I've been online gaming for the better part of the last 10 years. When I look back at all the money I've spent on video cards alone, it would probably fill a nice size swimming pool!
Riva 128 - My first Video card/gaming machine, AGP 1x and a 233mhz Intel MMX I believe rocking Quake with 4mb of memory on the card and I think 32mb of memory in my computer.
Riva TNT2 - think I wasted nearly a whole paycheck to get the first one at my local computer store, AGP 4x!! I had upgrade my motherboard and CPU as well, (I think it was a 400Mhz Intel, from my 333 Celeron! Who remembers O/Cing those!
GeForce 256 - ahh yes, the FIRST GeForce card and I got the first one my local computer shop got in the door. 32mb of memory and we we're in haven! I think it cost me nearly $400 but it was leaps and bounds ahead of everything else on the market and I got me one of those new Pentium2 450s as well.
GeForce 2MX400 - A nice step up, I didn't get the Ultra card, had a new baby and couldn't talk my wife into letting me have the ultra, (I informed her that it was a fair trade for my second son, which she didn't think was funny).
GeForce 3 Ti200 - Again couldn't quite flip the $500 for the Ti500 card. I think this was my first 1Ghz CPU as well as my first venture into Water Cooling.
GeForce ti4200 - Yes the 4800 was faster, but I O/Ced the piss outta mine!
GeForce 5600 Ultra - AGP 8x! This is about where the truly mid-stream cards started coming into play, Rocking an Athlon 64-754 2000+. My Dust Buster was quieter!
GeForce 6800 Ultra - This card was a beast and the fan on full was nearly as loud as a jet aircraft taking off. Cost me a pretty penny too, upwards of $600 if memory serves.
GeForce 7800 GT/SLI - First PCI-X cards and first venture into SLI, with a Athlon x2! All ran off ONE 550W power supply (imagine that)!
GeForce 8800GTS - Another monster of a card, never could get the fan working correctly though, this card still resides in my youngest son's machine.
GeForce 9800GTX - This card is still in my machine. Maybe its because I'm getting older or I just don't care anymore but I no longer HAVE to have the latest and greatest hardware or maybe its just because I'm too damn cheap
I'm still happy to see there's alot of people out there that have to have the latest/fastest stuff, (just send me your old shit and I'll be happy)
I've skipped a few generations of Nvidia cards now, I suppose I'll have to break down and buy a new one this Christmas. Hell, after all the money I've spent with Nvidia they should give me a free T-shirt or something?!
Riva 128 - My first Video card/gaming machine, AGP 1x and a 233mhz Intel MMX I believe rocking Quake with 4mb of memory on the card and I think 32mb of memory in my computer.
Riva TNT2 - think I wasted nearly a whole paycheck to get the first one at my local computer store, AGP 4x!! I had upgrade my motherboard and CPU as well, (I think it was a 400Mhz Intel, from my 333 Celeron! Who remembers O/Cing those!
GeForce 256 - ahh yes, the FIRST GeForce card and I got the first one my local computer shop got in the door. 32mb of memory and we we're in haven! I think it cost me nearly $400 but it was leaps and bounds ahead of everything else on the market and I got me one of those new Pentium2 450s as well.
GeForce 2MX400 - A nice step up, I didn't get the Ultra card, had a new baby and couldn't talk my wife into letting me have the ultra, (I informed her that it was a fair trade for my second son, which she didn't think was funny).
GeForce 3 Ti200 - Again couldn't quite flip the $500 for the Ti500 card. I think this was my first 1Ghz CPU as well as my first venture into Water Cooling.
GeForce ti4200 - Yes the 4800 was faster, but I O/Ced the piss outta mine!
GeForce 5600 Ultra - AGP 8x! This is about where the truly mid-stream cards started coming into play, Rocking an Athlon 64-754 2000+. My Dust Buster was quieter!
GeForce 6800 Ultra - This card was a beast and the fan on full was nearly as loud as a jet aircraft taking off. Cost me a pretty penny too, upwards of $600 if memory serves.
GeForce 7800 GT/SLI - First PCI-X cards and first venture into SLI, with a Athlon x2! All ran off ONE 550W power supply (imagine that)!
GeForce 8800GTS - Another monster of a card, never could get the fan working correctly though, this card still resides in my youngest son's machine.
GeForce 9800GTX - This card is still in my machine. Maybe its because I'm getting older or I just don't care anymore but I no longer HAVE to have the latest and greatest hardware or maybe its just because I'm too damn cheap
I'm still happy to see there's alot of people out there that have to have the latest/fastest stuff, (just send me your old shit and I'll be happy)
I've skipped a few generations of Nvidia cards now, I suppose I'll have to break down and buy a new one this Christmas. Hell, after all the money I've spent with Nvidia they should give me a free T-shirt or something?!