Your GPU progression?

Quantum 3D Raven PCI (Voodoo Banshee)
Voodoo 3 3000
ATI Radeon 9600SE
ATI Radeon HD 2600XT
ATI Radeon HD 4850 1gb
Nvidia GTX 460 1gb
Nvidia GTX 480 1.5gb
 
SiS 2MB Video Board
Nvidia Vanta
Nvidia GeForce 2 MX
ATI 9700 PRO
ATI 9600 PRO
ATI X1600
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT
AMD HD 7950
 
Something integrated on an SIS-based mobo
ATi Rage 8MB
3DFX Voodoo 3 3000
Voodoo 4 4500
Geforce 2 MX
Geforce 6600GT
Radeon X1650XT
Geforce 7900GS (and later added a second for SLI)
Radeon 6750

I'll need to see where it goes from there.
 
Intel 740i (too slow)
Riva TNT2 (good for its time)
Geforce 3 (noisy card)
Geforce 4 TI4200 (died)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (wonderful card died)
ATI Radeon x850XL PE (noisy card, perhaps the loudest gfx card l have had. The sound went through walls made you go crazy)
Geforce 8800 GTS (died out)
ATI Radeon HD4890 (still works and is still a strong card, though not using it anymore - good as backup card)
ATI Radeon HD6950 (current gfx card - bought for Eyefinity purposes)
 
S3 Virge
Voodoo 2
Riva TNT2
Geforce 2MX
Radeon 9100 (from crucial.com, very noisy)
Radeon 9800 pro (replacement, free of charge for the noisy 9100)
Nvidia 110M (current)
Radeon 6870 (current)
 
This is a fun trip down memory lane lol.

3dFX VooDoo 2 (32mb I think?)
3dFX VooDoo 3 (64mb I think?)
GeForce 4
ATI X1300X 512mb
NVidia 7600GTKO
BFG 8800 GTS 320mb
EVGA 8800GTX Ultra
EVGA 9800GTX
EVGA GTX580
MSI GTX680
 
Riva TNT 2
Geforce 3 Ti 500
Geforce 4 MX 440 (slight downgrade, but I didn't know lol)
Radeon 9800 Pro (massive massive upgrade)

I was then in the service and didn't really have a gaming rig setup again until about 2009

9800 GTX+
6950
580
7970
680

And here we are :D
 
This is gonna be tuff....

Siig CGA card
3dfx Voodoo 32MB
3DFX Voodoo 64MB
nvidia 5700 Ultra
Geforce 9800+
GTX 280
GTX 285
GTX 295
HD 5870
GTX 480
GTX 560 Ti
GTX 580
GTX 680

Not sure if I'm missing something or not :p
 
ATI Mach 64
nVidia Riva TNT
nVidia GeForce
nVidia Geforce 3
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
ATI All in Wonder X800XT
nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS
nVidia GTX 680
 
Hercules CGA
Diamond Speedstar 512k VGA
Matrox Mystique 2MB
Diamond Monster
ATi Radeon 8500 LE
GeForce 2 MX
ATi Radeon 9800 XT
ATi Radeon X800XL
ATi Radeon 1900 XTX
GeForce GTS 250
... and my current card, the Radeon 6950 2GB. *whew*!
 
Radeon X700
Geforce 7600GT KO
Geforce 8800GT
Geforce GTS450
Radeon HD4870

I'm due for an upgrade
 
Some on board crap in 1998
rage tnt
voodoo 3000
MX-400
bfg-fx5500
ti4400 agp 2/4x
HD 2400 pro agp 4/8x
6200LE
8600GT
9600gt/GSO SLI
ATi X850(still have it)
ATI 1950XT Pro
gtx260 2/3way SLI
gtx 570 (then SLI)
Also have in 2nd rig GTS 450 and 7770
 
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)
ASUS GeForce GTX Titan X (Maxwell) (Combined with the below card for SLI)
ASUS GeForce GTX Titan X (Maxwell) (Combined with the above for SLI)
NVIDIA GeForce 1080Ti (Combined with the below card for SLI)
NVIDIA GeForce 1080Ti (Combined with the above for SLI)
 
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Voodoo3 3000 PCI (or some such on a compaq that came with 2MB onboard ATI RAGE!)
Radeon X850XT
8800GTS
GTX 280
Radeon 5970
ASUS DCU2T GTX 670 x 2

I ain't no fanboy!

I think I'm missing a Radeon between the 850 and the 8800 but I can't remember what it was...
 
