* Tandy 1000 16-colour. With my graphics and extra sound, I was the envy of all my friends during the CGA-days!
* A variety of 2D cards from my 386/486/Cyrix P120+/K6 days - ranging from 256k Oak VGA to 2MB Cirrus Logic ISA/VLB!!/PCI (Oh Wing Commander 3 was so much better with my 1st VLB video card!!)
* I upgraded to Win95 and got an s3 Virge (3D I thought...) for one game: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. The game was disappointing, and so was the S3 virge, although it was solid 2D.
* 3D fever began! I spent $300 and got a Diamond Viper (Riva 128) and while it was fast, the 3D quality SUCKED! Demos like Final Reality looked like a faster version of software rendering! Returned it for:
* Diamond Stealth II which was almost as fast, looked nicer, but for some reason didn't like my monitor and was SUPER, SUPER FUZZY. (Way beyond any of my nVidia 2D rants!) Returned it as defective and went back to the Virge until:
* Chris Stellwag of Real3D sent me a promotional kit (t-shirt, info pamphlets, and 8MB AGP i740 "Starfighter" card!) That was one nice card! I went back to the Starfighter a while ago since it's far better than my current "crutch" card, and sharp 2D, vibrant colour!
* Wanted a Voodoo2 while they were brand new... they'd run out and only had 6MB Canopus Pure3D's. Very, very nice though.... Bought one.
* Creative Labs Banshee when I finally outgrew that Starfighter. Traded my Starfighter + Pure3D for it... It wasn't much improvement in speed at all, but it did include Glide for a number of titles, including Unreal.
* Traded Banshee for CL TNT1. Doubled the speed of the Banshee. I loved it. This card lasted longer than my Virge!
* Sold TNT dor decent price and went to a $10 4MB Cirrus Logic AGP card as a crutch. I'm on it now.... yecch!
* Tried out a Voodoo3, but it wasn't much of a speed boost,
* traded up to a 3500 for VIVO stuff since I don't have a TV. Very nice card.
* sold 3500 for more than I paid for it, moved to ASUS V7100MX. 2D **SUCKED!** even compared to my Cirrus Logic Crutch, "Ol' Crusty".
* Returned v7100mx for ELSA Geforce DDR which was awesome!
* Sold Geforce DDR at a loss to goggleax on here when I thought getting rid of all gaming accessories was required. I'm still waiting for the insuance claim on the destroyed package...
* Went back to ASUS 3400TNT VIVO, which has surprisingly good 2D! Maybe I was getting too used to "Ol' Crusty" again and it only looked good in comparison.
* Sold 3400TNT for what I paid for it and found the group deal on the Voodoo5 which I've really wanted for a long time... I'll have good 2D and plenty enough 3D for my Cel450A to handle. (Free 4x FSAA since I won't be maxing the card by a long shot...)
Good thing I finished up that group buy before the mods locked it!
I'm a Voodoo man now. After the number of cards I've gone through in the last year alone, I BETTER DARN WELL BE SATISFIED! I'm done for a year. Good thing that through some skillful trading, none of these cards really cost me very much....