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[versii]

Remeber in 2005 when those amazing, $1500 video cards were 2' long and required a separate power supply? I really want to own one, just for kicks. Problem is, while I remember they were big and expensive, I don't remember anything else about them. Anybody have any ideas? Tried googling "large video card 2005" or some parts of that, and got nothing useful. No hurrys, this is just a strong curiosity. Thanks!

 

[Sikkyu]

wat

video cards in 05 were standard atx length and were 100-400$ ish from ati/nvidia

 

[TomGreen321]

Workstation cards? Go buy one.

 

[Tudz]

2005 wasn't very long ago, wasn't that 7000 series era for nVidia?

 

[RoboticPotPie]

Are you slightly exaggerating the size/price of the old 7900 GX2?

 

[versii]

im exagerating the size, but not the price. eith grade would have been 2004, 2005 for me. we looked at them in computer class whatever it wass called, on tigerdirect.com. the one i remember was black, 2 slots wide/tall, and it was $1100.

 

[inotocracy]

^ Probably a Quadro/CAD card.

 

[evilsofa]

This video card looks very old and very long, though no actual measurement of the card is given:
http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/graphics-cards/U-Z/VIDEO-SEVEN-EGA-V7-VEGA-LONG-CARD.html
I was unable to find any more info about this "Video Seven V7 Vega" card.

Some of the ATI workstation cards appear to be long, but again I can't find actual measurements, just pictures on newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814195054
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814195056

The Voodoo5 card just looks amusing with all those little fans on it:
http://www.tweakers.net/ext/i.dsp/968159803.jpg

But never forget the ultimate long video card, the Bitchin'Fast 3D2000:
http://www.planetdognine.com/features/humor/files/bfast.jpg

 

[SpoonMaN-EQ]

2005 is ancient? crap im old.

 

[alceryes]

The Voodoo5 card just looks amusing with all those little fans on it:
http://www.tweakers.net/ext/i.dsp/968159803.jpg

I think that was the Voodoo 6.
It never made it to market due to severe bugs (other than the one that prevented it from fitting in a standard case).

 

[obobski]

you're thinking of the 3DLabs Wildcat REALiZM series, very likely the 200 based on your price estimate, they were top of the line professional workstation cards in 2005, are relatively hard to find anymore, and are gouged to the moon for price

some pics:

REALiZM 100/200:
http://images.digitalmedianet.com/2005/Week_32/9y4u4vru/story/wildcat200_600.jpg

REALiZM 800:
http://www.dansdata.com/images/io050/r800_1024.jpg

Anand review:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2383


2005 was GeForce 6 and GeForce 7 era depending on time of year and what range you're talking about