Your GPU history

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Elliot B.

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  • 2015 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (SLI)
  • 2014 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
  • 2013 - AMD Radeon 7870 XT (CrossFireX)
  • 2012 - AMD Radeon 7870 XT
  • 2011 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
  • 2008 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
  • 2007 - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
  • 2005 - NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
  • 2003 - ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
  • 2001 - NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200
  • 1998 - 3dfx Voodoo Banshee

Had some good times, man :)

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  • Sep. 2009 - first desktop. GTX 260 (core 216)
  • Feb. 2011 - GTX 560 Ti
  • Dec. 2013 - GTX 770

 Only had integrated graphics on laptops/desktops before that. Honestly, I can't imagine upgrading from my GTX 770 anytime soon. I don't game as often, and I can still run everything on high settings for 1080p. I don't see any upgrades in my desktop anytime soon.

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I'll just list the very first dedicated card I bought, and my current card, I'm to busy to list them all.

  1. Geforce 2 MX 420 (AGP circa 2001)
  2. GTX 980 Ti (2015)

I've only had one ATI card in the past 14 years since I started buying GPU's for gaming, and that was the 9800 Pro. In college, my parents bought me a Riva 128ZX, this was around 1997. A beast! :shifty:

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Jim K Global Moderator

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Just listing desktop...not the various notebooks.

1997(?) Matrox Mystique (my first true upgrade...replaced the onboard Cirrus Logic)
1998(?)  3dfx Voodoo 2  (first time I experienced GLQuake)
2000(?) nVidia TNT2
2001 nVidia GeForce 2 Pro
2004 nVidia GeForce 6800GT
2008 nVidia GeForce 9800GT  (still running (just died) in a friends computer)
2012 nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (sold on ebay)
2015 nVidia GeForce GTX 980ti

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LaP

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Don't know the date so in order from oldest to newest

  • ATI 3d Expression+
  • ATI Rage Fury (worst card i ever owned)
  • ATI Radeon 7000
  • ATI Radeon 9800 pro (flashed to 9800 xt using a custom cooler best card i ever owned period)
  • ATI Radeon x1800 XL
  • nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320
  • nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX (bought used at a very good price then sold the gts at almost the same price this monster could barely fit in my full tower gamer case)
  • ATI Radeon HD 5850
  • ATI Radeon HD 6950 (bought used at a very good price sold the 5850 at almost the same price + free games and then flashed the 6950 to 6970 using a custom cooler)
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 670
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (bought used at a very good price then sold the 670 at almost the same price + free games ;))
  • nVidia GeForce GTX 970

I think the only cards dying on me were the 9800 pro and 8800 GTX. Ironically it's probably the best 2 cards i ever owned :rofl:.

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Andre S. Veteran

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  • ATI Radeon 9600SE - fan died, not worth repairing
  • ATI Radeon X800XL - died completely
  • NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB - initial one had artifacts, replacement one was flaky. Vista GeForce drivers were what they were...
  • AMD Radeon HD 4890 - solid but noisy
  • 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760s in SLI - best cards I've ever had, totally silent, no problems

Pretty happy with my current GPUs, which is a first, so I'm not upgrading before a while. Gonna wait at least next generation.

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Not on the same PC of course :p

Trident 3DImage
S3 Savage 4
NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT
NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (Cheap replacement for the dead GTX 470).
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 390

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Noir Angel

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I can't remember the exact dates off the top of my head (of the cards I actually remember), but this is my history:

GeForce MX440 64MB
Radeon 9200 256MB
Radeon 9600 SE 128MB
GeForce 8600 GT 256MB
Radeon HD 4850 512MB
Radeon HD 5770 1GB
Radeon HD 6950 2GB
AMD R9 280x  3GB
 

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MDboyz

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I only remember when I purchased half of these, so I'll put the release year as the date.

  • 2014 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (SLI)
  • 2014 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
  • 2012 - AMD Radeon 7870 XT (CrossFireX)
  • 2012 - AMD Radeon 7870 XT
  • 2011 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
  • 2008 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
  • 2007 - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
  • 2005 - NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
  • 2003 - ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
  • 2001 - NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200
  • 1998 - 3dfx Voodoo Banshee

Had some good times, man :)

I still love 3dfx Voodoo Banshee :) ...

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Dadwen

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Hmmm

had some old CGA EGA hercules cards not sure what the hell what they were, some S3's in there, then went into the Voodoo 1's hooked to a S3, and one of every voodoo that was made up to the Voodoo 5 5500's (still have it sitting on a shelf)  a G400 with the tuner, some vipers (can't remember which models) a number of the rivia TNT cards, some of the Geforces 2 and 4's a 7800GT 7900GT, 8800GT & GTS,

GeForce 9800 GX2,

GTX 295

GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) Duke Edition

GeForce GTX 750Ti GDDR5 2GB

GeForce GTX 970 GDDR5 

XFX Black Edition RADEON R9 290

not counting some of the smaller cards in between cards for media computers (ya I have way too many computers the last 4 on the list I still have running)

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Vvo

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Diamond stealth 2 mb

s3 verge 4 mb

via onboard 8 mb

nvidia geforce 2 mx 32 mb

Intel mobile 930 onboard

Nvidia Geforce 9200m gs 512 mb

Ati Radeon Mobility Hd3200 256 mb

Nvidia Geforce 9500 gs 512 mb

Intel HD3000

Nvidia Geforce GTX 960 SSC ACX 2.0+ 2 gb by EVGA (currently oc'd to 1.5 ghz core clock)

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Jub

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I can't recall, at all, all my graphics cards. The first one must have been an S3 or early ATI chip, and I've been going through the full series of Voodoo's bar the 4 & 5 as I had switched to NVIDIA by then… Riva? Since then it's been a variety of NVIDIA and ATI/AMD GPUs… probably not far from one per year.

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This may be a bit off. It's sort of tough to recall them. 

 

Voodoo 2

ATI Rage 128

Geforce 5900

Radeon 4850

Geforce 460 1GB

Geforce 560 Ti 1GB

Geforce 580 1.5GB

Radeon 290 4GB

 

 

 

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Rail Grinder

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Purchased myself:
ATI Rage 128 Pro All-In-Wonder
ATI Radeon 7200 All-In-Wonder
ATI Radeon X800 XL All-In-Wonder
ATI Radeon X1650
Zotac GeForce 8800 GT AMP! Edition
Asus GeForce 8500 GT
EVGA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
EVGA GeForce 9600 GSO
EVGA GeForce GT 630
Asus Radeon R7 260X
PNY GeForce GTX 750 Ti OC

 

Donations or pulls:
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition
nVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Lenovo Radeon HD 2400 XT (x2)
Gigabyte Radeon x1300
EVGA 8800 GTX (x2)
Asus HD 4350

 

I've adapted my video card needs over time from full entertainment/multimedia use, to gaming focused, and currently just for HTPC/multi-monitor setups.

 

I suppose it's a good time to mention that except for the items marked in red, everything else is up for sale. If you're in Canada, PM if you're interested :D

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