Your Video Card Upgrade Ladder

started with a generic 4 MB videocard on a compaq presario in 1996. Next was a geforce 2 GO 32 MB. Finally got a good card in the Geforce 6800GT, and recently upgraded to a Geforce 8800GTS
 
Onboard crap -----> Geforce 4 MX --------> Geforce 7600GS(512mb) -------> Geforce 8800GTS (320mb)
 
Matrox Millenium 4MB ---> Trident 9750 4MB ---> Rage Furry 32MB ---> Voodoo 5 5500 ---> Gainward Ti 4200 64MB Golden Sample (bought off the FS forums here) ---> BBA ATI 9800 Pro 128MB ---> ASUS X800 Pro VIVO (softmodded a little above an X800XT @ 520/540)

Next will probably be an R600, along with a new power supply since I'm only running an original True Control 550 that was made before all the funky power connectors came out.
 
Matrox Sumpthin or other-->9800 Pro AIW-->X800 pro AGP-->X850XT PE PCI-E-->7800GTX-->7900GTX-->7950GX2-->8800GTX and then last week a 8800GTS 320 for the HTPC :)

Mostly used the card for benching and then sold shortly after. Had the 7800 GTX for more than 2 years tho and my XTPE was a mad clocker. Did 650/650 unmodded on water with no ramsinks :). Great card. Will be holding onto the 8800's for a long time too.
 
Rage 3D -> ATI Radeon 8500DV AIW -> ATI 9800PRO AIW

Next gonna be maybe a 7800GTX or 8800GTS 320mb.
 
my "family comp" from my youth:

cirrus logic 2d crap, nvidia tnt 1, geforce 1, geforce 2 gt

my comp:

geforce 3 (the gfx card i paied the most for lol... never again)- 64mb, geforce 4 - 4200 - 128 mb, x800 pro - 256 mb, 7800GT 256 mb (current card)
 
TnT-> Tnt2 Detonator-> Ati 9600xt(3 times failed)-> 7800gt stock model-> 7900gt Ko top OC model(non superclocked)-> 8800GTS 320MB.
 
STB blackmagic voodoo > 3dfx voodoo3 2000 PCI > Creative GeForce DDR > GeForce4 MX > ATI radeon 8500 > ATI radeon 9550 > evga 7600GT
 
Canopus Pure 3D >> Geforce 2 >> Geforce 4 4400 >> Ati 9600 >> Geforce 6800 >> BFG7900 GT OC >> Evga 7900 GT + BFG 7900 GT (Sli)
 
ATI rage 3d 8mb (might of been 4mb) card AGP
3DFX Voodoo Banshee 16mb
Nvidia GeForce 2mx 32mb
GeForce 4 Ti4200 64mb
GeForce FX5200 (holdover card)
GeForce 6800GT OC
GeForce 8800GTS 320mb, arriving thursday :)
 
Nvidia GeForce 4 MX ?
ATi Radeon 9000 pro
ATi Radeon 9800 pro
Nvidia 7800 GT
Next: either 8800GTS 640mb or 8800GTX :)
 
Onboard, Voodoo 2, Voodoo 3, Geforce MX 32, Geforce Ti 4600, Geforce 6800 GT oc, Geforce 8800 GTX oc
 
Cirrus Logic, then a 1 MB trident (VLB of all interfaces), then the ugliness occured S3 Trio+ which I actually upgraded the video ram on, and then straight to hell with a PC Chips motherboard + integrated. Things improved once I got a Monster 3D. Then, Voodoo Banshee, Savage 4, TNT2 Ultra, Geforce 2 GTS, Geforce 3, Radeon 9600, Radeon X800, 6800 GT, now a Geforce 8800 GTS. I've had others in there (X700, FX 5600) but those are what have been in my main PCs.

