What is your video card upgrade history?

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NeghVar

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Trident TVGA 8900C (1MB memory, ISA)
Diamond SpeedStar Pro SE (2MB memory, VLBus)
Matrox Millenium (4MB memory, PCI)
Matrox Millenium G200 (8MB memory, PCI)
GeForce 2 GTS Pro (64MB memory, AGP 4x)
Geforce 4 Ti 4400 (128MB memory, AGP 4x)
Geforce 7800 GTX OC (256MB memory, PCIe)
Geforce 9700M GT (512MB memory, PCIe 2.0)
AMD Radeon HD7850 (1GB memory, PCIe 2.0)
 
GeForce GTX 780 (First Nvidia card) (Currently thinking about going with a 780 TI)
AMD Radeon HD 7950
AMD Radeon HD 6970
AMD Radeon HD 6870
AMD Radeon 9800 PRO (Don't laugh, I was out of the game for 10 years...lol)
 
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FX 5200
7600GS 512mb AGP
260GTX 896MB 216 CORE
5850
5850 Crossfire
R9 290 Crossfire
 
Rendition Verite 2200
3Dfx Voodoo Rush 6MB
TNT2 Pro 32MB + Voodoo 2 12MB (SLI)
GF2 Pro 64MB
GF4 ti4200 64MB
GF 5700 Ultra 128MB
GF 6600GT 128MB (SLI)
GeForce 7800GT 256MB
GeForce 8800GT 512MB
GTX 275 896MB
GTX 570 1280MB
GTX 780 3072MB
 
GeForce2 MX
GeForce 5600
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 7800 Ultra
AMD 4870
AMD 5770
AMD 7870
 
Recently did a similar run down of Upgrades but added a date and CPU, comes out like a jacked up Intel Tick Tock upgrade model. Threw in the first SSD upgrade due to its impact:


May '03 Socket A 3200 w/ ti4600
May '05 939 3200+ w/ 6800
May '06 939 FX60 w/ 6800
May '06 939 FX60 w/ 7900GT
Feb '08 939 FX60 w/ 8800GTS 512
Mar '09 I-7 920 w/ 8800GTS 512
Mar '10 I-7 920 w/ 5870
May '10 !SSD! I-7 920 w/ 5870
Apr '12 I-7 920 w/ 680 GTX
Jan '14 I-7 4770k w/ 680 GTX
 
GTX 280
GTX 285
GTX 480
GTX 460 sli
GTX 580
GTX 590 Classified
GTX 580 Matrix
GTX 680
GTX 780
GTX 760 sli
GTX 780

In that order. God I have a effing problem...
 
Voodoo 2
Geforce 2
Geforce 5200 (I didn't understand the naming convention and didn't realize i was getting a garbage card, haha)
Geforce 6800
Geforce 8800gt x2
AMD 4890
AMD 6870 x2
GTX 780 (bought this bad boy a couple days ago)
 
  • Matrox Millennium II w/Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo II 12MB
  • Creative Labs TNT2 Ultra
  • Some brand GeForce2 GTS
  • Radeon 8500 (vmodded w/pencil trick)
  • Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro (vmodded w/pots)
  • Radeon X1800 GTO (disappointingly wouldn't unlock and ran hot/was not a good OCer)
  • eVGA GeForce 8800GT (vmodded w/pots)
  • Gigabyte 7850 2GB & eVGA GeForce 650 in second system
And it'd be a 780 FTW if I didn't need this Denon 7.1 receiver and an A+ certification :mad: Hate this 7850.
 
Diamond Stealth 24 (Early 90's)
ATI Mach 32 (93)
ATI Rage II (96)
3dfx Voodoo (97)
Riva 128 (97)
Diamond VooDoo2 (99)
Riva TNT2 Pro (99)
Radeon 7500 (2001)
ATI 8500 (2002)
ATI 9600PRO (2003)
ATI 9800PRO (2004)
EVGA 7300 GT (2006) --> Traded to 7600 GT (2006)
BFG 7800 GT (2007)
XFX 5770 (2009)
ASUS 7850 (2012)
XFX 7950 (2013)
XFX R9 290 (2014)
 
I was a Commodore 64 gamer in the 80's so whatever GPU that was LOL. Then I was a consoler thru the 90's and early 00's so that doesn't count. Guess my first real GPU was an ATI 3000 series. I can't remember which. Then I got a 9600GT, then a 4850, next a 5870 and now my GTX670.
 
