What is your GPU history

[AWPC]

Did you try to construct an atomic bomb? Haha, just kidding, those were famous with their exploding capabilities and fireworks. The famous THermi

GTX480 with custom Coolermaster HSF was very cool temps wise only tools who oced them with stock HSF had issues!

 

[Phil87]

Onboard in first PC (1999)
Radeon 9200 128MB - came with new PC (2003)
Radeon 9600 XT 256MB (2005 ish)
Geforce 6600 256MB (incompatible, so went back to 9600)
Radeon X1800 XT 512MB - first PC I built (2006)
Geforce 9600 GT 512MB
GTX 260 216 core ??MB
GTX 560 1GB
GTX 660 2GB - also new mobo, CPU etc (2012)
GTX 1070 8GB (2016)

Why can I remember all this random information but always forget important things

 

[feck199]

I can't think back that far!

I went from a PowerVR card to a 3Dfx, Voodoo was in there somewhere.
8800 GT ? I still have that sitting here.
6950
670
1060

I owe other gpus but sadly they have never seen a game yet. But its tempting.

 

[naefeart]

Bit of a stroll down memory lane...

1992 Cirrus Logic 512K

1994 Ati Mach 64 2Mb

1998 nVidia Riva TNT2 M64 32Mb

2001 nVidia GeForce 3 Ti 500 64Mb

2004 nVidia Gainward 6800GT Golden Sample 256Mb

2006 nVidia Gainward BLISS 7800GT 512Mb

2009 AMD xFx Radeon HD 4870 1Gb

2011 nVidia Point of View GTX570 Beast 2.5Gb

2013 AMD HIS 7990 6Gb

2018 nVidia Titan Xp 12Gb (Galactic Empire)

Edit - Still jealous of anyone that had a voodoo card...

 

[MagicBoy]

ATI 3D Rage II
+ 3dfx Voodoo Graphics
ATI Rage 128
+ 3dfx Voodoo II (SLI)
nVidia GeForce 256 DDR
nVidia GeForce 2 GTS
nVidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
+ ATI Radeon X1950 Pro (Crossfire)
ATI Radeon HD 4850
ATI Radeon HD 5850
AMD Radeon R9 290 (died)
AMD Radeon R9 390 (warranty replacement)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 *current*

There's a few others that went in second machines but were nothing clever or cheap upgrades, for example :
Tseng ET6000
Matrox Millenium G200
ATI Radeon 2600 (HTPC)
Various S3 cards
nVidia GeForce GT 1030 (HTPC) *current*

Still got the original Voodoo and the Ti 4200 stashed.

 

[Steedie]

Since I've been interested in building PC's...

GeForce 5200 - Christ this card was bad, came with a pre-built PC. Was so slow, tried doing some soft mods on it to increase performance but it was terrible regardless
GeForce 6800LE - This card was nearly as bad, came with another pre-built PC that I had to buy as a last minute replacement as I killed my other one 2 days before uni. At this point I didn't feel confident enough to build my own
GeForce 6800GT - Bought this as a cheap upgrade, good old student loan money
ATi X1800XT - I remember this card blowing my mind when I got it, my first "high end" card that I got on release. Kept it for ages
GeForce 8800GTS
*Lost interest in PC Gaming so a big gap here*
GeForce 1070

 

[JRS]

S3 Trio64 - in an Amstrad Integra PC
ATi Xpert 98 - Fujitsu tower
Geforce Ti4200 - went in first PC that I built from the ground up rather than modifying/upgrading an existing one
Geforce FX5700 Ultra - good little card for the money at the time
ATi 9600 - bought as a stop-gap when the FX5700 died due to overclocking-related stresses
Geforce FX5950 Ultra - lucked out, it was a good chunk off retail price. The only time that I ever owned the top performing card of a generation
Geforce 6800GT - great card, ran everything I threw at it. Sold it to a mate, who I didn't realise was running a terrible PSU in his PC. It lasted three weeks before that PSU killed it.
ATi HD4850 - had this for about 6 months, got rid for the next card due to ATi Linux driver performance being unacceptably bad
Geforce 650ti - still own, been in several PCs
ATi HD5750 - good card, but ATi drivers were always an issue
Geforce 750ti - best price-performance card I ever bought
Geforce 1060 3GB - I jumped on this when they were still hovering around the £180 mark. Wasn't many days before they shot up in price, very glad I got in when I did

