Post your videocard history.

[railven]

Wow, looking at some of these lists was I the only one stupid enough to upgrade multiple times within the same generations? Haha.

EDIT: Card's I kept. I did buy/rent a Voodoo 3 during waiting for my 9700 to arrive, and I had a Voodoo 5 at some point for like a week, but ATI had my heart. haha.

<got a job as a kid, mother didn't teach me how to save >
ATI Rage 3D - my first dedicated GPU
ATI Rage Pro - my first AGP card
3dFX Voodoo 2 8MB
ATI Radeon 7000 PCI
ATI Radeon 7000 AIW AGP
ATI Radeon 8500 AGP
ATI Radeon 9200 AIW AGP
ATI Radeon 9500 -> Soft mod to Pro
ATI Radeon 9700 -> Soft mod to Pro
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (my first OC'ed card)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
ATI Radeon 9800 XT
ATI Radeon X800 XT
ATI Radeon X800 XT AIW
ATI Radeon X850 XT PE
<Got a girl friend so suddenly drought of new hardware haha.>
ATI Radeon X1950 XT
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS SLI
ATI Radeon HD 4870x2
ATI Radeon HD 4850 (4870x2 got destroyed by water along with half my rig )
ATI Radeon HD 5870 2GB

At this point in my life bills, mortgages, car payments, and a girlfriend asking for a ring my next build won't be until 2012 (if the world don't end) or soon as the Radeon 7 series is out.

Been an ATI Fan all my life except for points where I felt ATI didn't have a viable alternative (8800 GTS kings of their generation) and through all these years and all the PC gaming I don't think I ever ran into these constant driver issues. My cards all ran stable, cool, and I often handled the games at their times on High/Very High settings. The only ATI card that gave me issues was the Radeon HD 4850, but it wasn't technical issues I just felt my card didn't deliver the performance that reviewers reported.

Ahhh if I could be a kid again haha. While I'm an ATI user I've always recommend either or for friends/family builds. My GF is a hardcore nvidiot so we have harmony over at my place

 

[nitromullet]

Wow, looking at some of these lists was I the only one stupid enough to upgrade multiple times within the same generations? Haha.

Nah, I did that too, but it's not really something I've done recently. My goal now is to maybe buy a second card for SLI/CF if think I need it, and I'd really like the opportunity to test out something fairly high end from each camp each generation. The only complete generation from either side that I have totally skipped since Geforce 4 is the ATI 2xxx series. Right now, I'm considering 6950 CF. If I do it, I'll probably pick up a singe 6950 and see how I like it before I sell the the GTX 580 and go CF.

<Got a girl friend so suddenly drought of new hardware haha.>

I actually got a lot more into gaming and PCs after I got married. Spent less time/money going out. We still have a social life, I just used to go out a lot. Quit smoking too, that alone probably makes up for anything I spend on PC hardware.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

cant remember first ones i had.
XFX geforce 5750
BFG 6800GT
MSI 8800GT
EVGA 560 ti

 

[nyker96]

cant remember first ones i had.
XFX geforce 5750
BFG 6800GT
MSI 8800GT
EVGA 560 ti

NV guy, how come you bought hd5750? why the defection?

 

[Johnny Nuge]

Radeon 9500 (softmod to Pro)
XFX Geforce 6600GT
MSI Geforce 7800GT
Galaxy GTX 460 768MB

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

NV guy, how come you bought hd5750? why the defection?

lol its still Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_pcx.html
Its from the 5xxx series of cards. The xx50 in the name was just for PCI-express cards, which were new at the time. The 5750 was a piece of crap btw. I had it for only a few months before spending like 500 bucks on a 6800gt. I Still regret spending that much on a video card. I remember after buying it wishing i just got the 6600gt, because it was good enough for the games I used to play.

 

[blckgrffn]

lol its still Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_pcx.html
Its from the 5xxx series of cards. The xx50 in the name was just for PCI-express cards, which were new at the time. The 5750 was a piece of crap btw. I had it for only a few months before spending like 500 bucks on a 6800gt. I Still regret spending that much on a video card. I remember after buying it wishing i just got the 6600gt, because it was good enough for the games I used to play.

/looks the 6800U on his list, thinks the same damn thing, never again.../

Funny, our current rigs are just about equivalent - still rocking the Core2 Quads with newer trimmings

 

[GullyFoyle]

This is as far back as I can remember...

