump. Finding something like this would absolutely make my day. But I live in Pakistan, and electronics are more expensive here so companies and businesses don't just throw them out, but instead sell them off when they don't need them anymore.

  • @hidenname541
    @hidenname541 Před 6 lety +290

    THE ALL MIGHTY SEAGULL HAS RAISED

  • @vincentas1
    @vincentas1 Před 6 lety +743

    How to create a tech channel?
    Go to a junkyard

    • @N4XTY
      @N4XTY Před 6 lety +11

      My Logic
      That sure

    • @sebastianmcgregor465
      @sebastianmcgregor465 Před 6 lety +34

      My Logic I work at an electronics recycling plant, basically infinite content for my channel!

    • @vincentas1
      @vincentas1 Před 6 lety +1

      McG Tech Ok just subed for the content.

    • @sebastianmcgregor465
      @sebastianmcgregor465 Před 6 lety +2

      My Logic I won't let you down, haha. All sorts of wacky stuff comes through the recycling plant!

    • @sebastianmcgregor465
      @sebastianmcgregor465 Před 6 lety +4

      Chris Schuler It is pretty surprising what some people consider "junk" and just throw away

  • @earlhechanova2519
    @earlhechanova2519 Před 6 lety +136

    DAVE!

  • @FatheredPuma81
    @FatheredPuma81 Před 4 lety +7

    It's a pretty nice card. I remember getting it back in 2016 for $30 to mess around with and I ended up using it as my main GPU for like a month instead of my 750 Ti. Plays Battlefield 4 at 768p Ultra @ 40-50 FPS.

  • @IchRockeInDerDisco
    @IchRockeInDerDisco Před 6 lety +286

    #DaveGamingInHD

  • @neurobioboy
    @neurobioboy Před 6 lety +35

    A video is always cooler with Dave!

  • @LocoMe4u
    @LocoMe4u Před 6 lety +146

    GeForce GTX 285
    Experience the hottest games at mind blowing frame rates, or go beyond traditional 3D graphics with Graphics Plus™ and experience GPU-accelerated NVIDIA® PhysX™ gaming effects, Stereoscopic 3D, and lightning fast video and image processing.
    -Nvidia

    • @ayuchanayuko
      @ayuchanayuko Před 6 lety +19

      Under a bridge too far hottest games
      Hottest
      Yep, and it gets even hotter with Fermi >:)

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 6 lety

      They even called it how clock.
      Atleast they had to work with less shaders and smaller dies.

    • @tectoz3672
      @tectoz3672 Před 6 lety +2

      Ekks deee

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 6 lety +7

      The generation after that got even better. With included grill.

    • @LocoMe4u
      @LocoMe4u Před 6 lety +4

      @Richard Griffiths calm down and get yourself a nice cold GTX2080ti

  • @MidSpecBenchmarks
    @MidSpecBenchmarks Před 6 lety +72

    Dave: - No recording today, human!

  • @alr
    @alr Před 6 lety +451

    That thing is a beast compared to my gpu xD

  • @sebastianmcgregor465
    @sebastianmcgregor465 Před 6 lety +122

    I love my job at a recycling plant because I find all sorts of cool tech, which is great for content on my channel!

    • @WarcosTec
      @WarcosTec Před 6 lety +14

      McG Tech spam ninja

    • @sebastianmcgregor465
      @sebastianmcgregor465 Před 6 lety +3

      Marcos Mb, I don't mean to spam, I just wanted to post another comment as I got further in the video. I will delete it.

    • @sebastianmcgregor465
      @sebastianmcgregor465 Před 6 lety

      Daniel Combs I had another comment on this video about a crossfire concept, and I already deleted it because it seemed a little "spammy", just because I commented twice so early

    • @sebastianmcgregor465
      @sebastianmcgregor465 Před 6 lety +4

      Sammy So basically I got really lucky. Before I started working there, I went to the plant and asked if I could buy any old computers, and as I was about to buy the computer parts, the owner introduced himself and I got his business card and we exchanged info, and he said there may be an opening in the future. About a month later I get contacted, after 2 weeks of temp work, I got hired! I love it, and definitely recommend working at a recycling plant if you are interested in tech. (Plus I also get great discounts!)

