Video card History

voodoo 3 (pci) (sold it a long time ago)
geforce 3 (agp) (still runs in my moms old ass pc back home)
geforce 5750 (pci-e) (had it for like maybe a month and then steped up using EVGA to the 6600gt)
geforce 6600gt (pci-e) (died on me a week ago, one of the ram modules went bad)
geforce 7600gt (pci-e) (just got it 3 days ago)
 
Diamond Stealth Mach 64 (Unknown) 1mb VLB
Cirrus Logic (Unknown) 2mb PCI
Diamond Stealth 2000 4mb PCI (S3 Virge DX)
Diamond Monster 3D II 8mb PCI (Voodoo 2)
Diamond Monster Fusion 16mb PCI (Voodoo Banshee)
Hercules GeForce 2 MX 32mb AGP
Asus GeForce 2 GTS 32mb AGP
MSI GeForce 4 Ti 4200 64mb AGP
ATI Radeon 9500 @ 9700 "L" Series 128mb AGP
PNY Geforce 6800 128mb AGP
eVGA e-GeForce 7800GT 256mb PCI-E
 
Trident 1mb
S3 Virge
Diamond Monster 3d
Diamond Monster 3d II
Voodoo 2000 pci
Ati Radeon 64mb ddr
Ati Radeon 7500 AIW
Ati Radeon 8500 pro
Geforce 4 MX 440
Geforce 4 4200
Ati Radeon 9700pro
Ati Radeon 9800pro
Ati Radeon 9800xt
 
Radeon 8500
Radeon 9500 pro
Radeon 9800 pro
and on the way...

Geforce 7800gs

still on the agp
 
Diamond 3d
Monster3D (Voodoo 1)
Monster3d 2 (voodoo 2)
TnT 2
Geforce 3
Geforce 5900 FX
Geforce 7800 GTX
Geforce 7800 GTX 512
Geforce 7800 GT
X1900XT
Geforce 7900 GTX (in future)
 
an Amiga 1200 with 2MB combined system and video ram :eek:
S3 1MB
geforce 1 32mb DDR VIVO
geforce 128MB 4600Ti VIVO
geforce 256MB 6800gt

And all of my gf cards are still in use, talk about getting my money's worth.

and like the others have said hopefully a 7900gt or gtx soon :)
 
Diamond Monster 3D II Voodoo 2
ATI Rage Fury 128 32mb
ATI Rage Fury MAXX 64mb
VisionTek GeForce3
EVGA Geforce FX5900SE

Current Card:

EVGA Geforce 7600GT
 
>ISA>
Trident 512k (maybe even 1mb, can't remember)
>PCI>
S3 Trio
Riva 128
On-board SiS crapola
TNT 2 (for Quake 3)
Voodoo 3 3000 (TNT2 was too slow)
>AGP>
GeForce DDR
Radeon 64 DDR (only while the above was being RMA'd)
GeForce 3 Ti200
GeForce 4 Ti4400
Radeon 9700
EDIT: GeForce FX5200 (in my second box)
GeForce 6800GT
>PCI-E>
GeForce 7800GTX
Radeon X1900XT

EDIT: I know where all the AGP cards and onward (except the Radeon 64, which I got a refund on) are installed too! I had a 3DLabs Oxygen GVX1 for a time, but I can't remember where it slots into the picture (around the GeForce3 period I think). HUGE card, longer than the mobo it was installed in. Quickly sold for a tidy profit, as it's not exactly the kind of card you can run games on.
 
ATI 7500
Ati 9200
Nvidia 5200 256mb
Ati 9600xt
Nvidia 6600gt
Ati 800xl
Ati 850pro
Nvidia 5200 128mb (I had to sell my x850 cuz I was strapped for cash).. im upgrading to pci express soon anyways.
 
My list is pretty short

S3 Trio64 (1 MB super-pimpy version)

Integrated ATI Rage Pro Turbo (4MB)

Elsa Erazor X (32 MB nVidia GeForce256 SDR)

Sapphire Radeon 9600 (256MB Bastard horrible version)
VisionTek Radeon 9200SE (In my HTPC. Not a bad card if ATI's TV out didn't suck)

PNY GeForce 6600GT

XFX GeForce 6800GT
 
heres mine:

