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Your graphics card history tree?

Geforce 4 Go440
Geforce 4 MX440
Geforce 4 TI4200
Radeon 9500 PRO
Radeon 9600 PRO(or was it a 9600XT I can't remember!!)
X300
6200
6600LE
6600GT
6800LE X2(one unlocked to the same configuration as a 6800 and the other a 6800GT!!)
7300GT
7600GT
7900GS
X1900GT
HD3870 GDDR4
8500GT
8800GTS 512MB
HD4830
HD5670 GDDR5
HD5850
HD6870
GTX660
HD7850
HD6450
GTX960
 
In approximate reverse order:

Titan X (Maxwell)
780 Ti
660 Ti
HD 6850
GT 240
Some single slot Radeons.
Radeon 9800
GT 760 (second box) PCI Express
Voodoo 5 5500 AGP
3dfx Voodoo 3 AGP
3dfx Voodoo 2 AGP
Variant 3dfx card (6MB rather than 4MB) ISA
Cirrus Logic VLB cards
S3 cards
Trident VGA
Hercules and EGA ISA

I'm sure I've forgotten a good number.
 
If my memory serves me:

GeForce FX 5200
9600M GT (Laptop)
GTX 275
HD 5870
GT 555M (Laptop)
GTX 560 Ti
GTX 670
R9 280X
GTX 970
GTX 1070
 
These are what I remember, but there are probably a few I've missed! The upgrade (even side-grade) bug has hit me a few times! :D

2MB S3 Trio 64
4MB S3 Virge GX
4MB Guillemot Maxi Gamer 3DFX Voodoo 1
8MB Intel i740
16MB Creative Voodoo Banshee
8MB ATI Rage Pro (With Creative Voodoo 2 SLI)
32MB NVidia TNT2 M64 (pile of poop!)
16MB 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000
32MB ATI Rage Fury
64MB ATI Rage Fury Maxx
32MB Sparkle Geforce 2 MX400
64MB Hercules 3D Prophet II Titanium Geforce 2 Ti
128MB EVGA Geforce 4 MX440 (another pile of poop!)
256MB XFX Geforce FX5700
256MB Nvidia 6600 GT
Galaxy Geforce 7600GT (either 256MB or 512MB... Can't quite remember but I loved it!)
512MB Sapphire ATI Radeon 3870
2 x 1GB PowerColor Radeon 4850s in Crossfire (until one died)
1GB XFX Radeon 6870 Black Edition
3GB HIS Radeon 7950 IceQ Turbo
3GB Gigabyte R9 280X Windforce
3GB KFA2 GTX 780 & 3GB MSI GTX 780 in SLI (both identical black blower cooler type)
6GB Zotac GTX 980 Ti AMP!



Tealc said:
Quite firmly rooted in the red camp, only one excursion to green

ATI Riva TNT M64
Geforce 2 MX
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The TNT M64 is also from the green team ;)
 
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1. ATI Sapphire X350 (??? I was so young)
2. BFG 7950GT OC
3. GTX670 Windforce
4. GTX670 Windforce SLI
5. EVGA 780 Classified
6. Sapphire R290 (died)
7. GTX680
8. (soon) Watercooled 980.
 
4MB S3 Virge DX (absolutely terrible)
4MB Matrox M3D PowerVR
12MB 3dfx Voodoo2
64MB Geforce 2 MX
32MB Geforce 2 MX (downgraded in a trade with my brother)
128MB Xpertvision Geforce 6600 GT
256MB BFG 7900 GS
512MB ECS 9600 GT
512MB Asus 9800 GTX+ (died)
1GB XFX Radeon 5830 (dead on arrival)
1GB Asus Radeon 6770
2GB MSI Geforce GTX 660 (current card)
4GB EVGA Geforce GTX 960 (returned due to coil whine)

I'm most likely getting a 4GB RX 470 next, maybe a 1060 or 480 depending on how much I want to spend.
 