 

[FlyingScotsman]

Geforce 4 TI4200
Geforce FX5600
ATI 9800XT
Geforce 6800 Ultra SLI
Geforce 7800 GTX SLI
Geforce 8800 Ultra Tri SLI
Geforce 295 GTX
Geforce 480 GTX SLI
Geforce Titan SLI
Geforce 1080TI

I have had a few media machines and streaming boxes with
560TI, 760GTX etc

 

[Satchfanuk]

This was a tough one to answer as I can barely remember the cards I had going back to '97 when I built my very first PC, but this is as close as I can get to my GPU history.

ATI 3D Rage
3DFx Voodoo 2
GeForce 256
GeForce 2 Ti
Radeon 9800 XT
Radeon X800 XT
Radeon X1900 XT
Radeon X2900 XT
Radeon HD 4870
Radeon HD 5870
Radeon HD 6970
Radeon HD 7970
Radeon R9 290X
Radeon Vega 56

Things have certainly come a long way since I started with a measly 8mb Vram on my ATi 3D Rage

I've also built PCs for other people (mostly my dad lol) with various GeForce cards due to driver issues with the software he used but I prefer Radeons myself, in case you can't tell

 

[4K8KW10]

This was a tough one to answer as I can barely remember the cards I had going back to '97 when I built my very first PC, but this is as close as I can get to my GPU history.

ATI 3D Rage
3DFx Voodoo 2
GeForce 256
GeForce 2 Ti
Radeon 9800 XT
Radeon X800 XT
Radeon X1900 XT
Radeon X2900 XT
Radeon HD 4870
Radeon HD 5870
Radeon HD 6970
Radeon HD 7970
Radeon R9 290X
Radeon Vega 56

Things have certainly come a long way since I started with a measly 8mb Vram on my ATi 3D Rage

I've also built PCs for other people (mostly my dad lol) with various GeForce cards due to driver issues with the software he used but I prefer Radeons myself, in case you can't tell

Looks like I am not the only person who abandoned team green after their GeForce 2 fiasco.....

 

[Satchfanuk]

Looks like I am not the only person who abandoned team green after their GeForce 2 fiasco.....

It's quite revealing when you see it all written down like that

 

[Gripen90]

The list of every single card I have owned (duplictates often indicate SLi/CrossFire)

