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Your graphics card history tree?

3DFX Voodoo 1
3DFX Voodoo 2
Riva TNT 2
Geforce 256
Geforce 2 Ultra
Geforce 3
Radeon 9800XT
Radeon 3870 Crossfire
Radeon HD 4870 X2
Geforce 580 GTX
Radeon 7970
Radeon R9 290
Geforce 980

I could list some 2d card cards but don't see the point
 
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VideoLogic GrafixStar 410 S3 Trio64 2MB
3dfx Voodoo 1 4MB
3dfx Voodoo Banshee 16MB
3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 64MB
Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti 4600 128MB
Nvidia Geforce FX 5900 Ultra 128MB
Nvidia Geforce 6800 GT 256MB (Died & RMAed)
Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT 128MB (Sold after received 6800 GT RMA)
Nvidia Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB
Nvidia Geforce 7900 GTX 512MB
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX 768MB
ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB (Worst driver and very poor games performance RMAed & refunded)
Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 896MB
Nvidia Geforce GTX 470 1280MB
Nvidia Geforce GTX 670 SC 4GB
Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 4GB

Next card in 2016

Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 16GB HBM2? :cool::D
 
This seems like fun... :)

c. 1990: couple of self-built 8086's had CGA and EGA graphics adaptors, but I have no idea what they were.

c. 1993 ISA Cards ( I was 3-5 years behind the leading edge)
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Trident 128Kb VGA
Hercules 256Kb VGA
Diamond 2Mb Stealth 64 SVGA

c. 1998 PCI Cards (2-4 years behind)
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ATI 3D Rage 8Mb
ATI Rage Fury 32Mb?

c. 2002 (2 years behind)
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Nvidia Gefore2 64Mb
Nvidia 8800 GTX 768MB (Run all the tech demos!)

c. 2011 (1 year behind)
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ATI Radeon 6790 2GB

2015 (6 months behind)
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2 x GTX 970 4GB SLI


I am almost there.. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
 
Thought it was worth bumping this, given that it's been a year and cards are moving on so quick these days... don't ask me what brands each of these were. I just know I had a Powercolor Radeon, and a mix of XFX, BFG, MSI, EVGA and stock GeForce cards. I have tried to get these as close to accurate as possible but I went through a phase of updating like a lunatic :p

  • Radeon 8800GT
  • Radeon 9000 Pro
  • Radeon 9800 XT
  • Radeon X1800
  • Radeon X800 XT
  • GeForce 6800 Ultra
  • GeForce 7900 GTX
  • GeForce 8800 Ultra
  • GeForce 9800 GTX
  • GeForce GTX 580 SLI
  • GeForce GTX 680 SLI
 
s3 savage 4
GeForce 2 mx
GeForce 4 mx (very briefly)
GeForce 4 ti 4200
GeForce 7800 gtx with 2nd added later for sli
GeForce 8800GT sli
GeForce 650m
GeForce 780 gtx
GeForce 1070 GTX

Jesus, I look like a fan boy, I swear its co-incidence, just seems like each time I've bought one the NVidia card has most suited my needs, I think... now I'm second guessing myself :p
 
First Card was a TNT 64mb
G force2 MX 64mb i think
Ti 4200

then i got my own PC which im sure i bought a 256mb fx5600
Ati 9600 pro
Ati 9800 pro (still to this day the best card ive owned)
Nvidia 6600gt
Nvidia XFX 7950gt which was passively cooled another great card
then i bought a AMD6850 when i got back into PC gaming and then bought another to crossfire about 2months later.
And now Im with my trusty old r9 280

There Is probably a card or two ive missed.
 
Hmmmm 20 years!

STB Trio32 (P75)
ATi xPert@Play (P233)
" " + Galaxy Voodoo2
Diamond Viper II Z200 (Athlon 650) - A card that promised much but never delivered or enabled most of it.
Radeon 8500 (Athlon 2700XP+) Another card with a farcical launch, I waited months for this card IIRC.
Radeon 9800 Pro (Athlon 2700XP+) - this card was still running a year ago.
Radeon X1900XT (Core 2 Duo E6600)
2 x Radeon HD3870 - Well they were <£150 each
Radeon HD5870 (Core 2/ Core i7 2600k) - Awesome card
VTX3D Radeon 7870 Black Edition - Hard to resist with the ridiculous offer that included the free game cards for both high end and mid range cards. However the marketing bod at AMD who decided to call the cut Tahiti a 7870 needs shooting.
Geforce 1070 - Shocking !
 
Voodoo [Something or other]
ATI 9[Something or other]
Nvidia 8600GT
Nvidia 9700GT
ATI 5850
AMD 6950
AMD 7870
AMD 7870XT (Tahiti LE)
AMD R9 290
Nvidia GTX 970
 
I think one of the earliest I had was an s3 virge? or something like that,i went thru most of the voodoo cards much to the wifes dismay,seemed to be buying a new card every six months.
 
Integrated gfx chip
Voodoo something or other
FX 5600
GTX 7900
X800XT
4870x2
HD 7950 Gigabyte
R9 290 (two, b-grade, faulty) both Gigabyte
GT 430 (2nd PC)
R9 390 Msi Twin Frozr, lovely design
Turon something or other in cheap lappy
Fury X Sapphire
RX 480 Nitro OC Sapphire (2nd PC)
GTX 1080 EVGA

thats all I can remember for now there may be others but its lost in the mists of time.
 
