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What is your GPU history

Starting with some golden oldies...

ATI Rage 64 (Mach64)
ATI Rage 64 + Voodoo I (that pass-through port...)
Voodoo Banshee
NVIDIA MX440
ATI X800 (possibly before the above... I forget the dates)
NVIDIA 8800GT
Some sort of MSI Frozr with 1gb VRAM...
NVIDIA 760 4GB
NVIDIA 1060 6GB

I seem to have favoured nvidia of late, but that's purely based on lower power consumption and acoustics per unit performance. I'll flip back the moment AMD produce something "good enough" that is also more frugal and quieter than nvidia options.
 
ATi Rage Onboard 97-03ish
ATi 9800np 2003-2005ish
Nvidia 9600GT 2005ish
ATi x800 2005ish (RMA replacement from retailer for 9600GT)
Nvidia 8800gts 2008ish
ATi 5850 2011ish
Nvidia gtx670 2014ish
Replacement pending :)

I may have forgotten some upgrades, but think the above is probably about right. I don't change hardware unless it's necessary now. Whole new pc built recently which I put off for a while as I was moving house, but GPU upgrade still pending as prices are crazy!
 
Hmm, that is a toughie if I can remember them...

3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
ELSA Gladiac 920 GeForce 3
LeadTek WinFast GeForce 3
ATi Radeon 9800 XT HL2 Edition
ATi Radeon X850 XT
BFG GeForce 5800 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra Mac
Gainward Bliss GeForce 7800GS+
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac
Sapphire Radeon X1950XTX CF Edition
Sapphire Radeon X1950XTX Standard card
VTX Radeon 5870 (Currently in the Mac Pro)
XFX Radeon 5870 Black Edition
EVGA GeForce 1080 Ti FTW3
 
This is an easy one. Every graphic card purchase was a major life event for me.

Diamond edge 3d (always wanted a voodoo that came shortly after but couldn't afford it.)
Riva Tnt 2 Vanta
Geforce 4 mx440 (The worst GeForce 4. No pixel shading. Basically a GeForce 2 in disguise)
Ati Radeon 9600 pro (couldn't afford the 9700pro. Was still better than anything NVIDIA).
Geforce 6600
Geforce 6800GT (What a leap forward that was).
Geforce 7800Gt
Geforce 8800GT
Radeon 5770
Radeon 4870
Radeon 5850
Geforce 560ti
Radeon HD7950
Radeon R9 290X
Geforce 980
Geforce 980TI
Geforce 1080
Geforce 1080TI
 
I've been building my own systems for years, but only in the last 2 years have I been doing the "regular upgrade" thing.

From memory...
Creative 3D Blaster Voodoo 2 graphics card
Geforce MX 200
Geforce 4 ti 4600
Radeon 9700
(on reflection, there was a phase in the early-to-mid 2000s where I used to swap my graphics card every few weeks. I've found posts on Usenet where I was asking about the ATI X800 series, I can't recall which I actually owned...)
Geforce 8800 GTS
Geforce GTX 260
... which lasted until 2016, when I bought:
GTX 670
R9 290X
GTX 1060
GTX 1070
GTX 1070 Ti

Of all of the cards I've owned, the Voodoo 2 was the one that I still viscerally remember having an impact on me. It was the first time I'd had better graphics on my PC than on my console.
 
Riva TNT2
GeForce 3 ti200
Radeon 9600 Pro
Radeon 9800 (Remember when OcUK got a batch in for about £180 in approx 2004?)
Radeon XT 800 PE (another deal from OcUK)
Nvidia 6800
Radeon X1950 (First PCI-E card........ with a s754 CPU randomly)
Nvidia 8800 GTX (these were SERIOUS at the time, combined with the Intel E6600 in 2006 was a beast!)
Radeon 4870X2
Nvidia GTX 480
Nvidia GTX 970
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Which cost £390 in Jan 2017 ...... lol at current prices)
 
I forgot about this little gem, just dug it up while rooting for something else in the loft....
The X850XT PE




This was in the immediate vacinity, also of that era...

