What is your GPU History

[michaelmk86]

For example

Sis 1MB --> ATI rage 128 16MB --> nvidia RIVA TNT2 32MB --> geforce 2 mx400 64MB --> geforce 4 ti 4600 128MB --> ATI x700 128MB --> 8600GT 512MB --> 8800GTS 512MB --> GTX295 1792MB (current)

 

[grieve]

1. Cant remember... onboard
2. Cant remember, but I added it.
3. 3dfx Voodoo Banshee 16MB
4. ati Radeon 9700 pro(best card ever?)
5. ati Radeon 9800 pro(new machine)
6. ATI X1600pro (or something similar, not sure)
7. Nvidia 8800GTX (bought day it released for $800 CND, 2 years on top!)
8.ATI 4870x2 (present)

 

[rwpritchett]

Unknown 2MB? AGP->3dfx Voodoo Banshee 16MB->ATI Rage 128 32MB->ATI 9600XT 256MB->Geforce 6800GT OC 256MB AGP->Geforce 7600GT 256MB PCIe->Geforce 9800GTX+ 512MB

I can't remember anything about that first card... I do remember the Voodoo banshee was waaaaaaaay better though when I upgraded.... my first eBay purchase actually

 

[xx12amanxx]

Nvidia~FX5200 128mb 64bit

Nvidia~7600GS AGP 256mb 128bit

Nvidia~7600GT PCIe 256mb 128bit

Nvidia~8800GT PCIe 512mb 256bit

ATI~PCIe 4870 512mb 256bit

 

[L1qu1d]

Unknown dos computer

Voodoo 3

ATI tnt 2

Geforce MX 4 220 64 megs

Radeon 9500 pro (Softmodded to 9700 pro)

9800 XT

X 600 XT (Vaio Computer, I sold the 9800 XT 1)

X800 XL

X1800 XT

X1900 AIW

X1950 XT

8800 GTS 320 x's 2

9600 GT x's 2 (sold the 8800 GTSes)

9800 GX2

9800 GX2 quad

260 GTX tri (Bestbuy and returned them a week later)

280 GTX tri (traded with my friend my 9800 GX2 quads, since he doesn't game, and he got them for free from his store)

4870 X2 (For my secondary)

285 GTX dual (traded 2 280s, and still have 1 280 GTX)

 

[carver_g]

ahh, memory lane.....


Voodoo something PCI, piggy-backed off of another video card. My first Open-GL card and it was amazing at the time.

Voodoo 3/2000

Rage Pro MAXX. Worst video drivers I've ever worked with.

Radeon 8500

Geforce 2 GTS

Geforce 4 Ti 4400

Radeon 9800 Pro

Radeon X850XT PE

Geforce 7900GT

Geforce 8800GTS 320MB

Geforce 8800GT SC 512MB

 

[L1qu1d]

I also had a 8500 AIW, at some point forgot...it got Extremely hot!!!!!!!

 

[unclefester]

Asus 5200

EVGA 7800 GS OC what an improvement

EVGA 9800 GT

Jeton-Trident Video Accelerator 4MB (during EVGA step-up: meh what a long 2 weeks)

EVGA 260 core 55nm

 

[vmardegan]

CGA Color! (4 colors)

Realtek 256kb (huge jump from CGA to VGA)

Realtek 512kb (got a 256kb memory chip from a broken card and slapped in my current card! - finally could run SimCity 2000)

Trident 1 Mb ISA

Trident 1 Mb PCI

Rage 2 Mb PCI

Gave up on computers for a few years...

MX440 64 Mb

FX5600

GeForce 6600

7800GTX

8800GT

8800GT SLI

Done for a while...

 

[Bluescreendeath]

1. Integrated Graphics Accelerator Extreme 1
2. Integrated Graphics Accelerator Extreme 2
3. Nvidia FX5500
4. Nvidia 8400m GS + Nvidia 7300 LE
6. Nvidia 9800GTX + Nvidia 7600GT

 

[ryanb213]

Integraded 6150le (dell eek) -> 8500GT 256MB (Garbage) ->
9800GTX+ 512 (still not enough)->GTX 260 Core 216 55nm (current)

 

[eppinizer]

sigh, my list is pretty short ...

geforce 4400mx
radeon 1800xt
geforce 8800 gts 640mb
dual evga gtx 295's

see? boring ><

 

[keyter]

MX 420 (32mb?)

FX5600 XT (256mb)

4870 1g

I only upgrade once my hardware becomes useless. it works out cheaper.

