ITT: Your video card timeline

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1999 - Integrated Intel crap
2001 - Nvidia MX440-SE - 100$
2003? - 9800Pro --> XT - 200$?
2005? - Nvidia 6800Ultra 256MB - 300$
2008 - HIS HD 4850 512MB - 160$


oh wow just noticed the 4850 is about 5x faster then the 6800ultra at half the price.....................christ
 
Oh Goodie! Hmmm let's see

The 80's
Commodore 64
Commodore 128
Amiga 512 (the good old days)

The 90's
1 mb SVGA Card (no name)
4 MB ATI Graphics Xpression Mach 64
4 mb Matrox Mystique
4 mb Diamond 3dFX Voodoo 1 Card
8 mb Matrox Mystique 2
16 mb Creative Nvidia TNT
32 mb Diamond TNT 2

The 00's
32 mb Creative Nvidia GeForce 2 Ultra
64 mb Gainward GeForce 3 Ti 200
128 mb ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
128 mb ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
256 mb Sapphire ATI X800 XT
512 mb Sapphire ATI X1950 Pro (current card)
 
420go --> 6800GS --> 8800GS

Don't know any earlier than that.
 
aiw radeon pci, 7500 aiw agp, 9800pro aiw, x800xt aiw, x1950pro sapphire, 8800gts 640 evga, 4850 visiontek, and soon a 4870x2 :D
 
Onboard video (Free)
ati 9800pro ($250)
ati x800pro ($325)
his 1950pro ($299)
his + ati 1950pro + 1950pro xfire ($150)
evga 8800gtx ($550)
visiontek 4870x2 ($459)
his 4870x2 ($410)
 
-Whatever my computer had back in the day of Windows 98
New computer:
-ATI radeon 9200
-Nvidia Geforce 6200
Another new computer
-Onboard video
-Nvidia geforce 8800gt
 
Dang, Lantano is old :)

Lets see:
2000: Nvidia GeForce 420MX AGP (Free)
2002: ATI Radeon 9200SE ($85)
2003: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro ($75)
2005: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro ($90)
2007: Nvidia GeForce 7900GS ($120)
2008: Nvidia GeForce 8800GT ($160)
2009: We'll see :D

Yes 2002 to 2005 I made some stupid video card choices....
 
6-1-2005: Leadtek 6600GT (€ 157)
2-13-2006: EVGA 7800GT CO (€ 339) (DOA)
2-23-2006: EVGA 7800GT CO (replacement for RMA)
5-16-2006: EVGA 7900GTX (step-up, paid €222) (sort of DOA)
6-19-2006: EVGA 7900GTX (replacement for RMA) (current card)

And still I fear to buy a new card because I'm sick of broken hardware :p
But gaming at 800x600 (no way I'm gonna play 35 fps) sucks, so perhaps... I'l just wait for the GTX270.
 
1998-2005:integrated
2006-x1600 radeon
2007-hd 2600 pro
2008-8800GT
 
Oh damn I don't even remember back in the 90s had a tnt pci card, voodoo 2 first in the pci flavor then in agp... Some ati radeon aiw agp which was shiat. Geforce 5200 agp shiat. Geforce 6600 gt better, but still shiat, ati x1900gt awesome, overclocked well with aftermarket cooler lasted me a while, it was enough to crysis on low/medium. Current: 8800gts 320mb, :D
 
Can't remember the order, but 6800 is recent

XFX GeForce4 MX 440SE
3DFX Voodoo 3 3000
ATI Radeon 9200
XFX GeForce FX 5200
(Don't know the band, came with Dell) GeForce 6800
 
256kb VGA chip in a Tandy 2500SX YEAH BABY

1 mb SVGA Card (S3!!!) - upgraded to 2 MB - why? I didn't know better lol
4 mb Matrox Mystique
4 mb Diamond 3dFX Voodoo 1 Card <-- This was the first real graphics accelerator god it was beautiful playing Quake 1
12 mb Diamond 3dFX Voodoo 2 Card <-- Hall of Fame card there
16 mb Creative Nvidia TNT
32 mb Diamond Viper TNT 2
64 mb MadDog GeForce 2ti
256 mb Sapphire ATI X800 XL
640 mb EVGA 8800 GTS (G80) <-- First time I had a high end card really - got mine the week they were released
868 mb BFG 260GTX OCX (current card)
 
