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Your GPU history tree and potential next card

I'm the sucker that bought nvidias first gpu, the diamond edge card....expensive for the time and it never got past beta drivers, i've always been of the opinion everyone who got one of those should have been compensated.

diamond edge
matrox mystique+voodoo 2
voodoo3
nv 260
nv 670
nv 780
nv 1070
 
FX 5600
GTX 7900
X800 XT
4870x2
HD 7950
R9 290
R9 390
Fury X
GTX 1080
GTX 1080ti
GTX 2080ti

next...? Unsure at this point I've gone past the stage where I'm interested in the best bang for the buck and am only interested in high performance cards mostly because of monitor res (1440p UW). Have been eyeing the 3090 but leaks suggests the 3080 isn't that great over a 2080ti and 3090 isn't much over the 3080. So might wait to see what RDNA2 brings to the table or maybe there will be a 3080ti by then? (Theres also the issue of whether I'll still have a job come november what with recent events being what they are and the country goes to the dogs).

So its all up in the air at this point.
 
VooDoo (something I bought in Miami in 1999)
Nvidia MX420
9800Pro
X800XT
X1900XT
2900Pro
8800GTX
4850/70 (can't remember)
HD6950 flashed to /70
SLI 680s
R9 290
1070

Next will be a 3080 on launch day and will sell up and use the 1070 until RDNA2 arrives if it's going to be a better card. I know I'll lose a little in selling it on but I've had this 1070 since January 2017 so stuff it. If I can get my hands on one that is. :)
 
Some 2MB card back in early days
ATI 9700 Pro
ATI 9800 Pro
ATI 9800 XT
ATI X800XT
ATI X1900XT
Nvidia 6800GT
Nvidia 8800GTX
Nvidia 230 GTX

Long break.....

Nvidia 1080Ti
Gigabyte 2080Ti
Asus Strix 2080Ti

Next card.... Nvidia 3080
 
I don't remember the early stuff Pre-University. But more recently


ASUS GTX 770 DirectCU II OC
Sapphire Radeon R9 390X Nitro OC
Sapphire NITRO+ RX 580 (390x broke, this was the replacement) (Sold this at a significant profit during the mining boom)
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1060 windforce OC (second hand off a mate)
Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming (second hand off MM)
 
Riva TNT
GeForce2 mx400
FX 5600
FX 5700
FX 5700 Ultra
6600 GT
6800 GT
7900 GT
GTX 8800
GTX 280
GTX 480
GTX 570
GTX 660 TI
GTX 770
GTX 970 SLI
GTX 1080
GTX 1080 TI
RTX 2080
 
Some Voodoo card back in the day, then lots of cards I can;t remember, then Nvidia 5 something or other only ones I can remember are the ones after that, 780ti then 1080. Probably going to go for a 3070 or 3080 next although in no rush my 1080 is still doing the biz.
 
bicpug said:
I'm the sucker that bought nvidias first gpu, the diamond edge card....expensive for the time and it never got past beta drivers, i've always been of the opinion everyone who got one of those should have been compensated.

diamond edge
matrox mystique+voodoo 2
voodoo3
nv 260
nv 670
nv 780
nv 1070
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My dad had a 286 with a Diamond graphics card (ISA addin) for work back in the 80s (interfaced with a highend digital microscope) - had 2MB VRAM and cost £3K just for the graphics card.

I think it must have been a bespoke product as I've never found an exact match on the list for Diamond cards.
 
X300se
4870
GTX 670 / SLi
5700XT

Think there was another Nvidia card in there but can't remember which. Will probably wait for some games to come out that I actually want to play.
 
I think my first graphics card was an ATI 3D Rage.

Looking back on it, not every impressive at all, but it was the very first steps in to 3D.

Since then I have bought every generation of card that came out...at least once.
 
recentish
rx470
rtx 2060 super

future plans are ps5 not gpu pc gamings so boring lately all the best games are 3-10 years old
 
Too many to mention.

Some kind of video card in my 486 back in 1994. And currently using a 1080Ti FTW 3.

But will be upgrading to a 3080 card soon.
 
errrrr....

Cirrus Logic something something
Righteous Orchid
Voodoo 3d
some Nvidia Geforce card
Another, more better Geforce card (3?)
4770?
5870
ATI R9 270?
R9 390
GTX1080
GTX1080Ti
RTX3080 :)

Something along those lines :)
 
Let's see if I remember, to the best of my knowledge...

6800GT
GT210 (don't ask lol)
<Pretty sure I had some in between but cannot remember>
GTX 670 PE OC
GTX 770
GTX 980ti
GTX 1080ti currently
RTX 3080 soon!
 
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