    • @SummonerArthur
      @SummonerArthur Před 6 lety +1

      McG Tech congratulations. You just got annother sub

  • @marjopardo7242
    @marjopardo7242 Před 6 lety +20

    My friends trash is my treasure. Hp laptop broken screen but it has core i5 3rd gen intel hd 4000 4 gb 1600hz. Connect it on my 32 inch hd tv. Bought a simple gaming keyboard mouse bundle and play dota 1 online rgc on 720p high. 64 fps lock.

    • @imkyolet
      @imkyolet Před 5 lety +1

      That's... My exact laptop specs...

    • @beastlypear2594
      @beastlypear2594 Před 5 lety

      marjo pardo that was my old laptops specs but mine had 8gb of ram instead

  • @StompySan
    @StompySan Před 6 lety +3

    I remember that design like the back of my hand. I won a GTX 260 at a local LAN party when I was really just starting to get into PC gaming. That card kept me running for a very, very long time, and even still lives on in my parents' rig, handling The Sims like an absolute champ. Also like the lack of the sticker as well. I had the BFG card, so the sticker wasn't the worst. It was still nice to remove and have a clean reference design.

  • @PatGamingApasStyle
    @PatGamingApasStyle Před 6 lety +54

    2:30 So Dave doesn't like graphics cards huh

  • @saevaveritas8744
    @saevaveritas8744 Před 6 lety +2

    You should set task manager to always be on top. It helps a lot when dealing with black screens and frequent crashes and saves you from having to sign out then sign in again.

    • @MrRiadon
      @MrRiadon Před 5 lety +1

      Old comment but I didn't know this was a thing, you've saved me a lot of future trouble

  • @Drinnan
    @Drinnan Před 6 lety +5

    I had the 280 back in the day. The first card done the exact same, crashed as soon as I installed the drivers but the replacement was a beast to go along with my q6600

  • @pdamon78
    @pdamon78 Před 6 lety +2

    I've been watching all your old posts and you've grown up a lot since the beginning. Love old hardware too.

  • @sammymorini9748
    @sammymorini9748 Před 6 lety +33

    With all the hardware you're cleaning, may want to invest in an air compressor rather than spending it on cans :)

    • @jessicawinnefeld2967
      @jessicawinnefeld2967 Před 5 lety

      The air in the cans are treated so that there is no moisture in the gas that comes out. If you used an air compressor on a computer, the moisture in the air in combination with the pressure would most likely kill the computer.

    • @kevinragsdale6256
      @kevinragsdale6256 Před 5 lety +5

      @@jessicawinnefeld2967 they make water separators for air lines.

    • @Tc4ify
      @Tc4ify Před 4 lety +2

      @@jessicawinnefeld2967 Most likely kill the computer? LMAO!

  • @KalebKronic
    @KalebKronic Před 6 lety +1

    Up until a mobo failure a couple of years ago finally did my system in, I was still using a BFGTech GTX260 OC and Athlon 9950BE and played most the games you showed on here with it. Was a hell of a good system to me for about 8 years.

  • @Republic3D
    @Republic3D Před 6 lety +63

    I have a GTX 8800, a GTX 275 and a GTX 570 sitting in a box in my basement. Maybe I should try to sell them to someone who enjoys vintage hardware.

    • @Hectoricisboss
      @Hectoricisboss Před 6 lety +6

      Republic3D those are still very capable directx10,9,8 gpus and would make excellent retro builds

    • @Jamzy
      @Jamzy Před 6 lety +6

      Some of those are still usable in 2018. Check out Budget Build officials video on the gtx 570.

    • @SnakeFunk
      @SnakeFunk Před 6 lety +6

      "Vintage" lol

    • @Republic3D
      @Republic3D Před 6 lety +3

      I've been tinkering with computers since the late 80s, and that's proper vintage regarding computers. Maybe retro would be a better choice of words. :)

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 6 lety +1

      570 is still a decent card today. Faster than a GT 1030 in some situations.
      The other two not so much, but the 275 is also still a nice card and the 8800 GTX is a card people remember.

