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Your graphics card history tree?
- Thread starter psychas
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Man of Honour
Ati Rage Pro Turbo (Couldn't even run Half Life, had to use software mode)
GeForce 2 MX (My first dedicated GFX card)
GeForce 3 TI 200 (A big step up compared to the GeForece 2 MX card)
GeForce 4 TI 4200 (Cracking card)
GeForce FX 5600 (Most disappointing GFX card ever bought)
GeForce FX 5900 (Still couldn't run FarCry on max settings)
Radeon 9800 XT (Bought at exactly the wrong time, luckily RMA'd as faulty and got a refund, so waited for 6800 Ultra to come out)
Radeon 9200 LE PCI (stop gap while waiting for 6800 Ultra to come in stock)
GeForce 6800 Ultra (Still the most expensive GFX I have ever bought at £434)
GeForce 7800 GS AGP (Dragging out AGP till the bitter end)
Radeon X1950 XT (Best card around at the time, but nVidia drivers are much better IMA)
GeForce 8800 GTS (not long after buying this one I built my son a new PC, so he got this and I had a new 8800 GT)
Geforce 8800 GT x2 in SLI (SLI is OK, but single card setup is the best way)
GeForce GTX 260 Max Core (Sold both 8800 GT cards and bought this)
GeForce 2 MX (My first dedicated GFX card)
GeForce 3 TI 200 (A big step up compared to the GeForece 2 MX card)
GeForce 4 TI 4200 (Cracking card)
GeForce FX 5600 (Most disappointing GFX card ever bought)
GeForce FX 5900 (Still couldn't run FarCry on max settings)
Radeon 9800 XT (Bought at exactly the wrong time, luckily RMA'd as faulty and got a refund, so waited for 6800 Ultra to come out)
Radeon 9200 LE PCI (stop gap while waiting for 6800 Ultra to come in stock)
GeForce 6800 Ultra (Still the most expensive GFX I have ever bought at £434)
GeForce 7800 GS AGP (Dragging out AGP till the bitter end)
Radeon X1950 XT (Best card around at the time, but nVidia drivers are much better IMA)
GeForce 8800 GTS (not long after buying this one I built my son a new PC, so he got this and I had a new 8800 GT)
Geforce 8800 GT x2 in SLI (SLI is OK, but single card setup is the best way)
GeForce GTX 260 Max Core (Sold both 8800 GT cards and bought this)
Man of Honour
1mb virge dx/gx
4mb virge dx/gx
8mb ati expert@work
8mb ati expert@work agp+12mb voodoo2 pci
8mb ati expert@work agp+ 2* 12mb voodoo2 pci-sli
16mb voodoo 3-3000
32mb hercules geforce2 mx
64mb voodoo 5-5500
32mb hercules geforce2 mx, took the voodoo back it was pants
128mb gainward geforce 4 Ti4600
512mb saphire ati x1900xtx
512mb saphire ati x1950xtx the x1900 died and I got the x1950 on rma
512mb power-colour ati HD4870
The Ti4600 was the longest lived card and I only changed it so I could play BF2 otherwise I would have kept it longer, I paid full price for it just as it came out but it must be the best value I had from any card because of the length of time I had good performance from it.
4mb virge dx/gx
8mb ati expert@work
8mb ati expert@work agp+12mb voodoo2 pci
8mb ati expert@work agp+ 2* 12mb voodoo2 pci-sli
16mb voodoo 3-3000
32mb hercules geforce2 mx
64mb voodoo 5-5500
32mb hercules geforce2 mx, took the voodoo back it was pants
128mb gainward geforce 4 Ti4600
512mb saphire ati x1900xtx
512mb saphire ati x1950xtx the x1900 died and I got the x1950 on rma
512mb power-colour ati HD4870
The Ti4600 was the longest lived card and I only changed it so I could play BF2 otherwise I would have kept it longer, I paid full price for it just as it came out but it must be the best value I had from any card because of the length of time I had good performance from it.
