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Your GPU history tree and potential next card

Lokken86

Lokken86

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Time to hang out your dirty laundry again guys. I was going to make a thread the other day anyway and now a sparked interest on another thread on this topic. May as well get its own one.
Would be good to see what people are thinking about for their next card too.
I'll go first:

X300se
6600gt 128mb
7800gt
X1900xt
X1900xtx crossfire
8800gts 320mb
3870x2
4870 1gb
7970
Fury Tri X
Vega 64
5700xt
Possibly big navi. Let's see how much £/performance it is first. If not looking at possible 3080 but 20gb one.
 
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Hard to remember them all,

ATI/AMD

Rage Pro
Radeon 8500 LE
Radeon 9800 Pro
Radeon X850 XT PE
Radeon X1800 XT
Radeon X1900 XTX
Radeon HD 5870

Nvidia

Riva TNT2
Geforce 2 MX400
Geforce 3 Ti 200
Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Geforce FX 5800 Ultra
Geforce FX 5900 Ultra
Geforce 7800 GTX
Geforce 8800 GTX
Geforce GTX 680
Geforce GTX 780 Ti (2x SLI)
Geforce 980 (2x SLI)
Geforce 980 Ti (2x SLI)
Geforce 1080 Ti (2x SLI)
Geforce 2080 Ti (2x SLI)

Next on my list is the 3090, only one though. RIP SLI :(
 
ATi Rage Pro
nVidia Geforce 2 (might have even been a Ti ?)
ATi 9700 Pro
nVidia 8800 GTS (G92)
AMD 6970
AMD 7970 -- later added a second one in xfire when the first 4k panels came out
AMD Fury X -- xfired briefly, then dropped to one
AMD Vega 64 (PC) / nVidia 1070 (laptop, full fat gpu though)

Next is looking like the 3080, if reviews don't poo-poo the marketing slides too much I'll order it on 17th -- I can always pick up a Ti or Navi later. I might have missed a card or 2
 
s3 Virge
Hercules Stingray
GeForce Mx440
Radeon X800... Pro? XT? One or other.
Geforce 8400M
Some sort of Quadro in a thinkpad.
GTX 550
...
(five year break from PC games then it goes a bit crazy)
...
GTX 1060, 1070 (briefly SLI'd), 1070Ti
Vega 64
RTX 2080Ti

Next gen... I'm waiting until the dust settles to see who comes out ahead.
 
GeForce MX440
ATi 9800 Pro
ATi X800 Pro AGP (still have this somewhere for legacy use)
Sapphire Vapor-X HD5770
GeForce 8600GT
EVGA GTX 680
Current card : Gigabyte G1 GTX 1060 6GB

Having just thought about it, I don't seem to upgrade very often seeing as I've been in this game for two decades. :o

Next card will likely be the RTX 3060 assuming the price point is where I'd like it to be.
 
I started gaming on an Atari, Floppy disk days... and for PC I had the very first ever graphics card that came out, voodoo banshee era I remember being a big leap at the time. There's no way I can remember all the gfx cards I've had since then lol!
 
I've owned at least one (and sometimes multiple - at least six different R9 290Xs for example) of the following at one point or another...

AMD:
HD 4870
HD 7850
HD 7970
R9 270
R9 280X
R9 285
R9 290
R9 290X
R9 390X
R9 Fury
R9 Nano
RX 480
RX 570
RX 580
RX 590
RX 5700 XT

Nvidia:
GTX 570
GTX 660 Ti
GTX 690
GTX 780
GTX 960
GTX 970
GTX 980
GTX 980 Ti
GTX 1060
GTX 1070
GTX 1080
GTX 1080 Ti
GTX 1660 Super
RTX 2070 Super
RTX 2080 Super

Couldn't tell you what order. Could be missing a few. Not sure what's next. Depends on what AMD have to show.
 
Nvidia TNT - ???
Fx5200 - crap
8600GT - crap
9800GTX+ - pretty good
4890 - great
4890 xfire - fantastic in games supporting it, OK everywhere else
7870 - meh
7970 - great
390X - pretty good
1070ti - underwhelming
3080 or AMD equivalent - boom

I've owned approximately a billion other graphics cards but these are the crap bought when they were current for my main PC.
 
Radeon 5770 powercolor
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SC EE 256BIT version.
EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti FTW SIG 2
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC
Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Ti reference
MSI GTX 970 TWIN FROZR SLI
MSI GTX 980
MSI GTX 980 Ti reference
EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified
ASUS STRIX 980 Ti
EVGA GTX 980 Ti sli
GIGABYTE GTX 980 Ti Waterforce
EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FE
Zotac GTX 1080 Ti Amp Extreme
Nvidia geforce GTX Titan Xp 2017 model
MSI GTX 1080 FE (stop gap) recently sold
EVGA GTX 670 FTW (spare card)
Looking at the RTX 3070 or if the 3080 warrants the extra money however if the 3070 can do 4k60 with a few tweaked settings (very high vs ultra) I'll just get the 3070. It'll still be the fastest card I've ever had and tbf I was happy with my 1080 in till only recently selling it.
 