Voodoo 2
Some other Voodoo I dont remember
Radeon 9700
Radeon 9800 Pro
Geforce 7800
Radeon 6870
GTX 590
Radeon 7990
GTX 780ti SLI

Next will be Radeon if nVidia doesnt stop releasing weird shit
 
Those were just the "big ones", I didn't include all the ones inside commodores and shit like that
 
Ok I'll play again.

Diamond Voodoo 2
Voodoo 3
TNT2 Ultra
Radeon 64MB DDR
Geforce 256 DDR
Radeon 8500
Geforce FX5950
Radeon 9800 Pro
Geforce 6800GT
Geforce 7600m
Geforce 7600m
Geforce 7800GT
Geforce 7900GT
Geforce 8800GT
Radeon 5450
Radeon 6450
Geforce 610 (HTPC)
Geforec GTX 260
Radeon 4850
Radeon 5850
Radeon 6950
Radeon 7870 LE
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7950
Radeon 7970
Radeon 280x
Radeon 280x
Radeon 280x
Radeon 280x
Radeon 280x
 
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HD3850
8800GT
9800GT
HD5750
HD6770
V5800 (Still owned)
R7 250 (Bought Hated)
R9 270 (Bought HOT as Bleep*)
GTX 270
 
ATi Rage Xpert 98
Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
Voodoo 4 4500
GeForce 2 MX
Radeon 8500
GeForce 3 Ti 200 (I think)
Radeon 9600
GeForce 6600GT
GeForce 7900GS (and eventually SLI'd)
Radeon 6750
Radeon 7850 (first 2-slot card)

I think that's it as far as my main box goes.
 
My progression.

