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Your graphics card history tree?

:eek:im lucky if i remember what day it is these days, but i remember buying a 3dfx voodoo to mainly to pley team fortress classic, as played for years, been pc gamer since, but bought pretty much every computer from sinclair spectrum dragon 32, etc etc, basical im old :cry: :cry: gone through more gpu's and consoles than i care to remember:cry:
 
I'm sure ii've missed some:

Ati Expert@work – upgraded to 8M!!!!
Voodoo2 12M
Voodoo 3 2000 PCI
Geforce 2 ??
Geforce 3 ti200
ATI 9600
ATI X800XL
7900GS
8800GTS
460 – 768M PCIE
GTX 580 1.5GB
660 2M
760 2M
1060 6gb
3070 8gb
 
Interesting thread and hard to remember all of the changes but my members market history helps.

GT210 - my first “dedicated” gpu in a pre built dell.
Ati 5670 which was upgraded into my dell.
gtx 580 from PNY? that went into a brand new build with an i7 920.
rtx 680
780 x2
gtx 970 X4
gtx 1060
Gtx 1080 x 2
2080Super
3080
4080

few side grades few downgrades but all in the interest of experimenting
 
Sorry if I posted previously, thread is a bit long now. Here is my current tree:

Asus Ti4200 64Mb (overclocked to 4600 speeds)
Sapphire 9800pro
HIS Excalibur X800XT [Edit: not Sapphire]
Nvidia GTX 280
Palit 2x GTX 480 SLI
Nvidia GTX 780Ti [Edit: not a 680Ti]
EVGA GTX 980Ti
Asus TUF RTX 3080
Nvidia RTX 4800 FE

All were great cards. I remember how great the 9800pro was against the competition in anti-aliasing, and how good the 3080 was in raytracing at 1080p. The SLI 480s were ridiculously hot in my HTPC case and the others were just solid for their time.
 
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Sorry if I posted previously, thread is a bit long now. Here is my current tree:

Asus Ti4200 64Mb (overclocked to 4600)
Sapphire 9800pro
Sapphire X800XT
Nvidia GTX 280
Palit 2x GTX 480 SLI
Nvidia GTX 680Ti
EVGA GTX 980Ti
Asus TUF RTX 3080
Nvidia RTX 4800 FE

All were great cards. I remember how great the 9800pro was against the competition in anti-aliasing, and how good the 3080 was in raytracing at 1080p. The SLI 480s were ridiculously hot in my HTPC case and the others were just solid for their time.
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Nvidia GTX 680Ti ?:rolleyes:

You must be only one in the world with one ... Jensen is that you ?:p

FloppyPoppy said:
rtx 680
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:p
 
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Purgatory said:
Much better, happy to see you didn't fall for the midrange chip sold as a 80 class chip with the 680 . The start of the fake naming.

At least @FloppyPoppy got rtx on his 680 :cry: ;).
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Yep I remember the 600 series being a disappointment. My twin 480s were more than enough at 1080p at that time and I played a lot more Xbox 360 and then PS4 in the following years as I was away from home at University / first jobs in London.

I got back into PC gaming properly with the 780Ti after I moved to Switzerland (lower VAT) and got a great deal in a sale. Been upgrading every 2 generations ever since until I got a promotion and now I can afford to sell on my old card to upgrade every generation.
 
2008
9800 GT £?? (Part of a pre built system)
HD 4850 512MB £150 120%

2009
HD 4870X2 2GB £343 228%

2011
HD 6870 1GB £127 90% (Stopgap as 4870X2 died)

2013
HD 7950 3GB £167 152%

2016
RX 480 8GB £240 192%

2020
5700 XT 8GB £360 187%

Edit: 2023
RX 6800 16GB £370 169%

I don't upgrade often and consider £350 to be my upper limit for a significant upgrade, a limit I have admittedly pushed for the last two upgrades. The percentage listed relates to the performance versus the previous card.

I usually buy cards on heavy discount or when they're EOL, the only card I bought on or close to release was the RX480.

I did originally start PC gaming, as we know it, on a pre built system circa 1999 but have no recollection of the specs, I then moved exclusively to consoles from 2002 to 2008.