Tseng Labs ET6000 + Diamond Monster 3D (3dfx)
nVidia Geforce4 MX 440 (I think)
Sapphire 9800 (flashed to Pro)
Geforce 7800GT
Geforce 8800GT (current card)

 

[Rezist]

Ti4200
FX5200 (Cheap dell computer)
Powercolor 4850 512mb

 

[Bryf50]

Geforce2 GTS 64mb
EVGA fx5200 128mb(fail)
Chaintech 6600gt 128mb(good card)
EVGA 7600gt 256mb
Sapphire x1800xt 256mb(was cheaper and faster than the 7900gt)
EVGA 8800gt 512mb
MSI HD 4890 1gB(current card but looking to upgrade soon)

Also in my HTPC
Radeon 2400pro 256mb
Asus 3450 512mb + integrated 3300 128mb

 

[Rifter]

ATI rage 8MB PCI
Nvidia TNT 16MB AGP
Voodoo 3 3000
Geforce 4 Ti200
<huge gap with no comp>
ATI 4830
ATI 4890
Nvidia 460
Nvidia 460 x 2 in SLI

 

[nvidiaintelftw]

My first card ever was a FX5500 (which i have naked right here on my desk)
Powercolor X1950XT
GTX260
GTX260 SLI
HD5870
now my Current GTX470

 

[deimos3428]

several old pre-VGA cards (Hercules, CGA, EGA)
ATI Xpert 98
GeForce 2 MX 440
HD4870
6850 CF

 

[IGemini]

S3 Savage4 - worst of the bunch
GeForce4 Ti4200
Radeon X800XL
Radeon X1900XT
GeForce 8800GT
Radeon 4850
Rage 128 Pro - not out of order, got it for an old-school build I'm working on
Radeon 5770

I definitely have appeal toward the budget performance segment.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Geil FX5200
Gainward 6800GT Golden Sample
BFG 6800GT SLI
Can't remember the brand X850XT
XFX 7900GT
Not sure of brand X1900XT
Sapphire HD4650

Not sure what my next one will be. I've been leaning towards a 6850. Wish I knew how big of a bottleneck this E5200 is.

 

[miji]

My list:

S3 Virge GX2 4MB (?)
Intel I740 8MB (Gigabyte)
Nvidia TNT2 M64 32MB (?)
Nvidia Geforce 4 MX 440 64MB (Triplex)
Nvidia Geforce 4 MX 440 64MB (MSI)
Nvidia Geforce 4 TI4200 128MB (Abit)
Nvidia Geforce 4 TI4600 128MB (Gainward)
Nvidia Geforce FX 5900XT 128MB (MSI)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB (?)
Nvidia 6600 GT 128Mb (Leadtek)
Nvidia 6600 GT 128Mb (Galaxy)
ATI Radeon 4850 512MB (Sapphire)

 

[five_seven]

STB Velocity 128 (4 MB) later upgraded to...
STB Blackmagic Voodoo2 3Dfx (16 MB)
''both above were in my first PC, a Dell OEM in late '90s.

Diamond TNT2 32 MB later upgraded to ....
Hercules Geforce 2 GTS 64 MB
'' both above were in my first self-built PC

Sapphire 9600 Pro upgraded to ...
ATI 9800 Pro upgraded to ...
eVGA Geforce 6800 GT
'' all above was another customr rig in the mid 2000's.

XFX 5870 1 GB now paired with....
XFX 5870 1 GB (CF)
''latest x58 build from late 2010

Looking back I had the best gaming years with the TNT2 and Hercules cards. Then again, I was in high school/college and had the most free time. That's also when LAN parties actually still existed as large scale public events.

 

[vhx]

TNT2 16MB
Geforce 4 Ti4200
Geforce 7600GS
Geforce 9800GT

 

[floogy]

RIVA TNT 16mb
Voodoo 2 12mb (parallel to the TNT, used for playing unreal based games, haha)
ATI Radeon 7200
Geforce 6800
XFX 5770
HIS 6850

 

[zerocool84]

3D Blaster Banshee
Voodoo 5 5500
GeForce4 Ti 4200
GeForce 6800 nu
GeForce 7800GS
GeForce 9800GTX+
ATI 5870

 

[SithSolo1]

ATi Radeon "engineering sample" 64mb
ATi Radeon 8500 64mb
ATi Radeon 9800 128mb
BFGTech 6800nu OC 128mb Unlocked
Evga 7900GTO 512mb
Evga 8800GTS 320mb current

The only other card I've owned was an STB Velocity 4400 TNT 16mb that came with my first and last pre-built system, a DELL. That card kicked some serious ass back in the day.

