Your Video Card Upgrade Ladder

Damn, this list makes me want to cry thinking of all the money spent. Anyway, here it goes. Don't remember some of them in the beginning, but here are most of them, somewhat out of order. Just checked my old EBay Auctions .....

Cirrus Logic (Chip?)
Diamond Stealth 64
Diamond Viper II Savage 2000
Diamond Viper V550
Diamond Viper TNT2 Ultra
Matrox Mystique
STB Velocity 128
Hercules Stingray 128 Vooodoo Rush
Creative Labs Annihilator Geforce 2
PNY Verto Geforce 3
Hercules 3D Prophet (Original)(GPU?)
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
EVGA FX 5900 Ultra
ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB
EVGA 6800GT
ATI Radeon X800XT-PE 256MB
ATI Radeon X850XT-PE 256MB
Visiontek X1950 Pro 256MB
Sapphire X1950 Pro 512MB
HIS X1950 Pro ICEQ3 Turbo 512MB
Gecube X1950XT 256MB
XFX 7950 GT 512MB

PCI-E
MSI HD 2900XT 512MB $389 (In a box by my desk and waiting for motherboard)
 
hm...
Trident svga ( 1 MB ) PCI
Asus Riva TNT 16 MB AGP
Asus Geforce 256 32MB AGP
PixelView Geforce 2 MX400 with 4.5ns Samsung chip!!! 32MB AGP
PixelView Geforce 4 TI 4200 64MB AGP 4x
Winfast A250ultra TD ( Geforce 4 TI 4600 ) 128MB AGP 4x
Winfast Geforce 4 TI 4200 128MB AGP 8x ( yeah, actual downgrade, i know )
Asus 9600xt 128MB
Winfast A6600GT 128MB PCI-e
MSI NX7900GT 256MB PCI-e ( 2 months rma )
MSI NX7800GTX 256MB PCI-e
MSI NX7900GT 256MB PCI-e
 
cirrus logic 5xxx -> sis 6326 + voodoo2 -> voodoo3 2000 pci -> gf2mx200 -> gf4ti4200 ->x300 mobility ->7900gs
 
ATI 3D Rage Pro (4MB AGP, integrated :rolleyes:)
Creative Geforce Pro (32MB AGP)
Club3D FX5800 (128MB AGP)
Leadtek 6600 (128MB AGP)
Asus 8500GT (256MB PCI-E)
 
lets see

S3 Trio onboard
Voodoo1 6MB PCI
Voodoo RUSH 8MB PCI
Intel i740 16MB AGP
Voodoo2 12MB x2 PCI
Voodoo3 3000 16MB AGP
Voodoo5 5500 64MB AGP
Geforce 4 MX440 32MB AGP (barrowed will looking for a modern card)
Radeon 9000 64MB AGP
Radeon 9600SE 128MB AGP (this lasted all of a week god it was slow)
Radeon 9600XT 128MB AGP
Geforce 6800GT 256MB AGP
Geforce 7800GT 256MB PCI-e
Geforce 8800GTS 640MB PCI-e

thats all of them
 
Excluding integrated graphics:

Voodoo 3 3000 PCI
GeForce 256 SDR AGP
Radeon 8500 AGP
Radeon 9600XT AGP
Radeon X850 Pro AGP
Radeon X1950 Pro PCI-e
 
Some generic videocard i had on a 8 bit isa bus then it went 16bit bus after that

S3 Virge 4mb pci
S3 Savage 4 16meg agp
Geforce 2 mx 64mb
Geforce 4 mx 64mb
Geforce fx 5700 128mb
HIS ati x800pro 256mb

So far all agp, going to get a new agp one as my last agp upgrade then i'm upgrading completely later down the road.:cool:
 
s3 virge
3dfx voodoo 2
ATI Radeon
Nvidia ti4200
ATI 9800 pro
ATI x800xt pe
Nvidia 8800gts 320
 
DrFreeze said:
Geforce 4 ti4800se
radeon 9600 pro 128
Geforce 6600GT (returned after a week)
Geforce 6800le (got a good deal on this right after buying the 6600GT)
dual 6800XTs in SLI
dual 6800GTs in SLI
8800GTS 320

and a while back i picked up a pci-e 6800nu to fill up a secondary machine, and last year a 6600GT for my lil bro's comp, and i am perhaps looking to pick up a cheap ass 6600GT for spare purposses, and purchased two GF 6100 based boards, one for my dads new machine, one for the house server

yeah im a whore for Geforce 6 series hardware :D not counting any integrated stuff im at 8 GF6 series cards purchased by me
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make that nine, just won a newly returned by Asus 6600GT for 35 euros in an auction :D and next wednesday bidding ends on another one of these, might just jump on that one as well, if only to have some SLI stuff going on as well

now to find out if my local shop still carries those arctic cooling nv silencers for 10 bucks
 
