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tynopik

Diamond Member
Aug 10, 2004
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ATI Mach 32 (VLB baby!)
Matrox Millennium II (PCI)
Matrox G200 (AGP - got <1 FPS in Quake II Crusher demo at 1600x1200)
nVidia 8400GS (PCIe)
 

Dravic

Senior member
May 18, 2000
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0
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Diamond Monster 3D 3dfx Voodoo1
Riva tnt 128
Nvidia GeForce2 MX
Nvidia GeForce3 Ti200
GeForce4 Ti4200 (engineering sample)
powercolor kyro 450 (loved this tiler)
PNY 6800 unlocked
7800 gt
8800 GT
XFX + HIS 4890 CrossFire - current
 
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Zargon

Lifer
Nov 3, 2009
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oh man.

diamond viper tnt2 ultra 32mb 'first factory oc'd videocard' it said on the box
sapphire readeon 9800pro
x1300
x1850
im missing a geforce 2 or something in there, that I ran with a PCI tnt2 32mb for 3x7" trinitrons @ 1280x1024
6600GT
7600gt
8600gts
4850
4850x2
5670
2x5870's
6950
 

Makaveli

Diamond Member
Feb 8, 2002
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Hmmm.

Rage Something ... ( It was onboard and I couldn't afford a Voodoo 2 back then.)
NV TnT2
Radeon 64 DDR
Radeon 8500 LE flashed to full 8500.
Radeon 9700Pro first card I ever bought on launch and worth it.
Radeon x850 Pro flash to X800XTPE
Radeon x1950Pro
Radeon 3870
Radeon 4890
Radeon HD6950Pro modded to 6970 current card.

From the 9700 pro on I stopped using Stock VGA coolers and every card since has the HSF replaced for something higher quality.
 
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mrblotto

Golden Member
Jul 7, 2007
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Well that's a respectable lineup you have there...perhaps its time you tried an AMD video card.:biggrin:

You know, I really should.. Come to think of it, I should try an AMD CPU one of these days too! Guess I'm just 'used to things'...........unfortunately. Thanx for the suggestion.

My buddy up in Canada got this idea of getting old-timey video cards and displaying them in some fashion (shadow boxes?). Talk about geeky!

Of course I sent him about 5 old ones I had laying around and/or found at work. I should PM him and ask him how it's going.
 

StrangerGuy

Diamond Member
May 9, 2004
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Geforce 2 Ti
Geforce 4 Ti4200
Radeon 9800 Pro
Geforce 7600GS
Radeon X1800XT
Geforce 9600GT
Radeon 5770
 

Kev

Lifer
Dec 17, 2001
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Voodoo3
Radeon 9700tx
Radeon 4870 x2

Some of you guys are crazy! What do you do with your old cards?
 

ElFenix

Elite Member
Super Moderator
Mar 20, 2000
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millenium
voodoo
voodoo3
geforce256
gf3 ti200
9800 pro
x1900xt
4870
 

evident

Lifer
Apr 5, 2005
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primary machines at the time:

trident 512kb vga graphics card on 486/sx with memory slots where you could add in extra rams
riva tnt
voodoo3 - 2000
geforce 2 something or other
geforce 4 ti 4200
radeon 9800 non pro
geforce 6800GT
geforce 7800GT
geforce 7950GTX (free upgrade from evga when the 7800GT died)
geforce 8800GT
geforce GTX460
 

Makaveli

Diamond Member
Feb 8, 2002
4,758
1,148
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Voodoo3
Radeon 9700tx
Radeon 4870 x2

Some of you guys are crazy! What do you do with your old cards?

I sell off my old cards to cut the cost of the new one I would assume most here do the same.
 

tigersty1e

Golden Member
Dec 13, 2004
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we've got some old fogies up in here.

onboard video (tearing foos up in CS with 20fps)
nvidia mx400
bfg 6800 (unlocked that sucker)
sapphire x1950xt
bfg 8800gt
asus 4850
sapphire 4890
xfx 6950 (unlocked this sucker and brought back good memories)
 

Makaveli

Diamond Member
Feb 8, 2002
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we've got some old fogies up in here.

onboard video (tearing foos up in CS with 20fps)
nvidia mx400
bfg 6800 (unlocked that sucker)
sapphire x1950xt
bfg 8800gt
asus 4850
sapphire 4890
xfx 6950 (unlocked this sucker and brought back good memories)

lol I wouldn't consider myself old i'm only 30 but yes i've been in this game since I was 12, I've been building computers since the early 90s.
 

