Get to know Viral Marketers through Hardware History.

[Teizo]

GPU
Nvidia 5200 PCI
ATI 9200 PCI
ATI 9800 Pro
Nvidia 6800 GT
Nvidia 6800 Ultra
Nvidia GT 240
Nvidia GTX 460
Nvidia GTX 760

Processor
Intel P4
AMD Athlon XP
AMD Athlon II X4
Intel Core i5

Motherboard
Gigabyte P4 Titan
MSI K8N Neo Ultra
DFI Lanparty
Gigabyte K8NXP Ultra
MSI Z77A GD65

Memory
PNY
Mushkin
G.Skill

Cases
Antec Sonata
Antec P180
Fractal Design R4 Black Pearl

PSU
Antec
Enermax
Seasonic (Certified Fanboy)

 

[boxleitnerb]

3dfx Voodoo 2
3dfx Voodoo Banshee
Nvidia GeForce 2 GTS
Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 8500
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
ATI Radeon X800XT PE
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX
Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 SLI
Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan SLI

 

[BrightCandle]

Hmmm let me see. Think it looks roughly like this but not 100% sure I haven't missed a card or two.

2D card with 1MB RAM
S3 Virge
Voodoo 1
Voodoo 2
Riva TNT
Nvidia Geforce 256 SDR
Nvidia Geforce 2 MX
Nvidia GeForce 3
NVidia 4400
ATI Radeon X800
ATI 9500 (mod to 9700)
NVidia GeForce 6800GT
NVidia 8800 GTS
NVidia 8800 GTX
ATI HD 4870X2
AMD HD 5970
AMD 2x HD 7970
Current 2x NVidia 680's

 

[VirtualLarry]

Diamond Stealth 24X (ISA)
Diamond something with S3 chipset (VLB)
ATI Mach64 2MB (VLB) (best 2D card IMHO, first card supported by "Games SDK 1.0", otherwise known as the fledgling DirectX)
ATI Mach64 PCI
ATI RagePro AGP 2X
Matrox Millenium PCI
Voodoo 2 PCI
Radeon 9200 AGP (128-bit RAM!)
X800 Pro AGP (Had to upgrade my PSU when I got this one)
HD2600 Pro AGP x2

More modern cards:

ATI X1950 Pro
ATI X1950 GT
NV 9600GSO x4
NV 6200
NV 6600 x2
ATI HD4850 x4
NV GTX460 1GB x2
ATI HD6870 1GB x2
NV GTX460 2GB
ATI 7790 1GB x2
ATI 7750 1GB

Looking at getting two Asus GTX650 Ti BOOST 2GB DirectCU2 cards for SLI and PrimeGrid as soon as I can afford them.

Edit: Ones I forgot:
Permedia 2 PCI
GF MX440
NV GT430
GT610 (for clients' machines)
GT620 (for clients' machines)
ATI 5450 (used in a clients machine)
5950Ultra AGP (given to me, I gave it away to someone else for their machine)

 

[JBT]

I'm no viral marketer but...

GeForce 2 Ti
Radeon 9500 Pro
GeForce 6800 GT
Radeon X800 XT
GeForce 8800 GT
Radeon X1900XT
Radeon HD 4850
Radeon HD 4890
GeForce 560 Ti
Radeon 7970 for a few days
GeForce GTX 680
Radeon 7850

 

[24601]

S3 ViRGE 4mB
1ghz Tualatin Pentium III Laptop with Mobility Radeon 7500
Geforce 7300GS
Geforce 6600GT
1.6ghz Core2Duo Laptop with Geforce 8400M
Geforce 8800GTS 320mB
2.4ghz Core2Duo Laptop with Quadro NVS 160M
Geforce 460 768mB
__________________________________________________
Current Rig:
2x 7970
2x 7950

 

[Concillian]

Hmm... let's try...