Some intergrated crap on an AMD K6 board
Intel i810
Geforce PCI MX4000 (HOLY SH!T it ran Doom 3!)
Geforce 6600GT AGP (a god send of an upgrade)
FX5200 AGP (after 66GT died :( )
Gigabyte X800XT AGP (traded FX5200 for this)

I'm not sure what will be next... depends on my budget (which is low) and when i do the next upgrade
 
Private_Ops said:
Some intergrated crap on an AMD K6 board
Intel i810
Geforce PCI MX4000 (HOLY SH!T it ran Doom 3!)
Geforce 6600GT AGP (a god send of an upgrade)
FX5200 AGP (after 66GT died :( )
Gigabyte X800XT AGP (traded FX5200 for this)

I'm not sure what will be next... depends on my budget (which is low) and when i do the next upgrade
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you could look for a used 7800GT, 7950GT, or X1950Pro
from your sig you got a nice pc still realy
 
No name 2mb integrated card.
4mb Trident!!!
Integrated SiS on a PIII board.
GeForce2 MX400
GeForce3 TI500 64mb
BBA ATI 9800Pro 128mb
BBA X850XT 512mb (Engineer sample)
2x eVGA 7800GT 256mb
 
Integrated graphics
GeForce 2 MX 400 32MB
ATI TNT2 64MB
ATI Radeon 9550 Pro 128MB
ATI x1400
GeForce Go 6800 256MB
GeForce Go 7800GS 256MB
GeForce Go 7800GTX 256MB
GeForce Go 7900GS 256MB
GeForce Go 7900GTX 512MB
GeForce 8800GTX 768MB

I've had quite a few notebooks. :p
 
All in wonder Pro \
All in wonder Rage 128 > Slot A AMD 550
Al in wonder Radeon /
All in wonder Radeon 8500DV \
All in wonder Radeon 9700 Pro > Socket A
All in wonder Radeon 9800 /
Sapphire Radeon X850XT PE \
Sapphire Radeon X1900XTX > Socket 939
Ati Radeon X1900 Crossfire /
And now HD2900XT - AMD AM2

Other system
Asus Geforce 3 Ti 200
Asus Geforce Ti 4200
Geforce FX 5200
XFX 7600 GT XXX
Evga 7900GTS
Foxconn 8800GTS OC
 
ATI Radeon 9000 ====> ATI Radeon 9800pro 128mb ====> nVidia 6800GT 256mb ====> nVidia 6600LE 128mb (6800GT fried) ====> 8800GTX 768mb

The first two cards were in my brother's machine, back when I gamed on his PC because I was without my own. His 9800pro finally crapped out on him just last year, so he has some crappy 5900 or something in there temporarily. He's probably going to take my 6600LE soon enough once I get my new rig up and running.
 
Voodoo1 - Canopus Pure3D - 6 Megs Ram
Voodoo Banshee - Diamond Monster - 16 megs
GeForce DDR - Guillemot 3D Prophet - 32 Megs
GeForce ti4400 - Gainward - 128 Megs
GeForce 5900XT - BFG - 128 megs
Next card will be a GeForce 8800GTS - most likely a BFG with 320 megs
 
On board
GeForce 2 MX 400 32MB
FX 5500
Evga 7950GT KO Superclocked 512MB

(Not all same machine)

Next: 9800 GTS!!!!

:)
 
S3 Virge
Radeon 9200 SE 128mb
Asus x800xl
2xEvga 7800 GT
XFX 8800 GTS 320mb
Gigabyte 8800 GTX
 
450 said:
In correct order!
Cirrus Logic 1MB
ATi XPert98 (Rage) 8MB
MX420 64MB
Trident 1MB
MX440 64MB
ATi Rage 32MB
S3 Integrated 2MB
Matrox Mystique 8MB
Voodoo II SLI 12MB
Intel i810 Integrated 4MB
MX440 PCI 64MB
FX5900Ultra 256MB (what I have now :(...currently at 140C!! visit my help thread!)
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The FX5900 Ultra is now dead. :( Pics are in the same help thread.

Adding two more cards...
9500 Pro
8600GT 256MB (not an 8800 butYAY)
 
Elios said:
you could look for a used 7800GT, 7950GT, or X1950Pro
from your sig you got a nice pc still realy
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no not really anymore, I think my board is crapping out and all i have worth using is my P4.

I really need to either get a new board or a do a CPU/MB/RAM/HD/VC upgrade
 
aggr1103 said:
Someone actually wanted an fx5200 for an x800xt?

What flavor of crack was it that he/she smoked?
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He got a new computer with a 6800 (if i remember correctly)

The X800 never worked right for him for some reason, it would always screw up but I havent had a problem with it till recently (and i think my MB is at fault, not sure yet).
 