1. S3 Trio64+ 2MB
2. ATi Rage IIC+ 8MB
3. Techworks Voodoo 1 4MB PCI
4. Guillemot Maxi Gamer 3D2 Voodoo 2 SLI 12MB PCI
5. Guillemot Maxi Gamer 3D2 Voodoo 2 12MB PCI
6. Righteous Orchid Voodoo 2 12MB PCI
7. Righteous Orchid Voodoo 2 12MB PCI
8. Blackmagic Voodoo 2 SLI 12MB PCI
9. Blackmagic Voodoo 2 SLI 12MB PCI
10. 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 16MB AGP
11. ATi Rage 128 Expert 128 32MB
12. Chaintech Riva TNT2m64 32MB SDR AGP
13. Elsa Erazor III + Revelator 3D Glasses
14. Creative 3D Blaster Savage 4 32MB
15. Creative 3D Blaster Riva TNT2 M64 32MB
16. Creative 3D Blaster Riva TNT2 Ultra Gamer 32MB
17. Creative 3D Blaster Riva TNT2 Ultra Gamer 32MB
18. Asus V3800 Ultra Deluxe 32MB
19. Creative 3D Blaster GeForce 2 MX 64Bit 32MB DDR AGP
20. Noname GeForce 2 MX PCI 32MB SDR
21. ATi Rage Fury Pro 32MB SDR
22. ATi Rage Fury MAXX 64MB SDR
23. 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 64MB SDR AGP
24. 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 64MB SDR AGP
25. Creative 3D Blaster GeForce256 Annihilator Pro 32MB DDR
26. Creative 3D Blaster GeForce256 Annihilator Pro 32MB DDR
27. Hercules 3D Prophet DDR-DVI (GeForce256 DDR)
28. HP nVidia GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR
29. Asus V7700 Deluxe 32MB (GeForce 2 GTS)
30. eVGA GeForce 2 Ultra 64MB
31. Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS Pro 64MB
32. Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS Pro 64MB
33. Asus V7700 Ti Deluxe 64MB
34. Asus V8200 T2 Deluxe (GeForce3 Ti-200) 64MB
35. Palit Daytona GeForce3 Ti-200 128MB
36. Palit Xpertvision ATi Radeon 8500LE 64MB
37. Suma Platinum GeForce3 64MB
38. Creative 3D Blaster 4 Titanium 4200 64MB
39. Point of View GeForce4 Ti4280 128MB
40. Palit Daytona GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB
41. Asus V8460 Pure 128MB (GeForce4 Ti4600)
42. Sapphire Radeon 9500 Atlantis Pro 128MB
43. Medion Radeon 9600TX
44. Sapphire Radeon 9700 Atlantis 128MB
45. PowerColor Radeon 9800 128MB @ 437/714Mhz
46. PowerColor Radeon 9800 256MB DDR-II
47. PowerColor Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
48. HIS Radeon 9800Pro IceQ 128MB
49. PowerColor Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB DDR-II
50. Point of View GeForce 6800 128MB
51. Connect3D Radeon X800Pro VIVO 256MB GDDR3
52. Point of View GeForce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3
53. GeCube Radeon X800XT VIVO 256MB GDDR3
54. Asus Extreme AX800XL 2DTV 256MB GDDR3
55. Inno3D GeForce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E
56. eVGA GeForce 7900GT CO SC 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E
57. eVGA GeForce 7900GT CO 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E
58. Asus GeForce 7600GT 256MB PCI-E
59. Asus GeForce 7600GT 256MB PCI-E
60. Leadtek Winfast PX7900GS TDH 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E
61. MSI GeForce 7900GTO 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E
62. MSI GeForce 7900GTO 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E
63. Gainward GeForce BLISS 8800GT PCX Golden Sample 650/950Mhz 1GB GDDR3 PCI-E
64. Zotac GeForce 9600GT OC. Ed. 512MB PCI-E
65. Sparkle GeForce 9600GT 512MB PCI-E
66. Inno3D GeForce 9800GX2 2x512MB GDDR3 PCI-E
67. Club3D Radeon HD3850 512MB Overclocked Edition PCI-E
68. Club3D Radeon HD4850 512MB PCI-E
69. Gainward Radeon HD4870 512MB PCI-E
70. XFX GeForce GTS 250 512MB PCI-E
71. XFX GeForce GTS 250 512MB PCI-E
72. XFX GeForce GTX 260+ XT (Extreme Edition) 896MB PCI-E
73. XFX GeForce GTX 260+ XT (Extreme Edition) 896MB PCI-E
74. MSi N280GTX-T2D1G Super OC 1GB PCI-E
75. MSi N280GTX-T2D1G Super OC 1GB PCI-E
76. Leadtek Winfast GTX 280 1GB PCI-E
77. MSi N275GTX TwinFrozr OC 896MB PCI-E
78. MSi N275GTX TwinFrozr OC 896MB PCI-E
79. Asus ENGTX260-SP216 HTDI 896MB PCI-E
80. Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E
81. Gigabyte Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E
82. PowerColor Radeon HD 5970 2GB PCI-E
83. XFX Radeon HD 5850 Black Edition 1GB 765Mhz core/4500Mhz mem. PCI-E
84. Asus EAH5770 1GB DDR5 (v2) PCI-E
85. Sapphire Radeon HD5770 1GB DDR5 (v2) PCI-E
86. Hercules 3D Prophet Kyro II 4500 64MB AGP
87. Leadtek WinFast A380 Ultra TDH MyVIVO 256MB AGP (GeForce FX5950 Ultra)
88. Connect3D Radeon X800Pro ViVo 256MB AGP (XT-mod)
89. Asus Radeon EAH5830 CU 1GB PCI-E
