What 3D Graphics Cards Have You Owned?

DarthMol

DarthMol

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I realise this may be a very long list for the compulsive upgraders but I thought it might be interesting to share what graphics cards we have owned and maybe make a comment or too regarding our favourite or most hated cards.

So here's my list of cards:

1) Nvidia Geforce 64MB MX440 (didn't realise how rubbish a card this was since I was a newby) - 2003
2) Nvidia Geforce 256MB 6600 - 2005
3) Nvidia Geforce 256MB 6800 Ultra (borrowed from a friend)
4) Ati Radeon 512MB X1900 (borrowed from a friend, first PCI-Express Card)
5) AMD 1GB HD4890 (briefly borrowed from a friend) - 2009
6) AMD 1GB HD5870 (My first bought card since the Geforce 6600 - absolute beast and wonder of a card, got this in 2009 and it lasted me a good many years)
7) AMD 2GB HD5870 (swapped my 1GB 5870 with a friend) - early 2015
8) AMD 4GB R290 (bought 2nd hand from a friend) - Dec 2015

As you can see, in my penniless student years I relied a great deal on my friend's old spare parts and that we all went over to the red side over time. Most of the time I was on the low end and was usually playing on low-med settings while my friends gamed on high. I think that was why the HD5870 blew me away, at the time I got it, it was one of the most powerful single core cards on the market. Given the cost of the top range cards these days I don't think I'll be doing that again soon.
 
Too many, but I have had :

- S3 Trio64
- S3 ViRGE
- ATi All-in-Wonder Pro
- 3Dfx Voodoo2
- Riva TNT
- Riva TNT2
- SiS 360 (Xabre 400)
- ATi Radeon RV100
- nVidia 8800GT
- nVidia 750
- nVidia GTX980

List is kinda chronological, as at some points I had 2 PCs for "work" and "play"
 
From memory, it is something as follows:

Riva TNT 8MB
Riva TNT2 16MB
Voodoo 5 32MB
nVidia GeForce 64MB
GeForce 4 Ti 128MB
ATI Rage (with TV tuner) 128MB
ATI 9800XT either 256 or 512MB
ATI Radeon X1900 (mac pro) 1GB
Whatever my macbook pro had
GeForce 570M in my laptop (still chugging along) 1.5GB
RadeonR9 290X 3GB (still chugging) - was crossfire'd but I sold one of the cards off

I'm sure I'm probably forgetting one or two...
 
I tend to go for big jumps, stretching every last bit out of my cards untill they die.

Riva TNT2 M64 (my first "gaming" card, even though it was kak. Dad bought it new for the home PC)
Geforce 2 MX 440 (started playing "3d" games on my own PC. Bought 2nd hand from friend. Was a "better than nothing" card )
Geforece FX 5900XT (Excellent value for money and blew everything else out the water at it's price point. It eventually died on me)
Quatro FX1400Go (Was without a PC for a few years so played games on the work's Dell Precision M80 laptop)
Quadro FX 1600M (same as above, HP Compaq 8710 laptop)
Geforce 465 (first mid-to-high end card. Most expensive PC part I ever bought at the time)
GeForce 970 (current the most expensive PC part I ever bought, and a beast)
 
Funny that I remember all the cards I've owned.

GeForce 3 Ti200 (Had to compromise graphics for performance)
Radeon 9600 (Had to compromise graphics for performance)
Geforce 7600 gt (Had to compromise graphics for performance)
Geforce 8800GT (Crank that shit up!)
Radeon HD 5770 (Had to compromise graphics for performance)
Radeon HD 7850 (Some setting on high)
Geforce GTX 970 (Crank that shit up!)

As you can see my only brand allegiance is price to performance. :D
 
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I am second hand. Except for my first GPU which my dad bought for me, everything else is second hand GPU's.