  • @ugzz
    @ugzz Před 6 lety +2

    The GTX 260 was my first ever SLI setup. i have a place in my heart for these GTX 2xx gpus!

  • @fantherailsbc
    @fantherailsbc Před 6 lety +23

    dave the seagull made me laugh so hard xD

  • @allenm00
    @allenm00 Před 28 dny

    I really enjoy your videos on old hardware. It brings back memories, but it also points to just how far hardware has come. This once flagship GPU is not even as good as a R5 5600H in Fortnite and uses a lot more power too.
    My first gaming pc had a pair of 8800GT in SLI. That build has had me hooked on PC hardware since.
    Today, I am enjoying my RTX 4080 with my I7-2600k

  • @Vitaliuz
    @Vitaliuz Před 4 lety +4

    "One of my favorite in the series" *[shoots a door]*

  • @usamadar4827
    @usamadar4827 Před 6 lety +1

    Dave the party crasher lol really love your videos man keep it up i really like how you explain everything about gpus and cpus seriously you deserve more subscribers huge tumbs up

  • @sankara1
    @sankara1 Před 6 lety +12

    Dave gaming in HD 😂

  • @boiledliddo
    @boiledliddo Před 3 lety

    good job rescuing it. That thing is actually much stronger than GT710, and 710 are still sold at mall stores in my country today.

  • @JT-ko2ib
    @JT-ko2ib Před 6 lety +15

    Could have cooled the card with some seagull poo. Just give Dave a squeeze. I'm sure he'll oblige.

  • @donnythedealer3369
    @donnythedealer3369 Před 6 lety

    the fact you have a seagull that actually stays around your house is absolutely amazing:D

  • @MrNextMx
    @MrNextMx Před 6 lety +3

    Last week i find a HD6870 on a thrift shop for only 75c and IT WORKS!

  • @owenjbrady
    @owenjbrady Před 5 lety +1

    I bought one of these brand new 10 years ago it was like $560 CAD as I recall... most I have ever spent on a GPU (doesn't seem like much these days tho) I went all in for once and it paid off that card kept up for a solid 5 years.... only reason I replaced it is because a cap fell off the board not sure how that happened... it still posted and worked but I felt it was about time for a new card about 7 years into owning it ... mine was the XFX version great card still have it!!! it did have coil whine just like yours under load and it would use upwards of 325w!!!!

  • @andreiloghin2157
    @andreiloghin2157 Před 6 lety +3

    2:55 4 slot GPU
    MAGIC!

    • @tomstech4390
      @tomstech4390 Před 6 lety

      no its for "high bandwidth" bridges ;)
      Actually I was trying to work out what you was surprised about then remembered nvidia are destroying enthusiast gaming :( been using an r9 290 all these years and forgot nvidia had those tabs still and my gtx1060 doesnt have any either. so go figure I forgot that was a thing, must be weird for 970SLI owners having a band aid/plaster connecting thier 2 graphics cards.

    • @user-xw1vs3vw8t
      @user-xw1vs3vw8t Před 6 lety

      Toms Tech I'm pretty sure He's talking about the reflection on the table that makes it look like a 4 slot card.

  • @drysaddle
    @drysaddle Před 6 lety

    You're content is amazing, all you're missing is the professional grade videos, better camera, better lighting and more cutting back to you in a well lit and nice looking studio.

  • @82FGDT
    @82FGDT Před 6 lety +23

    It looks like the new quadro XD

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 6 lety +3

      The reference cooler of old. Later came the 400/500 cards with integrated bbq and the 600/700/900 with a sleek window. The 10 series changed the design for the worse.

