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Mine was the 780ti.
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You're missing a zero, they were $2,000 according the Toms Hardware review I just glanced at a few moments ago.I think those cards went for around $200 thats been 16 years ago i think, i was 11. Damn....
I bit the Quad SLI bullet with two GTX 295s in 2009. That was painful.
But I used them until 2014 with good results.
The GeForce2 GTS came out at $400 USD around the time of the Voodoo 5 5500.Think I paid $550.00 CAD for my Vioodoo5 and then I went and bought whatever Nvidia was selling at the time and think that was also $550.00 CAD. I had two 5850s for a while so that is probably the most I have spent on video for one computer, think first one was $500.00 CAD but got the second one much later for $300.00, so $800.00 CAD total. Now, I would never spend more than $500.00 on a single video card, that is the limit I have set and I can afford $1,000.00 if I want, but nope, never paying those prices.
Right now I have GTX780 and don't see anything that would warrant an upgrade to that would cost $500.00.
I've never had SLI or crossfire but I did have multiple cards in the computer in the past so that I could run multiple screens.I've had 3x 8800GTX's, 2x 9800GX2's, 3x GTX 280's, 3x GTX 580's, 3x GTX 680's, 3x GTX 780Ti's, and now 2x TITAN X's. I've been bit by the multi-SLI bug several times. In fact, if the scaling weren't so shitty on 3-Way SLI, I'd have 3x TITAN X's.
I should have mined more. I tried it for a a few hours back in the day and many years later I remembered I had a bitcoin wallet and checked the balance. I had $150 worth of a bitcoin in there.5870 at launch for me. Folded, ran multiple other DC projects, and mined BTC in the early days, years at 24/7 use all at 1ghz. Still in use and playing the latest games, albeit at reduced settings on secondary rig nowadays.
I should have mined more. I tried it for a a few hours back in the day and many years later I remembered I had a bitcoin wallet and checked the balance. I had $150 worth of a bitcoin in there.
I read an article about a guy doing a story on bitcoin and bought 5000 coins for something like $25. Years later he cashed them in for over $800K.Tell me about it...! At the time I was discouraged I could "only" mine 1.2 BTC per DAY. I remember that value very, very well... Still made a good penny, my 5870 was also the most profitable card I've ever bought. Who would've known back then... sigh...
The GeForce2 GTS came out at $400 USD around the time of the Voodoo 5 5500.
yeah sorry bout that typo, didn't notice that until you pointed that out, $200 then would've been cheap for a hot one lol.You're missing a zero, they were $2,000 according the Toms Hardware review I just glanced at a few moments ago.
Most expensive overall setup was my pair of 3Dfx V2 12MB ($500 total) and Elsa Synergy II TNT2 32MB (another $250)...fuck a duck $750 for THAT.