evolution of video cards for you

Some generic 4mb deal at Sam's.

Voodoo Bashee

Voodoo 2

TNT2

Savage 3D (remember what it promised to do to Unreal Tournament?)

Something goes here-can't remember exactly

GeForce 2 something

GeForce 4 mx 400

GeForce 4 Ti 4600 (?)

Radeon 9700 pro

Radeon 9800pro

GeForce 6800 GT
 
7th grade - Jaton something useless
8th grade - Voodoo Rush
9th grade Fall - Riva TNT
9th grade Winter - + 2 Voodoo 2s
11th grade Fall - Geforce 2 MX
12th grade WInter - Radeon 8500
1 month before Freshman college - Radeon 7000
Freshman year beginning - Radeon 9700 Pro
Freshman year Spring - Radeon 9800 Pro
Summer after Sophomore year - X800 Pro VIVO

Came into some money, looking at X850XT PEs now...
 
Here is my order. I've also listed the CPUs they were paired with.

Onboard Video (386sx)

Matrox Millenium (Pentium Pro 200)

nVidia TNT (Pentium Pro 200)

nVidia GeForce 2 Pro (T-Bird 900)

ATI 9700np ([email protected]) & ATI 9600XT (2500+)

nVidia 6800GT (A64 3400+)
 
I had an S3Virge that had 2 mb 'eh >> nVidia RIVA TNT 2 with 32 mb >> An ATI Radeon 9000 PRO from Gigabyte (300/600 oc'ed heh) >> nVidia 6600GT from Leadtek :D
 
CGA (Unknown)
ATI VGA Wonder 512k ISA
Trident TVGA 8500 1MB ISA
Diamond Speedstar Pro 1MB VLB
S3 Trio64 PCI, Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM, ATI Graphics Pro Turbo PCI, Matrox Mystique (all with 3dfx Voodoo)
Diamond Viper V330 (move to AGP), +Voodoo2
ATI Rage Fury
Creative TNT2 Ultra
MSI TNT2 Pro
Leadtek Geforce2 MX
Visiontek Geforce3 Ti200
Sapphire Radeon 9700
PNY Geforce 6800NU

Are we having fun yet? :D
 
ATI mach64 -> Voodoo1 6MB -> Voodoo 3 3000 AGP -> Geforce256 DDR -> Voodoo 5 5500 AGP -> Radeon 64MB ViVo -> Geforce3 Ti500 -> Radeon 9700 Pro -> Radeon X800XT :eek:
 
Commodore 64 - VIC II ->
Craptastic intergrated gateway ->
Viper V550 ->
Creative Geforce 2 GTS ->
BFG Geforce 4 4200 ->
Creative Geforce 2 GTS ->
BFG Geforce 4 4200 ->
Creative Geforce 2 GTS

not a copy and paste error
 
Apple 2c+ (16 colors low res, 6 hi-res, tv monitor adapter needed) Aliens, Castle Wolfenstein, SubHunt
286 12Mhz some EGA card (16 colors, 640x480) Kings Quest, Leisure Suit Larry
386 25Mhz Trident VGA 256k Wing Commander, Space Quest
486DX2 50Mhz 1MB VESA local bus Doom
PPro150 Matrox Millenium 2MB - upgraded to 4MB more Doom
PPro150 Canopus Pure3D Voodoo 1 6MB Quake
PPro150 S3 Savage3D 32MB Quake II, Half Life, Unreal
Athlon 1.4 3D Prophet Kyro II 64MB Quake 3
Athlon XP 2500+ Geforce 6800 128MB Half Life 2


That last jump was the most satisfying since my Pure3D.

Monty
 
tnt2 32 came with vaio
gf3 4200 64 meg
9800pro 128 meg
x800pro xt pe flash 256 meg
 
some generic pci video card with an unkown amount of RAM.
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gForce 4 MX 440-SE <back when i was a complete n0b and thought SE was good :(
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sapphire 9600
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saw a better deal on a gecube 9600pro and RMA the sapphire (still a n00b)
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6600gt agp/6800 vanilla when prices drop
 
My history:

(1) 1mb onboard video on an Intel Aladdin mobo (NEC Ready 9510), 1995, sitting in garage
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(2) nVIDIA TNT2 32MB PCI (bought off e-bay, gave to girlfriend's old computer)
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(3) ATI Radeon 7000 VE AGP (in mom's computer :) )
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(4) PNY GeForce 4 Ti-4200 AGP (sold to friend)
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(5) ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB AGP (sold to HardOCP member)
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(6) BFG 6800GT 256MB AGP (flashed since day one in July 2004 and still kicking)
 
Forgot what was in my 1995 NEC but it was sweet in the day-->integrated-->9600 onboard with mobo (laptop) OCs really well--> 9600XT Oced to 570/308
 
whatever the hell came in my Hewlett Packard in 1999 ---> chaintech gf4 4400ti (new homemade rig 3 yrs ago)

my wish list is quite lavish.
 