 

[salabarria]

MX440 64 Mb
7900gt 256mb
9800gt
9800gt sli
9800gtx+
gtx 260 sli

 

[Annisman]

7800GT

X1950XTX (my fav card ever)

8800GTX

9800GX2

4870X2

Now..... 4870X2 + 4870 1GB

 

[mikecs]

Geforce 4 TI 4200 64 MB AGP 8x PNY
Geforce 4 TI 4200 128 MB AGP 8x MSI?- 64 MB one died lol
Geforce 6800 GS OC EVGA
Geforce 7800 GT EVGA - RMA'ed the 6800 and got this back from EVGA
Geforce 8800 GTS 512 EVGA
Geforce GTX 285 EVGA - I've had it for a few weeks now, little over double my 8800's performance. Good stuff so far

Pretty weak list but hey I'm only 24, it'll grow heh.

 

[cjl]

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Nvidia Geforce Go 7950 GTX
ATI Radeon HD4870x2

(yeah, it's a short list, but what the heck...)

 

[ssj2daniel]

GeForce2 MX, PNY Geforce FX 5500 256MB, BFG Geforce OC 6600gt AGP 128MB, EVGA 9800 gx2 512MBx2

 

[Acadien42]

Geforce 4 Ti-4400 (AGP)

Geforce 6600 GT (AGP)

ATI x1950 Pro (AGP)

Geforce 260 GTX (PCIE)

 

[MU_Engineer]

Desktops: 2D VGA IGP (80286/12) --> 2D XGA IGP (80486SX2/50) --> Trident IGP (VIA MVP4 chipset) --> NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 32 MB AGP 4x --> NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256 MB PCIe --> Radeon x1900GT v.1 256 MB PCIe --> Radeon HD 3850 512 MB PCIe

Laptops: Radeon Mobility 9000 64 MB --> Intel GMA 950 IGP (945GM) --> Intel GMA X4500MHD IGP (GM45)

HTPC: Intel i810E IGP --> NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256 MB PCI

 

[sefit]

ZX Spectrum 48kB (1987-89)
Amiga 500 (1989-91)
286 - onboard VGA (1991-92)
386DX40 – ISA Trident 9000 (1993-94)
486DX4/100 – S3 Trio 64 (1995-96)
Pentium 166 (oced at 200!!!) - 3dfx Voodoo (1997-98)

BIG BLACK HOLE

88000GT (late 2007-February 2009)
GTX295 (on the way, next Tuesday)

 

[turboflame]

S3 integrated
Nvidia MX4000 128MB (hurr)
ATI 9600se 128MB
ATI X1600pro 256MB
Nvidia 7600GT 256MB
ATI HD3850 512MB

 

[tsd16]

Matrox Mystique (dont remember specifics)
3dfx Voodoo 3 16mb
GF 2 GT 32mb (pretty sure thats what it was, 2000 seems so long ago.
GF4 TI 4200 (at this point I have a better memory)
GF 6800GT 256 agp
ATI Radeon HD2600 (last ditch effort to upgrade aging p4 platform) after reformatting and 2 different cards, a new PSU, I couldnt get the a driver that worked right, wierd texture issues, like the mapping was off, on every game) ultimately returned
GF 7800gs sad thing is I never really got any use out of it, this PC ended up going to my gf as I said screw it and built a new PC, after rocking my frankenstein PC that was just upgraded and hodgepodged from pc's that were given to me over an 8 year period. As of january 2008, one of the HDD's in it was from 1998 (recently died the other day as my girlfriend wondered why her pc was clicking and freezing, that thing lasted 11 years, what a hard drive)
GF 8800GT 512 (G92)
GF 9800GTX + 512 (freebie to me, included it in the cost of a system I built for my mom gave her my 8800gt kept the 9800gtx+ not that she would ever even utilize the 8800gt)

I intend to try ATI again in the future, perhaps with my latest planned build, but that experience still sits in my mind. Never once did I have an issue like that with an nvidia card.

 

[rescawen]

ATI x600 -> ATi 3870x2 top im only 14 missed alot of fun _

 

[illyan]

FX 5200 256MB -> FX 5500 256MB -> x1950PRO 256MB -> 8800GT 512MB -> 4870 1GB

I've also aquired a few other cards that weren't used in my main system: Matrox G200, x700 256MB, 7300GT 256MB, 7650GS 256MB, HD2600XT 256MB, and a broken 7600GT 256MB.