Riva TNT2
Voodoo 5 5500 Still have that piece of history
Geforce 2 GTS
Geforce 3 Ti 200
Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Radeon 9600Pro
Radeon 9800Pro
NVidia 6800GT
NVidia 6800LE
Radeon x1800xt
NVidia 7600GT
NVidia 7900GS
Radeon x1950Pro
NVidia 8800GTS
Radeon x1800XT
NVidia 7300GT
Radeon HD2600XT
Radeon HD2600XT(Crossfire)
Radeon HD2900Pro
Radeon HD3870XT
NVidia 8800GT
NVidia 9800GTX
NVidia GTX280
Updated!
23 Cards....cant believe how many it is really haha!
Voodoo 5 5500 Still have that piece of history
Geforce 2 GTS
Geforce 3 Ti 200
Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Radeon 9600Pro
Radeon 9800Pro
NVidia 6800GT
NVidia 6800LE
Radeon x1800xt
NVidia 7600GT
NVidia 7900GS
Radeon x1950Pro
NVidia 8800GTS
Radeon x1800XT
NVidia 7300GT
Radeon HD2600XT
Radeon HD2600XT(Crossfire)
Radeon HD2900Pro
Radeon HD3870XT
NVidia 8800GT
NVidia 9800GTX
NVidia GTX280
Updated!
23 Cards....cant believe how many it is really haha!
Don
Do 486 onboards count? Mine has a Cirrus Logic 1MB Video 
Beats all you fancy cards doesn't it?
No?
Alright, my actual cards have been:
S3 Virge 4mb>S3 Savage4 16mb (still in the P200MMX, it rules!)>Nvidia Geforce 2 32mb>ATI 9700 Pro 128MB> Geforce FX5200 256mb (thought the memory was important then
)>Geforce 6600 256MB (see price check forums 
)>Geforce 7800GS 256MB>Geforce 8800GT 512MB>ATI RADEON HD4870 1GB.
Those are main PC only, I can't be bothered to mention laptop gpus and spare pc gpus etc...
Beats all you fancy cards doesn't it?No?
Alright, my actual cards have been:
S3 Virge 4mb>S3 Savage4 16mb (still in the P200MMX, it rules!)>Nvidia Geforce 2 32mb>ATI 9700 Pro 128MB> Geforce FX5200 256mb (thought the memory was important then
)>Geforce 6600 256MB (see price check forums )>Geforce 7800GS 256MB>Geforce 8800GT 512MB>ATI RADEON HD4870 1GB.Those are main PC only, I can't be bothered to mention laptop gpus and spare pc gpus etc...
ATI Mach 64 2MB 2D Card
Power VR 1
Voodoo Banshee
Voodoo 2 (due to most games not working with banshee with out a lot of hastle)
Riva TNT 2
Geforce 2 MX
Geforce 3 Ti200
Some Radeon card can't remember which one
Geforce FX 5600
Radeon X800
Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB
Power VR 1
Voodoo Banshee
Voodoo 2 (due to most games not working with banshee with out a lot of hastle)
Riva TNT 2
Geforce 2 MX
Geforce 3 Ti200
Some Radeon card can't remember which one
Geforce FX 5600
Radeon X800
Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB
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I only started PC gaming about 10 years ago.
Nvidia MX200 32mb
Nvidia MX440 64mb
Nvidia Ti4200 64mb
Nvidia Ti4600 128mb
ATI 9700pro 128mb
ATI 9800XT 256mb
ATI X800XT 256mb
Nvidia 7800GT 256mb
ATI 2900XT 512mb
Nvidia 8800GTX 768mb - lasted 2 years still have it.
Nvidia GTX285 1gb
Nvidia MX200 32mb
Nvidia MX440 64mb
Nvidia Ti4200 64mb
Nvidia Ti4600 128mb
ATI 9700pro 128mb
ATI 9800XT 256mb
ATI X800XT 256mb
Nvidia 7800GT 256mb
ATI 2900XT 512mb
Nvidia 8800GTX 768mb - lasted 2 years still have it.