    • @82FGDT
      @82FGDT Před 6 lety +1

      HappyBeezerStudios - by Lord_Mogul yeah I definitely preferred the more simplistic designs of the older cards. Even the one on the 480 with heat pipes that would burn you if you touched them ._.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před 6 lety +2

      Make em simple and sleek.
      Let them look professional and not like a Transformer

    • @mateuszzimon8216
      @mateuszzimon8216 Před 5 lety

      @@HappyBeezerStudios Remove all closure to get better flow

  • @TrueMegaManiac
    @TrueMegaManiac Před 6 lety +1

    For the card that crashes @ driver install, try a re-flash of the VBIOS. That sometimes resurrects cards with that symptom.

  • @nejcgucek353
    @nejcgucek353 Před 6 lety +9

    I saw a GTX 285 with a yellow bald man clenching his head. Was it a ZOTAC?

    • @nejcgucek353
      @nejcgucek353 Před 6 lety

      Martin M He said it could be mine for 3 Euros. I didn't have any money on me. Regret it now.

  • @drumsmoker731
    @drumsmoker731 Před 4 lety

    Glad to know I'm not the only one who, loots at the recycling center. I take nearly every time 1-2 PCs home, sort out what's still good, and bring the rest back devided in metal, plastic & electronics. ♻️💰

  • @mrchilled85
    @mrchilled85 Před 6 lety +8

    i know you have done a review on the r9 290x 4gb in the passed but how about the r9 290x 8gb ?
    nice to see you saved that card tho still go's to show old tec can still play some newer games fine still

    • @tomstech4390
      @tomstech4390 Před 6 lety +2

      I have a 290 (4gb), a 290x (8gb) and have tested them both with (a pair of) r9 290x(4gb)'s, tested all cards singularly and in crossfire (mixing ram sizes and core counts every way possible).
      When all clocked to 1000mhz, seriously 290 vs 390, 290x vs 390x, 4GBvs 8GB there's next to no difference (okay a 390x might be on average 5% faster but thats like 70fps vs 73fps, who cares).
      All can do 1080pUltra/1440pHigh today still, they're faster and cheaper than the 780/780ti's they competed with, best bargains ever.
      I also have a gtx1060 asus dual 6gb and have built a gtx1070SLI (founders) rig for a client so no I'm not biased.

    • @mrchilled85
      @mrchilled85 Před 6 lety

      not all of them are 1000mhz tho my sapphire 290x 8gb 1375mhz on stock clocks i did a rainbow six siege benchmark with a overall 47,8 min 124.0 avg . 278.5 max frame rate with a mix of high and very high settings

  • @Carsman50
    @Carsman50 Před 6 lety

    I bought one of these used about 3 years ago for $15 New Zealand and was even surprised back then how well it ran the likes of Battlefield 3 and others at 1080p. This video makes me regret selling the system that I made up with the GPU in it not long after purchase. Was a gret little performer. Oh by the way, I have sent you a Twitter DM, so please check them :) Cheers.

  • @williamorangeofjuice7804
    @williamorangeofjuice7804 Před 6 lety +3

    BFG made aome wicked gtx 2xx cards. Usually alot iv seen began to artifact. After re thermaling and repading them and running them extremely hot on purpose they usualy snap out of it.
    Havnt had a single issue with them after, been 4 years so far

    • @Diceman82
      @Diceman82 Před 6 lety

      I had an old BFG 9600GT and it ran like a beast for years before finally dying one morning after being cleaned out.

    • @williamorangeofjuice7804
      @williamorangeofjuice7804 Před 6 lety

      Diceman82 heck yea!

  • @alicewerefox4783
    @alicewerefox4783 Před 6 lety +1

    Really glad Dave got a meaningful role in this video

  • @MrBiky
    @MrBiky Před 6 lety +4

    >2009
    >$380 for a flagship GTX 285
    >2018
    >$700 for a flagship GTX 1080Ti
    >$3000 for an intermediate card between GTX and Quadro, the Titan V
    Wew, noVideo really needs some competition, AyyyMD (Rayyydeon Technology Group) doesn't seem to be in the best shape to compete with them. Maybe Outtel will do something with their GPUs, but I doubt it. I do trust their driver team more than I trust the others, but I don't trust them to do better GPUs than AyyyMD. I do hope they prove me wrong and we get some better deals.