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Laptop iGPU
HD5770
GTX460
HD5970
HD7870XT
HD7950
2x HD7950 (mined with for 8months then RMAd for below)
2x 280x
GTX 780Ti (sold it, then returned by buyer after I received the 980Ti)
GTX 980Ti (selling it due to above and can't afford to keep both)
GTX 780Ti
Soon to be 970 (won in a competition)
Then hopefully GTX 1070 when I sell the 780Ti and 970
 
ati/amd rage
ati/amd 9000 series
nvidia fx5600
nvidia 7600gt
amd 4850
amd 4870
amd 5850
amd 6950
amd 7950
amd 280x
nvidia gtx 970
 
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HD 4850
HD 4870X2 (crapped out)
HD 6870 (stop gap)
HD 7950

Currently in the market for an upgrade but no way I'm spending £250+ for a mid range card. :eek:
 
jimferno said:
HD 4850
HD 4870X2 (crapped out)
HD 6870 (stop gap)
HD 7950

Currently in the market for an upgrade but no way I'm spending £250+ for a mid range card. :eek:
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Yeah tell me about it, back in the hey day 8800gt amd 4850 and amd 5850 were sweet spots for bang for buck as far as a i know but they were like high end cards or upper midrange with enough power to play on ultra, they costed around £200-250, but now you had to buy a 6950 to match the performance of the 4850 and 5850 and costed around the same and same with the 7950 , same with today a rx 480 as well its like a 7850 for the price of 5850 4850, 6950 7950 r 290 r 390(okay the r versions cost more but its in the same performance bracket).

I hope you get what i am saying were paying more for less 4850 5850 were better value to get the same its 6950 and 7950 r290 r390 but not the rx480 thats like a 4770 if you think about it.

Prices have gone up i miss those days.

For now i will cling onto my gtx 970 as it is still a capable card for what i play and wait till prices come down hopefully under 250 as that is my budget limit.
 
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prices have gone up, but I think our expectations have gone up as well, if you want to play any game at 1080p with med to high settings, 30-60 fps you can get away with £100 RX460 or even a 750ti in most cases. There is def a bigger gap between "playable" and the top end though, and as such we've all pushed our definitions of playable further up the tree.

I bet if you dig out an old late 90s CRT you'd max it out with a sub £100 card in any game at any settings. But that's not playable anymore :P
 
My history is as follows.

8600 XFX Gts
Nvidia Gainward 295
Nvidia Gainward 295 SLI (These where brilliant at the time, each one dual chip)
GTX 460
GTX 460 SLI
R9 290 Sapphire
R9 290x
R9 290x Crossfire (Never again will I touch AMD cards)
980ti MSI
980ti MSI SLI

I did have a card before the 8600Gts but I can't remember what it was, although I know it was a BFG brand. Some of the others I am not sure what the brands were.
 
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My history:
MSI Geforce4 MX 420
Sparkle Geforce 6800GT
Leadtek Geforce 9800GTX
EVGA Geforce 260
EVGA Geforce 285
XFX Radeon 5870 <- So far the best card i've owned.
-> Waiting on Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ OC
 
Jumper118 said:
i this order
october 2012 to 2013
1) reference radeon 7000 pci
2) evga gt610
2013-2014 so far
3) gigabyte gtx660
4) xfx fx5950 ultra
5) MSI gtx 670 power edition oc
6) radeon 7000 agp
7) MSI HD 7970 Lightning
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carrying on from this...........
8) Asus 8400 GS
9) PNY 8400 GS
10) EVGA 8800GTX
11) Inno3D 9600GT
12) Palit 9800GTX+
14) 2x Zotac 9800GTX+
16) 2x Asus GT710 (1 1gb and 1 2gb)
17) Evga GT710 1gb
18) MSI 560ti hawk
21) 3x MSI GTX 580
23) 2x PNY XLR8 GTX580
24) Asus Matrix GTX580
25) Gigabyte SOC GTX580
27) 2x Gigabyte windforce x3 GTX670
28) Asus Mars 760X2
29) Asus GTX760 DCUII
30) Evga GTX780
31) Gigabyte GTX780
32) Asus Strix GTX970
34) 2x Gigabyte GTX970 G1 Gaming
35) Sapphire HD3850 AGP
36) Sapphire HD4870 Toxic
37) XFX HD5770
39) 2x Asus HD6850 DUCII
40) Gigabyte windfore x3 HD6870
41) XFX HD6950
42) HIS HD6950
43) Sapphire HD6950
44) Sapphire Toxic HD6950
45) VTX3D HD6950
46) Sapphire Dual X HD7850
47) Sapphire Dual X HD7870 GHz
48) Sapphire Dual X HD7950
49) XFX Ref R9 290
50) MSI R9 290X lightning LE
51) XFX Fury X

i dont know if i missed any.
yes i forgot:
53) 2x Asus GTX480
 
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GT 210
Radeon HD 5770
Evga GTX 460 SC ee
Zotac GTX 470
Inno3d GTX 480
Evga GTX 660 Ti sig 2 ftw
Evga GTX 680 SC
nvidia GTX 680m
Gainward GTX 780 Ti
Msi GTX 970 x 2
Msi GTX 980
Msi GTX 980 Ti reference
EVGA GTX 980 Ti classified
Asus GTX 980 Ti strix
 
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