Your GPU progression?

RAGE 128
GeForce 2 MX
GeForce Ti4200
Radeon 9800 Pro
6800GT
6800 Mobile
7800GTX Mobile
8800GTS (96 shaders)
8800GTS (128 shaders)
4870 512MB
GTX 295
5870
5850 x 2
5850
6950
7970
 
S3 virge
3dfx voodoo 1
nvidia riva 128
3dfx voodoo 2
nvidia geforce 2 mx
nvidia geforce 3 ti 200
ati 9700 pro
ati x800 pro
ati x1900xt
nvidia 8800gt
nvidia 260gtx
ati 5870
ati 7970
 
*** before 3d, had a range of tseng labs cards
Then...

3DFX Voodoo
Matrox Millenium (wow.. they could have been soooooo good in today's market !!!)
3DFX Voodoo 2 (in glorious SLI, before it was SLI)
3DFX Voodoo 3
Nvidia Riva TNT
Nvidia Geoforce 2 Pro
ATI Radeon 9700 pro
ATI Radeon 9800 pro
ATI Radeon 4890
Nvidia Geforce 4 ti4800
Nvidia Geforce 9800 GX2
Nvidia GTX285
Nvidia GTX580
Nvidia GTX680

I'm almost positive I missed one or two cards at least..think I had an 8800 something too.

Always been a Nvidia boy really, though the ATI 9700 pro was just so far ahead of everything when it came out it was just ridiculous.

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Radeon X850XT
Radeon X1650
Nvidia 8800GTS
Radeon 4870
Radeon 4450
Radeon 5450 1GB (x2 kids computers)
Radeon 6950 2GB (x2 one for me and the wife)

I always try to keep a decent gaming rig, and a few other PCs for the wife/kids, hence the lower end cards.
I'm tired of Radeon cards, figure my next move will be to team green. Need to get a IPS screen first though.
 
I'll just do the desktops I've owned.

GeForce MX 440 AGP 8x
ASUS 6600GT AGP 8x
EVGA 8800GTS 640mb
Radeon 5870M 1GB GDDR5
8600GTS 256mb
GTX285 1GB
Radeon 6870 1GB Cross Fire (current setup).
 
TNT2 M64
Geforce 3
Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Geforce 6600 GT
Geforce 7600 GS
Geforce 8800 GT
2X ATI 5770
ATI 5870
AMD 6950
ATI 5970
 
started in 2001

- ATI 32meg DDR (think thats what it was called)
- ATI 9600 Pro
- ATI 9800 Pro
- ATI X800XL
- ATI X1900XT (I paid $700 for this card when it came out :0)
- ATI 4870 1 gig
- ATI 5870
- Nvidia GTX 570 (never looked back)
- Nvidia GTX 680 Asus direct CUii Top (amazing!)

I kind of wish that I kept all of them now
 
Diamond monster 3d 4mb
Voodoo 2
voodoo 3 3500
8800 gts 640mb
ATI card.. forgot the model
XFX 6870
Geforce 670
 
3Dfx Voodoo Banshee 16MB
Geforce2 MX400 32MB
Radeon X300 SE 128MB
Geforce 6600GT 128MB
Radeon X800XL 256MB
Geforce 7800GT 256MB
Radeon X1800XT 512MB
Geforce 8800GTS 640MB
Geforce 8800GT 512MB
Radeon HD4870 512MB
Radeon HD5770 1GB
Geforce GTX460 1GB
Geforce GTX460 1GB SLI
Radeon HD7970 3GB
 
Intergraph intense3D Voodoo
Creative Voodoo 2 12MB w Diamond Viper V550 RIVA TNT 16MB
Creative GeForce2 GTS 32MB
Asus GeForce Ti4600 128MB
Evga 6800 GT 256MB
Evga 7800 GT 256MB
(2) BFG 7900 GTX 512MB in SLI
(2) HIS Radeon HD 4870 512MB in CrossFire
Asus Radeon HD 4890 1GB TOP model
XFX Radeon HD 5870 1GB XXX Edition
Asus Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Asus GTX670 2GB TOP model
 
For computers I have personally owned. Not family computers, etc.

