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Your GPU history tree and potential next card

I only started PC gaming properly in 2012, before that I just played older strategy games and Football Manager on PC and I was a console gamer otherwise. I slowly got fed up with how bad the performance was on the 360 and PS3, eventually I cracked.

- 2008 - Radeon HD 4550 (256MB) <£100 - bought to play Oblivion with mods while at University

- 2012 - Gainward GTX 670 (2GB) £300 - first gaming PC

- 2013 - Gainward GTX 670 Dual SLI (2GB) £300 each

- 2014 - MSI Twin Frozr GTX 980 Dual SLI (4GB) £480 each

- 2015 - MSI Twin Frozr GTX 980ti Dual SLI (6GB) £560 each

- 2016 - MSI Twin Frozr GTX 980ti (6GB) - dropped SLI

- 2020 - Nvidia FE RTX 3070 (8GB) £469 - wanted a 3080 but couldn't get one at MSRP, got a 3070 FE at MSRP in October 2020

- 2021 - MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 3080 (10GB) £780 - found an aftermarket 3080 at around MSRP in Feburary 2021, sold my 3070 on ebay for nearly double what I paid (£910)

- 2023 - Gainward Phantom RTX 4090 (24GB) £1499 - Got a new much higher paid job last year, treated myself to this and a 4k monitor in August and it's been glorious.

You can probably tell I was hooked on upgrading and building when I first moved over to PC from console. I bought 6 GPUs in my first 4 years with a gaming PC (mad really, can't believe what I spent!). This was just after I finished University and got my first proper, well paid job. I got a lot of money back though as I did sell the GPUs on.

Next GPU, if it's less than £2,000, the RTX 5090. If not I'll wait
 
Matrox Mystique (maybe)
Nvidia Riva TNT2
--Probably some other cards i can't remember here
Nvidia GTX 295
Nvidia GTX 780
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Work hand out)
Nvidia GTX 1080 FE (Work hand out) (current)
Nvidia RTX 5080 (next build 2025 and depending on price and specs)
 
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ATI 7000 Series (can't remember model number)
GeForce 3 Ti
GeForce 8000 GT
GeForce 275 GTX
GeForce 970 GTX
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (Current card)

I have a 7900XT and I'm happy with that card. When i upgrade, i like to see a massive jump in performance. I don't like incremental upgrades. I went from a 970GTX to a 7900XT. That's the kind of gains in performance i want when i upgrade a GPU.

Therefore, I'll wait for RDNA 6/7 or equivalent Nvidia card before purchasing my next GPU.
 
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Jeez, I don't think I could remember my first card. Probably some Riva or S3 maybe, the first one I actually recall is a PCI Voodoo as I kinda remember the box, after that it was AGP all the way!

Also I recall: GF2 MX400, GTX260, 9800Pro, 9500GT, HD5850, HD7770, 7900GTO, GTX960, 980Ti, 1070 - unsure of order!

EDIT: Wow, writing down my card timeline makes me realise how much I've forgotten.

Currently on a 6750XT and pondering a 7800XT even though I really don't need it.
 
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I can only remember gpu's since 2015/16 :

nvidia 970 gtx - 2015/16 (iirc)
nvidia 1080 - 2017
nvidia 3090 - 2021 (iirc)
nvidia 3080ti - 2021
nvidia 4090 - 2022

Sold my 4090 about 3 weeks ago for £1195 within an hour of advertising it, next gpu will be a 5090 or the equivalent. Have had radeon prior to 2015 but can't recall the model, good cards good value but like nvidia as they are thought to have the slight edge in VR, no problems with any card i've owned.
 
Tykey said:
I can only remember gpu's since 2015/16 :


nvidia 3090 - 2021 (iirc)
nvidia 3080ti - 2021


Sold my 4090 about 3 weeks ago for £1195 within an hour of advertising it, next gpu will be a 5090 or the equivalent. Have had radeon prior to 2015 but can't recall the model, good cards good value but like nvidia as they are thought to have the slight edge in VR, no problems with any card i've owned.
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Interested why you went from 3090 to 3080ti? 10 quid it was because you could get a **** tonne for your 3090 and managed to land a 3080ti at msrp??