Jumper118 said:
i this order
october 2012 to 2013
reference radeon 7000 pci
evga gt610
2013-2014 so far
gigabyte gtx660
xfx fx5950 ultra
MSI gtx 670 power edition oc
radeon 7000 agp
MSI HD 7970 Lightning
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Jumper118 said:
carrying on from this...........
8) Asus 8400 GS
9) PNY 8400 GS
10) EVGA 8800GTX
11) Inno3D 9600GT
12) Palit 9800GTX+
14) 2x Zotac 9800GTX+
16) 2x Asus GT710 (1 1gb and 1 2gb)
17) Evga GT710 1gb
18) MSI 560ti hawk
21) 3x MSI GTX 580
23) 2x PNY XLR8 GTX580
24) Asus Matrix GTX580
25) Gigabyte SOC GTX580
27) 2x Gigabyte windforce x3 GTX670
28) Asus Mars 760X2
29) Asus GTX760 DCUII
30) Evga GTX780
31) Gigabyte GTX780
32) Asus Strix GTX970
34) 2x Gigabyte GTX970 G1 Gaming
35) Sapphire HD3850 AGP
36) Sapphire HD4870 Toxic
37) XFX HD5770
39) 2x Asus HD6850 DUCII
40) Gigabyte windfore x3 HD6870
41) XFX HD6950
42) HIS HD6950
43) Sapphire HD6950
44) Sapphire Toxic HD6950
45) VTX3D HD6950
46) Sapphire Dual X HD7850
47) Sapphire Dual X HD7870 GHz
48) Sapphire Dual X HD7950
49) XFX Ref R9 290
50) MSI R9 290X lightning LE
51) XFX Fury X

i dont know if i missed any.
yes i forgot:
53) 2x Asus GTX480
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You win the thread.
 
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I can't remember the exact names if the earlier cards, but I'll give it a go:

ATI Rage (?)
3dfx Voodoo
3dfx Voodoo 2
3dfx Voodoo 3000
ATI Rage Fury Maxx
Nvidia Geforce 256 SDR
Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 200 (?)
Nvidia Geforce 4 4200 Ti 64mb
ATI Radeon 9800 pro 128 mb
ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512mb
ATI Radeon HD 4870 512mb
ATI Radeon HD 4890 1gb
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1gb
Nvidia Geforce GTX 580 1.5gb
Nvidia Geforce GTX 680 2gb
Nvidia Geforce GTX 780 3gb
Nvidia Geforce GTX 980 4gb
Nvidia Geforce GTX 980 Ti 6gb
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 8gb


Highlights for me were: Voodoo 2, Geforce 256, 980 pro, x1900xt, 4870, gtx580, gtx980 ti.

Geforce 256, 980 pro and x1900xt were game changers for me though. They just bought a whole new level of performance and features.
 
Powercolor Radeon 7000 (32Mb DDR)
GTX670
GTX670 SLI
GTX970
GTX970 SLI
GTX980
GTX980 SLI
GTX 980ti - Gigabyte Gaming G1 (RMA, coil whine)
GTX 980ti - MSI Gaming 6G
GTX 980ti - EVGA Classified
GTX 980ti - SLI (EVGA Classified and INNO3D Hybrid Black)
GTX 980ti - INNO3D Hybrid Black (cooler removed, custom EK block fitted)

I'm currently debating whether to pick up another reference 980ti to pair with the INNO3D! :p

I will resist Pascal unless a 1080ti gets released, at which point I will be powerless to resist. :(
 
Rivia TNT2
5200FX
8600GT
9800GTX+ (which died)
ATI 4890
7870
7970
390X

2019 edit - Black Friday 2018 I bought a 1070ti for £360.


plus 50 million other old graphics cards in my second hand 'tinkering' builds over the years, currently an 8800GT.
 
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Thought I would give an update - last post in 2009...

Ati rage 128 16MB
Nvidia Geforce 4 ti4600 128mb
Ati Radeon 9200 128mb
Ati Radeon 9800 pro 128mb
Ati Radeon x800xl 256mb
Ati x1800xt 512mb
Nvidia 8800GTS 512mb - last post stopped here
Ati HD4890XT 1gb (XFX Ati Radeon 4890XT 1GB)
Nvidia 560ti 1gb (Asus GTX 560Ti DirectCUII TOP 1GB)
Nvidia GTX 770 2gb (MSI GTX 770 gaming 2gb)
Nvidia GTX 970 4gb (Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream 4gb)

Looking back the 560ti was a favourite of mine - such a bargain for so much power at the time!
 