OVerLoRDI

Diamond Member
Jan 22, 2006
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Geforce ti 4200 128mb
Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb (this card was just unbelievable when it was new)
Geforce 6800gt 256mb AGP (I remember completely maxing UT2004 with 1600x1200)
SLI 7800 gt (Not worth it, SLI scaling was disappointing back then
8800gts 640mb (this card lasted me almost 3 years, great performance)
Radeon 5850 (bought it on release day for $260, fantastic card)
CFX 6950s, unlocked (CPU limited, haven't seen their full potential yet)
5x Radeon 5870s for GPGPU (non reference boards are cheap and gross)
 

Lonbjerg

Diamond Member
Dec 6, 2009
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I am feeling old now:

Pre-PC
VIC (Video Interface Chip)
VIC-II
8563 VDC
Original Chip Set (OCS)
Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA)

Pre-GPU
Tseng Labs ET4000
Tseng Labs ET6100
S3 Trio 32 + 3Dfx Voodoo I
Riva 128
Riva TNT2

Post-GPU
GeForce 256
GeForce 2 Pro
GeForce 3 Ti 500
GeForce Ti 4600
Radeon 9800 Pro
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GT
Geforce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 580
 

Blitzvogel

Platinum Member
Oct 17, 2010
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In order of acquisition, including notebook graphics since I have such a long and storied relationship with them

Toshiba Tablet w/ Intel Extreme Graphics 2 64 MB - July 2005
My first computer (that was actually mine). Looking back on it, can't believe I played Far Cry on this thing, glitchy graphics and all. First online gaming experience too (Call of Duty 1)

Gateway MX7515 w/ ATi Mobility Radeon x600 128 MB - January 2006
First computer with dedicated graphics, bought out of desperation as such. Began my love affair with Battlefield 2 on this machine. Played lots of CoD2 in DX7 mode as well as HL2, CS:S

HP dv6043nr? w/ Nvidia Geforce Go 7200 - 256 MB - June 2006
A misguided purchase (thought the 7200 would be alot more powerful than the x600, boy was I wrong). I learned to grasp the numbering system after this machine. Was my first dual core computer and first with DDR2 memory. Had an issue with BF2, could only play infantry only servers without crashing. I suspect the low clock speed of the Turion x2 CPU (1.8 GHz) or the dedicated + shared Turbocache VRAM system. Graphics performance was similar to the Gateway, though a bit better in most cases.

EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS 320 MB - March 2007
My first desktop build. A real game changer for me and PC gaming. Had to get rid of computer in Summer 2008 because I had no money

Asus G52 Series w/ Nvidia Geforce 9800M GS 512 MB - December 2008 CURRENT, sort of. It's a mere shell of a computer now (basic components, no monitor), used with external monitor. My most graphically powerful laptop to date. Better performance in most cases than the 8800GTS in my first desktop build. I should sell the components on Ebay. The MXM video card can fetch quite a bit.

Gigabyte ATi Radeon 4670 1 GB DDR3 - July 2009
Second desktop build. First HDMI card and I absolutely loved it. $70 new on Newegg at the time of purchase, and probably dollar per dollar the best card I've ever had. Supreme overclocker too.

Diamond ATi Radeon 5850 1 GB - December 2009
CURRENT, replaced 4670. Awesome card so far, been a great value and performer the past 1.5 years.

ATi Radeon 4200 IGP - February 2010
Third desktop build, HTPC type system that originally comprised of left over RAM and CPU from my second build after it was upgraded

Sapphire Radeon 5570 1 GB DDR3 - February 2010
Replaced 4200. Very good card, especially in lieu to the Radeon 4670, but more expensive and required an OC to be just as good. Only HTPC half height card I've ever had, and the best from ATi at that point in time.

Vaio CW Series w/ Nvidia Geforce 310M 256 MB - April 2010
CURRENT laptop. Honestly I should've spent the extra $100 to get a Vaio CW with a GT330 512 MB instead, but so far the 310M has performed to my expectations, and surpassed them in some instances, like with TF2 and L4D2. It can handle most newer games too if I'm desperate to play them on the go. OCs excellently.

Galaxy Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 1 GB - September 2010
Replaced 5570 after machine was upgraded to a tower case. Excellent card for the money (second in that aspect to the 4670 I think). I sold this system sold to friend a couple months back and I miss it to a degree, but I needed to downsize my collection of crap. One desktop and completely assembled laptop is enough.
 