1) 64K CGA on an old IBM 80286
2) too many 256K and 512K cirrus logics to remember
3) My first "real" accelerator was a voodoo 2 12MB attached to a 8MB Diamond Viper (PCI accelerator!)
4)First AGP: 8MB Intel noname (ran Triple Play 96 perfectly though!)
5) TNT 2 16MB (back to PCI!!) - i thought 16MB was faster than 8MB AGP bc of memory (I was only 14!)
6) Gainward Geforce 2 MX 200
7) BFG Geforce 4 TI 4200 (died - replaced by 8 w/ extended warranty)
8) BFG Geforce FX 5900 XT-OC (dies - replaced by 9)
9) Another BFG Geforce FX 5900 XT-OC (died yet again - i think my AGP port sucked bc it killed 3 cards over a 2 year span) - finally replaced by 11
10) Used Gainward Geforce 6600 from ebay - temp (I needed a BF2 fix and I had no card for a month waiting for warranty)
11) BFG 6800 OC AGP (in sig)

Basically, all I can say is that BFG has THE BEST warranty in teh world! I bought a $90 ti 4200 in 2002 and it has turned into 2 upgrades since then for free.

There's my history
 
Hmm, let's see....

Radeon 32mb DDR
Power Color Radeon 8500 LE
Radeon 9800XT
GeForce 6800 128mb
GeForce Go 7800 GTX
 
Radeon 9000 64mb-came with my first computer I ever bought for gaming 3-4 yrs ago Yay emachines ;)

Radeon 9600se- Bought it for 130 dollars thinking it was a good deal. Then I was completly oblivious to pipelines and ram speed and all that. But I knew something was wrong when my "upgrade" gave me the same performance in Halo as my 9000. Thus my studying began.

Nvidia 6800nu 128 agp- Great card, got it for about 180 bucks back in summer.

Leadtek 6800gt 256mb agp - Yeah, this card was great untill about 2 weeks later it shit itself while I was playing quake 4 the day it cam out. I went to rma but they didn't have anymore so zipzoom gave me a full refund. I put it towards....

Evga 7800gtx- Bought this because I got it for 450 with a evga sli mobo for free and bf2. Awesome card. Sold it to my roomate for 380 when 7900 gtx hit.

PNY 7900gtx- So far its been awesome. I got mine the monday after they came out. I went with the PNY card because it was 479.99 shippedat monarch. Funny thing is the very next day after I place my order they went to 520. No idea what they are seling for now.

Now I am just waiting for that second tax return check so I can get that 4200+ x2 because I know that my 3000+ is definatly choking my 7900gtx.

Ok i'm done rambling on, to much caffeine makes me type too much :p
 
Some really cheap 1 or 4mb card. Probably a trio.
Viper TNT 16mb
Monster 3D II (voodoo 2) x2
GeForce 256 SDR 32mb
GeForce 4 TI4400 128mb
Radeon VE (HTPC) 64mb
Nvidia 6600 GT
Current - Radeon 9200SE (HTPC)
Current - 7800 GTX 256mb

And that is where I'll stay until the DX10 cards come out and some games take advantage. My TI4400 lasted me 3 years, and I'm hoping the 7800 is similar. Almost 1 year down. :D
 
Let's see:

TNT2
RagePro 128
MX420
AIW 7500
GF4 Ti4200
5200 PCI (Cheap card for an old desktop that lost its integrated card)
ATi 9500 Pro
ATi 9800XT
6800gt
7800gt

All but the first 3 are still in service and goin strong. :D
 
Original 3DFX VooDoo
GeForce 256
GeForce 2 MX
GeForce 2 GTS
GeForce 4 MX 4400
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GeForce 7900 GTX
NVidia fan for life! :)
 
TNT2
Geforce 2
Geforce 3 ti 200
Geforce 4 ti 4600 (what ever the best one was)
ati 9800pro
X800XL
I switched because of my horrible experience with the 400.00 ti4600 was very happy with the 9800pro now I am happy with my X800XL
 
3dfx STB Blackmagic 3D (12 MB) PCI
3dfx voodoo 3 pci
Creative GeForce DDR
nvidia geforce mxsomething
ATI radeon 8500
ATI radeon 9550

i remember being so amazed to play a game without giant pixels in my face from software rendering. 3dfx was a 13 year old's wildest dream

i played Reader Rabbit on my 286, i wonder what card that had
 
Update.

Ati 7500 pci 64mb
Ati 9200 128mb
Nvidia 5200 oc 256mb
Ati 9600xt
Nvidia 6600gt
Nvidia 6800
Ati x800xl
Ati x850pro
Nvidia 5200 128mb (when I sold my pro, I was strapped for cash)
Ati x850xt PCI-E (made the upgrade.. its sitting in my POBOX as I speak).
 
