I just want to know how and why they had stock of this in the first place

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  1. creamcolouredDog

    They literally just snatched a pic of Raiden for their artwork

    Also this company was also caught peddling “brand new” AMD cards with used GPU chips during the chip shortage a few years ago.

  2. SadTurtleSoup

    Some places hold on to em for a) retro builds, yes people build 97, XP and Vista machines for the hell of it and b) some repair shops hang on to em for office machines, usually older work stations.

    There’s other reasons but that’s mostly the two reasons the shops around here have them stocked.

  3. Anonymous_Tanuki

    That’s a nice product, Senator.

  4. MyDudeX

    Why? To connect extra monitors where you couldn’t before. And the ability to watch HD videos, and to play Counter-Strike, for a computer of its era.

  5. Altruistic_Ad3374

    I got really excited until I saw the brand…

  6. Lexalaviosa

    Designs on old gpu packs are something else

  7. GuyFrom2096

    I haven’t seen that name in a long, long, time.

  8. Eloquent_Redneck

    Funny seeing it advertised as energy efficient lol truly a different time

  9. lightning_po

    I know that this isn’t what the post is about, but I’m amazed you found somewhere that fixes printers. Everyone just buys a new one.

  10. InsomniaticWanderer

    Damn. You could probably run TWO instances of excel on that bad boy

  11. JgdPz_plojack

    When average Windows 7 midrange pc could get 1 gb VRAM and 4 gb RAM. (I know, below xx50 segment is a low end)

    While PS3/x360 were stuck around 500 mb total RAM

  12. I worked for a B&M computer store in the early 2000’s with an actual showroom. We always had random old ass equipment out there. No one bought it and the owner kept it on display, just to have something on display. Occasionally it would get bought (heavily discounted) or end up in the bin.

  13. 4096Kilobytes

    Oh so you are that one client who swears “the geeks” will kindly do the printer repair “tuneup” for free lol

  14. Early_Personality_68

    That looks like revengeance raiden.

  15. SFDessert

    Ohhh baby. HD video *and* energy efficient?

  16. CallOfTheCurtains

    “Doktor, turn me into a GPU.”

  17. Asleep_Author_2971

    My first graphics cards for my senior project computer in highschool in 2005 were dual BFG Tech 6800 ultra’s in SLI. I remember thinking they were INSANE. lol. 512MB VRAM each!

  18. hugeass91

    I’ve said my sword was the tool of justice but now, I am not so sure and besides… **this isn’t my sword**

  19. hachi_roku_

    If you play old school games using physx, that GPU is pretty valuable, nice find

  20. Efficient_Thanks_342

    HD-Video? It’s a brave new world.

  21. Why? It’s likely left over stock the store held onto, one of my favorite electronics stores still had Socket 3 coolers well into the first half of the 00’s and nearly 2 years ago found 5 sealed ATi All-in-Wonder Radeon X1900 256MB being offloaded on eBay from a store that possibly held onto them for up to 17 years.

  22. realif3

    “doktor, turn off my overclocking inhibitors!”

  23. Master_Difficulty_56

    Somehow this card is still selling in Brasil, btw, I have that 3050 on the side 🤓

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