EDIT: interestingly enough, despite the fact that there are fans on both sides, most of the people posting have had a variety of cards. Ati owned during the 9600/9800 days, but then a lot of people moved back to nVidia during the 6800GT days. I think the "fans" aren't quite as prevalent as some try to make it seem (read: viral marketers..LOL).
 
onboard

BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra OC graphics card

eVGA 512-P2-N568-AR Geforce 7900GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16

My next card will probably be :

EVGA 640-P2-N827-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO HDCP

Maybe I will do 2 in Sli...
 
Voodoo Graphics PCI
Voodoo2
Voodoo2 SLI
Intel740
GeForce 2 GTS
Radeon 9800 Pro
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 7900 GT
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GTX
 
Intel 740 AGP
Leadtek GeForce 2 GTS Pro
Radeon 9500
Radeon 9800 Pro
Intel 945GM

Next: Asus XG Station GeForce 7900GS
 
AGP Radeon 7200 -> Ti4600 -> 9700 AIW -> 6800 -> PCI-e X700 -> X800GTO2 -> X1600XT -> X1800GTO
 
ATI Rage 128 16mb > Gainward Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb > ATI Radeon 9600XT 256mb > Asus Geforce 6800XT 128mb > Connect3D Radeon x1900GT 256mb. Wow. I just noticed that I'm always flip flopping between ATI and nvidia after every upgrade :eek: I probably won't break tradition either, as the 8600 Ultra is looking mighty snazzy.
 
Old PC:
GeForce 420MX
Radeon 9700 Pro
GeForce 6800 GT

DTR:
GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
GeForce Go 7800 GTX

New PC:
GeForce 8800 GTX * 2 SLI
 
Yea, longest most useless thread in [H]istory.. nobody reads this shit and nobody cares what your videocard upgrade path was.. :rolleyes:
For most everybody here, its one more notch closer to getting that fabled custom title.
 
lloose said:
Yea, longest most useless thread in [H]istory.. nobody reads this shit and nobody cares what your videocard upgrade path was.. :rolleyes:
For most everybody here, its one more notch closer to getting that fabled custom title.
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That smells like bait.. but even behind the internet, I'm a nice guy.

I wouldn't say nobody cares, I browsed through a few of these pages and saw some discussion. ;)

Some people like to talk about themselves, then some even find it fun to outline their hobbies. The result is this super long thread. I see you care just enough to show your specs in your sig.. <edit> and post your upgrade path too. :D

For most everybody here, its one more notch closer to getting that fabled custom title.
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There's no ulterior motive. We just want to post our upgrade path whether or not anyone else cares. :)
 
I have always had a tendency to swap graphics cards every generation. Hey, we all have our vices right? :)

Something Ancient... (display controller in a TRS-80... if it even had one)
Cirrus Logic Something or other (an old IBM PS/2)
Cirrus Logic Something or other (an old 386-clone)
ATI 256-GVT 512 KB ISA (an old 486-clone)

#9 GXE PCI (P55C 166 MHz)
ATI Mach 64 1 MB PCI (P55C 233 MMX)
ATI Xpert@Play 98 8MB PCI (P55C 233 MMX)
Diamond Monster 3D (Voodoo 1 3D Accelerator paired with above card for 2D) PCI (P55C 233 MMX)

3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 AGP (AMD K6-3 400)
A-Trend Riva TNT2 M64 32 MB AGP (AMD K6-3 400)
Creative Labs GeForce 256 SDR, 32 MB AGP (P3-550E)
Hercules 3D Prophet II GeForce 2 GTS, 32 MB AGP (P3-550E)
Hercules 3D Prophet II GeForce 3, 64 MB AGP (P3-550E)
Asus V8440 GeForce 4 Ti4400, 128 MB AGP (P4 2266B)
Made-By-ATI Radeon 9700 Non-Pro (flashed to Pro), 128 MB AGP (P4 2400C)
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Non-Pro (Flashed to Pro), 128 MB AGP (P4 3200E)
BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra OC, 256 MB AGP (A64 FX-55)