ATI Riva 64? Seriously sucked... Whatever was just prior to the TNT. I returned it for the...
Matrox G200 (1998)
Gerfoce 2 GTS (2000)
Geforce 6600 (2005)
ATI Radeon x850 (???)
ATI Radeon HD 3850 (2007? - Present)

Is there anything I need better than a 3850 to play @ 1680x1050 resolution? I'm a year or two behind on games still, but catching up to modern games fairly quickly at present.
 
1. Cardex VL-Bus card
2. PCI card done by a company acquired by Philips in the mid 90s
3. ATI 3D Expression PC2TV
4. Voodoo 1
5. Riva TNT
6. Voodoo 3 2000
7. Voodoo 3 3000
8. Geforce 4 MX
9. Geforce 3 Ti
10. Geforce 6600
11. Geforce 8600
12. Geforce 9600
13. Radeon 5700

Updating this fall, Still leaning towards AMD but it depends on the mid range of Nvidia by then.
 
Late to the game + pretty tame.

First card ever was a 6600GT, then I bought a 7800GT when my nan gave me some cash, then a second hand 8800GTX and then finally a ATI HD5770.

Looking to upgrade to a 7970 when they come down to around £240.
 
I don't have a good memory on this...
most recently:
7800 GTX SLI
HD 6850
GTX 570
GTX 560 Ti
GTX 680
GTX 670

Currently all the way down to a HD 7770 Vapor X OC edition, but only because I've been playing less graphically intense games recently. Probably going to go back to a 670.
 
Voodoo 3
GeForce 5200
MSI 6600GT
EVGA 7900GTX
EVGA 8800GTS (Step up, still used in a different computer)
HIS 4890
MSI 7950
 
ATi 2900 PRO Crossfire
HD 4870X2
HD 7970 Crossfire

Back in the 90's i played on my parents Pentium 166mmx with a Voodoo1 4mb, good old days :D (Still have that card)

Have also gamed alot on my brother's MX440 and FX5200 back in the days.
 
VIC-II 320*200 16 colors (C64)
.
..
... way too many to list
....
Radeon 6970
 
ATI Rage LT Pro - some piece of crap our Compaq Presario came with
ATI Radeon 9700pro - 2003
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 - 2004
ATI Radeon X800XL AGP - 2005
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 - 2006
Nvidia 7600GS AGP - 2008
ATI Radeon HD 3450 AGP - 2009
AMD Radeon HD 7750 - 2012

Yeah, as you can see, I'm a bit of an ATI/AMD dude, but I'm not opposed to Nvidia. And also, as you can see I sat on the same computer from 2003 - 2012. Yep! Next GPU purchase will probably be a mid-range Kepler if Nvidia gets their heads out of their butts and give us some new damn midrange GPUs!
 
Monster Rage
ATI Vision Tek
5200 FX BFG Nvidia
ATI XT something
6600 PNY Nvidia
7600 PNY Nvidia
GT 240 XFX Nvidia
550 ti Nvidia

I had some more cards but they came with my old Dell setups no idea what I was running since 3-D was new back then.
 
Let me think...

EVGA 8500GT
PNY 9800GTX (bought at launch, ewww)
EVGA 9800GTX
PNY GTX280 (Added an Accelero Cooler) <- Last card I've purchased new
ASUS HD5870
XFX HD6950 (reference - 6970 BIOS mod)
XFX HD7970 Double D BE

All since 2007.
 
Does the STB Lightspeed 128 count as a GPU?
or the Antic and CTIA chips in an old Atari 800XL?
Or the Enhanced Chip Set of the Amiga computer (4096 colors...woot!).

Other than that ancient stuff, my first true graphics card was the 3dfx Voodoo card...still have in my basement just recently found it...After that, it gets fuzzy...
I know I had a
Radeon 9700 Pro
Geforce 6800GT

Radeon HD 4870
HD 6950
and latest is Nvidia GTX670 FTW

Not a graphics card, but just found a Yamaha DB50XG Waveblaster sound daughter-card. found it with that STB card and the Voodoo card. I need to go thru boxes more often :D
 
ATI 9800xt AGP
ATI HD2600xt AGP
ATI HD3850 AGP
9800GX2
GTX 280
GTX280 SLI
GTX280 Tri-SLI
GTX680
 
Oh wow, what a list. The ones I can actually remember, there are most I'm forgetting I'm sure. Possibly not in order especially on the older ones, my memory of them isn't good. Starting at AGP cards.


