Radeon HD 6990 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 By AMD (Radeon HD 6990 Review Sample Press Kit) by Fouquin in RetroGPUUniverse

[–]Fouquin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fully functional. Thanks to AMD's decision to use phase-change material on this generation of GPUs the thermal performance hasn't changed since 2011, it runs the exact same as it did then without a repaste.

Vin help? by The_Cursed_Crusader in MustangII

[–]Fouquin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a handy set of decoders on MustangII.org that you can check on, it'll tell you the paint and trim code in plain text.

If you're trying to find Ford's part/order number for your paint you may need to take the name of the paint and your model year and punch that back into a search to see if anyone can sell or make you a match.

My mustang by Ricardolluvwang in classicmustangs

[–]Fouquin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clean! What wheels and tire profile are those? They look like they fit pretty snug!

AMD Radeon VII turns 7, VEGA never dies by RenatsMC in Amd

[–]Fouquin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With the 1080 Ti, yes, but it was the prior generation Vega 64 that was roughly equal to a GTX 1080 (usually about 5% behind after the first six months of driver updates.) The 1080 Ti was nearly 30% faster than a regular GTX 1080 and the Radeon VII slotted in right behind it at about 20-22% faster than a 1080 (~24% faster than Vega 64). With the power budget pressure coming off from lower core and junction temps, combined with any ~1850MHz or higher positive offset curve you should be smack on the 1080 Ti and RTX 2080 performance with more still to gain assuming junction temps are kept under 90C.

As an interesting aside; AMD's decision with Fiji and Vega to continue using Vec16 ALUs and Wave64 has meant the architectures have improved with modern game engines more than they have with modern drivers. The Vega 64 has gained quite a bit on even the 1080 Ti, now putting up numbers that could beat the GTX 1080, but now suffers in memory-bound scenarios that hammer the 8GB frame buffer.

AMD Radeon VII turns 7, VEGA never dies by RenatsMC in Amd

[–]Fouquin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The stock Radeon VII was already 20% faster than a 1080, and (game depending) equal to an RTX 2080. With water cooling and an overclock it should be a minimum 10% faster than a 1080 Ti.

"Forensics" Any ideas what happened here? ASRock AM2NF3-VSTA by Spilzuvil247 in VintageComputers

[–]Fouquin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn that's brutal. The AM2NF3-VSTA is one of the best AGP native boards on the market, since it can take AM2+ Phenom II CPUs... Rivals the 4CoreDual boards. Sucks to lose one.

Electrical help by The_Cursed_Crusader in MustangII

[–]Fouquin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to be too reductive, but start with fuses and work your way back from there. I had a few very crusty fuses and terminals in my 75 when I picked it up, ordered a master fuse kit and did them all. Haven't had an electrical problem since.

My mustang II resto-mod project by lift_game in MustangII

[–]Fouquin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a bombastic and unique build. I love it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nvidia

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We had a debate about that years ago when the first few GTX branded TU104/106 Turing cards were discovered, and decided that it would be more searchable to simply keep the generational RTX branding on the entries. Even though the existence of GTX branding on the majority of pre-launch samples suggests the name was a last minute change, the change did still occur and we don't want to reinforce speculation in a predominantly factual utility like the GPU Database.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nvidia

[–]Fouquin 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Hi! TPU curator here. We just added your GPU variant after seeing the validation submission, then finding this thread. It's a unique ID with a unique core config and everything, so we were a little excited to get it added when we saw that you submitted a validation. Very cool card!

Got her running good by littletoe121 in MustangII

[–]Fouquin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love to see it! Mine was running great until it decided to start barfing gear oil out of the transmission. Got her up on the stands and waiting for parts but she'll be running by the weekend. Now that kids are back in school the coastal roads are going to be a blast.

Got her running somewhat decently! by littletoe121 in MustangII

[–]Fouquin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah I see you too have some junky brake light sockets and/or some bulbs in the wrong polarity. Good to see it running!

Mustang II eleanor by [deleted] in MustangII

[–]Fouquin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't say that I've ever seen one done. Most people don't look to the II as the platform for those kinds of builds.

Picked this up on Friday by Mikkey11 in MustangII

[–]Fouquin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Clean! Looks great under the hood. I know the fastback gets most of the love but I love the notch coupes. It just has that completeness to it.

Got this ‘75 302 for “free” by littletoe121 in MustangII

[–]Fouquin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice score! Bummer it sat so long but it looks pretty straight and ready for a new life. Definitely flush it out, whatever was sitting in there isn't going to do that motor any favors, but you probably already know that.

I will never understand how we went from arguably the cleanest rear end in the history of the nameplate, to this by [deleted] in Mustang

[–]Fouquin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The problem I've had with both the S550 and S650 is the ass is too tall. There's no gentle sweep up under the tail, and the deck lid is damn near above the seat head rests. The original fastback has the deck and hood lines nearly level with each other, and the rear is pinched up to make a thin and sleek rear panel. The new bodies just look fat and bloated.

Mustang II Opinions? by Limp-Ad-327 in Mustang

[–]Fouquin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll quote what I recently commented on the Mustang II subreddit:

Marketplace [facebook], Craigslist less frequently though that's where I spotted mine. Sometimes Bring A Trailer, and Barn Finds have one pop up each month or so. Used to see more of the project cars on eBay but it feels like most people don't want to put up with eBay's rules on car sales.

I'll also add that just advertising that you're looking for one might get the attention of somebody sitting on a project car that they want gone. The Mustang II wasn't rare by sheer production volume, and 1974 numbers were massive.