3dfx Voodoo3 - 1998, put in a 333 Mhz Compaq so I could LAN
ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder - 2000, used in first comp I built, piece of $*#@ burned out on me after only 3 months so I went back to the Voodoo3
GeForce2 MX Max - 2001, eventually replaced the Voodoo3 when I went off to college
GeForce4 MX 440 - 2002, probably my favorite card, played anything and everything on it
GeForce FX 5500 - 2005, work great for CS:S and CoD, sold just a couple of months ago
GeForce 6800 GS - will be ordering very soon, still using AGP
 
Diamond 4mb (some card i forgot)
ATI Rage LT Pro 8mb
Voodoo 2 12mb (never did sli either)
Sis Savage4 32mb
nVidia GeForce 4 Ti4400 128mb
nVidia GeForce 4 Ti4800 (traded w/ a friend)
nVidia GeForce 2 MX (sold the good parts out of my desktop to go mobile and got this in the deal)
Radeon Mobility 9700 128mb (surprisingly, it out performs my Ti4800... was an upgrade to laptop)
Geforce 6100 256mb(onboard and shared memory, pos thing for gaming)

Still looking for a good video card. May land myself an eVGA Geforce 7800 GT CO
 
0.5meg Trident (man was that ever painful!)
12meg 3Dfx VoodooII/8Meg Ati Millenium AGP
16meg Hercules TNT
32meg Asus GeForce V6600
32Meg Creative GeForce 2 GTS
64meg Hercules GeForce 3
128meg Sapphire 9800Pro
128meg Leadtek 6800NU
256meg BBA X800XT-PE
Possibly a 7900gtx or wait for a dx10 card
 
deep breath..

some 8bit card on my 8080
Cirrus Logic (1mb) vesa-local bus
Diamond Stealth (2mb) vesa-local bus
Trio64 (S3 2mb) pci (my first pci video card.. wooo!)
Voodoo 1 (3dFX 2mb) 3D accellerator (add on) pci (one of my favorite cards evAR!)
Diamond Viper330 (NV Riva128 4mb) agp (1st card to bridge the 2d/3d gap for me)
STB Velocity 4400 (NV Riva TNT16mb) agp
STB Velocity 4400 (NV Riva TNT2 16mb) agp (had this card for a long time.. years?)
eVGA GeForce2 MX (NV 64mb) agp
eVGA GeForce2 GTS (NV 64mb) agp (I still have this one.. in my linux rig)
MSI GeForce4 ti4200 (NV 128mb) agp
Abatron GeForce4 ti4400 (NV 128mb) agp (had for one day, card was bad, rma)
Sparcle 9700 Pro (ATi 128mb) agp (had this card for two years... great card!!)
PNY 6600GT (NV 128mb) agp (still have this card in my util rig)
PNY 6800GT (NV nv40 256mb) agp
MSI 6800GT (NV nv40 256mb) pci-e (my first pci-e cards, two in SLI)
BFG 7800GTX (NV g70 256mb) pci-e (two cards in SLI)
XFX 7900GT (NV g71 256mb) pci-e (two in SLI, current bad-ass mofo cards... in gaming rig)

and will be growing I am sure. :)
 
Goat65 said:
Original 3DFX VooDoo
GeForce 256
GeForce 2 MX
GeForce 2 GTS
GeForce 4 MX 4400
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GeForce 7900 GTX
NVidia fan for life! :)
Click to expand...
That 7900 must have been a huge jump. You'd barely upgraded since the GTS.
 
CGA video card
VGA video card
trident 9750
Riva TNT
voodoo banshee
voodoo 2 sli 8meg
voodoo 3
voodoo 5500
radeon 64meg vivo
geforce 2 mx
Radeon 8500
Radeon 9500 NP unlocked
Radeon 9700 pro
Radeon 9800 pro
geforce 6600

Now I own onboard s3 video card on my laptop.

Waiting a few months to build a gaming rig.
 
tnt2 8mb
fx5200 128mb
fx5700le 256mb
6600gt 128mb(current)
I also had an x800xl for about a day when my 6600gt was acting up and I though it died.
 
Lets see what I can remember...

AGP Geforce 4 MX (in old HP)
AGP 9000PRO (Upgraded HP)
PCI 5200FX (In new sony, no agp :mad: )
AGP 5200FX (in new ABS)
AGP 9800PRO (upgraded ABS, huge leap) -still in comp at my house
AGP X800XT AIW (Custom built) -still in comp at my house
PCI-E X1900XTX (custom built, my new comp) -still in comp at my house
 
Im only 15 years old but...