It all truly started on a ZX Spectrum at some point in the mid-late 80's but that's for another thread.
 
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Mines moden compared to some but rather confusing,

6870
560ti sli first experience of vram limit
7970
GTX570
7950,
GT1030
5450
7750
7970 i think
1030
970
1070 (current)

I need to make my mind up if I'm going to keep a pc or not :p
 
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jimferno said:
2008
9800 GT £?? (Part of a pre built system)
HD 4850 £150

2009
HD 4870X2 £343

2011
HD 6870 £127 (Stopgap when my 4870X2 died)

2013
HD 7950 £167

2016
RX 480 £240

2020
5700 XT £360 (Lucky upgrade before the insanity started)

I don't upgrade often and have never spent over £360 on a GPU, looks like I'll be waiting a good while for my next upgrade.

I did originally start PC gaming, as we know it, on a pre built system circa 1999 but have no recollection of the specs, I then moved exclusively to consoles from 2002 to 2008.

It all truly started on a ZX Spectrum at some point in the mid-late 80's but that's for another thread.
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New 6800xt deals about for £500 worth it or skip?
 
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New 6800xt deals about for £500 worth it or skip?
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I've been watching and been tempted but realistically they need to be closer to £400 to make me lay down some money. The 6800XT is the minimum performance increase I'd need for a worthwhile upgrade.

If I can grab one when they're EOL for around £400 I will, otherwise I can wait.
 
Updating from when I first posted back in 2015:

Matrox Mystique 4MB PCI (1997)
Matrox Marvel G200 8MB PCI + 8MB Upgrade and DVD Module
ATi 8500 64MB AGP
ATi 9600 Pro 128MB AGP
ATi 9800 All in Wonder 128MB AGP
ATi X850XT PE 256MB AGP
ATi HD4870 1GB PCIe
AMD HD7950 3GB PCIe (This was where I was at back in 2015, obtain in 2012)
AMD HD7750 1GB PCIe (2012)
AMD RX580 8GB PCIe (Red Devil, got in 2017/2018)
AMD RX7900 XTX 24GB PCIe (Sapphire Nitro+, 2023)
 
2002 ASUS GeForce 4400 Ti - had it for ages in various PC's, gave it away about ten years ago.
200? XFX GeForce 6800 256MB - failed, power supply connection burnt out.
200? ASUS GeForce 8800 GT 512MB - failed, would only work in safe mode and drivers wouldn't recognise it.
2009 Gigabyte HD 5770 1GB - still in use in wife's PC.
2010 ASUS HD 6950 DirectCU II 2GB - failed, repaired, kept as a spare.
2012 ASUS HD 7970 DirectCU II 2GB - still in use in son's PC at university.
2017 Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1060 Xtreme 6GB - still in use in son's PC at home.
2019 Gigabyte Aorus RTX 2060 Xtreme 6GB - my current PC.

Currently looking to upgrade, but still undecided as to what to get.
 
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1997 - Matrox millennium 4mb
1998 - Diamond Monster 12mb
2002 - ASUs ti 4400 128mb
2004 - x800 pro
2009 - 4870x2 powercolour
2010 - 6990 for 1 week
2011 - gtx 580 Msi lightning
2012/13 - Gtx 690 evga
2015 - Titan x gigabyte
2017 - 1080ti is evga fw3
2023 - 4090 tuf Oc next week.

Had an opus back around 1993-94 but can’t remember the graphics card.

My laptop gfx

980m in 2014. Gigabyte
1060 in 2016. Supplier own
6800 in 2021. ASUS RoG
 
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Memory is a little foggy on exact model names but here goes....

3dfx Voodoo 2 12Mb
3dfx Voodoo 3
3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 64MB
Leadtek Winfast A250 Ultra TD GeForce 4 TI 4600 128MB
Nvidia 6800 Ultra 256MB
Sapphire ATI Radeon X850XT PE 256MB
ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512MB
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 512MB
ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
Powercolor AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB
Powercolor AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB

Wouldn't mind an upgrade but dont like the idea of being fleeced by AMD or Nvidia :p

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