1) nVidia GeForce 4 MX - My first dedicated GPU after playing games or whatever onboard(or prolly those Voodoo or TNTs but I had no idea at the time what they were) I had.
2) ATI 9250 (or something along those lines) - The first upgrade if I have this right. Got it from my dad he got a slightly better one.
3) nVidia GeForce 6800 GS - first GPU that died on me
4) nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX
5) Sapphire ATI HD3870 - Died just before I got my new GPU :(((((( by simply doing a monitor swap, WTF! Could not even sell it for some gains
6) ATI HD4760 - Think I am getting this wrong
7) Sapphire ATI HD4890 - Served me well
8) nVidia GeForce GTX 560 - Such loud fans
9) Sapphire DualX AMD R9 270 - Served me just as well
10) Gigabyte Reference AMD R9 290 - Too damn loud
11) MSI TwinFrozr AMD R9 290X - Died recently :(
12) Gigabyte Windforce AMD R9 290X - My current GPU

I might be getting my earlier GPUs wrong, can't remember for shit, but that's a general idea.
 
think this is the lot

1) Ati 3d Rage Pro 4mb (PCI) Still Have it
2) Ati 3d Rage II 8mb (AGP)
3) Nvidia Riva Tnt 2 M64 32mb (AGP) Still Have it (had to upgrade couldnt run nfs underground back then card didnt have T&L)
4) Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 64 MB (AGP)
5) Ati Radeon 7000 128mb (AGP)
6) Geforce Fx 5200 128mb (AGP) KAKKEST CARD ON THE PLANET Still Have it (Dead)
7) Radeon 9600 Pro 128mb (AGP) Still Have it
8) Radeon 6600GT 128mb (AGP) Still Have it
9) Radeon 6800 LE 128mb (AGP) Still Have it (active in my surveillance PC)
10) Radeon 5570 512mb (PCI EXpress) Still Have it (Active in HTPC)
11) Radeon 5770 x 2 1 gig (1 died) (1 bought from Malice still working) (Active in Linux PC)
12) Geforce GTX 960 2 Gig (Active in Primary PC)

Still have it in a box somewhere - cards i never really used actively

1) 4mb S3 trio 64 AGP
2) 3d Rage Mobility 8mb AGP (didnt know they actually used mobile gpu's in desktop pc's until i saw this)
3) radeon 9250 64 bit (128mb) AGP
4) Radeon 9250 PRO 128 Bit (256mb) AGP
4) Radeon 8500 128mb (Actually bought it on ebay a few years ago, needed to test an old agp based system) Still Have it

some other cards i cant think of now
 
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I asked my brother to help me out, he's older and should remember the older cards better.

You might notice a trend in the list below :D

- Trident GPU (piece of shit, can't remember what model)
- 3dfx Voodoo 2
- Geforce MX440

These were the GPU's we had while my brother and I still shared a gaming PC. After this he got a new PC and I had the old one, which was obviously replaced at a later stage :)

- Geforce FX 5600
- Geforce 6600
- Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB
- Geforce GTX275
- Geforce GTX570
- Geforce GTX670
- Geforce GTX970
- Geforce GTX980
 
I really can't remember some of them. These are the ones that stood out for me. I really haven't had many actually, I buy the best I can afford and then stick with them as long as possible.

Voodoo 2
Riva TNT2
GeForce 2
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce GTS 250 (this one is still in my GF's computer)
GeForce GTX 670 SLI (current)

There were a couple of ATI cards somewhere in between, but I have absolutely no idea what they were called, I just remember that I hated them.
 
Like MetalSoup, I can't remember all of them.

Riva TNT
ATI 9250
Geforce 6600 GT
Geforce 9800 GTX+
ATI HD5850
Radeon R9280X (currently in my wife's machine)
Geforce GTX 980 Ti (current)
 
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TNT2 32mb
Voodoo3 3300 16mb
Geforce2 64mb
Radeon 9600Pro
Radeon HD4970
Radeon R9 270x
Geforce GTX970


..i think that's it.
 