    • @TheRailroad99
      @TheRailroad99 Před 6 lety

      ATI needs to rise again :D
      Would love to see maybe a radeon X2xxx ...
      But that will never happen. AMD will kill Radeon most likely.

    • @Revener666
      @Revener666 Před 6 lety

      Yeah GFX prices have gone up more than what the value of money hjave gone dowwn due to inflation.

  • @Psyniku87
    @Psyniku87 Před 6 lety

    I thought Dave was gonna laugh at him like that crazy seagull from "Family Guy" 😂😂

  • @user-bv8wr3vw4x
    @user-bv8wr3vw4x Před 6 lety +3

    Sadly that GTX 285 is better than my current GPU. But I'm saving for a new system.

  • @thevideoman12
    @thevideoman12 Před 3 lety

    I had this card. This was the card that got me into hardware. It was in the prebuilt my mom bought me back in 2009 or 10... Good Times.

  • @rzpogi
    @rzpogi Před 6 lety +11

    Ahead of Justin Y.

  • @Siliziify
    @Siliziify Před 5 lety

    Wow, so it's nostalgic for you guys... I was using this GPU until last year where I switched to a GTX 1080.
    But my old card still works fine, no crashes and so on.

  • @sleepingpowder1595
    @sleepingpowder1595 Před 6 lety +50

    saying notification squad is the cringiest shit ever

    • @alaskanhybridgaming
      @alaskanhybridgaming Před 6 lety +20

      Saying Cringiest shit ever is the Cringiest shit ever.

    • @leejenu
      @leejenu Před 6 lety +1

      r/whoooosh

    • @POLARTTYRTM
      @POLARTTYRTM Před 6 lety +4

      Saying cringiest shit ever is the cringiest shit ever is the cringiest shit ever.

    • @earnthat
      @earnthat Před 6 lety +1

      Saying cringiest shit ever is the cringiest shit ever is the cringiest shit ever is the cringiest shit ever

    • @sleepingpowder1595
      @sleepingpowder1595 Před 6 lety

      nice

  • @pauleveritt3388
    @pauleveritt3388 Před 5 lety

    Recently bought a GTS 450 off of ebay. I was running a GT 430 with 1GB of DDR3 and no need for extra power. For $20 I got the GTS 450 that upgraded the GPU and went from DDR3 to DDR5 memory. This allowed me to go from LOW settings to MEDIUM settings in World of Tanks. The GTS 450 runs well so this particular card is good. I gave it a good cleaning and it runs fine. This makes WAY more sense to me than dropping $1400 on the top of the line graphics card. If you decide to upgrade your graphics card, make sure that your power supply has the connectors and necessary voltages to support you new toy. Otherwise you will be investing even more money to make it work.

    • @bluescluessuperagent
      @bluescluessuperagent Před 5 lety

      just me being annoying but you upgraded from a gddr3 gt 430 to a gddr4 450
      neither card is ddr3 which used to be used for really low end models back when gddr3 was around, but when gddr3 became replaced with gddr5 (gddr4 was used in a very small amount and wasn't good so it was mostly ignored) ddr3 became the new standard for low end cards as it was I assume cheaper than gddr3.
      there are no ddr5 gpus yet, though we did get the much hated and reviled ddr4 gt 1030 (not gddr4, ddr4 lol)

  • @Moshimulations
    @Moshimulations Před 6 lety +4

    LOL he said ddr3 instead of gddr3 lel 9:50

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 Před 6 lety

      Hi Champion it has ddr3. A lot of GPUs use ddrx instead of gddrx

    • @Moshimulations
      @Moshimulations Před 6 lety

      UselessDood well this gpu has gddr3

    • @joshuaminke6629
      @joshuaminke6629 Před 6 lety

      you are thinking of the 280, hes got the 285 which does use ddr3

    • @Moshimulations
      @Moshimulations Před 6 lety +1

      Joshua Minke not in this video he isnt he is actually using gddr3

    • @omranpanda9304
      @omranpanda9304 Před 6 lety

      Memory Specs
      Memory Clock
      1242MHz
      Standard Memory Config
      1 GB
      Memory Interface
      GDDR3
      Memory Interface Width2
      512-bit
      Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)
      159.0

