Get to know Viral Marketers through Hardware History.

[VulgarDisplay]

Just like the title says. Let's get to know our favorite VC&G Viral Marketers through their hardware purchasing history. You may be surprised at what is revealed within.

I'll start the ball rolling.

3dfx Voodoo 3
Nvidia Geforce Ti4400
Nvidia Geforce 6800GT
Nvidia Geforce 7800GT
Nvidia Geforce 8600GT (forgot this one.)
Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS 512mb
Nvidia Geforce gtx260 Core 216
AMD Radeon hd5870
AMD Radeon hd7970

 

[lavaheadache]

I couldn't possibly put a list together..... though I might try after a couple rips...
**EDIT**
ok.... I tried

Main Rig progression

Voodoo 2 12 meg sli
voodoo 3 2000
voodoo 3 3000
voodoo 5 5500
Ti 4200
9600 XT
9800 pro
X800 pro
6800 GT
7800 GTX
X1900 XT
8800 GTX
8800 GT SLI
4870 512
GTX 280
4870 X2 + 4870 1 gig
5870 Crossfire
GTX 580
GTX 680
7970 Crossfire
Titan
780 (SLi inbound)


Cards I currently own and I'm sure I'll miss some as this list is from memory

Voodoo 2 12 meg
voodoo 3 3500
voodoo 5 5500

Geforce

TNT 64 (I know... not a GeForce, Guess I should have stated ATi or Nvidia but even then that would be wrong)
2 Ti
3 ti 200
3 ti 500
4 ti 4200
4 ti 4600
6800 Ultra Sli
6800 Ultra AGP
7800 GT
7800 GTX 256 Sli +1 more
7800 GTX 512 SLI
7950 GX2 Quad Fire
8600 GTS
8800 GTS 320 SLi
8800 GTS 640 SLi
8800 GTS 512
8800 GT
8800 GTX SLi
8800 Ultra
9800 GT Ultimate 128 core
9800 GTX +
9800 GX2
GTX 280
GTX 285
GTX 480
GTX 780 Sli (inbound)

Radeon

7200
7500
8500
9800 pro (2)
X700 (can't remember the variant)
X800 Pro
X800 XL
X800 XT PE
X850XT Crossfire
X850 XT AGP
X1800 XT PE
X1900 XTX
X1950 XTX
X1950 XT
2900 XT Crossfire
3870 Crossfire
3870 X2
4870 tri fire
4870 X2 Quad Fire
4890
5870 eye 6



I'll add more when I think of them.

I've had many many more that I've traded out along the way

when some people find out about my collection they ridicule me, others applaud me...... meh, I don't give a crap either way cause I do what I like.

Still looking for some cards that I don't have. Would love to get me a Dustbuster and 9800 XT

 

[chimaxi83]

Straight from AMD HQ:

Riva TNT2
Geforce 2 Ti
Geforce 3 Ti 500
Radeon 9700 Pro (WOW factor)

Long break until my next system, was in the service

Geforce 8800 GTS (G92 based)
Geforce 9800 GTX+
Radeon HD 4870
Geforce GTX 470
Geforce GTX 570
Radeon HD 6950 CF
Radeon HD 7970
Geforce GTX 680
Geforce GTX 680 SLI
Radeon HD 7970 CF
Intel HD 4000

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I couldn't possibly put a list together..... though I might try after a couple rips...

I saw that you had replied from the main forum and was all set to reply with a TL: DR.

 

[SirPauly]

Matrox Millennium
Matrox Millennum 2
Matrox Mystique
Matrox M3d
Matrox G-100
Matrox G-200

3dfx Vodoo
3dfx Voodoo 2 12 meg sli
3dfx Voodoo 3000
3dfx Voodoo 5500

TnT
Tnt 2
GeForce 256 DDR
GeForce 2 GTS
GeForce 4 Ti 4200
GeForce 5900
GeForce 6600
GeForce 8800 gt
GTX 260
GTX 470
GTX 670

Radeon 64 Vivo
Radeon 8500
Radeon 9700 pro
Radeon 9800 pro
Radeon 9800 XT
Radeon x1800 XT
Radeon x1850 XTPE
Radeon X1900 XTX
Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Radeon 2900 XT


Bolded the platforms that offered great gaming memories.

