Your GPU progression?

Matrox Millennium
TNT
TNT2
Geforce 256 DDR
Geforce 3
Radeon 9700 Pro
Radeon X800 Pro
Geforce 8800 GTS
Geforce GTX 460
Geforce GTX 780 Ti
Geforce GTX 980
Geforce GTX 1070
 
Mine is now:

- 3Dfx Voodoo 2
- Nvidia Geforce2 MX
- Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4200
- Nvidia FX 5700 (what a shit card)
- Nvidia 6600GT (AGP)
- Nvidia 8800GTS (640MB ver)
- Nvidia GTX 260 core 216
- Nvidia GTX 580
- Nvidia GTX 980 (reference)
- Nvidia GTX 1080 FTW DT
- Nvidia GTX 1080 FTW2 DT iCX ($99 ACX->iCX upgrade from EVGA)
- Nvidia GTX 1080Ti SC Black (Stepup program through EVGA)

My biggest mistake was the FX 5700, as I should have gone with ATI during that time.
Other than that, I have been pleased with NVIDIA, although I would like to own an AMD GPU sometime if they become competitive on the high-end again. My only AMD/ATI GPU has been a Mobility Radeon HD 3200 IGP on my old tablet pc.
 
3Dfx Voodoo 2
Geforce 2 GTS
Radeon 9500 (Softmodded to a 9700)
Geforce 8800 GTX x2 (Massive waste of money)
Radeon HD4850 (awesome card but only 512 mb)
Radeon 280x (bought new)
Radeon 290x(bought used for $50 more then what I sold the 280x for)

Waiting on Vega, will most likely buy the top model if available and its actually good. If not I will get a 1080 TI
 
Radeon X700 Pro (256MB of goodness; made for a great exp with Half Life 2)
Nvidia 560 Ti, then another for SLI
Nvidia 580 (replaced the 560 Ti's)
GTX 780
GTX 970
Titan X (SLI)

I was more into gaming on other people's PC's (and a few laptops + the Alienware M9700 in there at one point, still have it!), so I missed the good old Geforce 4 days.

My rig doesn't even get turned on now (have two laptops I'm on constantly for work and start-up project work), so I doubt I'll upgrade for a few years.
 
Intel pentium mmx 99-01
intel celeron june 01-aug 01
nvidia tnt2 aug 01-jan 02? a little fuzzy there
geforce 2 02-03 think it was a gts.
Geforce 4MX 64 mb march 03-jan 04
Geforce 4ti 64mb feb 04- aug 05
ati radeon x800 256 mb 12 pipeline. aug 05-aug 07
Geforce GTX 7900 GTX 512 sept 07-feb 08
9600gt 512mb march 08- aug 08 upgrade to 9600 gt sli in aug 08.
Ati Radeon 4890 1gb aug 09- march-11
amd radeon 5870 1gb march 11- march 13
amd radeon 7800XT (tahiti) 2gb(@1200mhz). march 13- may 15
Geforce gtx 970 4gb may 15- march 17.
Geforce gtx 1080 8GB march 17-
 
Voodoo
Voodoo
Voodoo 2.. Sli..
Vooodo 3 2000
Voodoo 3 3000
Voodoo 5 5500
Shit this is hard... Um....
TNT2
GeForce 256 not the pro
ATI x850 non XT
Gtx 7950??
GeForce 3 ti200

ATI 4870
Crossfire 4870
Gtx 280
Gtx 280 sli
7970
7970 crossfire
980ti

Im missing a few in between..
 
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Voodoo 1
Riva TNT
Voodoo 3
Riva TNT2
GeForce 2 MX400
Radeon 9700 Pro
Radeon 9800 Pro
GeForce GT 6800
Radeon X800 XL
Radeon X800 XT
GeForce GT 6800
GeForce GTX 7800
GeForce GTS 8800
GeForce GT 8800
GeForce GT 9600
GeForce GTX 9800
Radeon 4850
Radeon 4870
Radeon 5850
Radeon 5870
Radeon 6950
Radeon 7970
GeForce GTX 670
GeForce GTX 670 SLi
GeForce GTX 680 SLi
GeForce GTX 780 SLi
GeForce GTX 970 SLi
GeForce GTX 980 Ti SLi
GeForce GTX 1080 SLi
ASUS 1080 Ti FE
MSI Gaming X 1080 Ti
ASUS STRIX 1080 Ti
Click to expand...