Intel "Extreme" Integrated Graphics on a Celery 400
Ge Force 4 MX420
Ge Force FX 5200
Sapphire 9800 Pro
BFG Ge Force 6800 GT
 
S3 virge
Voodoo 3 16mb agp
ATI Radeon 8500 128mb
Geforce 6800 GT 256mb

wow..I didn't even realize I upgraded so infrequently. haha I wonder when I'll upgrade from my GT.

ooo and I haven't even had two video cards from the same company..interesting
 
2nd Grade: Something integraded in a Crapaq
6th Grade: Riva TNT
9th Grade:GeForce4 Ti 4200 64meg? i think
11th Grade: Geforce 5700 Ultra 256meg
11th Grade: Asus Radeon 9800XT 256meg
12th Grade: X800XT PE 256meg *present day*
 
generic 4mb trident

nvidia tnt 1

voodoo 5 5500

gf3 (origional)

onboard gf2mx (nforce 1 board)

quadro 4 700xgl

PRESENT
dual 6600gt's in sli
(back to the oldskool voodoo5 days)
 
1. I have know idea what was on my Tandy 1000 TX I'm sure it was in the low K/B range (Damn I'm gettin old lol)
2. TNT 16 MB
3. GF2 MX 32 M/B
4. GF3 TI 500 64 M/B
5. GF4 TI 4200 128 M/B
6. GF 5900XT 128 M/B
7. GF 6800GT 256 M/B
 
Mine is as follow :

1- ATi Pro Turbo Mach64 2mb (came with first PC, 9 years ago :rolleyes: )
2- Matrox Mystique 4mb
3- Diamond Viper V330 4mb PCI & Canopus Pure3D 6mb
4- Matrox Mystique G200 8mb AGP & Wicked3D Voodoo2 SLI (2 X 12mb)
5- Matrox Millenium G400 DH 16mb (on another machine)
6- Asus AGP-V6800 Pure 32mb
7- Asus AGP-V7700 Pure 32mb
8- Hercules 3D Prophet III 64mb
9- ATi Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb
10- ATi 9800 Pro 128mb -> stuck here for now :(

This is my very own "graphic history".

Para
 
Geeze... put me into the "I feel old" crowd...

Apple ][e
some generic WesternDigital vga card (386sx-16)
upgrade to 512k Oak vga card (more memory for higher resolution and more colors for those swimsuit pics off of BBSes @2400bps :D :eek: )
2MB S3 Trio64 (yay real computer P133)
4mb Monster Voodoo
3dfx Voodoo Banshee
3dfx Voodoo3 3000
ATI Radeon 8500 128mb (great card)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

I've also had some misc cards here and there for other machines.. the above is what has been in my primary rig at different times.
I still remember what a PITA it was figuring out where to put all those miniGL dlls for the Voodoo and Banshee.
 
Intel on board
geforce 2
ATI Radeon 9200
ATI Radeon X800Pro
ATI Radeon X800XT

From the gefoce 2 to the 9200 was AMAZING but nothing compared to the 9200 to the X800Pro
 
ca 1995 some Diamond Stealth with either 4 or 8MB

1999 Geforce 256

ca 2001 Geforce 4 Ti4200

2004 Geforce 6800nu and 9800pro
 
Lets see...

Voodoo3 3000 (16mb PCI card)
PNY Nvidia Geforce2 MX (32mb PCI also)
Gainward (not sure) Geforce2 TI (64mb... it seemed cool at the time, ok?!)
MSI Nvidia Geforce 4200 TI (badass card, this is the first major jump in kickassdom)
ATI Radeon 9600XT (128mb card, my current card)


I wish I had something new though... maybe a 6600GT?
 