 

[Skurge]

Geforce FX5200
Radeon 9600XT
Geforce 8800GTS 640MB
Radeon 4870 1GB
Radeon 6870
Radeon 6990
Radeon 7950 Crossfire
Geforce GTX560 (placeholder)

It's clear I am pretty young, although being in Namibia meant I always got stuff much later than they launched. Not so much anymore.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

You guys have amazing memories, I can't remember but a few.

Voodoo 3 2000

Some ATI card in 2006 I bought from Best Buy for $120 which I'm sure now was a horrible purchase.

My 9400m laptop in 2008.

9800 GT

470 SLI

7950 CF.


It's weird, I've been PC gaming since AOL made you pay per hour, but I honestly couldn't tell you what I was using for my system with any semblance of certainty.

Correction: I can tell you what CPU I had, but I can't tell you want graphics card... Weird

 

[lavaheadache]

You guys have amazing memories, I can't remember but a few.

Voodoo 3 2000

Some ATI card in 2006 I bought from Best Buy for $120 which I'm sure now was a horrible purchase.

My 9400m laptop in 2008.

9800 GT

470 SLI

7950 CF.


It's weird, I've been PC gaming since AOL made you pay per hour, but I honestly couldn't tell you want I was using for my system with any semblance of certainty.

2006.... $120...... best buy My guess. X700 ?

 

[BallaTheFeared]

I dunno, all I can tell you is I wasn't impressed with the upgrade when I got home :|

I think it had 512MB of vram, and the card I was replacing had 256MB.

Weird I can remember that...

 

[Subyman]

Oh man, I can't even remember some of the cards I bought in the past, but I'll give it a go:

(Order of purchase)

3DFX Voodoo2
3DFX Voodoo 3 3000
3DFX Voodoo 5 5500
Hercules Geforce 2 Ultra <--- Hell of a card at the time
ATI 9700 Pro <--- modded to 9800 I believe
ATI X850XT
Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra <--- Got this for EQ2
Nvidia Geforce 8800GT <-- Got this for Crysis
Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS 320MB
ATI 4870
ATI 4870 Crossfire <--- Terrible support
Nvidia GTX470 <--- best value I've ever had, watercooled and went to 580 performance
AMD 6950
Nvidia GTX 680
AMD 7970
Nvidia GTX760 Hawk

There have been many more cards, but these were in my main rig.

 

[96Firebird]

Voodoo2
Geforce FX5200
Radeon 9600
Geforce 8800GT 512MB
Geforce GTX460 1GB

I feel I'm not getting paid adequately.

 

[lavaheadache]

I dunno, all I can tell you is I wasn't impressed with the upgrade when I got home :|

I think it had 512MB of vram, and the card I was replacing had 256MB.

Weird I can remember that...

It's not weird. It's called enthusiast!

 

[lavaheadache]

Voodoo2
Geforce FX5200
Radeon 9600
Geforce 8800GT 512MB
Geforce GTX460 1GB

I feel I'm not getting paid adequately.

or different priorities =P

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Monster 3d that I think was some sort of voodoo 1
Voodoo 3 2000
Geforce 4 420 mx
Radeon 9800 pro
Geforce 6800gt
Geforce 7900gt
Geforce 9800gt
Geforce gtx 460
Geforce gtx 770

I had enough issues with my 9800 pro and hear enough about the flakiness of AMD drivers still that it'd take something like a return of the 5000FX series blunder for me to switch.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

It's not weird. It's called enthusiast!

Actually I think that was the problem, I wasn't that interested in graphics cards until I started building my first from scratch rig in 2010, that lead me to the cheap $50 9800 GT with a Regor 245 followed by an endless upgraded cpus until I finally landed on the water cooled rig of 2011, the i5-2500k and 470 SLI.

Now I've gone backwards to on air, next cycle I'll probably only get one card

 

[Subyman]

I always loved the Voodoo box art. I remember setting the box right next to my monitor while playing games. I was pretty young during the reign of 3DFX, but my parents spoiled me with computer parts because they thought computers were a smart thing to be excited about.