  • @Kundalini12
    @Kundalini12 Před 6 lety

    I've got two of these cards sitting on a shelf. I got them when I bought a Dell XPS 730x in 2013 but I never used them opting for the GTX 580 that I had at the time for the HDMI capability. After watching this I might find a use for them, I have a Dell Precision T7500 I could stick them in (even though it's currently using a GTX 770).

  • @0cyb3r0
    @0cyb3r0 Před 6 lety

    One of my friends still has his GTX260 and it (kinda) still does the job for him.
    I think it might be overheating and thermal throttling, but I couldn't see any way of dissembling it, because it is the XFX edition, which doesn't have the usual screws at the back.

  • @EKSBEntertainment
    @EKSBEntertainment Před 6 lety +1

    Please let Random know this by thumbing up.
    Blackops 1 has an issue with any windows OS after Windows XP SP3 Back when BO1 was released XP ran 50% faster.
    I think it had to do with XBOX 360 where it uses Windows XP Shell.
    Yes Blackops 1 is 50% faster on Windows XP Pro SP3.
    And the whine is Coil Whine where if it's user presure it makes that noise.
    Mine does it on 1 game only.

  • @MidagedgamerBlogspotter

    I had a pair of these in SLI for years and they were awesome cards. They drew about 500 Watts at load but I didn't care. They were awesome.

  • @brentsnocomgaming7813
    @brentsnocomgaming7813 Před 5 lety +1

    That is some next level coil whine.
    Also this card is way way better than what my friend used to have until about a year ago a (gt 210).

  • @hughmanateecrisis
    @hughmanateecrisis Před 3 lety

    "You're in the studio, Dave" would make for a fine T-shirt slogan..

  • @MuhammadAli-jd2ut
    @MuhammadAli-jd2ut Před 3 lety

    Dave is the real superstar of this channel.

  • @lesliekite4145
    @lesliekite4145 Před 6 lety

    superb video and what a great find!! well done

  • @user98xp
    @user98xp Před 4 lety +1

    This is where it all began? I must be getting old.

  • @freequest
    @freequest Před 6 lety

    For testing older GFX cards. Some modern games that use still use Dx9 are Euro truck simulator 2 that game really gives my Nvidea 970 a workout. They have a demo of that game.

  • @Churchomies
    @Churchomies Před 4 lety

    I literally used my Xfx Geforce 285 close to a decade before retiring it for a GTX 1080. It was such a great card.
    One of the last games I remember playing on it was Killing Floor 2. I had to force dx10 to get it to work.

  • @wholebrain8457
    @wholebrain8457 Před 6 lety

    At that time(2008), I had just upgrading from a Ati Radeon HD 3850 to a x1950 Pro. A year and a half later, I would get the 6870.
    Back then GPUs were released much faster than today. Ironic when you consider that GDDR5 has been around for 10 years now.

  • @liquidsoftpc
    @liquidsoftpc Před 6 lety

    What a very nostalgic card. I suddently remember Trubitar Reviews.. I wonder where he went.

  • @silverhawk7324
    @silverhawk7324 Před 6 lety +1

    I would like to share that I purchase a HD 7850 from Ebay for $17 dollars. It was being sold as is and the cooler on the card was missing, however the risk was worth it as it booted up with no problems! I just ziptied a Case fan to it and now I have a kickass 1080p card for under $20 :))

  • @H0nex
    @H0nex Před 6 lety +3

    5:29 trying to achieve my dreams

  • @rushnerd
    @rushnerd Před 6 lety

    I instantly knew this was a GTX280 or similar; love seeing this card out in the wild and on videos. Few knew how beastly it was in that tiny slice of time 2008 time. Though cpus were lagging behind then by a lot.

