What was your first GPU ever?

[blake0812]

Not sure if it belongs here.


Mine was the AMD Radeon 5570.

 

[Gillbot]

Trident 2MB
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_Microsystems

 

[el etro]

Geforce 6200 GS 512Mb. (My real first date from 1997, but i don't remember what is).

 

[smitbret]

GeForce TNT2.... if I even remember that correctly

I think there was an ATI All-In-Wonder that I used for something sometime

 

[DeathReborn]

My first "GPU" was GeForce 2 Pro 64MB. My first graphics card purchase was a Matrox Mystique 4MB though.

 

[MongGrel]

An original Voodoo.

 

[HurleyBird]

I'm going to rephrase this as my first video card with 3D acceleration which was an S3 ViRGE.

 

[PClark99]

S3 virge to which I later added a 12MB Creative Voodoo 2.

 

[motsm]

First I bought separate was a Voodoo 3, still remember the box art. I had a pre-built PC before that, and don't remember what was in it.

 

[etrigan420]

ATi Rage Fury

 

[HeXen]

It was a Diamond Riva TNT...I think. It ran like utter crap so I took it back and got a Voodoo 3..that thing was pretty decent, it had low FPS on some games like KingPin or Omikron but still pretty good for it's time in comparison. It cost $300....which to me back then seemed insane just to play some video games.
The zit faced nerd at Circuit City actually told me that I could SLI a Voodoo 2 and a Voodoo 3...told me with straight face confidence. I lulzed

 

[Kenmitch]

Trick question?

The 1st one I purchased that is officially a GPU was the Geforce 3 Ti 200.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Riva TNT2 M64

 

[Berliner]

The very useless S3 ViRGE

I think I still have it lying around.

 

[Sable]

Trick question?

The 1st one I purchased that is officially a GPU was the Geforce 3 Ti 200.

Yeah are we including ye olde VGA devices? If so - Cirrus Logic 5424.

First "3D" device would have been an ATI Rage Pro. (xpert@play)

 

[Bubbleawsome]

I think it was one of the RAGE series in the throwaway PC I got when I was like 3, which was upgraded to a 6600 later. The first one I had once I knew about PCs was HD 5770. First one I decided on was a HD 7770 and the first one I actually bought was a GTX 770.

 

[CP5670]

My Compaq came with a Rage Pro, but most games actually ran slower on it than in software mode. I added a Voodoo 2 to it shortly afterwards.

 

[IGemini]

First video card: Diamond Stealth S3 Trio64
First GPU: GeForce4 Ti4200

 

[Annisman*]

EVGA 7800GT 256mb, I remember installing it and being mad that my game didn't look any better ! (I was a total noob who didn't even realize you needed to adjust graphics settings haha)

 

[Teizo]

PCI FX5200 or something from Nvidia

 

[ShintaiDK]

GeForce256 if we go by the term GPU.

Else it was some Cirrus Logic something I think. Was quite a few cards before 3D era started.

 

[WT]

Tseng Labs ET4000W/32 VESA Local Bus

Jesus H. ... I feel old reading some of these posts. Most of these kids have never even HEARD of a VLB video card !!!

First true GPU was a Riva TNT 16mb

 

[SimianR]

Voodoo3 2000 - bought it to play Tribes in Glide

Was sad when 3dfx went under

 

[Insomniator]

Tnt 2

 

[Arman567]

Radeon 6450 that my dad picked up quickly to connect the computer to the tv.

However my real first card that i bought on my own was the Radeon 7770, when i saw that fps quadruple, it felt like i had the best gaming rig on the planet. (the feeling only lasted for the best part of 10sec)