Your very own first Video Card, post here!

[Maximilian]

9800 pro (never knew vice city could be played without lag until this)
X1900XT (noisey POS that died)
7900 GTO (replacement for above, worked well, quiet)
5850 (great so far, super powerful and quiet too)

There was stuff before that but i didnt personally buy it, just came with the comp usually.

 

[MrPickins]

ATi Radeon 9000 Pro (AGP)

Same here.

Very soon after I realized the joy that was the 9700pro.

 

[Mona2010]

Mine was Nvidia G-Force XFX 5200

 

[DominionSeraph]

TNT
Geforce 2 GTS
Geforce 8800GTS 320MB

Yes, I like big jumps.

 

[Kuzi]

rookies.

oem trident 1mb vga

Nice. My first Video card upgrade was in 94 when I changed my crappy ISA card with a VLB Trident 512KB, the 2D performance jumped through the roof, haha

In 96 I bought:
Diamond Edge 3D 4MB (based on NV1). That was the first Nvidia card, it had 2D, 3D, sound, and two ports that connect to Sega Saturn controllers! It was an great idea by Nvidia, too bad it's 2D performance sucked, and their 3D API didn't support DirectX.

Diamond Stealth 3D 4MB (based on S3 VIRGE). Fast 2D but 3D performance was like a slideshow.

Orchid Righteous 3D (based on 3DFx Voodoo1). Awesome 3D performance

 

[Jetster...]

My 386 had a savage with 4 mb the my first complete build was the K6-2 350 with a Riva TNT2 m64 wtih 32 megs. I remember thinking it was bad ass because it had a fan.

 

[Via]

3dfx voodoo 3 2000 pci

That was the first card I picked up to buy, but the clerk at Babbage's pointed out that the 3000 AGP ($99.99 on sale vs. $79.99 for the 2000) was worth at least a $50 step up, let alone $20.

Whether he was exaggerating or not I'll never know, but I sure was happy with the 3000.

I didn't know anything about AGP vs. PCI back then; I had just bought my first desktop ever.

 

[MajorMullet]

My first "gaming" card was an Adrenaline Rush from Jazz Multimedia.

I believe it was one of the first to do 2D/3D on the same card. I remember being very disappointed.

 

[Cheex]

My first card was an MSI GeForce 4 MX4000 128MB.

Since then I've upgraded through:
6600GT - 128MB
X850 XT - 256MB
8800GTS - 320MB
4870 - 1GB (current)

Next up: Not sure yet. =)

 

[TXAngel08]

Does a full-length 8-bit ISA Hercules monographics card count? High-res (compared to CGA) for the win!

Edit: I think mine was a clone though, not a real branded Hercules card. It worked with Herc drivers.

Ahh, those were the days...

My first video card was a 80 column card for the Apple IIe. Boy do I feel old...

 

[Deinonych]

Diamond Monster 3D. Can't even remember what video card it was connected to.

 

[fluffedup]

First Card:
Trident 3Dimage 975 (AGP, 4MB - maybe?)

First "Enthusiast" Card:
Real3D Starfighter (AGP, 16MB - I think)

 

[TXAngel08]

No love for Tseng Labs?

In 1991 I bought a Gateway 2000 386DX-25 system that had an ET4000 chipset video card in it. Funny thing was, at the time I didn't know what that meant. Turned out to be a good decision due to the support for that chip from lots of games/freeware/shareware at the time.

 

[Interitus]

History:

1. Voodoo 3 PCI
2. Voodoo 5 5500 (waste of money, lol)
3. TNT2
4. Ti 4600
5. 9800pro
6. X850XT
7. 6600GT
8. 7800GT (died, warranty replaced with a 7950GT)
9. 8800GTS G92

Current: 5850

 

[Apocalypse23]

History:
Creative Labs Voodoo 2 12MB 3D Blaster Banshee PCI
ATI Radeon 7000 64MB PCI
BFG Nvidia Geforce FX 5900 128MB AGP
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 7800 GT 256MB PCI-E
Sapphire Radeon X1950 XT 256MB PCI-E
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS 640MB PCI-E
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS 512MB PCI-E
Galaxy Nvidia Geforce 9800 GX2 1GB PCI-E

Currently: (Damn I've become a sort of fanATIc )
ASUS EAH 5870 1 GB PCI-E - Desktop 1
ASUS 4350 512MB PCI-E - Desktop 2
BFG Nvidia Geforce FX 5900 128MB AGP - Desktop 3 (old skool)
ATI Mobility HD 3200 512MB - Laptop

 

[Danube]

ATI All-In-Wonder VE 7500 (PCI interface 64MB DDR)

ATI X500 256M

XFX 8800GT

ATI 4850

 

[nonameo]

Boca 1mb ISA video card.
2mb S3 virge DX pci
8mb voodoo II + virge
32mb SDR geforce
32mb radeon LE DDR
9600 pro
x1900GT

don't really game anymore, running onboard video on my laptop.