Diamond SpeedStar 24 Tseng Labs ET4000 ISA
ATI 512k VGA
Cirrus Logic CL-GD5420
Diamond SpeedStar 64 Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434 PCI
Diamond S3 Vision 964
Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 S3-ViRGE PCI
Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 S3-ViRGE/DX PCI
Hercules 3DFX Voodoo Rush
NEC PowerVR
Diamond Monster 3D 3DFX Voodoo1 4MB PCI (combined with above)
Diamond Monster 3D II 3DFX Voodoo2 8MB PCI
Diamond Monster 3D II 3DFX Voodoo2 8MB PCI (combined with above)
Diamond Monster 3D II 3DFX Voodoo2 12MB PCI
Diamond Monster 3D II 3DFX Voodoo2 12MB PCI (combined with above)
Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro 3Dlabs Permedia2 AGP
Matrox G200 4MB AGP
Matrox G200 8MB AGP
3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 AGP
3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
Diamond Viper V330 nVidia Riva 128 AGP
Diamond Viper V550 nVidia Riva TNT AGP
Diamond Viper V770 nVidia Riva TNT2 Ultra AGP
Herecules Geforce 2 GTS 64MB AGP
Geforce 2 MX (Unknown brand)
PNY Geforce 3 Ti500
PNY Geforce 4 Ti4600
PNY Geforce 4 Ti4600 (To replace the above that I smoked while overclocking)
ATI Radeon 9600Pro
ATI Radeon X800Pro
PNY Geforce 6800GT AGP
ATI Radeon 7000 PCI 32MB
ATI Radeon X700Pro PCI-Express
PNY Geforce 6600GT
BFG Geforce 6600GT
EVGA Geforce 6800GT PCI-Express
EVGA Geforce 6800GT PCI-Express
BFG Geforce 7800GTX PCI-Express
BFG Geforce 7800GTX PCI-Express
BFG Geforce 7900GTX PCI-Express
BFG Geforce 7900GTX PCI-Express (Combined with above in SLI)
Mad Dog Geforce FX 5200 Plus PCI 128MB (Sitting in a box)
ATI Radeon X1950XTX PCI-Express
ATI Radeon X1950XTX PCI-Express (combined with the above in Crossfire)
ATI Radeon X1950Pro PCI-Express
ATI Radeon X1950Pro PCI-Express (combined with above in Crossfire)
BFG Technologies 8600GTS (Separate systems, non-SLI)
BFG Technologies 8600GTS (Separate systems, non-SLI)
EVGA Geforce 8800GTX
EVGA Geforce 8800GTX
BFG Technologies 8800GTX (combined with the above cards in 3-Way SLI)
EVGA Geforce 9800GX2
EVGA Geforce 9800GX2 (combined with the above in Quad-SLI)
NVIDIA Reference Design 9800GX2 (For Quad-SLI in my girlfriends machine)
EVGA 8800GTS 320MB Superclocked (HTPC)
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 CrossfireX
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 CrossfireX (combined with the above in CrossfireX)
BFG Technologies Geforce GTX 280 OC
BFG Technologies Geforce GTX 280 OC
BFG Technologies Geforce GTX 280 OC (combined with the above cards in 3-Way SLI)
EVGA 8800GT 512MB Superclocked (Used to be in my HTPC)
EVGA GeForce GT 520 (HTPC)
XFX Geforce GTX 280 XXX Edition
Galaxy GeForce 9500GT (Used in my Server)
Diamond Multimedia ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB
Galaxy GeForce GTX 580
Galaxy GeForce GTX 580 (combined with the above in SLI)
Galaxy GeForce GTX 580 (RMA replacement for one of the above that died.)
Galaxy GeForce GTX 580 (2nd RMA replacement for one of the above that died.) (Girlfriend's current video card.)
Diamond Radeon HD 7970 3GB
Diamond Radeon HD 7970 3GB (Combined with the above in CrossfireX)
Zotac AMP GTX 680 3GB (Combined with one of the cards below briefly, but later sold)
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB (Combined with the below cards for 3-Way SLI)
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB (Combined with the above for 3-Way SLI)
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB (Combined with the above for 3-Way SLI)
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked (Combined with the below cards for 3-Way SLI)
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked (Combined with the above for 3-Way SLI)
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked (Combined with the above for 3-Way SLI)
EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti (Combined with the below cards for 3-Way SLI)
EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti (Combined with the above for 3-Way SLI)
EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti (Combined with the above for 3-Way SLI)
 
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Nvidia ti4200?
Gainward ti4600
9800 pro
Gtx 7900 SC evga?
Gtx 8800 still in moms pc
Amd 5850
5870
Gtx 580
Gtx 760 sli
Gtx 780 ti
 
Oak Technology 256KB? ISA
Cyrix MediaGX 2MB integrated
ATI RAGE PRO 8MB AGP
Diamond 3dfx Voodoo 4MB PCI (used for 3d graphics with the ATI card for 2d)
Diamond 3dfx Voodoo Banshee 16MB AGP
Leadtek GeForce 256 32MB AGP
PNY Geforce 3 Ti 200 64MB AGP
Nvidia Geforce FX 5600 128MB (Integrated in HP Laptop) AGP
ATI X600 128 MB (Integrated in HP Laptop, replaced the Nvidia that fried my mobo 3 times) PCI Express
MSI Geforce 6800 256MB PCI Express
MSI Geforce 7800 GTX 256 MB PCI Express
MSI 260 GTX 896 MB
Powercolor AMD 7950 3GB
EVGA Geforce 780 GTX 3GB
MSI Lightning 290X 4GB
Back to the EVGA 780 GTX
 
Diamond Monster 3d (3dfx Voodoo)
Nvidia TNT2
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Nvidia 8800GTS 640mb SLI
Nvidia GTX 570
Nvidia GTX680 SLI
 
Rage 128 Pro
Geforce 2 GTS
Geforce FX 5600
Radeon 9600 XT
Radeon 3870 X2
Geforce 9800 GTX+
Geforce GTX 275
Radeon HD 5770 crossfire
Radeon HD 6870 crossfire
Geforce GTX 660 Ti

I was going to SLI the 660 TI, but it looks like it would barely be useful (Crysis 3 is the only game I have that I actually need the extra performance for). Waiting patiently for a more powerful Maxwell chip at this point.
 