- Promise VGA card... Orchid? I think? that was a 386, so it's been a while.
- Tseng Labs ET4000
- Hercules branded ET6000 card
- Orchid 3Dfx Voodoo
- Permedia 2 based board
- Elsa Erazor II Riva TNT
- Don't recall brand TNT2
- GF1
- GF2
- Gainward GF4 Ti 4200
- FX 5900
- Radeon 9700 Pro
- Radeon x800 Pro
- GeForce 78xx GT
- Radeon 4850
- Radeon 5770
- Radeon 7850
- GTX 760

 

[Vesku]

Won't go through the whole list but my most memorable are the single day I owned an ATI Rage Fury MAXX (What do you mean the only driver available is for Win98? Rage indeed.) and the amazing jump from a S3 Virge DX to a Nvidia Riva TNT card.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

GeForce 4 MX something
Radeon 9800 Pro
Radeon x800 XT PE
GeForce 7800 GTX (Won this in a competition)
Radeon 5870

 

[Skurge]

Hmmm let me see. Think it looks roughly like this but not 100% sure I haven't missed a card or two.

2D card with 1MB RAM
S3 Virge
Voodoo 1
Voodoo 2
Riva TNT
Nvidia Geforce 256 SDR
Nvidia Geforce 2 MX
Nvidia GeForce 3
NVidia 4400
ATI Radeon X800
ATI 9500 (mod to 9700)
NVidia GeForce 6800GT
NVidia 8800 GTS
NVidia 8800 GTX
ATI HD 4870X2
AMD HD 5970
AMD 2x HD 7970
Current 2x NVidia 680's

I know this isn't part of the thread, but just a quick question. Going from 5970 to 7970s did it seem to be less smooth for you at the same FPS.

I kinda felt that way going from 6990 to 7950s.

 

[BrightCandle]

I know this isn't part of the thread, but just a quick question. Going from 5970 to 7970s did it seem to be less smooth for you at the same FPS.

I kinda felt that way going from 6990 to 7950s.

Yes I immediately had issues from day 1. But its worth noting in the winter before the 7970s were released the 5970 started to struggle and became stuttery itself. I think one of the performance drivers made the stuttering worse. At the time I attributed it to the low VRAM on the 5970 (1GB per chip) and new games needing more but I think I was wrong on that one in hindsight.

PS I have definitely missed an ATI all in wonder card in there somewhere in the early days.

 

[Borealis7]

S3 Virge 4MB
ATI RageII Pro 8MB + Creative Voodoo2 8MB
ELSA Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS 32MB
SiS FX661 IGP
Sapphire ATI X850XT 128MB ( i think)
ATI Radeon X1950Pro 256MB (forgot the AIB partner...)
BFG Geforce 8800GTS 512MB (fried by bad PSU)
MSI AMD Radeon HD4850 512MB
Sapphire AMD Radeon HD5850 1024MB BIOS flashed to ASUS 5870

this weekend i got a used ZOTAC Geforce GTX680 2048MB (reference) for half the price of a new one but haven't had time to install it yet

 

[Rikard]

Prehistoric era
C64

Classical era
386 33 MHz
486 50 MHz

Dark ages
Voodoo something <- Think I played Daggerfall on it
GeForce 2 MX <- For Morrowind (think I still have that card somewhere!)

Medieval age
XFX GeForce 7600 <- For Oblivion (died)

Renaissance
Gainward 9800 GT 1 GB
GeForce 325M

Modern age
Sapphire Vapor-X 7950 <- For MWO

Looking back it seems I likely will only upgrade if (a) a card dies or (b) a new TES is released, I am not an OCD like you lot!

 

[railven]

I've bought one or two cards of every Radeon generation dating back to Rage Pro.

I've only bought two GeForce 8800s.

I've owned one or two cards of ever GeForce generation dating back to MX series.