PsychoFish said:
Too many, but I have had :

- S3 Trio64
- S3 ViRGE
- ATi All-in-Wonder Pro
- 3Dfx Voodoo2
- Riva TNT
- Riva TNT2
- SiS 360 (Xabre 400)
- ATi Radeon RV100
- nVidia 8800GT
- nVidia 750
- nVidia GTX980

List is kinda chronological, as at some points I had 2 PCs for "work" and "play"
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Similar.
Just add in banshee above voodoo2 and sli at the end of the voodoo2 line and it's pretty much identical up to 8800gt.
Oh, also, Some creative card fits in after virge
 
Not going back too far here (I can't remember lol)

Nvidia 6800
Nvidia 7950GT
Nvidia 8600
Nvidia 8800GTX
Nvidia 9800GTX
Nvidia GTX260 216
Nvidia GTX285
Nvidia GTX470
Nvidia GTX480
Nvidia GTX560/Ti
Nvidia GTX570
Nvidia GTX580
Nvidia GTX590
Nvidia GTX670
Nvidia GTX680
Nvidia GTX690
Nvidia GTX770
Nvidia GTX780/Ti (Multiple)
Nvidia GTX970 (Multiple)
Nvidia GTX980 (Multiple)
Nvidia Titan X
Nvidia GTX980Ti (Multiple) (Current)

Ati HD2900Xt
Ati HD4850
Ati HD4870
AMD HD5850
AMD HD5870
AMD HD5970
AMD HD6870
AMD HD6950
AMD 6970 (Multiple)
AMD 6990
AMD HD7870
AMD HD7950
AMD HD7970 (Multiple)
AMD HD7990
AMD R9 280x
AMD R9 290/290x (Multiple)
AMD R9 FuryX
 
AstroTurf said:
Similar.
Just add in banshee above voodoo2 and sli at the end of the voodoo2 line and it's pretty much identical up to 8800gt.
Oh, also, Some creative card fits in after virge
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Not the Creative 3D Blaster? They came in Voodoo2 and TNT2 variants if I recall correctly. My Voodoo2 and TNT2 were Creative 3D Blaster branded.
 
PsychoFish said:
Not the Creative 3D Blaster? They came in Voodoo2 and TNT2 variants if I recall correctly. My Voodoo2 and TNT2 were Creative 3D Blaster branded.
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It was around the same era but not 3dfx based.
Actually think it was just before or just as the voodoo cards came out.
It was a 4meg card.
 
AstroTurf said:
It was around the same era but not 3dfx based.
Actually think it was just before or just as the voodoo cards came out.
It was a 4meg card.
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yes, that was the Rendition Vérité V1000 based Creative 3D blaster PCI. If I recall correctly that card was fast, but was compatible with only a handful of titles of the time.
 
PsychoFish said:
yes, that was the Rendition Vérité V1000 based Creative 3D blaster PCI. If I recall correctly that card was fast, but was compatible with only a handful of titles of the time.
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Yea pretty much, When I got it Quake was still popular, actually worked with Half Life and made it prettier and faster as well, also made Quake2 pretty but I ended up with a banshee soon after that came out.

My dad had the creative card in a work machine for many years, I ended up getting it back but have thrown it away years ago.
 
AstroTurf said:
Yea pretty much, When I got it Quake was still popular, actually worked with Half Life and made it prettier and faster as well, also made Quake2 pretty but I ended up with a banshee soon after that came out.

My dad had the creative card in a work machine for many years, I ended up getting it back but have thrown it away years ago.
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I think it was like Decent 2, Quake and Quake 2 that had native support for that chipset (hence the original HL having support)
 
PsychoFish said:
I think it was like Decent 2, Quake and Quake 2 that had native support for that chipset (hence the original HL having support)
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I played Carmageddon (in dos) and Dungeon Keeper on it as well, also Age of Empires and I am quite sure several others but yea it got frustrating pretty quickly.
 
I haven't owned that many, to be honest. More laptop GPUs than anything else:

Desktop: 3dfx Voodoo Banshee 16MB
Desktop: GeForce MX440
Laptop: Mobility Radeon 9600
Laptop: GeForce Go 9600 GT
Laptop: Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Laptop: GeForce GT 650M
Laptop: GeForce GT 840M
Desktop: R9 280X (current)
Laptop: GeForce GTX 970M (current)
 
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