Didn't start till later in the game but here they be:
7800 GTX
8500 GT
9800 GX2
GTX 275 (Burnt out right away)
GTX 285 in SLI
GTX 680 4GB w/ Waterblocks 2 way SLI (stopped keeping up with the latest. Finally put a new system together though)
 
Voodoo Banshee -1998
Radeon 32meg DDR -2000
GeForce3 Ti200 -2001
Radeon 9700 pro -2002
Radeon 9800 pro -2003
Radeon x850 pro (xt mod) -2005
Radeon x1950 xt -2007
Radeon 4870 -2008
Radeon 6950 -2010
Radeon 7970 -2012

Shit, I upgrade way more often than I thought (and far less than some of you)
 
TurboGLH said:
Voodoo Banshee -1998
Radeon 32meg DDR -2000
GeForce3 Ti200 -2001
Radeon 9700 pro -2002
Radeon 9800 pro -2003
Radeon x850 pro (xt mod) -2005
Radeon x1950 xt -2007
Radeon 4870 -2008
Radeon 6950 -2010
Radeon 7970 -2012

Shit, I upgrade way more often than I thought (and far less than some of you)
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I'm pretty bad. My CPU progression is just as bad as my GPU progression is, if not worse. Though my rig is a bit dated now so it looks like I've calmed down a bit lately.
 
2008 - evga 8800gtx
2010 - evga gtx480
2011 - evga gtx480 in SLI
2012 - evga gtx480 single
 
Dan_D said:
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)
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That's a lot for sure, but one question, how do you keep such detailed information about each card you buy? I bet I've owned 15-20 cards in my PC lifespan and I'm lucky if I can remember the models much less brands and specific versions.
 
Blkout said:
That's a lot for sure, but one question, how do you keep such detailed information about each card you buy? I bet I've owned 15-20 cards in my PC lifespan and I'm lucky if I can remember the models much less brands and specific versions.
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Most of that comes from memory. The only ones that didn't are the Diamond SpeedStar 24 Tseng Labs ET4000 ISA, and the Cirrus Logic cards but I remembered enough about them to look up the exact model numbers. Everything from the Diamond S3 Vision 964 on up is all from memory and memory alone. Interestingly enough, the Cirrus Logic and Diamond SpeedStar cards were the only ones I didn't buy new with my own money. They were second hand when I got them.

I remember pretty much every CPU I've ever owned as well. Oddly I don't recall all the motherboards I've owned due to the fact that I was updating those even more frequently than graphics cards. And honestly, I probably would remember most of those if I hadn't started doing motherboard reviews. And I do remember a lot of them, just not all of them. It's also difficult to track which one's I've owned vs. which one's I've reviewed at some point. There is some overlap as I've owned many boards I've reviewed as well.

I have an excellent memory. I retain all kinds of stupid information. Sometimes things I wish I could forget.
 
Voodoo 2s SLI - 1999
Geforce 2 Ultra - 2001
Gefore 4 4200 ti - 2002
Radeon 9800 Pro - 2003
Radeon X850 XT PE - 2005
Nvidia 8800 GTX 768mb - 2006
Radeon 5850 - 2009
Geforce GTX 680 - 2012
 
Savage somthing or another
Vodoo 2 2000
Vodoo 3 3000
Geforce 4 MX440SE
Radeon 9800PRO
Geforce 5200 oops
Geforce 7950
Radeon 3850
Radeon 4870
Geforce 275GTX
Sapphire Vaporx5870
Gigabyte Windforce 5870 CFX with above
XFX 7970 Black Edition
Zotac GTX 680 AMP!
 
16mb vga card
9200se
6800gt
850xt
9600xt
7800gtx
x1900xtx
8800gtx
8800gt
7900gs
hd4970
hd5870
480gtx
hd4890
680gtx

mostly flagship cards with occasional downgrade when i need money.
 
nvidia riva tuner 32mb
hercules 64mb
geforce ti 4200
geforce ti 4600
geforce 7600 gs
ati 4870
9800 gx2
ati 5870
ati 5970
amd 6990
 
16-bit ATI something-or-other
Voodoo 3 2000
Geforce 2 MX
Geforce 4 Ti 4600
9800 Pro modded to 9800 XT
x1900 Pro
6600GT
7600GT
8800GT
GTX 460
 
S3 Virge DX
Diamond Stealth II S220 Rendition Verite V2100
Intel i740 8mb
Riva TNT
Diamond Viper V770 Ultra
Radeon DDR 32mb
Radeon DDR 64mb ViVo
Radeon 9500pro (flashed to 9700pro)
Radeon x800pro
nvidia 7950gt
8800gts 320
8800gtx
260gtx
280gtx
470gtx
480gtx (on h2o)


I'm sure I've missed something because there seems to be some long gaps in there. Missing too are the pre Pentium 200 video cards going back to my 8088 xt.

VLB cards were crazy fast compared to the ISA slotted cards.
 