I get more free NV swag than their viral marketers

 

[el etro]

Processors:

P1 MMX 166Mhz
P4 S755 3Ghz
C2D E6750 2.6Ghz
AMD FX-4100
Pentium G-620
Core i5 3570

GPUs:

Geforce 6200 LE
Geforce GTS 450
Radeon HD 7770
Geforce GTX 670
Radeon HD 6850

 

[Piroko]

[can't remember the early ones]
TNT2 Pro (got too slow)
Geforce 2 Pro (got too slow)
Geforce 4 TI 4600 (?) (got too slow)
Geforce 6 6600GT (wasn't interested in gaming for a while, finally got too slow)
Radeon HD 4670 (bad buy, should have spent more, gave it away in the family)
Radeon HD 6770 (wasn't properly assembled, failed early)
Radeon HD 7770

 

[Genx87]

Voodoo2
Matrox G400
GeForce 2 MX
GeForce 3 Ti200
GeForce 4 4600
GeForce FX 5900
ATI 9600 Pro
GeForce 6800GT
GeForce 8800 GTS 640
ATI 4850
ATI 5870
GeForce 470 GTX


Currently deciding between 760, 770, or AMDs rebadges.

 

[Phynaz]

From what I can remember...

Hercules Monochrome Graphics.
IBM EGA
Tseng Labs 4000
Number Nine 770
Voodoo 1
Voodoo 2
TNT 2
HD 4760
HD 5770
HD 7850
GTX 660

 

[Aithos]

I can't remember the exact models of all mine off the top of my head but I'll try:

ATI 3D Rage 2
Voodoo 3 2000
GeForce FX 5600 (not sure which version)
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce GTX 260 FTW edition
GeForce GTX 570

GeForce GTX 780 SLI (maybe 780ti) - ordering soon

I do feel like I'm missing a couple, I'm pretty sure I owned another Radeon card at one point, maybe an all-in-wonder or something. And I think I had something between the 7800 and the 260 but I can't remember what. Maybe a 9800 or something, I'd have to look through the computer graveyard at home to see if I still have it. Money was tight for a lot of those years (really only hasn't been the past few) so I upgraded when I could and always tried to get the best bang for my buck and only upgrade when I had to. I was also horrible about selling or trading, I never did either

 

[SirPauly]

Prehistoric era
C64

Classical era
386 33 MHz
486 50 MHz

Dark ages
Voodoo something <- Think I played Daggerfall on it
GeForce 2 MX <- For Morrowind (think I still have that card somewhere!)

Medieval age
XFX GeForce 7600 <- For Oblivion (died)

Renaissance
Gainward 9800 GT 1 GB
GeForce 325M

Modern age
Sapphire Vapor-X 7950 <- For MWO

Looking back it seems I likely will only upgrade if (a) a card dies or (b) a new TES is released, I am not an OCD like you lot!

Well done -- specifically enjoyed the Prehistoric and Renaissance titles!

 

[Stoneburner]

I am confuddled. Is everybody who posted their purchase history admitting to being a viral marketer?

 

[blackened23]

I am confuddled. Is everybody who posted their purchase history admitting to being a viral marketer?

Everyone on this forum is a viral marketer, every single poster both past and present, including you. You just don't know it yet. :|

 

[sandorski]

ATI Graphics Solution
Virge DX
Voodoo 2 12mb
Savage 2000
Voodoo 5 5500
Radeon 8500 LE
Radeon 9600 Pro
Radeon 9800 Pro
Radeon x800xl
Geforce 7900GS--didn't actually Buy, friend had replaced it and I needed SM 3.0
Radeon 4850
Radeon 5870

 

[sandorski]

Everyone on this forum is a viral marketer, every single poster both past and present, including you. You just don't know it yet. :|

Indeed. Would explain more, but I gotta go fix some things with my Craftsman tools. Right after this cup of fresh Folgers coffee.

 

[ethebubbeth]

Changes in chip designer delineated by a blank line.

Cirrus Logic 512k 2D

Voodoo 2 12mb SLI

Geforce 2 GTS 32mb
Geforce 4 ti 4200 64mb

Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb

Geforce 7800 gt 256mb
Geforce 8800 gts 640mb

Radeon 5850 1gb
Radeon 6950 2gb
Radeon 7970 3gb
Radeon 7970 3gb Crossfire X