And yes I am just being nosey so you can ignore :D
 
Fluke? said:
Interested why you went from 3090 to 3080ti? 10 quid it was because you could get a **** tonne for your 3090 and managed to land a 3080ti at msrp??

And yes I am just being nosey so you can ignore :D
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If memory serves me right I think it was something like that yeah tbh, I recall making a few quid on the 3090 and being able to get a 3080ti at a non inflated price.
 
lets see if i can remember...
matrox mystique
powervr 2
geforce 2
radeon something
geforce 460 i think
geforce 660 possibly
geforce 7?? probably
geforce 970
geforce 1060
geforce 1070ti
geforce 3060ti

i think ive missed a few
 
First PC in the household was in 1998, and it was primarily my dad's PC, but he made the mistake of coming home with a copy of International Rally Championship one day and then I took over the PC from there and upgraded it with pretty much every 'big' game release. I can only really remember what GPU I had from 2007 onwards, but there were a couple before that, and I know there was an overall PC upgrade for the release of GTA 3 on PC back in 2002, which is funny looking back at it as I was only 11.

Up to 2007 - ATI Radeon X1600 Pro
2007 - Nvidia GeForce 7600GT
Also 2007 - 2x Nvidia GeForce 7600GT in SLI - the one and only time I went with dual GPUs and it didn't last long. Just fancied trying SLI and it didn't go well for one of them...
2008 -Inno3d Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
2010 - XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850
2013 - ATI Radeon HD 7970
2017 until now - Zotac Nvidia GTX 1070 AMP!

I didn't realise that I've had the GTX 1070 for so long, but it still seems to do OKish for now at 1080p on the games I play. A lot of my money goes in to maintaining two cars rather than the PC now, but I have had a quick sniff around newer GPUs in the last couple of weeks and I could probably see myself going back to the red team again if I was upgrading in the next 12 months. However, I'd also be looking at getting an IPS monitor with more than a 60hz refresh rate if I did that, and I'm just not anywhere near as invested (time or money wise) in gaming as I was a few years back.
 
too many haha , I dopamine chase like hell so change things up all the time

Had pretty much every 1080ti and 1080 aib card

from what i can remember though

2024 -4090
2022 - 3090
2021 - 2080S
2020 - 3080
2018 - 2080Ti

previous 1080ti 1080 980 680 480 280 5970 5850 4870x2 4850 etc etc
 
Nvidia Geforce + Nvidia Geforce in SLI
Nvidia Geforce + Nvidia Geforce in SLI
Nvidia Geforce + Nvidia Geforce in SLI
Nvidia Geforce + Nvidia Geforce in SLI
Nvidia Geforce + Nvidia Geforce in SLI
Nvidia Geforce
Nvidia Geforce
Nvidia Geforce

If i remember correctly :cry:


But on more serious reply

ATI Rage 2 + Voodoo 1
Voodoo 2
Voodoo 3 3000
Voodoo 5 5500
Nvidia TNT
Nvidia 4 4400
ATI 9800 pro AiW
7800gtx in SLI
ATI x1900xt-x
8800gtx in SLI
Gtx 275 in SLI
580 in SLI
780ti in SLI
1080
RTX2080ti
RTX4090
 
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The first GPU I bought was the ATI All in Wonder I was won over by the features like built in TV card and remote, even though it kind of sucked in games. I remember trying to play Max Payne on it, it was payneful. :D I have had an embarrassing amount of ATI/AMD cards. I was well aware they were not the best cards around, but a lot of them were bargains. Overclockers used to have a really good B Grade section where you could pick up GPU's for very good prices especially AMD GPU's. I guess I am a sucker for gimmicks and the underdog. Also shout out to the Kyro 2 crowd. I actually forgot about most of these until I tried to fill in the gaps.

ATI All in Wonder
Kyro 2
ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Nvidia 6800GT
ATI Radeon HD 4850
ATI Radeon HD 5850
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Nvidia 1070
AMD Vega56
Nvidia 3070
 
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