Old school integrated/PCI
Voodoo 2 12mb
Geforce 2 GTS 32 mb
Mobility Radeon 7500 64 mb
Radeon 9800 Pro
Geforce 6800gt
Geforce 7800gt
Geforce 7900gt
Geforce Go 7700 (separate and parallel to the last, naturally)
 
BFG 6800
ATI X800pro
PNY 6800GS
ATI X800XL
XFX 7900gt

I never went anywhere until i got the 7900gt:rolleyes:
 
Intel Onboard
Radeon 9600 (plain)
Onboard Geforce 6100
X700 Pro
7600GT
7025 onboard (for the moment, just went AM2, woo)
 
Oh god, let me try and remember here...

Integrated Cirrus Logic VLB 1MB
Matrox Millenium 4MB
Matrox Mystique 8MB (4MB with 4MB SGRAM upgrade module)
Sierra Screamin' 3D 4MB (Rendition Verite V1000)
ATi 3D RageII 8MB (3D Xpression if I remember right) + Diamond Monster 3D 4MB
Integraph Intense 3D Voodoo 6MB
nVIDIA Riva 128ZX 8MB + 2 x Diamond Monster 3D II 12MB in SLI :D
nVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB
ATi Radeon DDR 64MB
nVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB (awesome ASUS card with Ti4600 PCB)
nVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 128MB
nVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT 128MB
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB
nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT 128MB AGP
nVIDIA GeForce 6800GT 256MB PCIe
nVIDIA GeForce 7950GT 256MB

And coming soon... an EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Superclocked! :D
 
Here's mine:

Matrox Mystique 2MB PCI (1997-99)
3DFX Voodoo 4MB PCI (1998-99, with the Mystique still handling 2D)
TNT2 32MB AGP (1999-2001)
Geforce 2 MX 32MB AGP (2001-02)
Radeon 9700 128MB AGP (2002-03)
Radeon 9700 Pro 129MB AGP (2003-2007)received as warranty replacement for the 9700)
Geforce 6600 256MB AGP (2006, died so I put the 9700 Pro back in)
Geforce 6800GS 256MB AGP (2007, got given it by a workmate and used for a couple of months)
Geforce 8800GTS 320MB PCI-E (current card)
 
jaton 2d card married with 2x 3dfx Voodoo 2's (12MB each)
3dfx voodoo3
3dfx voodoo 5500 (awesome card)
nVidia 4400 Ti (AGP)
evga 8800GTX
 
Some old onboard Intel (and I mean old - was on a Toshiba 166mhz Pentium desktop)
ATI Rage 3D
ATI Radeon 9200
ATI Radeon 9600
nVidia 8800GTX
 
coolxboxgamer said:
howd u like that speedjump :p
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I seriously cannot get over how fast my new computer is compared to my previous computer!
I need to buy some new games now because all of the recent ones couldnt even start on my old pc :)
I think the biggest jump in the new pc was going from a 15" monitor to a 22" widescreen!

Computer that I was using couple of weeks ago and have been using for years:
P4 1.6 Skt478
MSI MS-6399
GeForce3 Ti200
FSP 250W PSU
512MB Samsung SD-RAM
80GB Seagate HD
160MB Maxtor Diamondmax10
IBM 15" T541 TFT

My brand new computer I only just built is in my sig.
 
nVidia FX 5500
ATi x1600pro
ATi x1800gto
ATi x1800xl

At this rate, I'll be due for a x1800xt 512mb in about a month :D
 
Oh dear.

Starting in 2001.

Chaintech GeForce 2 Ti 32MB AGP 4x --> MSI GeForce 2 MX440? 64MB AGP 4x --> EVGA GeForce FX5200 128MB AGP 8x --> BFG 6800OC 128MB AGP 8x --> Connect3D Radeon X800GTO (modded to 16p) PCI-E --> Sapphire X1800XT 256MB --> HIS X1900GT IceQ3 (Rev1) --> MSI 7900GS (Watercooled, the w00t Deal) --> 2x 7600GT (Watercooled, vmodded, SLi) --> BBA X1900GT 256MB (Rev1, Watercooled, then air cooled) --> BFG 7950GT 512MB --> Sapphire X1950XT 256MB

Oh yeah... oh yeah...
 
hmm...don't really recall what I had prior to the TNT but here's that and beyond...

TNT 16MB
TNT2 32MB
Geforce2 GTS 32MB
Geforce3 Ti500 64MB
Geforce 6800GT 256MB
Geforce 6800 Ultra 256MB

Next on this list is a Geforce 8800GTX followed by whatever comes out in November. I'll probably upgrade post January with the nVidia next gen.
 
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