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What was a good memory you had as a kid/Adult playing games with your cpu? What Graphics card was it paired with? Bring the Nostalgia

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cpu or gpu?

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1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

cpu or gpu?

Both I just used the gpu to give an example of my nostalgia as a kid.

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I had a Core 2 Duo E6700 and an Nvidia geforce 7300 LE. That machine was what I lived for back in 5th through 7th grade, good times were had playing Minecraft at 25 fps!

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In a desktop, laptop, or anything?

 

Desktop would be current one

 

Laptop would be current one

 

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Just now, thegreengamers said:

I had a Core 2 Duo E6700 and an Nvidia geforce 7300 LE. That machine was what I lived for back in 5th through 7th grade, good times were had playing Minecraft at 25 fps!

Oh my gosh, the 7300 LE can run minecraft? That card could barely run Doom. Are you sure you are correct.

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1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

In a desktop, laptop, or anything?

 

Desktop would be current one

 

Laptop would be current one

 

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Well a computer is a computer. So any computer you remember having.

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Just now, Joseph Hartness said:

Well a computer is a computer. So any computer you remember having.

Well, I assume the iPad 2 counts then? :D 

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Just now, DocSwag said:

Well, I assume the iPad 2 counts then? :D 

Yes as it does have a cpu.

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Just now, Joseph Hartness said:

Oh my gosh, the 7300 LE can run minecraft? That card could barely run Doom. Are you sure you are correct.

Well, if you count something like 640x480 and lowest settings playable, sure!

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Just now, thegreengamers said:

Well, if you count something like 640x480 and lowest settings playable, sure!

My dell optiplex has a phenom x2 in it with the 7300 LE. I couldn't even open up a web browser without it getting overheated.

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Just now, W00SH said:

Intel 486DX2 was my first. I played a lot of chips challenge, and that was about it. Lol.

Wow, this is back in the early 90's. I loved the vintage tan color everything had. My nostalgia is commended.

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Just now, Joseph Hartness said:

My dell optiplex has a phenom x2 in it with the 7300 LE. I couldn't even open up a web browser without it getting overheated.

Oh yeah. Before I upgraded my graphics card, I saw my 7300 LE idle at 65C, and shoot up to 80C before throttling soon after. Once I gained more knowledge of computers, I took the heatsink off; The thermal paste was completely dried up, and there was a physical, very obvious gap where the gpu wasn't even in contact with the heat sink!

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Just now, thegreengamers said:

Oh yeah. Before I upgraded my graphics card, I saw my 7300 LE idle at 65C, and shoot up to 80C before throttling soon after. Once I gained more knowledge of computers, I took the heatsink off; The thermal paste was completely dried up, and there was a physical, very obvious gap where the gpu wasn't even in contact with the heat sink!

I loved how it had two clips on the back of the video card that you squeeze together just to get the heatsink off. It isn't the best card for any computer, not unless you are trying to emulate older 90's games.

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First CPU in a custom build was a 1GHz Duron.

First GPU that I remember purchasing was a Radeon 9250.

 

Fist memory of games was the Windows 95 Plus pack...lol

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1 minute ago, Legendarypoet said:

First CPU in a custom build was a 1GHz Duron.

First GPU that I remember purchasing was a Radeon 9250.

 

Fist memory of games was the Windows 95 Plus pack...lol

Did you like pinball like I did?

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1 minute ago, Joseph Hartness said:

Did you like pinball like I did?

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Heck yeah! Still play it to this day.

Mainly because I suck at every other game.

Except GTA killing sprees.

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Intel Pentium 90MHz.  I was pissing all over my friends 486DX2 66MHz.

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My first system was a Tandy and whatever GPU and CPU that thing had from the factory. Fast forward a few years ( like 15), my first CPU of my first PC build was an AMD Phenom x6 1055t, with inboard graphics, then upgraded to R9 380 after a few years.

 

Since I was stuck on integrated for such a long time...

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First would be 6700hq + 960m I guess, the REALLY first was a 6700k + gtx 1060 though.

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