Post your videocard history.

[secretanchitman]

as far back as i can remember:

desktop:

-some ati rage 4MB from the early 90s in our packard bell pentium 60mhz computer
-matrox millenium II 8MB
-voodoo 3 2000 16MB PCI
-geforce 2 MX 32MB AGP
-geforce 3 64MB AGP
-leadtek geforce 6600GT 128MB AGP
-evga geforce 8800GTS 320MB PCI-E
-evga geforce 9800GTX 512MB PCI-E
-evga geforce GTX 260 896MB PCI-E (current card, stepped up from the 9800GTX)

laptop:

-geforce 4 MX 440 Go 64MB (dell inspiron 8200)
-geforce 8600GT 128MB (late 2007 15" macbook pro)
-geforce 9400M 256MB + 9600GT 512MB (late 2008 15" macbook pro)
-intel HD + geforce 330M GT 512MB (mid 2010 15" macbook pro)
-intel HD 3000 + amd radeon 6750 1GB (current, early 2011 15" macbook pro)

 

[brencat]

Diamond Fire GL 8mb
Voodoo 2 SLI -- awesome in its day!!
TNT2 32mb
Geforce 4 4600
ATI X800XL
EVGA 8800GTS 640 SSC
MSI GTX 260 OC
HIS 6950 2GB w/unlocked shaders (current)

 

[aj654987]

VSL mach64 on a 486 with windows 3.1 - The upgrade over unaccelerated video was a huge improvement in windows

A few generic pci cards on pentium systems.

TNT
Geforce 2mx
Radeon 9500 unlocked to 9700
Onboard 6100 - when I first moved to am2 platform
Geforce 7600
Geforce 9600 gso

 

[reallyscrued]

Thread based on nostalgia? Count me in. I'm going to see if I can remember what computers the GPUs were in and which games caused me to upgrade.

Compaq Presario 2200 Desktop - Whatever 2 MB integrated graphic card came with it.

Games played: NFS 3:HP, NFS 4:HS...can't really remember what else. I was in 5th grade.


Compaq Presario 5000US Desktop - nVidia Vanta LT 8 MB AGP

Games: Rainbow 6, StarCraft


Cyberpower PC - Radeon 7000/VE (GA-7VAXP Ultra, Duron 750 Mhz)

Games: Unreal Tournament (Infiltration mod), Quake 3


Custom PC - eVGA GeForce 6800 NU 128 MB - Unlocked to 16 pipes (A7V880, Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Mobile, 1 GB RAM)

Games: Doom 3, Half-Life 2


Custom PC - HIS Radeon 4890 HD 1 GB (790X-UD4P, Phenom II X2 550 Black, 4 GB)

Game: Crysis.

 

[Karstein]

ATi MACH 64 2Mb
Matrox Millennium G200 8Mb
Nvidia TNT2 32Mb
Nvidia Geforce 2 Ti
Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti 4600 (died)
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro

Oddly enough it gets a bit hazy after this... (Uni? ;P) but I believe it went:

ATi Radeon X800XL
ATi Radeon X1950 XT
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX (I was building my friend a PC and the GTX was too big for his case, so he swapped it for my GTS).
Nvidia Geforce GTX 275

I seem to remember having a 6600 GT in there somewhere?

And I'm currently looking at a GTX 560 Ti.

Probably my fondest memory of upgrading was from G200 to TNT2 - at the time, I used to play TFC clanned and got an absolute max of 20fps in software mode on some horrbly low res. After putting my shiny new card in I was able to hit 60-70 which totally blew me away.

 

[Laminator]

Primary upgrade path:

1. nVidia TNT2 Ultra (Diamond Viper V770 Ultra) [500MHz Pentium III, 128MB PC100, Live! Value]
2. nVidia GeForce2 MX (I/O Magic) [1GHz Pentium III, 256MB PC133 (?), Live! 5.1]
2. ATi Radeon 7000/VE (OEM) [1.2GHz Thunderbird, 512MB PC133 (?), Live! 5.1]
3. ATi Radeon 9600 Pro EZ 256MB (VisionTek) [A7N8X-E Deluxe, Barton 2600+, 512MB DDR-400 (?), Live! 5.1]
4. nVidia GeForce 7900GT 512MB (eVGA, clocked at 7950GT speeds) [975X Platinum PowerUp Edition, E6600, 2GB DDR2-800, X-Fi XtremeMusic]
5. ATi Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (Sapphire, upgraded for the shaders) [975X Platinum PowerUp Edition, Q6600, 2GB DDR2-800, X-Fi XtremeMusic]
6. ATi Radeon HD 4850 512MB (Sapphire) [P5Q Pro, Q6600, 4GB DDR2-800, X-Fi XtremeMusic]
7. ATi Radeon HD 5870 1024MB (ASUS) [P5Q Pro, Q6600, 4GB DDR2-800, X-Fi XtremeMusic]

Laptop:

nVidia GeForce 8600M GT (DDR2, Dell Vostro 1500) [T5270, 2GB DDR2-667]

