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Your graphics card history tree?

First was an
Intel isbx 275 with 32kb mem (still have this)
to many to mention' and last
Gtx Titan X 12gb

always wanted a Voodoo 6000
 
Geforce Ti4200 128mb
9800 pro 256mb
6800 Ultra
8800 GTS
8800 GT
460 GTX
670 GTX
HD 7970 3GB

...my next GPU will be the new gen stuff that comes out in the summer.

Can still remember when I first installed the Ti4200, the difference in Everquest and FFXI was immense :D
 
TNT 16mb 2560x1600 CRT
440MX 1024x768 lcd
4200ti
5700
7800
7950GX2
8800GTS512
4870X2 2560x1600 IPS
gtx480
gtx480 X2
7970
7970 X2
7970 X3
295X2 3840x2160 TV

Only cards I ever had technical niggles with are 4870X2 and 295X2 so I'm learning my lesson with 2 gpus on 1 pcb now.
 
nVidia 410m Go (laptop)
nVidia 8600GT (desktop) and nVidia 8600GS (laptop)
nVidia 460
nVidia 760

Will probably get a 970 if prices drop a bit at the launch of the 980Ti.
 
Voodoo Rush
Voodoo Banshee
Voodoo 5500
G-Force 3 ti 500
ATI 9800 unlocked to pro
GeForce 6800 Ultra
Radeon X850 XT PE
GeForce 8800 Ultra sli
HD 7950 crossfire

All watercooled and overclocked back to the gforce 3, had some mobile gpus to fill in the gaps but i wouldnt have a clue what they were called.
 
From 2MB to 6GB : 20 years of gaming graphics.

1995 Diamond Stealth64 Video VRAM PCI (S3 Vision 968 2MB VRAM)
1997 Diamond Multimedia Monster 3D (3Dfx Voodoo1 4MB EDO)
1998 Matrox Millennium G200 (8MB SGRAM)
1999 Diamond Viper V550 (Riva TNT 16MB SDRAM)
2000 Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator Pro (GeForce 256 32MB DDR)
2002 NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 (64MB DDR)
2004 Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro (128MB DDR)
2005 PNY GeForce 6800 GT (256MB DDR3)
2006 XFX GeForce 7900 GT (256MB DDR3)
2007 BFG GeForce 8800 GTS (512MB DDR3)
2008 Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 (512MB DDR5)
2010 Asus Radeon HD 5850 (1024MB DDR5)
2010 KFA2 GeForce GTX 570 (1280MB DDR5)
2012 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X (2048MB DDR5)
2013 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti (3072MB DDR5)
2015 ??? GeForce GTX 980 Ti (6144MB DDR5) ???
 
ATi Xpert@Play
3Dfx Voodoo 2 8mb
nVidia Geforce 2 GTS 32MB
nVidia Geforce 3 64MB
nVidia Geforce 3 Ti500 64MB
nVidia Geforce FX 5900 XT 128MB
nVidia Geforce 7900 GT 256MB
nVidia Geforce 8800GTX 768MB
nVidia Geforce 8800GTX SLI 768MB
ATI HD2900XT Crossfire (in 2nd PC)
nVidia Geforce 8800GTX 3 way SLI 768MB
ATI HD4870X2 2GB
ATI HD4870X2 4 way Crossfire (2 cards) 2GB
AMD 7970 3GB
AMD 7970/7990 3 way Crossfire 3GB
nVidia Geforce GTX 980 SLI 4GB

I keep being tempted to buy a Titan X or two but I think I'll wait for 14/16nm now.
 
s3 Virge
Matrox Mystique
Voodoo 1
Voodoo 2
Voodoo 3
ATI Rage
Voodoo Banshee
Geforce 2 MX
Gefocre 2 GTS
Geforce 3
Geforce 8800 GTX
Geforce 295
Radeon X850
Radeon X1850
Radeon 4870
Radeon 4870x2
Radeon 5970
2x Radeon 6950
2x Geforce 670 4GB
2x Geforce 970
2x Geforce 980
2x Titan X

Some more but i cant remember them. ;)
 
It's only in the last few years where i've actually been into computers, so my early cards were mid range, do remember my first proper computer having an 8600GT in though :)

8600GT
HD4870
HD5850
HD6850
HD6970
HD7970
HD7970CF
HD7970
HD7970CF
HD7970TF
HD7970 (This is where history gets messed up, thanks to benchmarking)
HD5870
GTX460
GTX480
GTX470
GTX560ti
HD5850
HD6870
HD6850
HD4890
GTX580
GTX670
GTX670
GTX680
HD5770
GTX260
GTX275
GTX285
GTX780 (And staying!!!)

Edit:

Try and update this.

From the 780 iirc i went to....

CF R9290s
GTX750ti
GTX780ti
GTX970 (**** one)
GTX970 (ACX 2.0)
R9 290 (Windforce 3)
GTX970 (Infin8)
GTX780
Titan X
 
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8600 GT, inno3D,
5570, Asus,
5770, Asus,
6770, Asus,
560ti, Asus,
7850, Sapphire,
7850 x2, Sapphire,
7950be, MSI,
7850, MSI,
770, MSI,
780, EVGA,
265, Sapphire,
290x, MSI.
 
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My list isn't big as i haven't been a PC gamer long but here you go :

Palit GT440
MSI R9 270
MSI R9 270 CF - Disappointing because of driver issues
Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X
 
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Voodoo 2 SLI
GeForce 2 MX440
GeForce GTS
GeForce 3Ti
GeForce 4 4600 Ultra
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 6800 GT
ATI X1950 Don't see myself ever going ATI again after this(!)
GeForce GTS 8800 320?
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce GTX 260 896MB
GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
 
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