Updated. If I do what I did with 1080 Ti in the list, there will be a lot more fucking cards on this list lol.
 
S3 ViRGE
ATi Rage Pro - All in Wonder
ATi Rage Fury (poor driver support)
TNT
TNT2 Ultra
GeForce 2 (GTS I think)
GeForce 3 Ti 200
GeForce 4 Ti 4400
Radeon 9800 Pro
Radeon X850 XT
GeForce 8800 GTS (320 MB)
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce GTX 260 - 216
GeForce GTX 460
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GeForce GTX 960 SSC
GeForce GTX 970 SSC (current)

also in secondary machines :

Matrox/Voodoo combo
Voodoo 3
Radeon 7500
GeForce 6600 ( think I still have it in a legacy Win98 boxen somewhere )
GeForce 9800 GT
Radeon HD 3850 (best AGP card made - still have it in the spare parts bin)
Radeon HD 4770
Radeon HD 4850
GeForce 450 GTS
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Radeon HD 7770
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
GeForce GTX 750 SC

and probably a few more I can't remember the model numbers of at the moment ...
 
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GeForce 9800 GTX (2009 - 2013)
Radeon R9 270 (2014 - 2016)
GeForce 1080 (2017 - current)

Planning on picking up a second 1080 or 1070 for the wife's rig. Don't really plan on upgrading either until we decide to move past 1440p / 144hz displays.
 
My list.
  • Voodoo 1, Orchid Righteous - Can still hear the clicks.
  • Voodoo 2, Orchid Righteous.
  • Matrox G400 - Slow in 3D, great for multi-monitor setups.
  • Nvidia Geforce 4mx - Awful, but I was a poor student.
  • ATI Radeon 9600 - Shader pipe corruption after failed unlock -> back to my shitty Geforce 4mx.
  • Nvidia Geforce 6800GT
  • Nvidia Geforce 7900GT - VRMs blew, so returned it -> back to my GT6800GT
  • ATI Radeon 3870X2 - Crossfire was awful in most games.
  • ATI Radeon 4870 - Framebuffer corruption shortly ofter warranty expired.
  • ATI Radeon 5870XT - Still going strong in an old gaming PC.
  • ATI Radeon 6850 x 2 - Unlocked in CF - Crossfire still sucked so sold them both and went back to the 5870.
  • Nvidia Geforce 670
  • Nvidia Geforce 980Ti
 
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Rendition v1000
Nvidia Riva TNT2 m64
Geforce2 MX(worst drivers ever, bricked HDD)
ATI 8500
Ati 9800 SE
Nvidia 8800gts
AMD 5850
AMD 5870M
AMD 7870
Nvidia 1070 Mobile variant

More than likely AMD next few months, 1070 has put me off nvidia due to drivers and gsync(tax) , I also expect more performance from an $800 card than MOSTLY doing 1080P max details
gsync/freesync is a must have now
 
3DFX Voodoo 2 SLI on top of some ATI Rage3D or something
VisionTek GeForce 3
Gainward GeForce 4 Ti4600 (first dual DVI card I know of)
Radeon 9800 Pro
EVGA 7600GT
XFX GTX 260
EVGA GTX 460v2
EVGA GTX 660Ti
EVGA GTX 780
Gigabyte GTX 1080Ti
 
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Trident 9440 2Mb
3dFX Voodoo Rush 6Mb -> eventually sold it to a friend.
nVidia Riva TNT2 m64
nVidia GeForce 6800XE (unlocked 12 pipes correctly) <-- still have it
ATI X1950 (died on me) -> RMA, no stock... enter nVidia
nVidia GeForce 9600
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+
nVidia GTX 960
AMD RX 480
 
I'm certain posterity will one day look upon this thread in awe and humility. Here follows my contribution:

2005: EVGA 7800 GTX 256MB ($459)
2006: EVGA 7900 GTX 512MB (StepUp. +1 to Buyer's Remorse mitigation.)
2009: EVGA 9800 GT 1024MB ($170... wait, seriously?)
2011: EVGA GTX 570 Classified 1280MB (Best $340 I ever spent.)
2015: ASUS GTX 970 STRIX 4GB (Second best $340 I ever spent.)
2016: ASUS GTX 1080 STRIX 8GB (Best 2x $340 I ever spent.)

