Get to know Viral Marketers through Hardware History.

[iiiankiii]

Diamond viper tnt
Ati 9600
Nvidia geforce 4200 ti
Nvidia 6600gt
Ati x850 xt pe
Nvidia 8800gt
Nvidia 9600gt
Nvidia 9800 gt
Ati 4850 HD
Nvidia geforce 260 gtx
Nvidia geforce 460 768mb
Amd 6850 HD
Amd 6950 HD
Amd 7970 HD

 

[Jacky60]

3dfx Voodoo 2 12MB
3dfx Voodoo 2 12MB SLI
Riva TNT
Riva TNT2
Voodoo 3
STMicroelectronics/Imagination Technologies KYRO II (never really hit big time but cheap and quite quick)
Geforce 256
ATI Ragefury Maxx
Matrox G400 max
Geforce 2
ATI Radeon
Geforce 4600Ti
ATI Radeon 9700Pro
GTX 7800 512Mb
ATI X850 PE
GTX 8800 Ultra
Radeon 4870
Radeon 4890
Radeon 4890 xfire
Radeon 5870/5970 trifire
Radeon 6990 Quadfire

Some are missing but I imagine a viral marketer who wanted to remain anonymous would lie about their purchasing history. Many of my early cards were free from tech PR companies up until 9700 pro.
Bolded cards are outstanding gaming memories.
I'd be quite happy for some viral marketing $ if only someone would give it to me!
Any offers? As I'm known for leaning towards AMD (purely on bang per buck) maybe a 780 Ti SLI rig with 4930k and 30inch g-Sync monitor Mr Nvidia??

 

[imaheadcase]

I can't remember that far back, but I had voodoo 2, ATI rage Pro, some nvidia cards. That is all i remember. lol

 

[Lonyo]

100% bought and paid for by Intel.

Something old and ~2MB on a Pentium 100
S3 Virge Trio (?)
TNT2 (x2) (the high end one and an M64? or something)
Ti4400
Radeon 9800
7800GT(+7200GS)
HD4850(+HD2400)
HD6850
HD7950

(Laptops: GF6150, HD3200 (AMD), GMA500, HD4000 (Intel))

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Voodoo 2
Voodoo 3 3000
Riva TNT
Voodoo 5 5500
Geforce 2 MX which i immediately returned because it sucked
Geforce 2 TI which was much better than the MX
Geforce 4 Ti 4400
Geforce 4 Ti 4600
Ati 9800XT awful drivers but great performance
Geforce FX5800 - probably the most overhyped card i ever bought
Geforce 6800GTX
Geforce 7800GTX
Geforce 7800GT SLI
ATI 5870 again with awful drivers and ran hot but great performance
Geforce 770 4GB

 

[blackened23]

I can't remember that far back, but I had voodoo 2, ATI rage Pro, some nvidia cards. That is all i remember. lol

Same here, there's no way to remember every single card I ever owned.

Some of the more memorable ones include the Voodoo I, Voodoo II, Riva TNT, Riva TNT 2, Matrox Millenium (for 2D only), ATI 9700 pro (I had the all in wonder version, LOVED IT). The more recent cards, I believe i'd wait before putting them in my personal GPU hall of fame. But all of the above definitely deserve a spot in a generalized GPU hall of fame IMO.

Strangely enough, back in the old days I don't ever remember futzing with drivers, ever. It seemed like it was more or less install GPU, install drivers, and it wasn't critical to have the latest version, there wasn't a large variance in games performance (not as much as now ) depending on driver used. I even used the CD driver that came with the GPUs back then , which is simply unthinkable nowadays. You just don't DO that now...heheh. So you didn't have to update drivers every 3 weeks or so like now. Certainly there weren't game-centric beta drivers as are so common these days....seems like a step backwards to current times in that respect.

 

[Rvenger]

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

OCD :ninja:

 

[_Rick_]

Oh this is fun!

Not sure what was on the 386 anymore... VGA/MCGA capable graphics, yeah!
S3 Trio 64 (?)
ATI Xpert/Rage 128?
Geforce 3 Ti200
Radeon 9600
Geforce 6800 (I think an XT)
Radeon X1950 Pro
Geforce GTX 260 Core 216
Geforce GTX 560 Ti (MSI Hawk)
Geforce GTX 770 4GB (MSI Gamer)


...so yeah, in recent years I stuck with nV... Mostly because of the slightly higher efficiency, and in the case of the Hawk there was awesome performance for the price.

 

[Granseth]

before and with voodoo I don't remember much but after I remember most of the cards I have used in my gaming computer

Voodoo
Voodoo 2 (I think the 12MB edition) SLI
PowerVR
Redention 2200
Matrox G400
Geforce 2
Radeon 9500pro
Radeon x800xt
Geforce 7800 GT 256MB
Radeon 1950XTX
Geforce 8800 GTS 512MB
Radeon HD 4890
Geforce 560Ti
Radeon 7970

And I'm shure I have missed some cards as well, but the gamechangers for me was the voodoo card and the 9500pro.