 
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4K8KW10 said:
Cirrus Logic 2MB
Matrox G200 8MB
GeForce 2 MX-400 32MB
Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro 256MB GDDR2
GeForce 8500GT 512MB
Asus Radeon HD 4670 512MB DDR3 (EAH4670DI512M)
Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5
Gigabyte Radeon HD 6870 OC 1GB GDDR5
Sapphire Nitro Radeon R9 380 4G D5 with back plate

(I remember the transition from Matrox G200 8MB to GeForce 32MB, bought the latter for playing Counter-Strike, was a complete disappointment, laggy framerate in Counter-Strike and awful image quality in 2D desktop, compared to the Matrox G200 8MB).
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Have an update here:

Cirrus Logic 2MB
Matrox G200 8MB
GeForce 2 MX-400 32MB
Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro 256MB GDDR2
GeForce 8500GT 512MB
GeForce 8400M GS 256MB
Asus Radeon HD 4670 512MB DDR3 (EAH4670DI512M)
Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5
Gigabyte Radeon HD 6870 OC 1GB GDDR5
Sapphire Nitro Radeon R9 380 4G D5 with back plate
Ryzen 5 2500U with Vega 8 & Radeon RX 560X 4G D5
 
Radeon 9800 (in ~2004/5)
Nvidia 7900 GS
8800 GTX
8800 GTX SLI
Asus HD5870
Evga GTX 470 watercooled
XFX R9 290 (unlocked & watercooled, probably my favourite card)
Inno3d RTX 2080 ti
 
This is the updated list of every single card I have owned till this day (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 (Radeon 9500Pro with higher memory frequency)
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 (SLi m. ovennævnte kort) 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. XFX GeForce 7900GTX 512MB PCI-E
163. Asus GeForce 8800GTS 320MB PCI-E
164. Sapphire Radeon HD5970 2GB PCI-E
165. Zotac GeForce GTX 1080Ti 11GB PCI-E
166. Zotac GeForce GTX 1080Ti 11GB PCI-E
167. Zotac GeForce GTX 1070Ti Mini 8GB PCI-E
168. XFX Radeon R9 280X Doube Dissipation 3GB PCI-E
169. Asus GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II 2GB PCI-E
170. Club3D GeForce GTX 660 2GB PCI-E
171. XFX GeForce 7950GX2 1GB PCI-E
172. XFX GeForce 7950GX2 1GB PCI-E
173. Gigabyte GeForce 680 SOC Windforce x5 2GB PCI-E
174. ASL GeForce GTX 1050Ti Battle Flag 4GB PCI-E
175. MSI GeForce GTX 1050Ti Low Profile 4GB PCI-E
176. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050Ti OC Low Profile 4GB PCI-E
177. Inno3D iChiLL GeForce GTX 670 HerculeZ 3000 4GB PCI-E
178. EVGA GeForce GTX 670 Superclocked 4GB PCI-E
179. MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Duke OC 8GB PCI-E
180. Gainward GeForce RTX 2080Ti Phoenix Golden Sample 11GB PCI-E
181. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming OC 11GB PCI-E
182. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080Ti Gaming OC 11GB PCI-E
 
Let's see if I can remember :D
GeForce MX 200
Some S3 graphics card
Radeon 9200 se
GeForce FX 5200
Radeon x1950 pro AGP
Radeon HD4890 + HD4890 xfire
Radeon HD5870 (what a card, blew my 4890s in xfire out of the water easily)
added another HD5870 for xfire
Radeon 6970 + 6970 xfire
GeForce 680
Radeon 7970 + 7970 xfire
Radeon 290x + 290x xfire
Radeon Fury X + Fury X + Fury X trifire
Radeon Vega64 LE
Was quite excited about 2080Ti, until I saw the pricing and performance :D
 
Gripen90 said:
This is the updated list of every single card I have owned till this day (duplictates often indicate SLi/CrossFire)
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Impressive. :)

I thought I was sad for remembering my comparatively unorganized and uncertain list. :p