  • @CDNSpartan
    @CDNSpartan Před 6 lety

    I got an original Logitech G15 Gaming keyboard for $6 Canadian at a thrift store. Only thing wrong with it is the LCD backlight no longer works.(Or it might not be receiving enough power) but for $6 I am not complaining. Checked eBay and the first original G15 I saw was going for over $90.

  • @hollow_wings
    @hollow_wings Před 6 lety +1

    7:35 That guard doesn't even fucking care

  • @bozzy7946
    @bozzy7946 Před 6 lety

    They should call you the PC doctor. Gooooood stuff.

  • @jasonsanders1244
    @jasonsanders1244 Před 6 lety

    Dave deserves his own channel, RandomDaveinHD

  • @inkinen
    @inkinen Před 6 lety +1

    I still have one of those. My friend used to play war thunder with it :) I also have two GTX 295 in sli in my "nostalgia" pc.. Man it was hard to find a proper 1366 board with sli.

    • @anonymousone9447
      @anonymousone9447 Před 6 lety +1

      inkinen I just built a system like that! With a nforce 790i ultra and a x5460, along with three gtx 285's in sli!

    • @Eclipezz
      @Eclipezz Před 6 lety

      Why run socket 775 tho? I was running tri-sli gtx 280's back in the day, and core i7 was already the name of the game, yet alone when the gtx 295 came out 6 months later

    • @anonymousone9447
      @anonymousone9447 Před 6 lety

      Personally it was because the gtx 285 came out in Q1 of 2008 while the core i7 came out in Q4 of 2008 and gtx 295 came out later in 2009, I was trying to build the best pc you could get with socket 775 before the new i7 released! So for ease Im labeling it the beast of 2008 though I would be wrong because of the i7 BUT I was given the cpu and needed to do something with it! Next I plan on building the Best pc u could get as of 2010 using a xeon x5650 overclocked (like the x5460) and gtx 580's in 4 way sli because I believe (and correct me if im wrong) sandy bridge wasn't actually released till Q1 2011 and the 600 series nvidia gpuz didnt release till 2011 either

    • @Eclipezz
      @Eclipezz Před 6 lety

      @@anonymousone9447 okay cool man, was just curious :) never tried running 4 way, have fun!
      Though the gtx 285 was released in 2009 not 2008, which he also says around the 1 minute mark ;)

    • @inkinen
      @inkinen Před 6 lety

      @Eclipezz whoops.. I meant 1366 board :) My friend gave me i7-960 for free and that's where the whole idea for the system started. Fixed the first post.

  • @rush21hit
    @rush21hit Před 6 lety

    I often forgot how ridiculously huge a GPU chip in 2009-2012 era. Owned HD4890, GTX460, 9600GT. Comparing those monstrosity to the RX570 or the GTX970, makes you wonder the trade offs they had to do.

  • @Cautious_Gamer
    @Cautious_Gamer Před 6 lety

    +RandomGaminginHD Man, your videos are awesome. Can't get any more genuine than a seagull in the studio. Keep up the awesome work! Gotta love the budget stuff!

  • @shubhamsundrani711
    @shubhamsundrani711 Před 6 lety +1

    "You're in the studio, Dave" 😂😂

  • @standuporshutup
    @standuporshutup Před 6 lety

    Dave was just posing for his own channel, DavesBeADickTips. There's only one type of video: him, being in your shots.

  • @kristianfjr9931
    @kristianfjr9931 Před 6 lety +1

    I see that his pc was really dusty before he cleaned it. Tip: check your pc once a month or even more often so you do not get the same issue... it is really a mess starting to wash the pc when the dust is already hoarding!

  • @digitalronin7495
    @digitalronin7495 Před 6 lety

    Really enjoying the longer videos. Keep up the great work!

  • @mxthunder2
    @mxthunder2 Před 6 lety +1

    glad you saved it. gtx200 series is still my favorite. did you de-couple the shaders from the core clock when trying to push it further?

  • @xYottabyte
    @xYottabyte Před 5 lety

    ahh, Crysis (2),, the game that took me 6 months to complete when I was 7 with my PS3 console, a birthday present from my dad. huhu I feel nostalgic.