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penske2298977

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Sep 5, 2005
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ok...my list

voodoo2 sli ---awesome back in the day.

TNT2 ultra

geforce ti 4600 or something...forget the exact name.

x800 xt pe (AGP!) -- great card -- still use it for a Windows 98 legacy box/games

7800 gtx sli

280 gtx sli --- really surprised (at the time) how big they were.

5970 x2 (quad fire) --- really dissapointing overall...so many issues, really want to get back to nvidia...hope their next (gtx 600?) sli solution compares to what ever AMD offers.
 

Makaveli

Diamond Member
Feb 8, 2002
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ok...my list

voodoo2 sli ---awesome back in the day.

TNT2 ultra

geforce ti 4600 or something...forget the exact name.

x800 xt pe (AGP!) -- great card -- still use it for a Windows 98 legacy box/games

7800 gtx sli

280 gtx sli --- really surprised (at the time) how big they were.

5970 x2 (quad fire) --- really dissapointing overall...so many issues, really want to get back to nvidia...hope their next (gtx 600?) sli solution compares to what ever AMD offers.

You went with a quad fire setup and were surprised you had issues?
 

njdevilsfan87

Platinum Member
Apr 19, 2007
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Radeon X700Pro AGP
Radeon X1800XT
Radeon X1900XT
GeForce 7600GT
GeForce 7900GS
GeForce 7900GT
GeForce 8800GT
GeForce 8800GTS G92
GeForce 9600GT
GeForce GTX 260 216c (used this for over 2 years)
Radeon HD6850 crossfire (current)

I'm not sure why, but I think I went a little crazy side-stepping and even downgrading a few times just because I was addicted to overclocking and wanted to play with more hardware. Fortunately I got that out of my system.
 

penske2298977

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Sep 5, 2005
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You went with a quad fire setup and were surprised you had issues?

yeah, having to RMA a card, crappy scaling, driver/CAP problems and not to mention Crysis 1 dx10 64 bit is broken (as is Crysis 2 currently...but that's Crytek's fault I presume), were all issues for me...but hey, when they work (BFBC2 is a good example) they are great.
 

Makaveli

Diamond Member
Feb 8, 2002
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yeah, having to RMA a card, crappy scaling, driver/CAP problems and not to mention Crysis 1 dx10 64 bit is broken (as is Crysis 2 currently...but that's Crytek's fault I presume), were all issues for me...but hey, when they work (BFBC2 is a good example) they are great.

And if you go to SLI will that be a 3 card setup and are you expecting no issues on the nv side?
 

CuriousMike

Diamond Member
Feb 22, 2001
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My first card was the Hercules Graphics adapter.
My next was an ATI EGA-Wonder -- it was awesome becase it let me play CGA/EGA games on my monochrome monitor.
The EGA Wonder had an issue with a game, and I snail mailed ATI ( in Canada) a description of the problem. The mailed me back an EEPROM to plug into the board and asked that I send the old EEPROM back.
I thought that was pretty awesome of them, and subsquently bought their VGA Wonder card... and a multitude of other cards from them over the last 20+ years including my latest ( 6850.)
 

Lepton87

Platinum Member
Jul 28, 2009
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I usually upgrade when I can get double the fps or at the very least 50% improvement.

Voodoo Rush
Voodoo 2
Voodoo 3 2000
GF 2MX
Radeon 8500
Radeon 9500pro
Radeon X800XT I paid over 500$ for it, the most expensive card I've ever bought but it was the fastest card at the time.
7900GTO@GTX 512 mb It was basically 7900GTX with lower default memory clock but it oced the same as normal 7900GTX.
8800GTS 512 I bought it the day it was released and paid for it the same amount of money that 8800GT was going for at the time because of the artificially inflated price of that card.
Radeon 4890
Radeon 5870
Currently 2x5870
 

oslama

Diamond Member
Jan 22, 2001
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STB RIVA 128
S3 Virge --- still have it as spare to test PC
ATI rage XL 8mb --- still have it as spare to test PC
ATI Rage 128
Intel i740
Matrox Millennium w/ 3d acclerator card
S3 Savage 2000
Nvidia TNT2
Geforce 400MX
Geforce 256
Geforce TI-4200
Geforce TI-6600 GT
Radeon 9500 NP modded to 9700
Radeon x800 GTO2 modded to 850 PE
Radeon x1650 Pro
Radeon 3870
Radeon 3450 xfire w/ IGP 3200
Radeon 4870
Radeon 5770
 
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