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4 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

It does look like PCI actually, but the 7800 was PCIe (Except for one AGP version but that wasn't that)

So now you see my confusion :P 

If you look you'll see the card has multiple "section" on the connector, similar to an AGP card... though I might be wrong. xD

 

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1 minute ago, wkdpaul said:

If you look you'll see the card has multiple "section" on the connector, similar to an AGP card... though I might be wrong. xD

 

No, it's definitely not AGP. I have an ATI Rage 128 Pro that's AGP, and the pins look nothing like PCI or PCIe:

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11 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

If you look you'll see the card has multiple "section" on the connector, similar to an AGP card... though I might be wrong. xD

 

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I think it is a AGP Pro card.

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3 hours ago, matrix07012 said:

This article:

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/pc-gaming-is-still-way-too-hard

oh god, my cousin is 15 and he built his pc pretty much alone, without any problems. Maybe my cousin is just such genious? I dont think so. "pc-gaming is still way too hard"

this makes me cringe.

16 hours ago, wkdpaul said:

"am I going to break it?"

"it looks like it bent a bit but meh, IT MUST BE INSTALLED CORRECTLY! I even looked at the manuals cover once"

16 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

drill+980 ti

why just why??? I would never bring a drill near my PC, heck i dont even bring my coffee near my pc :D

I feel genuinely sorry for the guy and especially for the 980 ti

 

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4 minutes ago, matrix07012 said:

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I think it is a AGP Pro card.

Yeah it does kinda look like that, but I'm not sure, because the fourth "section" of pins looks a bit too long to be AGP pro.

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oh no I started something again didn't I... xD 

Well you guys discuss it and tell me what that thing is in the end :D

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28 minutes ago, RahulR said:

Yeah it does kinda look like that, but I'm not sure, because the fourth "section" of pins looks a bit too long to be AGP pro.

I think it's a PCi-e 16x card.

 

Look at the difference between the first and second slots and look at the third circle, where you can see the pci-e 16 lock. The pin spacing on the card also points to it being pci-e

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Hello everyone! I've gotten a bit bored of the Uneducated Reviews thing, so if anyone wants to continue it, I'll upload the photo gallery here.

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17 hours ago, DocSwag said:

Oh god why.....

 

When was that post from though? Cuz that graphics card is like 10 years old....

The imgur post was from 3 years ago, but it didn't lead anywhere, so I'm wondering if you have any idea.

A bit of history on that cut up XFX 7800GTX

The original picture was from 10+ years ago, when both the 7800GTX and 7800GT are still brand new and PCI Express just became the standard for graphic cards. A lot of people are still using P4s or AMD Athlon XP with AGP.

Here is the original thread, I still remember like it was yesterday.  xD

http://www.techist.com/forums/f6/nvidia-7800-wont-work-63893/

Thread is still alive, last post made 2015. Need to bump it. :D

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, BingoFishy said:

Hello everyone! I've gotten a bit bored of the Uneducated Reviews thing, so if anyone wants to continue it, I'll upload the photo gallery here.

 

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I don't understand why review 1 & 3 are so bad? - Review two has me confused... probably because there isn't any context, and their English is terrible.

 

Review 1 without context is impossible to comment on, but it may be entirely true - the Macbook Pro, or Mac Pro is a powerful bit of kit and was bleeding edge up until Skylake. 

 

Review 3 should probably have invested some money into buying a decent laptop, rather than buying the cheapest Windows PC... But OS X on PCIe SSDs is amazingly fluid and quick, their keyboards have been a dream to type on since circa 2011, and iMovie is a pretty good bit of software for the home-user. 

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13 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

I don't understand why review 1 & 3 are so bad? - Review two has me confused... probably because there isn't any context, and their English is terrible.

 

Review 1 without context is impossible to comment on, but it may be entirely true - the Macbook Pro, or Mac Pro is a powerful bit of kit and was bleeding edge up until Skylake. 

 

Review 3 should probably have invested some money into buying a decent laptop, rather than buying the cheapest Windows PC... But OS X on PCIe SSDs is amazingly fluid and quick, their keyboards have been a dream to type on since circa 2011, and iMovie is a pretty good bit of software for the home-user. 

I know. I just chose ones that might have something wrong with them.

 

Also there's quite a few more reviews from that. I tried deleting those but it didn't work.

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That's windows XP... with SP2 no less... how does he live?

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6 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

I offered to help my flatmate buy a laptop, but he said he had it sorted from his sister's boyfriend for $100. This is what he came home with. xD

 

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He should tell his sister to break up with that man for selling him crap like that for 100USD... and he should be ashamed of himself for buying it for 100USD...

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2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

That's windows XP... with SP2 no less... how does he live?

I'm surrounded by them - Dad is an Architect who for his professional & private life uses a laptop for 8+ hours a day (and carried in a briefcase to building sites and has never been protected with a carry case). Just managed to get him to upgrade from his old Macbook Pro (2008) as it was literally falling apart.

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Let me guess, he just handed it over and started using it?  Like didn't bother formatting at all or anything either?

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1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Let me guess, he just handed it over and started using it?  Like didn't bother formatting at all or anything either?

It's a fresh install... Notice WMP9?

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1 minute ago, Belgarathian said:

I'm surrounded by them - Dad is an Architect who for his professional & private life uses a laptop for 8+ hours a day (and carried in a briefcase to building sites and has never been protected with a carry case). Just managed to get him to upgrade from his old Macbook Pro (2008) as it was literally falling apart.

 

wait, what that's a macbook!? O.o Wow, they're sure come a long way in terms of design... that thing is ugly as sin xD 

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2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

wait, what that's a macbook!? O.o Wow, they're sure come a long way in terms of design... that thing is ugly as sin xD 

For a 5:4 screen laptop, that doesn't look too bad...

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14 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

I offered to help my flatmate buy a laptop, but he said he had it sorted from his sister's boyfriend for $100. This is what he came home with. xD

 

 

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Its a probook, part of hp business line up. Still a lot better than todays cheap crap. Probably came with vista business and the downgrade rights to xp pro. Can probably upgrade ram and change to a ssd. 

They most likely cost at least $1,500 when it was new. Before backlit led keys. There is a built in led lamp on the bezel of the screen. Can't tell if that one has.

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1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

wait, what that's a macbook!? O.o Wow, they're sure come a long way in terms of design... that thing is ugly as sin xD 

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4 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

wait, what that's a macbook!? O.o Wow, they're sure come a long way in terms of design... that thing is ugly as sin xD 

Smaller bezels though

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4 minutes ago, DigitalHermit said:

For a 5:4 screen laptop, that doesn't look too bad...

frankly that XP machine (cleaned up) is actually sexier imo :)

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2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

frankly that XP machine (cleaned up) is actually sexier imo :)

Personal preference - I'd rather have a (new) 2008 Macbook Pro as I like the aluminium finish, rather than the cheap plastic feel of the HP with mushy keys. 

 

That said, I'd sooner buy a Ce-lol-ron Chromebook than either of them. 

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14 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

frankly that XP machine (cleaned up) is actually sexier imo :)

It came with vista business and got downgraded rights to pro. Can't tell by pic, what model that is. A quick search based on cpu, came up with this.

 

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