90. EVGA GeForce GTX 470 SC (SuperClocked) 1280MB PCI-E
91. EVGA GeForce GTX 470 SC (SuperClocked) 1280MB PCI-E
92. EVGA GeForce GTX 470 SC (SuperClocked) 1280MB PCI-E
93. 3Dfx Voodoo 3 16MB AGP
94. Creative 3D Blaster Savage 4 32MB PCI
95. ATi All-In-Wonder 128 32MB AGP
96. Asus V7100 Pro 64MB AGP (GeForce 2 MX-400)
97. Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS 64MB AGP (GeForce 2 GTS 64MB)
98. ATi All-In-Wonder Radeon 32MB DDR AGP
99. Point Of View GeForce 7950GX2 1GB PCI-E
100. Hercules 3D Prophet II MX 32MB AGP (GeForce 2 MX)
101. Colormaster VoodooMania II (3Dfx Voodoo II) 12MB PCI
102. Creative 3D Blaster GeForce 2 MX 32MB DDR AGP (GeForce 2 MX)
103. Club3D Radeon X1800XT 256MB PCI-E
104. Gainward GeForce GTX 580 Golden Sample 1536MB PCI-E
105. Gainward GeForce GTX 580 1536MB PCI-E
106. Gainward GeForce GTX 580 1536MB PCI-E
107. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1GB PCI-E
108. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 1GB PCI-E
109. PNY GeForce GTX 580 XLR8 Performance Edition 1536MB PCI-E
110. 3Dfx Voodoo5 5500 64MB AGP
111. XFX GeForce 8800GTX XXX 768MB PCI-E
112. Club3D GeForce GTX 670 2GB PCI-E
113. Club3D GeForce GTX 670 2GB PCI-E
114. Club3D GeForce GTX 670 2GB PCI-E
115. MSi N660GTX TwinFrozrIII 2GB OC PCI-E (GeForce GTX 660)
116. EVA GeForce GTX 660 FTW 2GB PCI-E
117. MSi GeForce 4 Ti 4200-TD 128MB AGP
118. Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 4GB PCI-E
119. MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB (N780-3GD5) PCI-E
120. MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB (N780-3GD5) PCI-E
121. MSI GeForce GTX 780 TwinFrozr Gaming OC 3G B(N780 TF 3GD5/OC) PCI-E
122. Asus GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC 3GB PCI-E
123. Palit GeForce GTX 780 Super Jetstream 3GB PCI-E
124. Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS 3GB PCI-E
125. EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SuperClocked 3GB PCI-E
126. Club3D Radeon R9-270 14’series 2GB PCI-E
127. MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming OC 3GB PCI-E
128. MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming OC 3GB PCI-E
129. Asus GeForce GTX Titan 6GB PCI-E
130. Gainward GeForce GTX 970 4GB PCI-E
131. Gainward GeForce GTX 970 4GB PCI-E
132. Gainward GeForce GTX 970 4GB PCI-E
133. MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G PCI-E
134. MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G PCI-E
135. MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G PCI-E
136. MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti 6GB PCI-E
137. MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti 6GB PCI-E
138. MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti 6GB PCI-E
139. Asus GeForce GTX 980 STRIX DirectCUII OC 4GB PCI-E
140. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming 4GB PCI-E
141. Inno3D iChill GeForce GTX 980 Herculez X4 Airboss Ultra 4GB PCI-E
142. Gigabyte Radeon HD7850 Windforce x3 2GB PCI-E
143. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce X3 OC 2GB PCI-E
144. Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB PCI-E
145. Zotac GeForce GTX 780 OC 3GB PCI-E
146. Sapphire Radeon R9 390 Nitro Tri-X OC 8GB PCI-E
147. EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SuperClocked ACX 3.0 8GB PCI-E
148. EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SuperClocked ACX 3.0 8GB PCI-E
149. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 Windforce X3 OC 2GB PCI-E
150. Asus GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC 2GB PCI-E
151. Asus GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC 2GB PCI-E
152. Asus GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC 3GB PCI-E
153. MSI GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6G 6GB PCI-E
154. Sapphire Radeon R9 390 Nitro Tri-X OC 8GB PCI-E
155. Asus GeForce GTX 1050 STRIX 2GB PCI-E
156. MSI GeForce GT 710 LP 2GB PCI-E
157. Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 X2 3GB PCI-E
158. Asus GeForce GTX 1060 Dual OC 3GB PCI-E
159. Gigabyte GT 1030 Low Profile 2GB PCI-E
160. Asus GeForce GTX 590 3GB PCI-E
161. Asus GeForce 7900GTX 512MB PCI-E
162. Asus GeForce 8800GTS 320MB PCI-E
163. Sapphire Radeon HD5970 2GB PCI-E
164. Zotac GeForce GTX 1080Ti 11GB PCI-E
165. Zotac GeForce GTX 1080Ti 11GB PCI-E
166. Zotac GeForce GTX 1070Ti Mini 8GB PCI-E