In secondary systems:

nVidia GeForce 6200 AGP (PNY, 64-bit memory) [A7N8X-E Deluxe, Barton 2600+, 512MB PC2700 (?), Live! Value]
ATi Radeon X850 XT (PCIe, later sold entire system) [GA-8N-SLI, Pentium D 930, 1GB DDR2-667, Live! 5.1]

Never used:

ATi Radeon 7500 (PCI)
nVidia GeForce3 Ti 500 (ASUS; I found this in 2007...someone was throwing it out)
nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 (bought for $20 from eBay in 2007 and broken by friends)

All of my home's computer parts were purchased by my father and thus I never experienced gaming at maximum settings, smooth frame rates, or resolutions above 1024x768 until I went to college and bought a 7900GT. I remember playing through Halo at 800x600 and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City at 640x480 on a GeForce2 MX. Halo looked a lot worse on my PC than on the XBOX; my computer didn't support the shiny pseudo-reflections on Master Chief's armor and the weapons and vehicles and thus the game looked like a cartoon. I beat Need for Speed: Most Wanted at 640x480 as well (near-maximum settings on a 9600 Pro EZ). The mere thought of doing this today makes my eyes bleed. On the other hand, I appreciated weird things like "gameplay" and "storyline" much more back then.

 

[badb0y]

I have had computer since i was a little kid but I became an "enthusiast" fairly recently:
My list goes:
ATi 9200
FX 5200
AMD X800 XT
nVidia 7600 GT
nVidia 7800 GT
Surprisingly skipped the whole 8800/9800/2900/3800 series
HD 4850
AMD 5850
GTX 460
AMD 6950 2 GB unlocked
Future nVidia card

 

[AtenRa]

Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 2MB
Diamond Viper V330 (Riva 128) 8MB
Diamond Viper V550 (TNT) 16MB
ASUS GeForce 256 (3D glasses)
Creative GeForce 2 (Still have it, no idea if it works) 32MB
GeForce 4 4200Ti 64MB
GeForce 5 (Gainward FX5900 Ultra, Still have it) 256MB
GeForce 6 (Gainward Powerpack 2x 6600GT 256MB SLI, still have it)
GeForce 6 (2x MSI 6800GT SLI, still have one)
GeForce 7 (Point Of View 7900GT)
GeForce 7 (Point Of View 7950 GX2, Still have it)
GeForce 8 (XFX 8800GTX)
GeForce 8 (2x XFX 8800GTS 320MB Fatal1ty SLI, still have one)
GeForce 9 (MSI 9600GT)
GeForce 400 (MSI GT450 Cyclone, Current GPU)
ATI 9800Pro 128MB
ATI X700Pro
ATI X800Pro 256MB (Still have it)
ATI 3850
ATI 4850 2x ASUS 512MB CF (still have one)
ATI 5850 ASUS (still have it)
ATI 5970 Giga-Byte

I have used lower end models from both ATI and NV during the years like Geforce 2 MX, X600XT, 3650 etc. (I still have a lot of them)

 

[Will Robinson]

Nvidia
GeForce TNT2 16MB (not bad)
GeForce 440MX 64MB (good)
GeForce FX5600"S" 128MB (lousy)

Changed to ATI

9600XT 256MB (my favorite)
9800XT 256MB (a bit ho hum)
X800XT PE 256MB (awesome)
X850XT PE 256MB (not much better)
X1900XT 512MB (very good)
HD4850 1GB (great)
HD5850 1Gb (excellent)

 

[mrblotto]

Genoa somethin-somethin (ISA?) early 90's
Diamond Stealth PCI
Voodoo 2 (2 for SLI FTW lol)
440MX (dont remember manufacturer)
PNY GeForce Ti4200 AGP
PNY GeForce Ti4400 AGP
PNY Nvidia 6600
PNY Nvidia 6800
7950GX2
EVGA 8800GTX (SLI)
EVGA GTX470

 

[Will Robinson]

Genoa somethin-somethin (ISA?) early 90's
Diamond Stealth PCI
Voodoo 2 (2 for SLI FTW lol)
440MX (dont remember manufacturer)
PNY GeForce Ti4200 AGP
PNY GeForce Ti4400 AGP
PNY Nvidia 6600
PNY Nvidia 6800
7950GX2
EVGA 8800GTX (SLI)
EVGA GTX470

Well that's a respectable lineup you have there...perhaps its time you tried an AMD video card.:biggrin:

 

[Jimmah]

ATI Rage II Pro 4mb
3DFX Voodoo 1 6mb (not a typo, 6mb's were rare)
3DFX Banshee
Rendition V2200
TNT
TNT2 M64
Voodoo 2 12mb
GF2 MX-200
S3 Savage w/MeTAL
Radeon 7200
GF4 MX-420
Ti-4400
Radeon 9500
X800 XT PE
7600GT
X1900 XT
HD4670
HD4770
8800 GTX
9600GT
HD4350 (now lives in HTPC)
HD4850
GTX460


