Graphics cards that made you go "WOW!"

se_vietboi · 6 Jul 2014 at 21:00

For me it would be the 6800GT when I first started experimenting with GPUs (tried a GeForce 5200 and 6600GT before that).

leigh_boy · 6 Jul 2014 at 21:11

voodoo 2
geforce 2 64 mb
6800 ultra
770TI

Wilko_Dog · 7 Jul 2014 at 09:42

My msi 270x going from 2 5870hds was a wow moment for me , couldn't believe the performance for the price @ 1080p

Akagi · 7 Jul 2014 at 09:47

When I upgraded from my FX5200 to my 6800GT I probably said "Wow!"

It was a glorious moment :rolleyes:

I still have that system in the bottom of my cupboard actually. Water cooled 478 P4 FTW

RobCrezz · 7 Jul 2014 at 09:55

3DFX Voodoo - The first proper PC 3D Accelerator IMO.

Geforce 256 - Pretty much **** on everything else by a good margin when it was released.

8800 GTX/GT - The 8800 GT was the price/performance winner for quite a while.

Catanonia · 7 Jul 2014 at 09:58

My 1st 7990 under water from a nVidia 460 was a large wow moment. When I added a 2nd, it was all kinda samey

ALXAndy · 7 Jul 2014 at 10:27

Titan Black SLI

Martini1991 · 7 Jul 2014 at 10:30

Never thought I'd see you leave that FX83.

ALXAndy · 7 Jul 2014 at 10:32

For a 3970x I could.

Akagi · 7 Jul 2014 at 10:35

What a willy wave that was. A spectacular willy wave.

ALXAndy · 7 Jul 2014 at 10:36

Acme said:
What a willy wave that was. A spectacular willy wave.

Totally. Mind you, I 'only' paid £350 for the CPU. New OEM.

Hagar · 7 Jul 2014 at 10:42

Again a Voodoo II 12MB accelerator card. I was trying to think what 2D card I paired it with, but it was probably a S3 Virge. That was the first and only card where I upgraded the memory from 1MB to 2MB with a push in chip.

Akagi · 7 Jul 2014 at 10:44

ALXAndy said:
Totally. Mind you, I 'only' paid £350 for the CPU. New OEM.

Not bad at all. You have a very pretty system there.

ALXAndy · 7 Jul 2014 at 10:48

Acme said:
Not bad at all. You have a very pretty system there.

Thanks !

It's been 13 years since I could throw caution to the wind and just buy the best of everything. Will be nice to have a rig that doesn't need upgrading every time a new game comes out.

tayto_0 · 7 Jul 2014 at 11:21

Nice Andy, i recently changed from that Cosmos case, the bloody thing weighs a tonne :eek:

Had the same Mobo as you as well

Anyway the 8800GTX for me. Still have it

Akagi · 7 Jul 2014 at 11:24

I still have mine too.

Thinking on it the 8800 was fantastic as well. It died ages ago but I baked it and it has been fine for over a year since.

Also my GTX480. Bloody horrific loud thing. It was amazing. Moved from a laptop with an HD4530M to that.

ALXAndy · 7 Jul 2014 at 11:39

Oh yeah I forgot ! EVGA hard SLI bridges. I know it's not technically a graphics card but they are amazing. I've got mine coming today

The 8800 Ultra made me go wow. I love that cooler. Oh, and the GTX 580 Classified was a stunner too !

tayto_0 · 7 Jul 2014 at 11:41

That's a pair of 480s in the pic above. Take away the heat and the noise they were brilliant cards. A bit like my 290s

EdButler · 7 Jul 2014 at 13:04

Anyone remember the Matrox G200? That was also an epic card - Excellent 2D and Direct 3D on one chip, only just beaten by the Voodoo2 which cost more and was 3D only!

PESolution · 7 Jul 2014 at 14:54

My 8800GTX 768mb - was insane when new and lasted so many years!! Only replaced it three years ago!