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S3 1Mb VESA
3dFX Voodoo 3 3000 16Mb AGP
ATI Radeon 7200 32Mb AGP
ATI Radeon 8500 64Mb AGP (ATI)
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128Mb AGP (Sapphire)
ATI Radeon 9600XT 128Mb AGP (Sapphire)
Nvidia Geforce FX5200 128Mb AGP
ATI Radeon X1800GTO 256Mb PCI-E (Sapphire)
ATI Radeon 3870 512Mb PCI-E (Sapphire)
ATI Radeon 4870 512Mb PCI-E (Sapphire Toxic)
ATI Radeon 5850 1Gb PCI-E (Sapphire)
ATI Radeon 6850 1Gb PCI-E (Sapphire)
ATI Radeon 7850 2Gb PCI-E (Sapphire)
ATI Radeon R9 290 4Gb (Sapphire Vapor-X) had for a week but returned as it was faulty
ATI Radeon R9 285 2Gb PCI-E (Sapphire)
ATI Radeon R9 290X 4Gb PCI-E (Sapphire Vapor-X)
 
Voodoo3
Geforce 440MX
7900GT
8800GT (RMA of 7900GT)
9800GT (RMA of 8800GT)
5870 (switched team - sick of nvidia cards failing)
780 (switched back - sick of ati drivers)
?
 
Jeez, I had quite a few early cards, mostly ATI and a few Nvidia, usual Voodoo and Rage starters, this was back in the AMD Athlon days, working my way up those socket A chips to the AMD Athlon XP 3200+. I even had a Macintosh flashed 9800 as an upgrade from it's RAGE? GPU I think it was for my old Mac G3 biege tower and G4, pointless.

Never did a lot of PC gaming back then, to be honest it was the Command and Conquer and Warhammer Dawn of War games that got me into what I would say was my proper 1st gaming GPU's, on the AMD socket A chips. I thought it was amazing, coming from the old 256mb cards to an HIS HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo 512MB (256bit) GDDR3 AGP!

That was with a Gigabyte MicroATX with an AMD Athlon XP 3200+, and 2gb of Corsailr XMS Pro PC3500LL with LEDs, With a Hiper modular PSU in blue lol. Jeez those were early days, green round IDE cables too! Oh what an eyesore haha.

Various ATI/Nvidia PCI and AGP models between 128 and 256mb
Nvidia FX 5200
ATI 9000 models
HIS HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo 512MB (256bit) GDDR3 AGP
ATI 4870 Toxic 1gb PCI-E
Powercolor HD-5750 passive cooled
MSI Twin Frozr 7950
MSI Twin Frozr 7950
EVGA GTX 1070 FTW

Not a huge amount.
 
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Update of my previous posted list.

gforce4 ti4800se
6800gt sli
7800gtx
7900 gt
8800gts 640 sli
8800gts 512
8800gt
Gtx 280
Gtx 275 sli
Gtx 460 sli
Gtx 470 sli
Gtx 670 sli
Gtx 650 ti
Gtx 780 sli
Gtx 980ti
 
My journey from 2MB to 11GB - Moore's law in action.

1995 Diamond Stealth64 Video VRAM PCI (S3 Vision 968 2MB VRAM)
1997 Diamond Multimedia Monster 3D (3Dfx Voodoo1 4MB EDO)
1998 Matrox Millennium G200 (8MB SGRAM)
1999 Diamond Viper V550 (Riva TNT 16MB SDRAM)
2000 Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator Pro (GeForce 256 32MB DDR)
2002 NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 (64MB DDR)
2004 Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro (128MB DDR)
2005 PNY GeForce 6800 GT (256MB DDR3)
2006 XFX GeForce 7900 GT (256MB DDR3)
2007 BFG GeForce 8800 GTS (512MB DDR3)
2008 Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 (512MB DDR5)
2010 Asus Radeon HD 5850 (1024MB DDR5)
2010 KFA2 GeForce GTX 570 (1280MB DDR5)
2012 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X (2048MB DDR5)
2013 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti (3072MB DDR5)
2015 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC+ ACX (6144MB DDR5)
2017 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE (11264MB DDR5X)
 
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