I didn't set out to become an nVidia fanboy, but my initial experience with EVGA products and support was stellar, so I stuck with them. I wasn't happy with what I perceived as diminished product quality when I was shopping for a 970, so I jumped ship to ASUS. And, well, here I am.
 
3dfx voodoo 2
Ati 2600
Ati x1900
X1900 crossover
Nvida 285
R7 250
R9 290
 
(skipping all the no-video card systems... from 8086/286/386/486/cyrix586/pentium100..)
voodoo 1
voodoo 2 12mb
voodoo 2 12mb sli
tnt2 + voodoo 2 sli
geforce 256
ati radeon all-in-wonder 8500 64mb
geforce 7600gt 256mb
geforce 8600m 256mb (laptop I used in and around college years)
geforce gtx 670 2gb
geforce gtx 670 2gb sli
AMD R9 390 8gb
 
ATI XPERT@PLAY98
TNT2
Radeon 7200/VIVO
Radeon 8500
GeForce4 Ti4200
GeForce4 Ti4400
Radeon X700 Pro
.. nothing for a long time..
Radeon 5850
GTX 460 1GB
Radeon 7870
.. nothing for a while ..
Radeon 6950
Radeon 7870
RX 470
GTX 1070, and then a second
GTX 1080 Ti
and also 34x RX 470/480/570's :)

I'll have to look some of that up on my computer later, I suppose I may have some of those out of order and may have skipped a couple.
 
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I don't even remember them all after 20 years+, but here goes, roughly chronological with mobile cards italicized...

Matrox something or other
Voodoo 1 (or 2?)
TNT2
Geforce 256
Geforce 3 Ti
Tridant Blade 16mb
Geforce Ti4400
Geforce 5900 XT
Radeon 9700
Geforce 6800 GT (Unlocked shaders, SLI)
Geforce 6800 GTX
Geforce 7800 GTO (SLI)
Radeon x1800 XT
Radeon x1900 XTX (Crossfire)
Geforce 8800 GTX (SLI)
HD 4870 (Tri-fire)
HD 4870 X2
Geforce 9800 GT (SLI)
HD 5870 (Crossfire)
Geforce GTX 480 (Quad-SLI, the "barn burner")
Radeon 6970
Geforce GTX 485m (SLI)
HD 7870 (Crossfire)
Geforce GTX 680 (Tri-SLI)
HD 7870 (Crossfire)
Geforce GTX 680m (Tri-SLI)
Geforce GTX 780m (SLI)
RD 290x (Crossfire)
Geforce GTX 980m
RD 295x
R9 Fury (Unlocked shaders, Crossfire)
Geforce 1080 GTX

Doing the math, if I consider that's around $400 per card on average, that's a lot of $cabbage$
 
I'll try to remember:

AMD 3D Rage II
Nvidia Riva TNT 2
Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti 200
Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295
Nvidia GeForce GTX 570
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 SLI
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti SLI
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Nvidia is my preference because upgrading from 3D Rage to TNT 2 was HUGE. I was a kid back then, had no clue about video cards. AMD card was such crap compared to Nvidia. I saw a huge upgrade to my video games. Then I Went with Ti 200 and saw even bigger upgrade. Then it just stuck, I've been Nvidia guy since then, although I have nothing against ATI/AMD.
 
I may have missed a card here or there, but this is what sticks out in my mind.

S3 Savage 3D
GeForce2 MX400
Radeon 8500
Radeon 9700 Pro
Radeon X850XT
Radeon X1900XTX
Radeon 3870 (2way-Crossfire)
Radeon 4870 (2way-Crossfire)
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 580
GeForce GTX 680 (2way-SLI)
GeForce GTX Titan
GeForce GTX Titan Black
GeForce GTX Titan X - maxwell (2way-SLI)
GeForce GTX Titan X - pascal
 
gt 520
gtx 670 which recently died
and next im going for a 1080ti soon if I dont wait for volta
 
Matrox Millenium
NVIDIA GTX 120
ATI Radeon 5770
NVIDIA Quadro 3000M
NVIDIA Quadro M4000
NVIDIA GTX 750Ti
NVIDIA GTX 1070
 