 

[lavaheadache]

Actually I think that was the problem, I wasn't that interested in graphics cards until I started building my first from scratch rig in 2010, that lead me to the cheap $50 9800 GT with a Regor 245 followed by an endless upgrade until I finally landed on the water cooled rig of 2011, the i5-2500k and 470 SLI.

Now I've gone backwards to on air, next cycle I'll probably only get one card

Sell dem's 7950's and get a 780 Ti when it comes out. You'll have to shell out some cash but I bet you'll be pleased.

 

[Tempered81]

Voodoo 2 12mb SLI
Geforce 256
Riva TNT
Riva TNT2
Geforce 2 mx 440
8800GS SLI
8800GSm
9800 Pro
8800GT
x1950
4850
4890
140m NVS
GTX 260 192c
5850
6950 (6970)
7950

 

[DaveSimmons]

misc. DOS / VESA cards (Diamond, ...?)
ATI XPert@Play
Voodoo 2 (Monster)
Geforce 2
Voodoo3 2000
Geforce 3
Geforce 4200 ti
Geforce 5600 <--- sigh, really should have gotten a Radeon this gen
Geforce 6800
Geforce 7800 GTX
Radeon 4870
Radeon 6850
Geforce GTX 560 ti
Getforce GTX 680

CPUs
AMD 286, 386
intel p1, p2, p3
AMD Athlon64
intel core2, i5

 

[RobertR1]

I can't recall from back in the dya because my buddy used to build my PC's for me. However since I started:'

x800xt PE
x1800xt
x1900xt
8800GTX (amazing card)
580GTX
780GTX

 

[Rvenger]

Matrox
Millenium 4M PCI

Nvidia
Riva TNT2 32mb
GF2 MX400 64mb?
Geforce Ti4200 64mb
GF FX5200 ?
GF FX5900 Ultra ?
GF 6200le ?
6600GT 128mb
6800 OC 128mb
8500GT 256mb
9800GT 512mb
GTS 450 1gb
GTX 460 1gb
GTX 480 1.5gb
GTX 560 1gb
GTX 650 1gb
GTX 650Ti Boost 2gb
GTX 660 2gb
GTX 670 2gb (4x)
GTX 680 2gb (2x)
GTX 780 3gb
GTX Titan 6gb

ATI
Radeon 9250 ??
Radeon 9550 ??
Radeon 9600 Pro ??
Radeon 9600XT ??
Radeon 9700 Pro ??
Radeon 9700XT ??
Radeon X600 128mb
Radeon X700 Pro 128mb
Radeon X1550 128mb
Radeon HD 4550 256mb
Radeon HD 4670 512mb
Radeon HD 4830 512mb
Radeon HD 4870 512mb
Radeon HD 5770 1gb
Radeon HD 5450 512mb
Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Radeon HD 6450 512mb
Radeon HD 6570 512mb
Radeon HD 6750 1gb
Radeon HD 6790 1gb
Radeon HD 6850 1gb (2x)
Radeon HD 6950 2gb
Radeon HD 7750 1gb (3x)
Radeon HD 7770 1gb (2X)
Radeon HD 7850 2gb
Radeon HD 7950 3gb (4x)
Radeon HD 7970 3gb (10x)
Radeon HD 7990 6gb

I might have more but that's all I can think of.

 

[tviceman]

Voodoo 2 for LIFE.

 

[lavaheadache]

Voodoo 2 for LIFE.

Voodoo 1 is where the fun began

 

[bystander36]

How the heck do you keep track of all the video cards from the past like you guys have?

I have a hard time remembering the cards before my ATI 9800 pro, but here is a rough idea, though I know I'm missing a few:
Riva TNT 2
Geforce 2 or 3
ATI 9800 Pro
Geforce 6800 GS
Geforce 9800 GT
AMD 5870
AMD 6950
Geforce 470
Geforce 680

There are some definite holes in my list.

 

[Sable]

Cirrus Logic 5424 - 512k ram. BOOM! Games played - X-Wing, Doom, Jurassic Park.
ATI xpert@play (Rage Pro) - 4MB
NV TNT2 - 32MB
NV Gefore 3 Ti200 - 64MB
ATI 9500 - 128MB
Nvidia 7800GT - 256MB
ATI 4870 1GB
Nvidia GTX 680 2GB