Nvidia GTX285 1gb
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ati x1400 256mb mobility
only graphics to this date
buying new system as you prbs already know from my threads
only graphics to this date
buying new system as you prbs already know from my threads
Soldato
Something awful (Compaq Presario 400MHz)
Something likely just as awful (TINY box)
MSI Geforce 4 Ti 4600 128Mb
XFX Geforce 7 7800GTX 512MB XXX
2 x BFG Geforce 9800GTX OC SLI
Planned - Geforce GTX 295 Single PCB
Something likely just as awful (TINY box)
MSI Geforce 4 Ti 4600 128Mb
XFX Geforce 7 7800GTX 512MB XXX
2 x BFG Geforce 9800GTX OC SLI
Planned - Geforce GTX 295 Single PCB
2mb onboard (holy crap it plays worms!)
added voodoo 1 to above (WOW, 3d gaming!)
tnt2 ultra (beautiful card, 3d side died)
geforce ddr (replaced above with this, effectively free upgrade OMG!)
geforce 4 mx 440 (ooo can play new games at ok frame rates)
geforce 4 ti 4200 (WOW!)
9800 xtpe (bought to play ut2004 on maximum detail 3 days after release)
9200 pro (meh, needed the cash from the 9800)
geforce fx 5700 (cheap upgrade, big mistake LOL)
6800 gt (fan died and card fried)
x1800 xt-x (amazing card, shame the bugger sounded like a dyson)
x1300 (gave up on gaming for a bit, used for casual gaming)
7900gx2 (was noisy and fast, what a potent combination!)
mobility 9600 pro (lappy I bought to replace my desktop, worked very well)
7300gt (still used in my data server)
7600gt SLI (biggest mistake ever, good performance increase when using AA and AS but made games crash a lot)
7950gtx (current laptop card, overclocks well
8800 GTS 512mb
2x 8800m GTX in SLI
GTX 280 1GB
2x 9800GX2 1GB
Added my ones in the last year.
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Surprised no one has mentioned the mighty Voodoo 4!. lol. I still have that card somewhere, I remember buying it because the shop didnt have any Voodoo 5's in stock, and I didnt want to go home empty handed!
All in all,
< 2000: Voodoo 2 (dont know the number)
< 2000: Voodoo 3 2000
2000:Voodoo 4 4500
2000: Geforce 2 MX
2001: Geforce 4 MX 440
Stopped playing games on the PC up until 2008. When I built a new machine and retired my Geforce 4
2008: ATi Radeon 4670 1GB
2009: Currently awaiting delivery of a 4890.
All in all,
< 2000: Voodoo 2 (dont know the number)
< 2000: Voodoo 3 2000
2000:Voodoo 4 4500
2000: Geforce 2 MX
2001: Geforce 4 MX 440
Stopped playing games on the PC up until 2008. When I built a new machine and retired my Geforce 4
2008: ATi Radeon 4670 1GB
2009: Currently awaiting delivery of a 4890.
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I've been around a while:
Tseng Labs et600 512kb onboard on 486SX 25 with 4Mb of RAM. Fine for Doom II, Duke Nukem was a no go though.
Then no computer for ages - went through a SNES, Playstation, N64, PS2.
Then moved down south, got an Athlon XP 2400 @ 3200equiv [IE barton levels with out the cache] with 512, then 1Gb, then 1.5gb and
Nvidia GeForce MX440
which I toyed with in Riva Tuner. can't remember what I got with it though.
followed by a GeForce FX 5700 LE which I clcoked up from 250Mhz to something like 450 on the stock cooler - and it took it. for three years. In fact although I can't find it, I think it still works.
I replaced that with an ATI X1650 Pro 512mb.
That has now been superceded with my new machine
Q6600
8Gb RAM
HD4850 XFX XXX edition mit Trad2 + Noctua 120mm fans.
Ther performance jump from the Athlon was, er, interesting.
Tseng Labs et600 512kb onboard on 486SX 25 with 4Mb of RAM. Fine for Doom II, Duke Nukem was a no go though.
Then no computer for ages - went through a SNES, Playstation, N64, PS2.
Then moved down south, got an Athlon XP 2400 @ 3200equiv [IE barton levels with out the cache] with 512, then 1Gb, then 1.5gb and
Nvidia GeForce MX440
which I toyed with in Riva Tuner. can't remember what I got with it though.
followed by a GeForce FX 5700 LE which I clcoked up from 250Mhz to something like 450 on the stock cooler - and it took it. for three years. In fact although I can't find it, I think it still works.