 

[adam cool dude]

Is there any reason for this? You are averaging 8 cards a year there!

 

[Wommers]

difficult to remember..

8086 - some generic VGA adaptor.
486sx 25 - again, some generic SVGA adaptor
486DX4 100 - hercules 1mb PCI thing, then I tagged a voodoo 2 off a mate and hoyed it in, best thing ever at the time
Pentium 200 - i think it had a cirrus logic 2mb, not sure (i'd given the voodoo 2 back after uni, or it broke, can't remember)
Athlon 2200+ - 9800 Pro
Athlon 3200+ - 6800GT SLI, then a 7800GT
i5-750 (current) - HD 5870, now r9 390.

 

[TheVoice]

Creative 3DBlaster GeForce2 MX 32MB DDR PCI
Radeon 9600Pro (think it was a PowerColor branded card)
GeForce 6600GT 128MB
GeForce 6800 128MB
Connect3D Radeon X1800 XT 256MB
Connect3D Radeon X1900 XT (RMA replacement for above)
Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTS 512MB
Radeon 6870 1GB
Asus GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

I'd totally forgotten about the 8800GTS until I was going through emails just now looking for old orders!

 

[Gripen90]

Is there any reason for this? You are averaging 8 cards a year there!

I usually always have 2 pc's running, right now it's 4. My machine, my wifes, the HTPC/LAN, the old HTPC/Streaming machine.
Also it's a hobby of mine to test different grahics cards, and I resell them when they still got some value to cover the next purchase.

 

[4K8KW10]

I usually always have 2 pc's running, right now it's 4. My machine, my wifes, the HTPC/LAN, the old HTPC/Streaming machine.
Also it's a hobby of mine to test different grahics cards, and I resell them when they still got some value to cover the next purchase.

I see no Radeon HD 4890 in your list. Very weird

 

[naefeart]

...Also it's a hobby of mine to test different grahics cards, and I resell them when they still got some value to cover the next purchase.

I think I saw almost every brand of graphics card in your list that I'd ever heard of. Don't know how you managed to keep track... I was digging through my emails for receipts and I've only had a fraction of your list

 

[Gripen90]

I see no Radeon HD 4890 in your list. Very weird

When the HD4890 was released (2009) I already had GTX 280 (2008) so I felt performance wise it would just be side stepping going for a HD4890

I think I saw almost every brand of graphics card in your list that I'd ever heard of. Don't know how you managed to keep track... I was digging through my emails for receipts and I've only had a fraction of your list

I started keeping track of them all in 2005, and I have since kept a list for everything I thrown in my PC's. I'd wish I would have done the same for CPU's. It might be I one day will sit down and do a brainstorm trying to remember which ones I had - not as many as the graphics cards though.
The Intel Pentium III 600MHz, AMD Athlon XP1700+ JIUHB, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+, Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 are some CPUs I remember being very fond of.

 

[Dogoid]

Voodoo 2 3DFX
Geforce 2 MX
GeForce 4200TI Leadtek ( sill got )
Radeon 9800Pro
Nvidia 6800GT
Radeon HD 4950
MSI 7970