EDIT: forgot about my Apple II machine
Apple Centris 650 on board video card DP8534 2MB of video memory YEAH BOYEEE
4mb Diamond 3dFX Voodoo card
16mb Creative Nvidia TNT
64mb ATI Radeon 8500
512mb ATI Radeon x1900
256mb Nvidia Geforce go 6500 ( lappy )
868mb BFG 260GTX OCX
 
Cant remember back farther than this but:

Some S3 card
Voodoo 4 4500
7900gt
8800gt

I tend to not upgrade very often =]
 
ATi Rage Pro 4mb
9800XT
6800Ultra
7800GTX
X1900XT ( Died, returned to newegg for refund )
X1800XT
8800GT
HD4870 512mb
HD4870x2
 
2000 - integrated Unichrome poop
2001 - Voodoo5 5500 PCI
2003 - ATI 9600 Pro AGP
2003 - Nvidia 5900
2004 - ATI X800 XL
2006 - Nvidia 7800 GS AGP
2007 - Nvidia 8800 GTX
2008 - Nvidia GTX 260 OC'd

Actually think the most fun I had (out of all of them) was playing Diablo II on that integrated Windows 98 SE box I stuck the Voodoo5 5500 PCI in.
 
1993 - 1998 = Something really old, an 4meg something mobo intergrated upgrade to run SimCity 2000
1998 - early 2000 = Diamond Voodoo 2 Monster 8meg *best card i've ever owned, sold PSOne to purchase and play Jedi Knight 2 * $250
2000 - mid 2001 = Voodoo 3 Extreme *stupidiest vid card upgrade I ever did, just to run Diablo 2 better* $200
2001 - 2002 = Visiontek Geforce 3 64meg *First vid card purchase, made me feel like a king back in 2001* $399
2002 - late 2002 = Geforce 4 Ti4200 *desperate Wal-Mart purchase to run BF1942 smoother*$116
2003 - 2004 = Hercules 9800 Pro 128meg *First ATI card* $398
2004 late 2005 = BFG 6800GT *Needed to run Far Cry better and Doom 3* $432
2005 - 2008 = BFG 7800GTX *Say goodbye to AGP* $400+
2008 = EVGA GTX 260 $244

God damn, I spent alot of money on top tier vid cards, glad im not doing that shit anymore. Newegg has made alot of money off me over the years :rolleyes:
 
Packard Bell 486/SX IGP then replace w/ Trident 1mb SVGA

ATI Rage Pro (32mb I think) Maya 5.0 & Photoshop 5.0

Geforce2 MX

Intel IGP( P3 Prescott)

Geforce 7600 GT(Maya 7.0)

Quadro 1700 (Maya 8.5-2009 and Photoshop CS3/CS4) Current
 
hmm..

2006-XFX 7900 GS
2007-Sapphire X1900XT
2007-eVGA 7600 GT (temp card)
2007-Visiontek HD 3870
2008-eVGA 8800 GTX
2008-eVGA 9800 GTX (rma replacement from 8800)
 
Wow, its amazing to see the leaps and bounds since dedicated graphics has been on the seen. Kyle should write this up and digg it.
 