  • @randomusername1112
    @randomusername1112 Před 5 lety

    I've also heard people's GPUs screaming on Crysis. Strangely enough, my GTX 260 (i don't have money to upgrade, okay) also behaves odd when i'm playing on extremely high fps. Whenever i reach close to 70 fps on some games, it starts to crash, stutter and drop frames. That's why i cap my FPS to 50 whenever i play games. Looks like these old junks weren't meant for playing games at more than 30-40 fps.

  • @Dav2112
    @Dav2112 Před 6 lety

    Had the GTX280’s in SLi back in the day, pretty sure I still have those cards in my attic somewhere, I have a hard time getting rid of old parts even if they’re no longer working!

  • @MrNeeds
    @MrNeeds Před 6 lety

    Always makes me smile when Dave is around, so, as usual, \o/ Dave

  • @memo-sn1gu
    @memo-sn1gu Před 5 lety

    That garden is beautiful

  • @thegamingphoenix98
    @thegamingphoenix98 Před 5 lety

    had a gtx 295 in my old system. A beast. I used til 2016 when i upgraded my card with an r9 380x. Still missing that card

  • @twizz420
    @twizz420 Před 5 lety

    Just FYI, when testing games on Skyrim I've found that the valleys are the most taxing on hardware. Somewhere between Shor's Stone and Riften is the worst spot for me.

  • @zodiotekgaming
    @zodiotekgaming Před 5 lety

    The whining noise you heard was coil whine I believe, my corsair CX750M previous power supply did the same with my GPU under load, its normal. Radeon's R9 290 and X did it too

  • @rafabuczynski3076
    @rafabuczynski3076 Před 5 lety +2

    ohmy God, back in the old days with tremendously slow pc this was object of my deepest computer dreams.
    I went do HD5850 eventually the same year at it's end, but damn boi, 10 years back this was a real killer.
    Actually it should still work fine and I seriously dont get why people just throw it away. WTF.

  • @bestopinion9257
    @bestopinion9257 Před 4 lety +2

    2:30 Dave is searching in your fridge. I'm his twin brother. :)

  • @notsogrand2837
    @notsogrand2837 Před 6 lety

    Something isn't quite right in the BO1 benchmark. The gpu usage was between 40% and 60% but it was still dropping into the 40s for some reason.

  • @Not-TheOne
    @Not-TheOne Před 4 lety

    That was a great card, loved it. That coil whine, I found turning on VSync would shut it up most of the time.

  • @devinjones9614
    @devinjones9614 Před 5 lety

    this is cool, but the gtx 295 is a forgotten beast. the thing stayed good for 1080p gaming till like 2012. crazy.

  • @unimatrix82
    @unimatrix82 Před 5 lety +1

    I was able to run crysis on an old 7300 GT AGP card on low settings in 800x600 back in the day.

  • @DJLKM1
    @DJLKM1 Před 4 lety

    I have one!, but i have the evga 2gb version, in mint condition, so minus the DX limitation it's a pretty solid card. Only other thing of small note is this card is power hungry, pulls over 200w load, so not a card for a weak psu.

  • @swanmanhantan6818
    @swanmanhantan6818 Před 6 lety

    You were so lucky to find that gem ! the best I had the dumpsters was a. French "Minitel" !
    Btw:
    Why not rename your channel "Dave's Cave" I think it may suit very well :) !

  • @AlexStroiescu
    @AlexStroiescu Před 4 lety

    If you didn't know, in the GTA V Configuration File you can force the DirectX Version to DirectX 9. I don't know if you can do that on the latest version, but it's worth giving it a shot.

  • @daniellee6912
    @daniellee6912 Před 6 lety

    Yes, Outlast is being capped to 60 fps. You can see that the cpu and gpu usage are quite low. And yeah, that horrible coil whine usually means your card is about to die.

  • @MellowVR24762
    @MellowVR24762 Před 5 lety

    Loving the dave cameo lol