Some shit I cant remember from when I was like 9 -> Voodoo 3 -> Geforce 2 MX -> Geforce 4 Ti4400 -> Geforce FX 5600 -> Geforce 6800GT -> Geforce 7800GTX x2

Never bought ATI, never will :)
 
Onboard 286 Video
Onboard 486 Video
Generic Oak
cirrus logic 2mb
Trident 2mb VLB
Trident 2mb
Rendition Verite V1000
Rendition Verite v2000
PowerVr PCX2
Intel I740
Intel I810
MpACT Media Accelerator
Voodoo 1
Voodoo 2
Voodoo 3 2000
Voodoo 3 3000
Voodoo Banshee
Voodoo Rush
Number Nine: Ticket To Ride Revolution IV
ATi Rage PRO
ATi Rage Fury
ATi Radeon SDR
ATi Radeon 7500
ATi Radeon 9200
ATi Radeon 9500 Mod
ATi Radeon 9600
Nvidia Riva 128
Nvidia NV1
Nvidia Riva 128zx
Nvidia Riva TNT
Nvidia Riva TNT2 Ultra (my fav)
Nvidia GeForce 256 SDR
Nvidia GeForce 2 MX
Nvidia GeForce 2 PRO
Nvidia GeForce 4 MX
Nvidia GeForce 3
Nvidia GeForceFX 5600 Ultra
Nvidia GeForce 6800 NU.
Nvidia Geforce 6800GT
Nvidia Geforce 7900GT
S3 Trio3d
S3 Trio64
S3 ViRGE
S3 Savage3d
S3 Savage4
S3 Savage 2000.
Hercules 9800 PRO

Do I win? I tried almost everything ;)
 
Bunch of older cards on 286-386-486.

Voodoo 3000 16MB
Orginal Radeon 64MB VIVO
Radeon 8500
Geforce 4 TI4600
Radeon 9800Pro
Geforce 6800GT
Geforce 7800GT SLI
Geforce 7900GT

Also picked up a 7800GS for my Wifes AGP system. However thats getting stepped up to another 7900GT. Since I moving the 7800GT SLI to her system.
 
Trident 2mb upgraded to 4mb.
TNT 2 M64
Radeon 9500 NP
Radeon 9800 AIW PRO

Wont be a next card until DX10 card become cheaper in like 2 years? :(
 
Let's see...

Trident 4MB Software card
Permedia2 OpenGL/D3D
Voodoo Rush
Voodoo Banshee
Voodoo2
Voodoo3 3500 TV in almost perfect condition still (included in pic and works :D)
Geforce 3 Ti200 (doesn't work and included in pic but overclocked like crazy, 265/560 from 175/400)
Geforce4 Ti4400 (it was PNY and died after two weeks from memory corruption)
Geforce4 Ti4600 (gainward and also died after about a month with 3 rmas)
ATI Radeon X800Pro (that i'm still using and worked flawlessly for the past two years)

I've had just plain BAD luck with all my Nvidia cards. I really don't know what the hell happened but they've all sucked really bad. I think my next card may be an ATI but i'm not ruling out one of those 7900GT's right now :D.

Forgot to upload my pic.. haha
voodoo3_and_GF3_Ti200.JPG
 
1988

working for an electronics company in Silicon Valley, we were still doing drafting on vellum, i felt like i was being left behind.

went and got a job with a local consultant who does finite element analysis. very talented person with a big backlog, gave me a program named "Aries" to play with. full-blown 3D solid-modelling - on a 286 !

we paid $500 a meg for each of 10 MB of RAM.

the video card was $4000. it was ISA bus.

. . .

2005

got an Asus X850XT. PCI-express.
 
Wow.. incredible guys. Mine as follows:

Some onboard monochrome crap
Onboard 286
Cirrus Logic 5426 VLB
1MBCirrus Logic 5426 VLB 1MB on a 386 SX/16, with TURBO!!!
Onboard 486, dont remember that video adapter
Trident 4MB Software card
Voodoo 2
Voodoo 2 #2 (SLI BABY!!!)
Voodoo 3 2000
ATi Rage Fury
nVidia GeForce 256 (wow)
nVidia Geforce 2 GTS
nVidia Geforce 3 Ti 500
ATi Radeon 7500 (Was very unhappy with that one... sigh driver vs. hardware issues)
nVidia Geforce 4600 Ti
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro (Incredible card, but couldnt handle a morons attempt at O/C'ing)
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro (Replacement for above issue)
nVidia 6800 GT
nVidia 7800 GT
 
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