 

[stahlhart]

PCI
Generic Cirrus Logic VGA
Diamond Stealth 2Mb
ATI All-In-Wonder
3Dfx Voodoo 3 2000

AGP
Matrox G400 32Mb Dual Head
Gainward GeForce 3 Ti200
ATI Radeon 9500Pro
ATI All-In-Wonder 9800Pro
ATI All-In-Wonder X800XL

PCIe
MSI GTX 560Ti SLI
MSI GTX 670 PE SLI

 

[Keysplayr]

Voodoo2 x2 (SLI)
Voodoo3 2000
Voodoo3 3000
Banshee
RivaTNT
RivaTNT2
GeForce256
Matrix G200 x2
Matrox G400
GeForce2 Ti 500 ???
GeForce 4 Ti 4200
GeForce 5900
Radeon 9500 Pro x2
Radeon 9700vanilla x3
GeForce 6800GT
Radeon X800XTX Platinum
GeForce 7900GT
GeForce 7900Ultra
GeForce 8600GT
GeForce 8800GTS640 x2
GeForce 8800GTS512
Radeon 2900XT
GeForce 9800GTX x2
Radeon 4870X2
GeForce GTX280
GeForce GTX290 x2
GeForce GTS450 x2
GeForce GTX 460 x2
GeForce GTX480 x2
Radeon HD5870
GeForce GTX560Ti
GeForce GTX570
GeForce GTX580
GeForce GTX590
GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX680 x2
<reserved for R9 290x>
<reserved for 780Ti>

I'm sure there are some I may have forgotten.

 

[nOOky]

Jeez memory lane..

I started listing but couldn't even remember them all. All's I know is that I started with a Matrox Mystique 4mb card and now have the HD7970. I do remember my favorite cards were the original Geforce 256, Radeon 9800 Pro, Geforce 6800 Ultra, Geforce 8800GTS 512, Radeon 1950XT, and my HD7970.
I still have the 8800GTS-512, one HD6870, and a HD4870 sitting around here.

 

[KentState]

I'm having a hard time remembering the cars of the early 90s.

GTX 780m
Radeon 7970Ghz
GTX 580
Radeon 4890
Radeon X1800XT PE
Radeon 9800 Pro
GF3 TI200
TNT2
TNT
Voodoo 1
Matrox ??

 

[Grooveriding]

I'm not listing them all, but will list my favourites.

Voodoo2 SLI This is probably the best ever as the change from 2D to 3D was incredible.
9700 Pro
9800 Pro
6800GT
8800GTX
5870
780 Classified

 

[Rhoxed]

Ati Rage 128 Pro
Geforce 2 MX 400
Geforce 5950 XT
Geforce 7800 GT
Geforce 8600 GTS
Radeon HD 3870 (x3)
Radeon HD 4850 (x3)
Radeon HD 4870 1GB
Radeon HD 6850
Radeon HD 7950

 

[jackstar7]

ATi 9600 something
X800 XL
8800 320
8800 640
4850/4870/4890
5850
6950x2
7970x2
7990

Eyefinity sold me. A friend showed me multimonitor, and I suddenly wanted all I could get.

 

[lehtv]

My GPU history sucks tbf...

2003 - Sapphire 9500 Pro - awesome card!!!
2005 - Sapphire X800 XL - was disappointed with the performance but then again it was only 200 &#8364;
2008 - Intel HD graphics on a laptop for 1.5 years
2009 - AMD 4870X2 - yes it was some OEM card, and excellent value at 200&#8364; lightly used; didnt even make that much noise in an Antec 900, but upgrading to Fractal R3 I needed a quieter card
2011 - Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti SOC - it was the 1000MHz factory OC version, awesome performance out of the box; although it was a minor upgrade in performance but a huge upgrade in power/noise
2012 - Sapphire 7950 Vapor-X - don't see myself upgrading this for another year or so)

 

[T9D]

Voodoo 3 3000
Geforce 2
Radeon 9700 pro (I tried the 9500 Pro but was really disapointed and returned it, was never really happy with the 9700 pro either to be honest)

Geforce 4 ti 4400 (I think I had this, I had a ti something or other)

Radeon X1950PRO (Newegg is showing I bought this and returned it, can't for the life of me remember why, so I guess I didn't really own or use it).

Intel GMA 3100 <---Had in my shuttle box, never did pick up a real video card. Decent single slots were hard to find by then! I sold the whole rig for a laptop, always regretted that, I should have bought a video card and kept that and gamed for years after)

Some crappy HP AMD laptop with integrated graphics. I gamed on low settings for a bit on that. It got insanely hot.