Wife has had:

fx5200 PCI
GF6200 PCI
GF 7300GT
9500GT
8600m GT
HD3650
HD4670

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

XT Cga Graphics
GeForce4 MX 420
GeForce4 Ti 4800
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 7900 GTX
GeForce 8400 GS
2x GeForce 8800 Ultra SLI
Radeon HD 4870 X2 <- DEAD
2x Gtx 460. Tallon Attack SLI
3X Zotac Amp Gtx 580 1.5gb Tri SLI
3x Evga Gtx 580s

 

[makken]

Voodoo Banshee
Riva TNT2 Ultra
Voodoo 3 3000
Voodoo 5 5500
Radeon 7500
Radeon 9000
Radeon x600
Radeon 4870

 

[Tempered81]

Mobility GMA 4500
Nvidia Geforce 8400m GS
Ati Mobility X2300




Diamond Stealth 4mb PCI
Voodoo II 12mb SLI
Nvidia Riva TNT2 Ultra 32mb
Nvidia GeForce+
Geforce 2 MX 440
Geforce 4 Ti 4200
ATI X1950XT 256mb
ATI 9700 PRO 256
ATI 9800XT 256mb
Nvidia BFG 8800GT 512mb
ATI HD4850 512mb
8800GTS 320mb 2x SLI
EVGA GTX 260 896mb OC
Diamond HD4890 1GB (975/.....)
Powercolor HD6950 2GB (1536 shaders unlocked 985/1395)

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

Who in here did the 9500->9700 mod?

 

[railven]

Who in here did the 9500->9700 mod?

I did.

I also did 9500 to 9700 for a friend. Worked great. OC'ed a little on the 9700 to get Pro speeds and all was butter.

Then upgraded to a real 9700 Pro and OC'ed a bit more.

 

[wsaenotsock]

GF2MX (PCI)
GF3
GF4 ti 4200 (my favorite card)
6800xt (this was a waste of money)
8800gts
gtx460 1gb

 

[Mezzanine]

I'm bound to miss some or get the order wrong but here goes:

3DFX Voodoo2
Nvidia TNT2
Nvidia MX200
Nvidia MX400
Nvidia Ti 4800
Nvidia FX5700 Ultra
ATI 9800Pro
ATI X800Pro
ATI X850XT
ATI X1900XT
Nvidia 8800GTS 320mb
ATI 4850
ATI 4870
Nvidia GTX260
ATI 5850
ATI 6950

 

[RMSe17]

Diamond Viper V330 Riva 120 4MB
CreativeLabs "3D Blaster Annihilator" GeForce 256 (yes, a Creative Labs video card...)
ASUS GeForce 3 (Pre-Ti)
EVGA GeForce 6600GT
XFX GeForce 7950GT
MSI GeForce 8800GTS
MSI GeForce GTX 285
MSI GeForce GTX 570 (still in box lol)

 

[amenx]

S3 Diamond
TNT Riva2
MX440
Ti-420
ATI 9600 Pro
6600gt
7900gt
8800gts 640mb
8800gts 512
GTX 275
GTX 470

 

[airdata]

ati x1300
ati x1950xt
1x hd3870
2x hd3870 CF
2gb hd4870

 

[digitaldurandal]

some old onboard solution,
then diablo 2 ran a bit slow on it so I thought it would be smart to get a matrox 256mb - but it was actually not any better than the online solution because the drivers for it were so old.
Then I got an Nvidia Geforce 4 128mb.
Then I started playing FPS (Enemy Territory) so I upgraded to a 5800 vanilla flashed to a 5850.
Right before the 7 series came out I was playing Half Life 2 and I got a great deal on a 6800 vanilla.
I did not get any card during the 7xxx generation.
Once the 9xxx series came out I was playing COD2 and the 6800 was not cutting it. I graduated and bought myself a used 8800 gts 320.
I did not get any card during the 9xxx generation because the gains were not that great.
Playing COD4 I got a 285 gtx, then at best buy they were selling one for half the price of newegg so I bought a second for SLI.
I then sold that entire system and rebuilt a year or so after adding the second 285, this time I spent a lot of money upgrading my motherboard, case, RAM etc so I got a 5870. Got addicted to 3 monitor setup.
Experienced a lot of issues with it driver wise, once Nvidia got their act together I got two 570 gtxs in SLI.

 

[Absolution75]

ATI Rage 128
ATI Radeon 8500??
nVidia GF4 TI 4600
nVIDIA GF 6800GT
nVIDIA GF 7800GTX
NVIDIA GF 8800GT
NVIDIA GF 9800GTX (Meh upgrade)
ATI HD 4890
AMD HD 6850 (Meh upgrade, worth it for the noise reduction though)

 

[Spikesoldier]

S3 Virge VESA
Jaton TNT Riva 2 M64 AGP
ATi Radeon DDR AGP
BFG GF4 Ti-4280 AGP (OC to 4600)
ATi AIW Radeon 8500DV AGP
Sapphire Radeon 9500 AGP (unlocked to 9700)
XFX GF 6600GT AGP
BFG GF 6800GT AGP (OC to ultra)
Visiontek Radeon HD3870 512
Sapphire Radeon HD4890
Sapphire Radeon HD4890 (bought used for cf)

next purchase: MSI HD6970 lightning