1. no idea...something integrated
2. 2MB trident 9680 PCI
3. 1MB Intel integrated
4. S3 ProSavage 8 integrated
5. Geforce 4 MX integrated
6. PNY Geforce 6800
 
sinclair zx80- unknown
tandy trs-80 series iii color computer- unknown
commodore amiga 1000- unknown
dramen professional systems 80386sx workstation- unknown, presumed a voodoo of some sort
packard bell legend 402cd- integrated graphics IIRC
hewlett packard pavillion (unknown model)- integrated graphics
the Craptacular Lappy (toshiba satellite 1415-s173)- nvidia geforce4 mx420 go
emachines (unknown model)- integrated graphics
the Silver Shoebox- sapphire ati radeon 9550
 
Here is my list

Cirrus Logic 5354 (I think)
ARK Logic 1000pv
sis 6326
Voodoo 2
Voodoo Banshee
Savage 4
TNT 2 Ultra
Geforce 2 MX
Geforce 2 GTS
Matrox G400 MAX
Geforce 3 ti200
Radeon 8500
Geforce 4 ti4200
Radeon 9500 256bit
Radeon 9800 Pro

Kind of weird, but I really liked my savage 4 back in the days, lol
 
1.intergrated voodoo 3 2000
2.pine geforce 2 mx 440 64mb
3.abit geforce 4 ti4200@4400 OTES 64mb
4.saphire radeon 9800 pro 128mb
6.galaxy geforce 6800 gt 256mb
 
VooDoo 3 3500
VooDoo 5 5500
ATI 64 7000
ATI 9700 Pro
ATI 980 Pro
nVidia FX 5700
nVidia FX 5800 Ultra
ATI 9800 XT
GeForce 6800 GT OC
 
1) 1996 - 1mb S3 Virge
2) 1998 - 16mb VooDoo Banshee
3) 2000 - 16mb TNT Vanta, but that didn't last too long, one month later --> 32mb Geforce 2 GTS
4) 2002 - 64mb Radeon 8500
5) 2004 - 128mb Radeon 9800pro

Wow, it is kind of interesting when I look at that. It looks like I skipped the 8mb cards, although I have a cheap ATI 8mb Rage in my Laptop :)

I guess I am going to have to get a 256mb card next year...Damn you trends, you are never wrong ;)
 
here it is in chronological order..i don't remember the dates so i'm sorry :(

s3 virge

nvidia nv1 (came w/ my austin power100)

rendition verité

nvidia riva 128

voodoo2 8 megs in SLI!!!

tnt (w/ the voodoo 2)

tnt 2

geforce 1

geforce 2 mx

geforce 3

ati 8500 AiW

ati 9800 pro

current: 6800GT
 
First ever 3D card for me was a
1. Matrox M3D
I loved that thing to death. It played Quake 2 like butter and I played Counter-strike on it for at least 2 years.
The rest are as follows.

2. 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 PCI

3. 3dfx Voodoo 4 4500 AGP

4. ATi Radeon 64MB DDR VIVO

5. ATi Radeon 8500 64MB DDR

6. ATi Radeon 9800XT

Here are some pics.

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A Voodoo 5 5500 that I purchased from a pal after it was cool to have one.
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The original Radeon
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The 8500
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1) Cirrus Laguna 2mb
2) 3d Labs Permedia 4mb(Damn good card)
3) Riva TNT 16mb PCI
4) Geforce 2 mx 32 mb DDR
5) Geforce3 Ti200 64 mb
6) Geforce 6800 NU 128mb


Proud to have never owned an S3 card.
 
pre-3D (useful 3D, at least) era:
various 8-/16-bit ISA cards from 1989 - 1992 (ATI EGA Wonder was my first video card... i still have it, Oak, Trident, etc)
various VLB cards from 1992-1995 (Orchid, Trident, etc)
cheesy PCI video card 1996 (S3 ViRGE)

post-2D era:
Western Digital Paradise PCI w/Yamaha graphics chip (1996, still have it) ->
Diamond Stealth II S220 Rendition v2100 chip (1997) ->
various AGP V2200 cards (1998, Hercules, Inno3D, etc) ->
STB Velocity 128 ->
Voodoo1 (add on w/Riva128) ->
TNT1 ->
Voodoo 2 ->
Voodoo 2 SLI (1999) ->
TNT2 ->
Voodoo 3 1000 (OEM) ->
Voodoo 3 3000 ->
GeForce 256 ->
GeForce 2 GTS (2000) ->
Radeon 8500 (2001, horrible, horrible drivers :mad: ) ->
GF3 Ti200 ->
GF4 Ti4200 (2002) ->
Radeon 9700 ->
Radeon 9800 (2003) ->
FX 5900 ->
6800GT (2004) ->
6600GT ->
x700 Pro (not bad, just not nearly as fast as a 6600GT) ->
6600GT (2005)

... and a lot of junk in secondary/laptop systems (Trident, S3, virtually anything under $50, integrated, etc). I've had a lot more than that above in my main systems, but those are the cards I kept for at least a month.
 
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