Geforce 400 something or other (whatever it was would have been top of the line 400 cards I'm sure since my brother bought it). My brother gave me his old rig which was still pretty awesome. But It was giant, I parted it out to buy a laptop after not using it very long. Wish I never did that either.

Geforce 560m - in a gaming laptop. Worked great until about 10 minutes of playing and it got so hot it downclocked. What's the freaking point of buying it if it just downclocks to some crappy videocard speed and gets choppy?? I actually think it may have been the intel CPU downclocking or both, either way, ugh that made me angry.

GTX 760 OC


I remember buying the Geforce 2 at Circuit City and swearing I'd never spend $300 on a video card again. And I never have. My newest GTX 760 OC was only $250 and came with a game. I haven't really kept up on gaming much in the last few years. I kind of wish I had though, I tried some really mobile options but it just didn't cut it. But I'm glad I skipped some cards for a while there too, some of you people spent insane amount of money, I'm glad I didn't do that.

This newest system and card is the happiest I've ever been with a rig. The GTX 760 OC is a good priced card and it's the smoothest and most capable card I've owned. I've just never really been totally happy with any of my other PC's like I have been with this one

To be honest I've never really been happy with Radeon cards, there was always something just not right or driver problems or something. I've always had better luck with Nvidia and would now prefer to just stay with them.

 

[Pariah]

Late 90's/early 00's I switched cards quite a bit and sometimes switched back to cards I had previously used, so the order may not be totally accurate early on. Probably forgot a couple along the way too.

STB Powergraph 64
Matrox Millennium
Matrox Millennium II + Rainbow Runner (sweet video capture setup back in the day)
3dfx Voodoo
3dfx Voodoo 2 SLI
Matrox G400
Voodoo 3 3500 TV
Geforce 256
Voodoo 5 5500
Geforce 2 GTS
Original Ati Radeon
Radeon 8500
AIW 8500
Radeon 9700 Pro
AIW 800XT
Radeon X1900XT
Radeon 3850
Radeon 4850 xFire
Radeon 5870 xFire
Radeon 7970

 

[Slomo4shO]

Purchases since last year:

GTX 650
GTX 660
HD 7770
HD 7790
Hd 7850
HD 7870
HD 7950
HD 7970

AMD has been winning the price/performance race this generation so the majority of the purchases at specific price points ended up being AMD since last year. Looking to pickup a couple R9 290X or 780 Ti around Black Friday and the price will dictate the winner.

 

[GaiaHunter]

Diamond stealth S540 xtreme III (worked last time I checked)
Riva TNT2 (dead)
Geforce 2 MX (dead)
Geforce Ti4200 128MB (worked last time I checked)
Radeon 9500 Pro unlocked to 9700 Pro (dead)
Geforce 6800 NU (died during its prime)
Geforce 6800 GT (died during its prime)
Geforce 7600 GT (worked last time I checked)
Radeon X1800 XT 512MB (bought itwhen it dropped to half price overnight; worked last time I checked)
Radeon 4850 (running on a backup PC)
Radeon 4890 (working)
Radeon 6850 (working)
Radeon 7870 XT (working)

 

[Daedalus685]

Ati rage fury pro
Radeon 8500
Radeon 9800pro
X1600m in a laptop for university
Ati 2600 in a budget build
4870 512mb crossfire
4890 crossfire
gt330m in a laptop

6970 still in my desktop but its upgrade time.
Hd graphics 4000 in my curent laptop

So yeah, I'm an Ati fanboy, but my allegiance with them left when amd took over. Just get the best performance in budget now, but not as often since I became a 'grown up' though... Meh.

 

[fixbsod]

You guys have some ridiculously long lists...

Cirrus Logic 1MB VLB card
Matrox Mystique 4MB PCI
Geforce Ti4200 64 MB AGP
Geforce 580 1.5GB PCIe

at this rate apparently I can't upgrade until a new interface emerges beyond pcie

 

[Screech]

my list sucks, lol

let's see.....

intel integrated (a few....)
geforce mx 440 (total garbage)
geforce 5200 (also total garbage)
quadro 140m (this dell laptop was my main gaming rig for a couple years. Terrible card; the gpu would melt every ~6 months, thankfully I had a warranty)
ati/amd 5670m (this laptop was then also my main gaming rig for a couple years......good memories....made crysis fun...and still works to this day and I am typing on it)
geforce 570.....my first decent standalone card and still my gaming rig

Probably going to buy something once the 290s are released and something gets cheap......that said, as it is the 7950s are looking tasty.

 

[rgallant]

MX400
GT6600
GTX7900 $850 CND never again lol
8800gts 512 x2
GTX 285 x2
GTX 570 x2 -sent them for the evga step up when Metro 2033 maxed the vram on day 1
GTX 580 x2