Asus Radeon X300SE, 64 MB PCI-Express (A64 FX-55) (ouch... really ouch).
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC, 768 MB PCI-Express (A64 FX-55)
 
ATi Rage 128 Ultra 32MB AGP 4x
ATi Radeon 9600 SE 128MB AGP 8x
ATi HIS 9800 Pro 128MB AGP 8x
nVidia BFG 6600 GT OC 128MB AGP 8x
ATi X800 XT All-In-Wonder 256MB AGP8x
ATi X800 XL 256MB PCI-E
ATi Sapphire X1800 XT 256 MB PCI-E
 
except for the first few, i got all these from the orb, so i have 3dmark scores for at least 1 card/s per gen for the last 6 or 7 years.

rage pro 4mb or 8mb
diamond monster 3d (voodoo1)
canopus pure 3d 2 (voodoo2)
obsidian x24 (voodoo2 sli on 1 card, around $600 in 1998)
canopus spectra 2500 non-reference tnt card. had reverse pass-thru for voodoo1 & 2 sli, hardware cursor, and a daughter card for vid capture, and the first cooling fan i had seen.
diamond viper v770 - tnt2
diamond viper v770 ultra tnt2 ultra
leadtek geforce 256
hercules geforce 2
hercules geforce 2 gts
gainward geforce 3 ti200
pny geforce 3 ti500
gainward geforce 4200
pny geforce 4400 (actually a 4600 sold as a 4400 for some reason)
leadtek geforce 4800 (agp8x version of the 4600)
ati radeon 9700 pro
ati radeon 9800 pro
leadtek 6800gt agp
connect3d 850xt pcie
evga 7800gt sli
evga 7900gt sli
evga 7900gto sli
evga 8800gts sli
 
Diamond Stealth 3d 4000
Riva TNT2 Ultra
Gainward GeForce3 Ti 450
Sapphire Radeon 9500
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (main rig was an Inspiron for a while)
EVGA GeForce 7900gt KO superclock
Sapphire Radeon x1900 512mb
EVGA GeForce 7900gt KO superclock

I was afraid I was having the 7900gt issues of death, but when I tried the x1900, it actually did worse for me, so I stuck with EVGA and pretty much worked that out.
 
well i think ive got one of the shortest lists here.

TNT2 Ultra -> X800 pro

on an off note, i also went from a P3 @ 667 and an A64 3200+
 
Si 1mb something or other from 95 -> Riva TNT -> GeForce 2 GTS -> Radeon 9800 Pro -> GeForce 7800 GT -> GeForce 7900 GT -> GeForce 8800 GTS (320 or 640 depending which I order tonight to replace my 7900 which just died.)
 
2MB onboard graphics -> TNT2 M64 -> GeForce 2 MX -> X300SE -> 7900GT
 
onboard
3dfx voodoo 3 3000 pci
9700 pro
6800 gt
ati 1900xtx
8800 gts 640 mb
 
no idea what it was, but some isa thing in my 386/486(maybe trident?)
riva tnt
ati AIW 128 pro(still alive and kickin in an older pc here)
3dfx voodoo 3 2000 pci(fried it in my first mod attempt of any kind)
ati radeon 64 vivo
sapphire radeon 9200SE
radeon x300SE
geforce 6100
sapphire radeon x1600 pro

i think soon i might actually splurge on something nice, ive never ran the current/top of the line(maybe with the exception of the radeon 64).
 
I know no one cares, but I just can't help but do it anyway... :p

1. Matrox Mystique 220
2. Matrox M3D (In combination with the above)
3. Creative Voodoo2 8mb
4. STB Voodoo3 3000
5. Leadtek Geforce2 GTS
6. Crucial 9700pro
7. Sapphire 9800pro
8. Sapphire X800XL
9. XFX 7800GS AGP
10. Gainward 7800GS+ 512mb AGP
 
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