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Tested CoD4 and Crysis 1 on a 19-year-old $10 GPU in 2026 — results were surprising (lemmy.world)

submitted 12 hours ago by RiskRig91@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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Picked up a Radeon HD 3870 for $10 with no guarantees. Cleaned it, repasted it and threw it at CoD4 Modern Warfare and Crysis 1 on a Core 2 Duo rig. The nostalgia was real. Full video here: https://youtu.be/WuTVt4ZCmoY

I bought a $10 Radeon HD 3870 from 2007 — tested it in 2026 by RiskRig91 in c/hardware@lemmy.world

[-] RiskRig91@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Haha a keychain from the die would actually be awesome! And yeah, when that display corruption showed up I genuinely thought it was dead — was shocked that a clean and repaste fixed it. The oven bake trick is impressive, glad you got your data back!

I bought a $10 Radeon HD 3870 from 2007 — tested it in 2026 by RiskRig91 in c/hardware@lemmy.world

[-] RiskRig91@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Oh wow, that's actually a cool piece to keep! The ATI logo on the die looks amazing up close.

I bought a $10 Radeon HD 3870 from 2007 — tested it in 2026 by RiskRig91 in c/hardware@lemmy.world

[-] RiskRig91@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

That 5770 is actually on my list to test! Stay tuned — it's coming in a future video

I bought a $10 Radeon HD 3870 from 2007 — tested it in 2026 by RiskRig91 in c/hardware@lemmy.world

[-] RiskRig91@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Funny you mention that — the 3850 is actually my next video!

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I bought a $10 Radeon HD 3870 from 2007 — tested it in 2026 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by RiskRig91@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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I picked up a Radeon HD 3870 for $9.90 — seller had no idea what condition it was in, no tests, no returns. Cleaned it, repasted it, threw it in a Core 2 Duo rig and ran benchmarks on CoD4 and Crysis. The temps alone made me nervous. Full video here: https://youtu.be/WuTVt4ZCmoY Curious if anyone else has run old ATI hardware recently.

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I bought a $10 Radeon HD 3870 from 2007 — tested it in 2026 (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by RiskRig91@lemmy.world to c/hoch@lemmy.ml

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I picked up a Radeon HD 3870 for $9.90 — seller had no idea what condition it was in, no tests, no returns. Cleaned it, repasted it, threw it in a Core 2 Duo rig and ran benchmarks on CoD4 and Crysis. The temps alone made me nervous. Full video here: https://youtu.be/WuTVt4ZCmoY Curious if anyone else has run old ATI hardware recently.