Do you still have any of your old school video cards that you paid top dollar for when they were new?

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: Pete

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Voodoo2 12mb $200

Ditto, still got it. Monster 3D II. I should fire up Battlezone again.

Battlezone may have been one of the first multiplayer online games I ever played. That was such an advanced game for it's time. I loved it! I wish there were more FPS/RTS games out today.

The only old card I paid top dollar for was a Voodoo 4 PCI 32MB for $150 at EB games. After that, I bought my friend's Hecules TNT2 Ultra for $40. I replaced that with a GF2 MX200 for $50, which lasted me quite some time until I built my first rig myself, which was an AXP 1600+ system. I originally had an ATI Radeon 8500 64MB card in it that I paid $100 for, but my friend who helped me assemble the system told me his brother had a Gainward GF3 Ti200 golden sample in his computer, and swapped that out for me. His brother didn't even notice the difference, but I don't think I did either. lol. That system lasted me a good year and a half. Upgraded my entire system again, and bought myself a Connect3d Radeon 9500 128MB for $150 that softmodded to a 9700. All these cards can't really be considered top dollar, though, because I never really paid more than $150 for one, and that's pretty midrange. I think my new eVGA 6800NU counts, though. I hope it will last me quite some time.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

I have kept pretty much every video card I've ever had, and they were all top of the line.

Voodoo 3 3000 16mb
Voodoo 5 5500 64mb
GeForce 2 GTS/Pro 64mb DDR
GeForce 4 Ti 4600 128mb DDR
Radeon 9800XT 256DDR
GeForce 6800 Ultra OC 256mb DDR

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
The only video card that I've paid top dollar for is the 6800GT I have right now ($337 this July). Previously I always bought a generation old, because I just didn't have the money for the newest stuff ($150 TNT2 Ultra, $85 Radeon 8500, $200 Radeon 9700 Pro).

Edit: Although the 9700 Pro can almost be considered "top dollar" just because $200 is still a lot of money (to me anyway), and more importantly, the 9800 Pro/XT of the day wasn't that much faster than it.

You know how to shop... $337 for 6800GT is a great price for that card now. In July, that was a steal.

Even though he says he paid "top dollar"

Top dollar would be the nearly $600 I paid for a 6800 Ultra

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
The only video card that I've paid top dollar for is the 6800GT I have right now ($337 this July). Previously I always bought a generation old, because I just didn't have the money for the newest stuff ($150 TNT2 Ultra, $85 Radeon 8500, $200 Radeon 9700 Pro).

Edit: Although the 9700 Pro can almost be considered "top dollar" just because $200 is still a lot of money (to me anyway), and more importantly, the 9800 Pro/XT of the day wasn't that much faster than it.

You know how to shop... $337 for 6800GT is a great price for that card now. In July, that was a steal.

Even though he says he paid "top dollar"

Top dollar would be the nearly $600 I paid for a 6800 Ultra

Well, top dollar for a 6800GT should be around $400 (I got mine in July for $408), and top dollar for a 6800 Ultra should be around $500-550, although I had a 6800 Ultra on pre-order in the past for $580, so I know the Ultras were hard to find at a decent price.

 

[housecat]

Even though I envy those with a 6800 Ultra.. I could never pay $600. I ordered a PCIE 6800GT for $400, thats my absolute limit!

 

[mjdart]

All PCI

(4) 3Dfx Voodoo II's 12 MB each (2 SLI setups)

(2) Canopus Pure3D II's (Voodoo II 12 MB ea) SLI setup

(1) Canopus Voodoo 1 6MB

(1) Matrox Millenia 4MB

Sold:
Geforce 3 Ti200 64MB
STB TnT2 16 MB
Intense 2D/3D Voodoo Rush 16MB

 

[zakee00]

in my last rig it originally had a 32MB Riva TNT2. i had it up until last eyar, when i traded it for a 9600pro, and then i bought the rig in my sig.

 

[fsstrike]

I have a GeForce3, at the time I bought it for around 600$ CA brand new.

 

[housecat]

reading this thread makes me sad.. i want my voodoo1 back sooo bad.

that thing is a true classic and would go nicely in one of my old P2s.

 

[BFG10K]

No, I try to sell old hardware as soon as possible.

 

[Zebo]

I don't remember what I paid for cards generally. But it was never over $200. Best deal ever was a $84 GF2 GT x, v or a suffex, I forget now, that I overclocked to $400 GF2 ultra.

 

[Theslowone]

I still have my tnt 16mb and voodoo 2 card, i sold my geforce 256 ddr to a friend for 45; bought it for 275, still have my radion 8500 ( I don't think 15 dollars is enough to get rid of a good back up card i paid 200 for).

 

[Deleted member 4644]

I still have a monster 3D card. Basically the first functional 3D card made for PCs

 

[Keysplayr]

I sell any computer component that I possibly can before it gets too old. The oldest card I have is a Rage Pro 128. I tried to sell it, but nobody wanted it.

 

[happy medium]

STB 4meg velocity ,in my pent 2 , 233 It was AGP too, I didn't sell it i threw it in the trash.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: fsstrike
I have a GeForce3, at the time I bought it for around 600$ CA brand new.

So thats what...$12 US?




j/k

 

[chilled]

I've still got my 32MB geforce2 gts from 2000...Its being used in my other system.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

I remember paying top dollar for a 32MB Hercules 3D prophet right when it came out.

It recently died last month...when I gave it to a cousin years ago.

 

[Noid]

The only card I have left is my Voodoo 5 5500 AGP (paid 200 new )

see it here

$32 shipped

(ooo ... post 1600 ...lol)

 

[Antoneo]

I still have my Creative TNT2 Ultra 32MB somewhere. Paid $175 for it when it first came out I think. Fan got too loud and the 2D wasn't that good so I replaced it with a G400 16MB.

 

[gururu]

My V5 will no longer fit in my two mobos so it is on a shelf collecting dust.

 

[jorojr]

Gainward Gefore2 *Pro*

I still have it running in a spare PC along with a Athon XP 1700+.

 

[DJQuanta]

Recently I bought the rig on my sig, so I kept the old one to be my son's first computer.

It's powered by a STB Velocity 4400 TNT 16MB, an Abit BH6 (overclockers dream) and a P2-400 @450.

My son is one year old, so he's not using it that much yet , but he loves to sit with me when I'm playing Need for Speed Underground 2, he actually makes car noises with his mouth , so that's why I decided to keep the old machine for him.

The TNT cost me around $175 when it came out (I think), and the processor cost me like $400 (damn), but it was that version that could have the multiplier unlocked by the BH6. That was the easier overclock you could think of LOL.

When he turns 3 I'll give him my current rig, so we can play head to head Need for Speed Underground, I'm sure by then he's gonna kick my butt.

"Dad.... are you going to buy me the Playstation 4 next xmas???..... Son, stay away from that crap, get this A64 2800+ with a 9600 PRO instead." hehe.

 

[imported_kaneda]

I still have my Creative TNT 2 Ultra - it's in my spare machine running oc'd thunderbird w. pci ati all in wonder. nice little media pc.

Also, Hercules 3D Prophet Geforce 3 - on my spare editing machine...paired with an old geforce 4400 pci for dualie monitor setup.

 

[meltdown75]

still have my MSI geforce 2 mx 400 card, ati 4mb card and various dead cards (sound blaster voodoo banshee *ack cough croak*)

gotta have em for messin around with.