I was on a v550 and skipped the expensive 256 and upgraded to a Guillemot (remember them?) GF2 pro, the one that could Oc to ultra specs.
Hell yeah, I was in Tribes on the Renegades_base mod. Played a million hours of that with some friends on a party line (spoiled kids these days with the many chat apps) and a cable modem on a certain Celeron 333 processor. Those were the days.
Damn that brings back memories. I know I had a GeForce256 made by a company that started with a "G". I was thinking Gainward or Guillemot. I remember working in EB back then and rocking the discounts from Voodoo, RivaTnT, and GeForce. The good ol days convincing people to buy the original Starcraft, Diablo, Tribes, Quake, and other shit.