All of these I've had go through a single main PC.
Nv FX 5200 around 2003
Nv FX 5600 or 5700
Nv FX 5950 Ultra 256 MB
Nv BFG 6800 GT agp
Nv 7800 GS agp - free
Nv 8800 GTS 512
Nv 9800 GTX 512MB
Nv pny GTX 260 192 shader, 65nm - $160
Nv msi GTX 460 - $40 LOL, didnt use long
Nv evga GTX 660 2GB - $60 in late 2016. Using until PSU upgrade for the 970.
Nv evga GTX 970 4GB - $140 in May '17. I usually don't have the best, but at least I get some screamig deals. :woot::woot::woot::woot:
 
Wow...mine goes way back. So I shall begin:

STB Velocity 128 2MB 2D card
STB Velocity 128 2MD 2D + Diamond Multimedia VooDoo 2 PCI 3D card
3dfx VooDoo 3 3000 16MB AGP
3dfx VooDoo 5 5500 64MB AGP
ATI Radeon ViVo 64MB AGP
eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 7800GT 256MB PCI-E
XFX nVIDIA GeForce 7850GT PCI-E
2X XFX nVIDIA GeForce 7850GT PCI-E
nVIDIA GeForce 7950GT PCI-E
2X nVIDIA GeForce 7950GT PCI-E
eVGA GeForce GTX 280 PCI-E
eVGA GeForce GTX 480 512MB PCI-E
eVGA GeForce GTX 680 SC 2GB PCI-E
eVGA GeForce GTX 980 SC 4GB PCI-E
eVGA GeForce GTX 1080 SC 8GB PCI-E

There you have it. Out!
 
I got into PC gaming in 2010.

My progression:

ATI 5770 --> gtx 560ti --> gtx 770 --> gtx 970.

I picked up the last one from craigslist for $160, and only because the 770 started overheating. At 1080p 144hz I see absolutely no need to upgrade. Maybe next generation when the performance of the 1070 can be had for $200 or less.
 
Onboard/can't remember 90's
Then I was able to buy my own:
PNY Geforce FX 5200
Sapphire Radeon X1600
MSI Geforce GTX 9600
Palit Geforce GTX 570
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1070
 
Just counting my cards, and not what was stuff in my parent's computers:

Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 (wished I'd have gone with the Radeon 9800)
Nvidia GeForce 6800GT
Dell Nvidia GeForce 8600M (College laptop)
Diamond ATI Radeon 5850
EVGA Nvidia GTX 970
EVGA Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti (Finally reached the top!)
 
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ATi Rage Pro
nVidia Geforce 256 (a crippled version, bastards!)
ATi Radeon 8500
ATi Radeon X1900XT
AMD Radeon HD 6850
AMD Radeon HD 7970
nVidia Geforce GTX 1060
 
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Geforce 4
EVGA 6800GS
XFX 8800GS
ATI 6630M (2011 Apple Mac Mini)
Nvidia Titan X Pascal (on a 13" MacBook Pro using an Akitio Node eGPU box)

Pro use case: huge jump in performance.

This is probably as far as I'll go, if I need more, I'll just rent an NVLink enabled multi-GPU system on AWS.
 
I love this thread. I've been doing my own retrospective for a few years now, as things have changed so fast and I wanted to remember my own progress. Here it is!

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Seeing my friend's Riva TNT2 in like '98(?) started me on the path.

Geforce 256 SDR (died in about a year)
Geforce 2 MX
9600XT (died in a year)
9600XT (one of the few times I've bought a replacement plan) :D
9800GT - still works
GTX 470 - still works
GTX 660Ti - still works, htpc
GTX 980 SLI
GTX 1080 Ti
 
OEM GT520
MSI GTX470 Hawk
SLI EVGA GTX 680s
EVGA GTX 1080 Ti

I flirted briefly with Crossfire R9 290s but I went through four (none achieved States clock speeds short of overclocking) and Newegg still tried to prevent me from getting a refund.
 
Man Let me think...

EVGA 6600GT
BFG 8800GT x2
Asus ROG Matrix Platinum 5870
Asus ROG Matrix Platinum 7970
Gigabyte Windforce Xtreme Gaming 970
Asus Strix 1070
Asus Strix 1080
Asus Strix 1080Ti

Whats Next?
 
Let me see here...it was:

BFG 7600GT
BFG 8800GTS (320mb)
Asus 4870
Unbranded 5870
MSI 270 (with another Sapphire for crossfire)
Sapphire 290
MSI 290 (due to the sapphire one not working)
Currently running a Sapphire Fury

I'm not a fan of any brand, but it does seem that I've been favoring AMD...still though, that 1080ti sure looks pretty tasty...
 
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