TNT2
Rage 128
Geforce 256
Geforce GTS
MX440
Radeon AIW 32MB
9200SE
... (more in here I can't remember)
FX5200
ATi X1300
ATi X1800 Pro?
...(stopped buying GPU's for a while)
8500GT
8600GT
8800GT SLI
9600GT
HD 4850 CF
GTX 260
GTX 260 core 216
GTX 285
HD5850 CF
HD 5870 CF
GTX 470
GTX 570
GTX 570 Tri-SLI
GTX 580 SLI
GTX 590
GT 210
GTS250
HD 6970 CF
HD 6990
GTX 570 (again)
GTX 460 SLI
HD 6870+6850 CF
GTX 670
HD 7970
GTX 670 SLI+GT520 Physx (current)
 
1998 - Canopus Pure 3D (3Dfx) 6MB (first discrete purchase)
2000 - ATI Mach 3D (integrated in first laptop)
2003 - GeForce MX 440 - 128MB (came with a Gateway)
2004 - ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB (returned as defective)
2004 - ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB (flashed to XT)
2006 - EVGA GeForce 7800GT 256 MB
2006 - EVGA GeForce 7900GT SSC 256MB (step-up from previous card)
2006 - ATI Radeon X1900XTX 256 MB (card was DOA and returned)
2006 - EVGA GeForce 7900GTO 512MB (free upgrade due to defects in the previous line)
2008 - EVGA GeForce 9600GT 512MB
2012 - AMD Radeon 6850 (card was DOA and returned)
2012 - EVGA GeForce GTX 560

In terms of modern cards I don't really favor one company over another. I made an ATI purchase that was defective, exchanged it and some more cash for a higher end card and flashed that. Then I made an NV purchase, which I stepped up to a defective series, and while arguing with EVGA I tried another ATI product that was DOA. Ended up getting a nice upgrade from EVGA to fix their screwup. Went EVGA again for 4 years on a 9600GT before trying ATI/AMD again. Another DOA card so I went with EVGA yet again.
 
Oaktech Warp5
Leadtek Geforce 256
Geforce 2 gts 32mb
Sapphire 9600 pro
Sapphire 9800 pro
ATI x1950 pro
EVGA 8800GTS 512mb
XFX 4870 1gb x2
Visiontek 6870 1gb
EVGA GTX670 2gb
 
1993: Diamond Stealth 24 1MB
1995: #9 GXE64 2MB
1997: Matrox Millenium 2MB
1999: 3DFX Voodoo2 12MB + Matrox Millenium 2MB
2001: Matrox G400 32MB
2003: Matrox Parhelia 128MB
2004: GeForce 5900 128MB
2005: GeForce 6800GT 256MB
2006: GeForce 7900GTX 512MB
2009: GeForce GTX260 216sp 896MB
2012: GeForce GTX680 4GB... SLI & Surround coming soon.

The main reason for the string NV cards was Linux drivers. Feb. '94, kernel 0.99pl14 - present. I've put a fair number of ATI boards into Windows-only builds for friends & family.
 
voodoo3 2000
Tnt2
geforce 2 gts
radeon 9550 pro
radeon 9800 pro
radeon 1950pro
radeon hd 4770 pro
next card probably 130 watts max i just don't wanna upgrade psu.
 
TNT2
GeForce2 MX
Ti4200
Ti4400
X800
7800GT
8800GTS (G80)
8800GTS (G92)
HD6850
560ti
GTX680

Only ever had one AMD card, which was bang for buck at the time, otherwise always been on the green team.
 
My first video card was an original 3DFX Voodoo and now I have a GTX 670. I started my PC gaming with Quake, but it was the original Unreal was the first game that made my jaw drop graphically.
 
S3 Virge
Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Geforce FX 5800 (RMA replacement for Geforce 4 Ti)
Geforce 7950 GT
Radeon HD 6950

personal favourites Geforce 4 Ti 4200 and HD 6950.
 
3dfx voodoo3 2000 pci
nvidia geforce 2 mx
ati 9600 pro
ati x800 gto
nvidia 8800gts 640mb
nvidia 8800gts 512mb
nvidia gtx 275
nvidia gtx 670 ftw
 
ATi Rage Pro
Geforce 3
Radeon 9600XT
Geforce 6800
Geforce 8600m GT
Radeon 4670m
Geforce 540m GT

Loved the ATi 9600XT for some reason.
 
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