1989 - VLB Trio64 256k
1992 - PCI Trio64 512k
1993 - Ati Mach 32 1MB PCI
1994 - Turtle Beach something 2MB PCI
1994 - Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 S3 ViRGE 4MB PCI
1995 - Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo 4MB PCI + S3 ViRGE GX 4MB PCI card
1996 - Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo 4MB PCI + TNT 32MB PCI
1997 - Hercules 3D Prophet TNT2 64MB + Diamond Monster 3D II 12MB + Creative Hollywood DXR2 decoder ;) (that's right bitch, I had all 3!)
1998 - Diamond Voodoo3 3000 AGP 64MB
1999 - Hercules 3D Prophet Geforce 256MB DDR edition
2000 - Guillemot GeForce 2 64MB Ti450 Golden Sample AGP
2002 - BBAti Radeon 9200 128MB AGP
2003 - BBAti Radeon 9600XT 128MB
2004 - GeForceGo 5200 mobile (Dell laptop)
2004 - Sapphire Ati Radeon x800XT PE 256MB AGP
2004 - 2x Sapphire Ati Radeon x1950Pro 256MB in Crossfire
2005 - eVGA 8800GTS 320MB SC edition
2005 - 2x eVGA 8800GTS 320MB SC edition in SLI
2006 - eVGA 8800GTS 320MB SC edition (back to single card)
2006 - eVGA 8800GTX on water
2006 - sold rig, went to 4MB PCI card for 3 months
2007 - BBATi x1900XTX 512MB
2007 - 8800M GTX 512MB (Sager NP9262 laptop)
2008 - AMD 780G (HTPC)
2008 - eVGA 8800GTX
2008 - ASUS GTX260

This is not counting machines I have used for very short periods of times, cards that were borrowed from friends, used for testing/benching, or machines that I built/own, but do not use (other family members have/use/had them given to them). Oh, and I'm sure I probably missed about 6+ cards in there, maybe more.
 
TNT 2 Turbo
Geforce 2
Geforce 3 ti 500
Radeon 9500 Pro
6800 Ultra OC
Radeon 3870

Next up 4850 or GTX 260 soon
 
8MB nVIDA Vanta
32MB TNT (nVIDIA)
Gforce2
Gforce 4 TI4200
9700 Pro/9600 pro (2 rigs)
X800XL/X800XT AIW (2 rigs)
X1900XT/7950GT (2 rigs)
8800GTS 320MB (returned after 3 months)
2X 8800GT SLI 512MB (sold rigs)
9600GT/ XFX 260GTX (2 rigs again)
 
Some 1mb integrated intel GPU on my P3 board, I think it was a RageXL

ATi Radeon 7000 PCI (ZOMG It could play digital paintball eXTREME)

GeForce Ti4200 (I could play BF1942, I was happy)

GeForce 6600GT AGP model (Nooo agp was dying!)

GeForce 6800GS (This thing was FAST at the time)

GeForce 7900GS ( Zomg. 100 bucks on clearance!)

Current (ATi 4850) Pwnage. I play FO3 on all highest settings!
 
List quoted from a thread I posted in a few weeks ago:

mlaine said:
1988: Tecmar 256 kB VGA ISA
1990: Boca Research 512 kB SVGA ISA
1992: Diamond Stealth 32 1 MB VLB (ET4000/W32)
1994: Diamond Stealth 64 2 MB PCI (S3 Vision 964)
1996: added 3D card: Orchid Righteous (Voodoo1) 4 MB PCI
1997: Matrox Millenium 4 MB PCI + Orchid Righteous
1998/1: Replaced Orchid with Creative Labs Voodoo2 8 MB PCI
1998/2: Matrox G200 8 MB AGP
1998/3: Creative Labs Riva TNT 16 MB AGP
1999: Creative Labs Riva TNT2 Ultra 16 MB AGP
2000/1: Creative Labs GeForce 256 DDR 32 MB AGP
2000/2: Creative Labs GeForce 2 Pro 32 MB AGP
2001: Hercules GeForce 3 64 MB AGP
2002: PNY GeForce 4 Ti4600 128 MB AGP
2003: Club 3D Radeon 9700 128 MB AGP
2004: Connect 3D Radeon X800 XT PE 256 MB AGP
2006/1: Connect 3D Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB PCI-E
2006/2: Gainward GeForce 7950GX2 2x256 MB PCI-E (why did I ever buy this:rolleyes:)
2006/3: Gainward GeForce 8800GTX 768 MB PCI-E
2008/1: XFX GeForce 9800GX2 2x512 MB PCI-E (didn't learn my lesson with 7950GX2:rolleyes:)
2008/2: Asus GeForce 280 GTX 1024 MB PCI-E
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