I replaced that with an ATI X1650 Pro 512mb.
That has now been superceded with my new machine
Q6600
8Gb RAM
HD4850 XFX XXX edition mit Trad2 + Noctua 120mm fans.
Ther performance jump from the Athlon was, er, interesting.
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Sorry for necro-ing this, but not too sorry
PC 1
ATI Mach 64
Cirrus Logic 5446 + Orchid Righteous 3D (Voodoo)
PC 2
STB Velocity 128 (Riva 128)
Creative Labs 3D Blaster (Voodoo 2)
2 x Creative Labs 3D Blaster (Voodoo 2)
PC 3A
Chaintech Geforce Ti 4600
XFX FX5900XT
PNY Geforce 6200
PC 3B (Media PC)
Creative Labs Geforce Ti 4200
PC 4
2 x Geforce 6800 GT
GTX 8800
MSI GTX 460 Cyclone
PC 5
2 x MSI Geforce 460 Hawk
PC 1
ATI Mach 64
Cirrus Logic 5446 + Orchid Righteous 3D (Voodoo)
PC 2
STB Velocity 128 (Riva 128)
Creative Labs 3D Blaster (Voodoo 2)
2 x Creative Labs 3D Blaster (Voodoo 2)
PC 3A
Chaintech Geforce Ti 4600
XFX FX5900XT
PNY Geforce 6200
PC 3B (Media PC)
Creative Labs Geforce Ti 4200
PC 4
2 x Geforce 6800 GT
GTX 8800
MSI GTX 460 Cyclone
PC 5
2 x MSI Geforce 460 Hawk
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Sorry for necro-ing this, but not too sorry
PC 1
ATI Mach 64
Cirrus Logic 5446 + Orchid Righteous 3D (Voodoo)
PC 2
STB Velocity 128 (Riva 128)
Creative Labs 3D Blaster (Voodoo 2)
2 x Creative Labs 3D Blaster (Voodoo 2)
PC 3A
Chaintech Geforce Ti 4600
XFX FX5900XT
PNY Geforce 6200
PC 3B (Media PC)
Creative Labs Geforce Ti 4200
PC 4
2 x Geforce 6800 GT
GTX 8800
MSI GTX 460 Cyclone
PC 5
2 x MSI Geforce 460 Hawk
It has only been 2 years.. Aha.
Wow what a resurrection....
well seeing as i just got a new GFX card i might as well update mine
Ancient cards, with slot names you kids wont of even heard of
orchid Fahrenheit isa slot
orchid Kelvin64 vesa slot
The AGP years
Ati rage pro (worked last time it was used)
TNT (gave this away to someone)
gforce2 GTS (dead)
ATI 9800np (still going strong, Yes its still working in a HTPC
)gforce 6800gt (dead)
The age of PCIE
ATI 1900xt (Retired)
ATI 4850 (on holiday until i upgrade my HTPC)
New and shiny
Msi 6950 Twin FrozR III 2gb (Oh the power)
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Integrated 32mb XD
SLi GTS 240's
Point of View UC GTX 590
SLi GTS 240's
Point of View UC GTX 590
Voodoo 3 3000
GeForce 4 MX 440
GeForce Ti 4600 (Only card to ever die for me)
GeForce 5700 LE (Replacement card, still works in my dad's computer)
ATI Radeon 9800 pro 128mb (Still works with a custom bias flashing it to XT and overclocked, also with dodgy looking aftermarket cooler)
GeForce Go 7400 (Laptop from Uni days)
ATI Radeon HD6970 Crossfire (Current)
GeForce 4 MX 440
GeForce Ti 4600 (Only card to ever die for me)
GeForce 5700 LE (Replacement card, still works in my dad's computer)
ATI Radeon 9800 pro 128mb (Still works with a custom bias flashing it to XT and overclocked, also with dodgy looking aftermarket cooler)
GeForce Go 7400 (Laptop from Uni days)
ATI Radeon HD6970 Crossfire (Current)