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Your GPU history tree and potential next card

Riva TNT2 M64 (or was it a Pro? have a feeling I've boxed it away someway)
MX440
6800 LE
6800 GT (PCIE)
7950 GT
8800 GT
GTX 260
HD 4870 X2
HD 5870
HD 5870 Crossfire
HD 7970
GTX 980 TI
GTX 1080 TI

Future - prob a 3080, but depends on if/what AMD can deliver, and what games I'm playing or planning to play.
 
Got back into pc gaming in 2004. As you can see I am an Nvidia fanboy! Thought I would get that in before anyone says anything! :p

Original FarCry was what got me back into pc gaming. Would run med to high graphics with the 5200 FX card and FarCry looked stunning and it really opened my eyes to what I was missing out on when I had gone back to console gaming.

Here is the list of my old GPU's.

Nvidia 5200 FX
Nvidia 6600 GT
Nvidia 6800 Ultra
Nvidia 8800 GS
Nvidia 8800 GT
Nvidia 280 GTX
Nvidia 680 GTX
Nvidia 1060 GTX 6gb
Nvidia 2080 RTX
Nvidia 3090 RTX

Pretty sure I have not missed any out. Back in the day money was tighter and I never really had high end cards but always went with one which would offer good value and performance. First nearly top tier car was my 2080 RTX so having the 3090 RTX will be my first top tier card and I am looking forward to it arriving with me on Monday.
 
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RIVA TNT
MX440
X800 SE
X800 XL
1900 XTX
1950 XTX
2600 XT
2900 XT
4850
4870
5850
6950
7950
7970
7990
280X
285
290X 4GB
290X 8GB
295x2
380
Vega 64
Radeon Pro Duo
RX 480
RX 580
Radeon VII
RX 6700 XT
RX 6800 XT
RX 6900 XT

I think I've probably missed out one or two, it's hard to remember all of them.
 
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3DFX Voodoo 3D accelerator (No idea on model, my first GPU!)
NVidia Geforce 2MX
ATi Radeon 9800SE (flashed to pro!)
ATi Radeon X800XT
ATi Radeon X1950 Pro (AGP!)
NVidia Geforce 8800GT
NVidia Geforce 8800Ultra
NVidia Geforce GTX285
AMD Radeon HD5850
AMD Radeon HD5850 Crossfired!
NVidia Geforce GTX970
NVidia Geforce RTX3080FE
NVidia Geforce RTX3090FE

Might have missed a few along the way?
 
The historic bit is a bit hard, but let me be the first to put down my next GPU before someone else thinks of it!
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Historic (ignoring 2D video cards):
Intel 740
A pair of Voodoo 2's (used)
Radeon 9200 SE (I think)
Radeon 5770 (used)
GeForce 8800 GT (went solder bump kaputt just after BFG went bust - probably no coincidence)
Radeon 260X (1GB impulse buy on offer from retailer named after dish)
Radeon 7950
Radeon 290 (used)
Radeon 470 (4GB)
I'm sure I've missed a fair few there.
 
From memory...

GeForce MX-AGP
GeForce 6600GT 128 AGP
GeForce 6600GT 256 PCIe
GeForce 7600 GT 256
GeForce 7900 GS 256
Radeon X1950 XT
GeForce 8800 GTS 320
GeForce 8800 GT (too damn noisy, kept for a month or so)
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GeForce GTX 260
Radeon HD 5870
Radeon HD 6850 (flashed to 6870)
Radeon HD 7970
Nvidia GTX 670
Nvidia GTX 970
Nvidia GTX 1070
Nvidia RTX 3070
Radeon 6800 XT (didn't like the Gigabyte card so went back to the 3070 after a few days)
Nvidia RTX 3080 10GB
Nvidia RTX 3090

Next card... probably an RTX 4080/4090 depending on pricing, or the RDNA3 equivalent if they're better.
 
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pugheaven said:
I sooo loved this card... so much I had two of them for Quadfire... was my fave because it was bonkers when AMD did some mad things... if only SLI/Xfire had worked properly... as when it worked it was awesome!

As for next card, i'm on 6900XT so at the top of the tree really not sure going forward.
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I think I had two of them as well Pug. :)
 
pugheaven said:
if only SLI/Xfire had worked properly... as when it worked it was awesome!
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Aint that the truth...
I only dipped my toe into multi-gpu with HD5850 Crossfire. And when it worked it was nearly double the performance. But dam.... getting it TO WORK in games was such a chore...
The constant fiddling with profiles, not being able to use windowed mode... checking that both GPUs are getting load... all such a pain in the neck!
 
As a very tiny child... I had a Pentium (Extreme?) with an S3 Graphics card... otherwise my list:

ATI Radeon X600 PRO
Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT
Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 (wanted the Radeon HD 4870 X2 but was out of stock...)
AMD Radeon HD 6990
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti SLI
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Nvidia GeForce 1060
Nvidia GeForce 1080 Ti FE

...future card Intel Arc?
 
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