Your Favorite Graphics Card of All Time

[HondaCop]

The 3gfx Voodoo 2... That thing was the granddaddy of SLI.

 

[Cookie Monster]

6800gt

 

[Siberian]

8800 for sure, truly an amazing card.

 

[cKGunslinger]

3Dfx Voodoo Banshee

 

[lakedude]

I was most impressed by the original 3dfx Voodoo and acclimated me into a PC gamer for life.

^This

Nothing like going from Quake to GLQuake. Oh and how awesome it was when you found a game that would run on Glide.

Bought way too many video cards over the years, somehow missed the 9700 everyone is always talking about.

The list: AIW 9000pro, 9600, 6800, AIW x800, 7800GT (liked it), x1950xt (too loud), 8800GTS, 2600xt, 8600gt, HD 3850 (really like the way it did theater mode w XP), HD 4850, HD 5770, to dual 5770s, several 9800GTs (compute only), several GT240s (compute only), GTX 460 (compute only), GTX 465 (compute only), GTX 570 (compute only), HD 6950, to dual HD 6950s, and finally to a HD 7850...Somewhere back there was a 4200Ti and a couple Voodoo cards and a very expensive Diamond Viper V770 nVidia Riva TNT2 AGP (I think, some Diamond Multimedia card anyhow).

My favorites are the first and last. The Voodoo and the HD7850, the rest are mostly just a blur.

The MSI N465GTX Twin Frozr II GE GeForce GTX 465 was one of the best deals because it was really a GTX 470 card with an awesome copper cooler for only $287.86.

 

[RussianSensation]

9700Pro for the largest performance lead over the competition ever. FX5800/5900 was pretty much worthless for DX9/shader intensive games.
8800GTX for the most staying power and ability to play newer games even 3 years out. It also took out both the 2900XT and 3870.

 

[aigomorla]

lulz.. im the first person to say 3dfx voodoo...



seriously guys... voodoo changed gaming as we know it.
Almost on the same level as the original Sound Blaster!

when you saw a game with voodoo, it was litterally game overs.

which is why all voodoo owners will vouch voodoo by far is the best gpu performance we ever saw.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

I find my gaming medium in mid-range price/performance cards so:

HD4830 for $80 back in 2008.

 

[Vesku]

I have a soft spot for the original Nvidia TNT card, first true gaming card I used.

 

[AnandThenMan]

I have a soft spot for the original Nvidia TNT card, first true gaming card I used.

I still run one in a Linux server, card gets surprisingly hot but has never failed me.

 

[Makaveli]

9700Pro for the largest performance lead over the competition ever. FX5800/5900 was pretty much worthless for DX9/shader intensive games.
8800GTX for the most staying power and ability to play newer games even 3 years out. It also took out both the 2900XT and 3870.

Ditto on the 9700 I remember paying $500 for it when released and it was the first time I ever dropped that much on a video card total beast fond memories wish i never sold her but can't stop progress!

haha in those days 3dmark was actually a benchmark that mattered.

 

[skipsneeky2]

8800gts 512mb,not a fan favorite by any means but i paired it with a e6750 and coming from a pentium 4 2.4ghz and a 7800gs,it had me playing BF2 like a boss and that card is still working,now in a third owners case,gaming away for a friend of the family 5 years later after i purchased it new.

Ask me 3 years from now what my favorite card of all time is and i would respond by saying the gtx670,so freaking awesome i was able to justify going sli.

 

[PhoenixEnigma]

9800Pro AIW, excellent card and the tuner was just the gravy on top. Ran crazy hot, though.

 

[Elixer]

which is why all voodoo owners will vouch voodoo by far is the best gpu performance we ever saw.

That was more hype than anything else.
Rendition V2200 was a great card, and with the glide wrapper, faster than the voodoo card out at the same time.

This is why 3dfx tried so hard to shut down the glide wrappers, they were being beat by the competition.

 

[dennilfloss]

ATI Radeon 9500 Pro. Bios modded to almost 9700 level.

My current Radeon 4870.

I did not like my Viper 770, Radeon 64, Radeon 1900XTX and Radeon 3870 as much as those two. None of those was bad though, just not in the same class of upgrade and durability.

The 4870 is the card I've had in my system for the longest time and it's still serving me well.

 

[lavaheadache]

Toss up between 9800 pro and 8800 GTX. I was rather fond of my voodoo 2 12 meg sli rig and also HD 4870.

 

[SolMiester]

GeForce Ti4600 GoldenSample

 

[YBS1]

Ditto on the 9700 I remember paying $500 for it when released and it was the first time I ever dropped that much on a video card total beast fond memories wish i never sold her but can't stop progress!

haha in those days 3dmark was actually a benchmark that mattered.

LOL @ you! I was one of the people who lucked into the 9700Pro $319 Gamestop preorder price mistakes. Sweet, sweet deal.

 

[s44]

C'mon, it's obviously either 9700/9800pro or 8800GT(X). It's the *other* responses that should have explanations.

 

[Ancalagon44]

Back in the day, I had a Riva TNT, and my friends were 3DFx fans. So one had a Voodoo 2, the other eventually got a Voodoo 3. We used to argue all the time about which was better, obviously they were 3dfx fans. And Glide fans. Well, I guess history answered that question!

 

[Gikaseixas]

ATI 9800 Pro for sure...

but can't ignore the amazing Nvidia 8800 GTX

 

[nemesiz]

The Matrox Mystique 4mb, my first real dedicated piece of hardware that could accelerate and render the majority of the early 3d graphics textures and features. Yes it was expensive, had major limitations and superseeded by 3dfx and other manufacturers products, but these were the time when programmers and users experimented and pushed the boundaries of software and hardware to their limits.

Btw anyone remember the S3 Trio V64 3d card? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3_Trio

 

[Monster_Munch]

My current card is actually my favourite. The Sapphire 5870 Vapor-x. I've had it for nearly 2 years and only just this week ordered its replacement, the Sapphire 7970 Ghz Vapor X.

 

[sandorski]

Toss up between an STB Blackmagic 12mb Voodoo2 and the Voodoo 5 5500.

The Voodoo 2 for its' awesome 3D graphics capability and Performance.

The Voodoo 5 5500 for its' FSAA which was years ahead of the competition.

 

[tynopik]

Matrox Millennium - able to drive 1600x1200 at 85Hz