ATI Rage 3D II
Matrox G200 Millenium
3DFX Voodoo 2
Geforce 256
Radeon 9800
Radeon 3650
Radeon 7850

This gen I'm looking to spend a bit more. Most likely going to be the 3070 as Nvidia particularly work well encoding in Davinci Resolve but ppotentially ocould go with AMD's offering in that price bracket providing it has the performance (and the extra VRAM could be handy too.
 
GeForce 2 GTS
Radeon 9800 Pro
GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTX 760
Radeon R9 390X
GeForce GTX 1070
Radeon RX 5700 XT

Now waiting to see the reviews for the new NVIDIA + AMD cards. Unless AMD offers significantly better price/perf than NVIDIA I'll probably get the 3080, the experience with the 5700XT has left a somewhat sour taste.
 
After I split from the shared PC with my brother.

6800 Ultra
8800GTS, RMA'd into
9800 GTX+
GTX 480
GTX 780/970 - Due to an presistant PC problem I borrowed a GTX 970 from a mate at work to test if the GPU was at fault, he took my 780. GPU wasn't the problem and since they are basically the same card we agreed to keep them. Same guy said I could use his 1070 when he got a 2070 but I refused due to the resale value being £200+ at the time.

Hoping to get an RTX 3080 for 1440p 144Hz
 
RIVA TNT
GeForce4 MX440
Radeon 9700 Pro
GeForce 7900 GT
GeForce 8800 GTS
Radeon 4870
Radeon 5770
Radeon 5850
Radeon 6970
Radeon 7870
Radeon 7950
GeForce 670
Radeon 7970
Radeon 290
Radeon 295x2
GeForce 1070
GeForce 1080
Radeon R9 Nano
Radeon RX Vega Liquid
GeForce 1050
GeForce 980Ti
Nvidia Titan XP
Radeon RX 580
GeForce 970
Radeon RX Vega 56
Radeon RX Vega 64
GeForce 3080
GeForce 3070
GeForce 3080 Ti
 
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Mostly copied from the old thread with a few additions.

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)
AMD Radeon RX480 8Gb PCI-E (Sapphire Nitro+ OC)
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 8Gb (Manli Founders Edition)
AMD Radeon Vega 64 8Gb (Sapphire Special Edition)
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080Ti 11Gb (Nvidia Founders Edition)
Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 Super 8Gb (Nvidia Founders Edition)

Soon to be god knows when ….
Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 10Gb (Nvidia Founders Edition)
 
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Nov 18 RTX2070 8GB (Current) £499.99
Jul 15 980TI 6GB (still going in daughters PC)£539.99
Jan 14 Radeon R9 290 4GB £371.99
Nov 13 HD 7990 6GB £389.99
Sep 13 HD 7950 Ice Q 3GB £185.99
May 12 B Grade HD 6970 OC Lightning 2GB £149.99
May 12 HD 7850 Twin Frozr 2GB £168
Jul 11 B Grade Geforce GTX 460 Cyclone 1GB £79.99
Nov 10 GTX 470 1280MB £187.99
Mar 10 ATI Radeon HD5850 Pcs+ 1024MB £234.99
Jan 10 ATI Radeon HD5770 Vapor-X 1024MB £138.99

These were all bought on Overclockers with the exception of the 2070 RTX. As for my next and probably last graphics card, will wait and get reviews from trustworthy sources (not Nvidia) and await Amd's cards and their reviews and then decide. I have no plans to spend more than £649.
 
I have forgotten some of the earliest ones.
Geforce 4 MX440
Geforce 4 Go440
Geforce 4 TI4400
Radeon 9500 PRO
Radeon X300
Radeon X1600XT
Geforce 6200
Geforce 6600LE
Geforce 6600GT
Geforce 6800LE(2)
Geforce 7300GT
Geforce 7900GS
Radeon X1900GT
Geforce 8500GT
Geforce 8800GTS 320MB
Geforce 8800GTS 512MB
Geforce HD4830
Radeon HD5670 GDDR5
Radeon HD5850
Radeon HD6870
Geforce GTX660
Radeon HD7850 2GB
Geforce GTX960 4GB
Radeon RX470 4GB
Geforce GTX1080

Will see what is out this generation before considering an upgrade.
 
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Not entirely sure but highlights:

Kyro II - great for the money
9700pro - very nice
9800pro - as above
X1950XT - ok for the money
5830 - terrible
7970xf - fast but hot!
GTX 1070 - good solid cool card
5700XT - quiet, cool and good @1440p
 
5700 Ultra
9800 Pro
6800 GT (unlocked the pipes to make it a 6800 Ultra)
7900 GT
8800 GTS 320MB
8800 GT 512MB
GTX 470
GTX 470 SLI
GTX 680
GTX 980 TI
GTX 1080 TI

Next - Most likely 3080 or if I don't get one on launch wait for the 3080 TI
 
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