S3 2MB
3dfx Voodoo2 12MB
Nvidia Geforce MX400
Ati Radeon 9600 Pro
Ati Radeon X850 XT PE
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX
Ati Radeon 5870
 
Matrox Mysrique w/ PowerVR 3D Accelerator expansion card.
BlackMagic Voodoo 2 12mb - Never got around to getting a second one :(
Nvidia Riva TNT 2 16mb AGP
Nvidia GeForce 2 MX 200
Nvidis GeForce 4 MX 440
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro R360 core - Sapphire
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT OC - BFG
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640 - EVGA
Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 SLI - MSI - Current GPU's

I will be building a new system by the end of the year. It'll be the first time that I'll be using the same GPU brand twice. Which will be MSI.
 
My first couple computers didn't have what I would consider a "GPU" so we'll start with the first GPU equipped one:
Riva 128 4MB
3dfx Voodoo2 8MB - Wow.
Diamond Viper TNT 2 Ultra 32MB - First AGP card. Loved this card, got it when I was big into Half-Life multiplayer...along with a high speed internet. Total domination.
Asus GeForce 256 V6800 32MB - Ooh Hardware T&L Totally meh at the speeds this thing ran.
Gainward Geforce 3 Ti500 64MB - Not sure why I got this, it sucked.
Nvidia GeForce 4 440 Go 64MB - Had a laptop as my main PC for a while.
Evga GeForce 6800 vanilla 256MB - Yeah, it unlocked.
Evga GeForce 7800 GT 256MB - First PCI Express card!
ECS GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB - G92 core
BFG GTX 285 1024MB
XFX Radeon HD 5850 1024MB
Asus Radeon HD 6950 2GB - Unlocked to 6970
Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 2GB - Tried some crossfire, but it just didn't work out. Sold this card and kept the 6950 since it OC'd better and ran cooler.
XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB - Best OC'ing card I've had in years (>40% Core OC).
 
S3 Savage4 32MB - PCI - Bought this for my Windows 98 Gateway computer - I was just getting into learning about PC components at the time, so I don't know how this stacked up against the Voodoo series.

A long lapse until I finally built my own machine....

Diamond Multimedia ATi 9600XT - (With free Half Life 2 Coupon!)
eVGA Nvidia 6800GT - (This card was so awesome in its day!)
MSI Nvidia 7900GT
XFX ATi Radeon 5870

I've purchased quite a few low-end cards for basic builds, but I don't remember the brands or model numbers.
 
TI 4600
9700 PRO
9800 XT (Thank you Circuit City for no-questions return policy LOL)
6800 GT
x1950 XT
8800 GT
GTX 260 192

Saving money/on the fence about my next purchase. Probably gonna wait for GK110 and see how things pan out from there.
 
Matrox m3D add on card
voodoo 3 3000
Geforce 2 mx200
Geforce 4 mx420 (my friend gave this to me for free after upgrading to an ati 9700 pro)
Geforce 4 ti4200
9600 gso 384mb
Gtx 460 1gb v1
 
Voodoo3 3000
Geforce2 MX400
Geforce3 ti200
Geforce 4400ti
Geforce 5900
Geforce 6800GT
Geforce 8800GTS 640
Geforce 8800GT
Geforce 275GTX 896
ATI 5850
ATI 5850 Trifire
ATI 7950
 
geforce 4 mx420
geforce 4 ti4200
geforce 4 ti4600
ati 9800 pro 128mb
7900gs
8800gts(320mb) purchased and moved the 7900gs to my secondary system. Still running both cards today.
 
S3 Savage something
Radeon 7000 Mobility <<First laptop
Radeon X300 Mobility <<Second laptop
Intel 915G <<Yucky performance, it came with my mobo replacement for my 2nd laptop
Geforce MX 420
Radeon 9700PRO
Radeon X800XT PE
Radeon X1950XT AGP
Radeon HD 3650 <<In my other PC
Radeon HD 3850 IceQ3 AGP
Geforce GTX 560M <<In my current laptop
Radeon HD 4870 in CF
Radeon HD 6970
Radeon HD 7970
Geforce GT240 <<As my second PhysX PPU
Geforce 9600GT <<As my first PhysX PPU
 
3DFX Voodoo 3 3000
GeForce ti 200
GeForce 5900 Ultra
----- long gap of no pc gaming
GeForce GTX570

Might have the award for the oddest progression ever lol
 
SiS 760 Integrated Mirage 2 (notebook)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD3450 (notebook)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD6550 + Intel GMA HD (notebook)
nVidia NVS 4200M + Intel GMA 3000 HD (notebook)

Intel Integrated Extreme Graphics 2
nVidia GTX260
ATI Radeon HD5850
 
not counting integrated gpus

4200ti 64mb
9800 pro 128mb
x800 256mb (?)
7800 gt 256mb
8800 gts 640mb
4870 1gb
5870 e6 2gb
6950 2gb unlocked
670 ftw
 
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