 

[llee]

1. Cash --> EVGA 9500GT 1GB
2. Cash --> EVGA GTX260 216 896MB
3. EVGA GTX260 216 896MB --> Sapphire HD4870 Vapor-X 2GB
4. Sapphire HD4870 Vapor-X 2GB --> Sapphire HD4850 512MB Crossfire
5. EVGA 9500GT + Sapphire HD4850 512MB Crossfire --> Cash
6. Cash --> MSI HD5770 1GB
7. MSI HD5770 1GB --> RMA --> MSI HD5770 HAWK 1GB
8. Cash --> PaliT GTX460 1GB
9. MSI HD5770 HAWK 1GB + PaliT GTX460 1GB --> Sapphire HD 5870 1GB + Cash
10. Cash --> Sapphire HD 5870 1GB w/ Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme

 

[Cookie Monster]

Some form of onboard VGA that I dont remember x2
Radeon 7000
Geforce Ti 4200
Geforce MX 440
Geforce FX5700
Radeon 9600pro
PNY 6800GT
Sapphire HD4850
EVGA GTX260 (216SP)
EVGA GTX470

 

[nemesismk2]

Here is my full list of video cards, yeah i've had a PC a long time :|

3DFX:-

4mb 3dfx diamond monster voodoo1
8mb 3dfx velocity 100
16mb 2themax banshee
16mb Stb 3dfx voodoo3 2000

ATI:-

4mb ATI Rage Pro
8mb ATI Rage IIc
64mb Gigabyte radeon 9000
64mb Sapphire radeon 7000
64mb Sapphire radeon 9000 Pro
128mb OCUK radeon 9700 pro
128mb Powercolor radeon 9700 pro
128mb Sapphire radeon 9200 with vivo
128mb Sapphire radeon 9600
128mb Sapphire radeon 9600 xt (fireblade)
256mb ATI radeon x850 pro
256mb Crucial radeon x1300 pro
256mb Sapphire radeon x550
256mb Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro
256mb Sapphire radeon x800
256mb Sapphire radeon x800 GTO
256mb Sapphire radeon x1300 xt
256mb Sapphire radeon x1600 XT
256mb Sapphire radeon x1800 GTO
512mb HIS radeon x1900 xt
256mb Sapphire radeon x1950 xt
256mb Connect3d radeon x1950 pro
512mb Sapphire radeon x1950 Pro
512mb Sapphire radeon HD 3870
512mb His radeon hd 3870
512mb Gainward radeon hd 4850
512mb Powercolor radeon hd 4770
512mb Xfx radeon hd 4770
512mb His radeon hd 4850 iceq4
1gb Powercolor radeon hd 5770

NVIDIA:-

8mb Diamond viper 330 (riva128)
16mb Stb velocity 4400 tnt
32mb Mercury geforce256
32mb Palit daytona geforce2 mx
64mb 3dpower geforce3 ti500
64mb Creative titanium geforce3 ti200
64mb Elsa gladiac 511 geforce2 mx 400
64mb Gainward geforce4 mx440
64mb Msi geforce4 mx440
64mb Visiontek geforce3
128mb Bfg Geforce 6600 gt oc
128mb Chaintech geforce4 ti4200
128mb Gainward Geforce4 Ti4600
128mb Galaxy zeus 5500
128mb Gigabyte Geforce PCX 5900
128mb Inno3d geforce fx 5200 ultra
128mb Inno3d geforce fx 5600 ultra
128mb Inno3d geforce4 ti4200
128mb Inno3d geforce 6200 TurboCache
128mb Leadtek Winfast PX6600TD
128mb Msi geforce fx5900 xt vtd128
128mb Msi geforce4 ti4200 vtd8x
128mb Msi nx 6600 gt vtd128
128mb Xfx geforce mx 4000
128mb Xfx geforce fx 5200
256mb Msi NX 7300 GT TD256EH
256mb Xfx geforce fx 5600
512mb xfx geforce 8800 gt
1gb Palit geforce gts 450
1gb Palit geforce gtx 550

POWERVR:-

32mb Shadow kyro 2
32mb Videologic vividxs kyro 2
64mb Videologic vividxs kyro 2
64mb Hercules 3d prophet 4500

S3:-

4mb S3 Trio
4mb S3 Virge DX
16mb Hercules Terminator Beast Savage3D
32mb Diamond Stealth III S540 Savage4
32mb Foxconn Savage4 GT
64mb Inno3d Savage 2000
128mb Club3D Deltachrome S8

SIS:-

32mb Apollo 3dthrill 315e
64mb Inno3d xabre400

OTHER:-

1mb Cirrus Logic 5446
1mb Tseng Labs ET4000
8mb Real3d Starfighter i740
8mb Diamond fire 1000 Permedia 2 pro
8mb Videoexcel Intel 740
32mb 3dlabs permedia 3 create

 

[FalseChristian]

ATI 3D Xpression 2MB
Matrox M3D (PowerVR) 8MB
3Dfx Voodoo2 12MB
3Dfx Voodoo3-3000 16MB
ATI Radeon 7500 64MB DDR
ATI Radeon 8500 128MB DDR
nVidia GeForce 4-Ti4400 128MB DDR
ATI Radeon X800 Pro modded to X850XT PE
BFG GeForce 7950GT 512MB x2
Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 512MB x2
Asus GeForce 8800GT 512MB x2
eVGA GeForce GTX 460 1GB x2