ATI Mach64
ATI 3D Rage I
ATI 3D Rage All-in-Wonder
3DFX Voodoo 1
3DFX Voodoo 2 SLI
ATI 8500
ATI 9500 Pro
ATI x800 XT PE
Nvidia 7800GT
Nvidia 8800 GTX SLI
Nvidia 460m
Nvidia 750 TI
AMD 290 Crossfire
 
Voodoo 2
Voodoo 3
Radeon 64MB DDR
Geforce 2 GTS
Radeon All in Wonder 9000
Radeon 9500 pro
Radeon 9700 Pro (Best card I've ever had)
Several All in Wonder TV Cards and Remote
Geforce GTX 8800 768
Radeon 6950
Geforce GTX 670
Radeon R9 290

I'm sure I forgot a bunch...
 
ATI All-In-Wonder 128
Quantum3D 3dfx Voodoo Banshee
GeForce 2 MX200
Gainward GeForce 3 Ti200 Golden Sample
GeForce 5200 (used for 2 hours and went back to the GeForce 3 Ti200)
Radeon 9600XT (Got Half-Life 2 coupon!)
Radeon 9800 Pro (then flashed to XT)
Leadtek GeForce 6800GT
Asus GeForce 7800 GTX
Asus GeForce 7950 GT
EVGA GeForce GTX 260
EVGA GeForce GTX 275
Sapphire Radeon 5870 Vapor-X
2 x MSI Radeon 6970's in Crossfire
MSI Radeon 7970 Lightning
Sapphire Radeon R9 290x


I've been at this a while, haha.
 
STB Velocity 128 PCI 4MB (NVIDIA RIVA 128)
PNY NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 200 PCI 32MB
PNY NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440 PCI 64MB
BFG Tech Asylum NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB
BFG Tech NVIDIA GeForceFX 5900XT OC
ATi Radeon X600 Pro 128MB
BFG Tech NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP 256MB
BFG Tech NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX OC2 SLI
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 2.5GB
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 SC

Looks like a nice progression curve from entry-level to mid-range to enthusiast, as I became more willing and able to spend money on my computer.
 
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Diamond Stealth 3D
Voodoo 4 4500 AGP
Radeon 7000
GeForce 6600GT
GeForce 7600GT
Radeon X1950XT
GeForce GTX260-216
Radeon 4890
Radeon 6950 2GB
Crossfired Radeon 6950s
 
Dan_D said:
My progression.

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Zotac AMP GTX 680 3GB (Combined with one of the cards below briefly, but later sold)
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 3GB (Combined with the below cards for 3-Way SLI)
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 3GB (Combined with the above for 3-Way SLI)
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 3GB (Combined with the above for 3-Way SLI)
Click to expand...
They made 3GB 680s? :eek:
 
3S Trio 2MB
Voodoo RUSH 8MB
Voodoo 2 12MB + i740 AGP 16MB
Voodoo 3 3000 16MB AGP
Voodoo 5 5500 64MB AGP
Radeon 9000 64MB
Radeon 9600SE 128MB(what a mistake that was)
Radeon 9600XT 128MB
GeForce 6800GT 256MB
GeForce 7800GT 256MB PCIe
GeForce 8800GTS 640MB
GTX260 Maxcore 896MB
GTX580 1.5GB
GTX780 Ti 3GB
and hoping to step up to a 6GB 780Ti

for fun CPUs
Intel Pentium 120Mhz
AMD K6-2 400Mhz oced to 450Mhz
AMD Athlon 700Mhz oced to 800Mhz
AMD slot A Thunderbird 900Mhz oced to 1Ghz
AMD Athlon64 3000+ oced to 2.4Ghz
AMD Athlon64 X2 3600+ 2.6Ghz
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 oced to 3.2Ghz
Intel i7 860 oced to 4.2Ghz
 
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