NVIDIA GeForce FX5200
ATI Radeon 9550
NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT
ATI Radeon 9800PRO
ATI Radeon HD4530
ATI Radeon HD5450
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS
NVIVIA GeForce 8800GTS
XFX ATI Radeon HD4890
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4870X2
XFX ATI Radeon HD5870
Palit NVIDIA GeForce GTX460
ATI Radeon HD5870
ATI Radeon HD5870
Powercolor NVIDIA GeForce GTX480
NVIDIA GeForce GTX570
MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX660
MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX660
MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX670
NVIDIA GeForce GTX780
Sapphire AMD Radeon HD7970
Asus ROG NVIDIA GeForce GTX780TI Matrix Platinum
Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB
Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB
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S3 Trio
Matrox M3D 4mb (openGl add in 3d accelerator)
Diamond Monster 4Mb Voodoo 1 3dFx
Trust Voodoo 2 12Mb 3dFx
Riva TNT2 12mb
Voodoo 3 (DOA returned having never seen it working)
**dont remember
Guillemot GeForce 3 64mb
Nvidia 8800gt (i think)
sapphire radeon 5850
XFX (i think) radeon 5950
sapphire radeon 290x (and later 2x 290x)
sapphire radeon 580
powercolour radeon 580 (replacement for dead one above)
Aorus 1070 eGPU (PSU exploded within 3 weeks, currently out of action)

im certain there are others ive missed especially from the older days
 
From memory. I might have missed a few, I got carried away in the early years.

Cirrus Logic 1MB
ATi Mach64 4MB (£5 from a basket in a computer fair)
3Dfx Voodoo 4MB
3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB
3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB SLI
Geforce 256 DDR 32MB
Geforce 2 64MB
Geforce 3 64MB
Geforce Ti4600 128MB
Radeon 9500
Radeon 9800 pro 256MB
Geforce 6800GT 256MB
Radeon X1950 pro 512MB
Radeon HD5770 1GB
Radeon HD5770 1GB crossfire
Geforce GTX580 1.5GB
Geforce GTX780 3GB
 
  • ATi Mach 64 1mb (I upgraded this to 2mb thinking it would improve quake - it didn't) - '96
  • (paired with the Mach 64) Videologic PowerVR 4MB - '96 - For Quake amongst other things - probably should have just purchased the 3Dfx but I still remember being blown away by this thing. c. £150
  • Ati Rage Pro 8MB - nearly forgot this, incl. in a Gateway PC. '98.
  • (paired with the Rage Pro) Orchard 3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB - '98 c.£150
  • 3Dfx Voodoo 3 2000 - '99 c.£80 or so. Wasn't expensive.
  • Geforce 2MX - 2000 - think it was a Creative card. This pup was with me for what felt like forever. Even went into a new Athlon XP 1800 build. c.£120 - couldn't afford the Pro.
  • PNY Geforce 4 Ti 4600 - Late 02/early 03 - was when there was a deal and this was no longer top dog
  • Sapphire ATI X800 XL - Feb '05 - can't be certain on which X800, but the XL sounds about right.
  • BFG Geforce 7800 GT 256MB - Oct '05 - I remember this being quite an upgrade, even over the ATI.
  • Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB - May '07 - The first time I spent over £200 I think!
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB - Summer 2010, £240
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB - Jan 2012 - needed to refresh my gaming PC Still just over £200.
  • MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning 3072MB - Dec 2013 - a cracking deal from here and gorgeous card. Real boost on what I had before. £420 - nearly double over what I'd paid before!
  • MSI GeForce GTX 980Ti Gaming 6144MB - July 2015 - At £569 my most expensive card of all time. Loved the silent idle fans in desktop use.
  • MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8GB - Sept 2017 - £509, following the warnings from Gibbo et all I jumped on this before the mining craze.

And then in August I move to a laptop which included a Nvidia 1070 (and been pretty happy with it!). As you can see I've always been a 'value' conscious consumer and might not be back in for anything else for a while, particularly if a laptop can meet all my needs.
 
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