making a GPU

Duranix · Apr 15, 2005, 03:22 AM

hey.

i wanna start a project, and i wanna make a new GPU.

im thinking that maybe if i solder on heaps more transistors onto my old Geforce 2, i can make it go uber fast!

what do you guys reckon?

bananaman · Apr 15, 2005, 03:37 AM

or you could try soldering loads od GF2 chips onto one card and created a Geforce 2 super card!

or if you want to make a really powerful one use something like GF6800 Ultra cors or x850 chips.

If you do try this please take pictures

nana

Duranix · Apr 15, 2005, 03:47 AM

ok, so if i soldered loads of GF2 chips onto one card, will the standard Nvidia drivers see them? or will i need custom drivers?

bananaman · Apr 15, 2005, 03:51 AM

i imagine it will work like SLi so just tick the box

If you try putting and ATI chip on the GF2 you would probably need to install both cats and dets

lol - this thread is random, but fun

nana

Duranix · Apr 15, 2005, 03:56 AM

it will work like SLI??

lol

i dont have PCI-E... i got AGP. if this works, ill have made an AGP multicore Geforce 2

bananaman · Apr 15, 2005, 03:59 AM

i am mostly thinking that it wont work

my first bit of enthusiasm has been replaced by fear and dread that the card may well blow up in a hufe multicore fuelled explosion simliar to a nuclear test.

nana

Duranix · Apr 15, 2005, 04:01 AM

lol

ok, what about soldering on more transistors?

bananaman · Apr 15, 2005, 04:06 AM

hmmmm, we need to think long and hard about this. Are you going to try and artificially increase the transistor count of the GPU chip itself or just solder them all over the board?

Duranix · Apr 15, 2005, 04:08 AM

i have no idea :|

artificially increase the transistor count. (soldering them all over the board would kill it)

bananaman · Apr 15, 2005, 04:14 AM

if i were a betting man I am guessing that this card will die if you attack it with a soldering iron

I would love to see you pull this off

Duranix · Apr 15, 2005, 04:16 AM

ok, im still in the theory stages.

i figured that if i soldered on more transistors, i would need to increase the voltage.

what im trying to do is increase the transistor count so that it has more (du'uh). the more it has, the more go on and off, the more instructions per second (or something around that).

basically. the more transistors i have, the more stuff the card can do per second.

Shaga · Apr 15, 2005, 04:19 AM

Good luck

Duranix · Apr 15, 2005, 04:20 AM

thanks shaga

any suggestions on where i can buy transistors?

Duranix · Apr 15, 2005, 04:29 AM

also, anyone got any idea how i should go about doing this?

Shaga · Apr 15, 2005, 04:43 AM

I have no idea, and I think it's totally impossible(not sure of course).

But I think someone could as well try, and make it be you

snake · Apr 15, 2005, 04:43 AM

u are totaly nut dude !!!
Noway u can even run your card if u do anything with GPU !
Volt modding or better cooling for GPU or RAM is almost the only way to improve performances

If u hope to do a SLI card by yourself from several Geforce 2 u are dreaming sorry

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 15, 2005, 05:53 AM

Yes, please do I could use some entertainment… Be sure to take pictures to post of the sparks and flames as you turn on your PC

Daim · Apr 15, 2005, 06:07 AM

lol i don't think that this is possible m8 you'll need to change the bios and everything just impossible

Duranix · Apr 15, 2005, 10:02 AM

awww =|

come on..... i just wanna solder on some extra transisors XD

if they can do it, i can too... slipshoddily.

itchy5 · Apr 15, 2005, 10:14 PM

yea its impossible to just solder transisters on it a old gf2 w/ a x850 core

you need gddr3 special PCBs the list goes on and on, but a fun idea :P

Dom · Apr 15, 2005, 11:32 PM

Stand 10-feet back before you plug it in...if you get that far.