 

[Apocalypse23]

ATI Radeon 7000 64MB! (I think it was 7000)

I remember I was in high school and my friend had bought a 32MB one and we were totally amazed at the graphics of Serious Sam now that he had a card that could handle it. Then maybe a week later I went and bought the 64MB which was the next generation of his and he was like "Damn you!"

Yeah I had that for about 2 weeks until I returned it to Futureshop, the card still sucked back then . high 5 though!

 

[Apocalypse23]

No, you're a rooky ... my first video card was the color card that went into the first IBM PC. The standard was a monochrome so you had to add the color card for the color display. We're talking 1982/1983 time frame!


Brian

 

[Apocalypse23]

my first card was ET6000, forgot which brand though

ET6000
voodoo
i740
voodoo2
another voodoo2 for SLI
voodoo3 2000
radeon ddr32
g400
voodoo5 5500
radeon 9000 pro
radeon 8500
matrox p650
radeon 9700 pro
radeon x1950 gt
geforce 7300LE
radeon x1650 pro
radeon hd3870
geforce 9600 gso
radeon hd4850
radeon hd4830

Interesting, I imagine you never set your mind into a single card for long.

 

[Apocalypse23]

The very first card that I could call my own was a Powercolor Geforce MX400. At that time, Counter Strike was the craze, Warcraft III was coming out of beta and Starcraft was fading out of its prime. Great, reliable card.

Replaced that with a Geforce 3 Ti with a broken capacitor that I taped back on.

Then the following:

MSI Geforce 4 Ti4200
ATI 9600XT AIW
XFX Geforce 6600GT
Geforce 6800 NU AGP - unlocked
ATI X800 XL
BFG 6800GT
EVGA 7800GT
MSI 7900 GS <-- Woot.com fiasco
ATI X1900 AIW <-- worst card I've ever purchased
ATI X1800XT 512mb
ATI X1900XT 512mb
EVGA Geforce 8800 GTS 320mb
EVGA Geforce 8800 GT 512mb
Powercolor ATI 4850 512mb <-- 2nd worst card I've ever purchased
ATI 4870 1gb

Out of all these videocards, I would have to say the very first one I purchased was my favorite. The MX400 wasn't exactly a beast, but I remember turning on FPS in the console on counterstrike and seeing it hit 100!

I noticed you went from an EVGA 7800 GT (same card as mine)
to
"MSI 7900 GS <-- Woot.com fiasco
ATI X1900 AIW <-- worst card I've ever purchased
ATI X1800XT 512mb
ATI X1900XT 512mb"

Why the sudden bumper to bumper jumps? I remember jumping from my 7800Gt to a X1950 XT 256MB, didn't quite like either.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Well, not sure which was the first as I'm confused about the order of the first several. Guess I could google it, but anyway ....here's my Graphics Card ladder. Yeah I know, plenty of side-grades but I've always enjoyed playing with new hardware and thanks to Ebay I've been able to afford it by selling the old card and throwing the money into the new one ....

PCI/AGP

Diamond Stealth 64
Matrox Mystique 3D
STB Velocity 128
Diamond Viper II Savage 2000
Diamond Viper V550
Creative Labs TNT2
Hercules Stingray 128 3D / 3DFX Voodoo Rush
Creative Labs Geforce 256
Hercules 3D Prophet (Geforce 3)
Creative Annihilator Geforce 2 GTS
PNY Geforce 3
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
EVGA FX 5900 Ultra 256MB
ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB
EVGA 6800GT 256MB
ATI Radeon X800XT-PE 256MB
ATI Radeon X850XT-PE 256MB
Visiontek X1950 Pro 256MB
Sapphire X1950 Pro 512MB
HIS X1950 Pro ICEQ3 Turbo 512MB
Gainward Bliss 7800GS+ Golden Sample GLH Edition
Gecube TEC X1950XT 256MB
XFX 7950 GT 512MB

PCI-E

MSI HD 2900XT 512MB
EVGA SC 8800GT 512MB
EVGA 8800GTS 512MB
HIS HD 4870 512MB
Diamond XOC HD 4870 512MB Black Edition
EVGA GTX 260 SC Core 216 896MB
XFX GTX 285 1GB
XFX HD 5770 1GB

Temporary Cards Used Between Upgrades

Rage 128 Pro - PCI
FX 5200 - AGP
7300 LE - PCI-E

 

[InFecTed]

Here's what I remember:

S3 Trio 2MB
S3 Virge 4MB
Vodoo Rush 4MB
Voodoo 2 8MB
TNT 2 Ultra 32MB
Geforce 2 MX400 32MB
Geforce 2 GTS 32MB
Geforce 3 Ti200 64MB
Geforce Ti4200 64MB
Ati 9800 Pro 128MB
Geforce 6600GT 128MB
Geforce 7300GT 256 MB
Geforce 7600GT 256MB
Geforce 7900GS 256MB
Ati 4850 1G

Time for upgrade again...

 

[SZLiao214]

My first graphics card was some sort of diamond card.

Geforce 2 gts --> geforce 4600ti--->7900gt--->ati 3850--->ati 4870

 

[CrystalBay]

Also a S3 virge with 4mb of memory before they had voodoo's