Most Influential GPUs in History

Nov 20, 2008, 05:05 PM

http://www.gameplayer.com.au/gp_docu...d-History.aspx

Great article, great history , will bring back old moments to a lot of you .

ktr · Nov 20, 2008, 05:55 PM

Good list...great they give props to the 3dfx for SLI and ATi 9700 for its massive performance jump for its time.

newtekie1 · Nov 20, 2008, 11:59 PM

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SLI was the brainchild of 3dFx engineers, and Nvidia utilises that same technology in consumer cards sold today.

If by same, you mean completely different with a completely different name that is based very vaguely on the same idea, then yeah I guess you can call it the same technology.

smalls21 · Nov 21, 2008, 01:45 AM

I still have a Voodoo Card running in a machine today, If memory serves its a voodoo3. Granted it a really old machine, but it still runs like a champ. I Loved the Voodoo series and was sad to see them go.

zithe · Nov 21, 2008, 02:37 AM

It was a nice read. Killed some time and I learned something. Thanks mate!

KBD · Nov 21, 2008, 02:41 AM

i hope 8800GTX is on that list, the 8000 series was a real breakthough

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Originally Posted by smalls21

I still have a Voodoo Card running in a machine today, If memory serves its a voodoo3. Granted it a really old machine, but it still runs like a champ. I Loved the Voodoo series and was sad to see them go.

i got Voodoo 3 onboard on my Socket A mobo, still works!

zithe · Nov 21, 2008, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by KBD

i hope 8800GTX is on that list, the 8000 series was a real breakthough

i got Voodoo 3 onboard on my Socket A mobo, still works!

Nope.

They put the 8800GT on instead.

a_ump · Nov 23, 2008, 03:46 PM

nice gpu history read up there, i don't go back to voodoo days but it's still nice to know how things went

KainXS · Nov 23, 2008, 09:46 PM

no FX 5200 in the worst category, i find that hard to believe, card was so bad the geforce3's and radeon 9000's and sometimes the 8500's outperformed it.

and the geforce 4 mx cards were abominations, at least the 420 and the 440 was and I bought that crappy 440

Bytor · Nov 23, 2008, 10:27 PM

3DFX and a 9700 PRO. I have a VooDoo 5 5500 still in its box and my wifes running my old 9700 Pro I bought the day it was released.... I seen the review for the 9700 pro on tech tv's screen savers and I knew I had to buy one...

jamupnorth · Nov 23, 2008, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by KainXS

no FX 5200 in the worst category, i find that hard to believe, card was so bad the geforce3's and radeon 9000's and sometimes the 8500's outperformed it.

and the geforce 4 mx cards were abominations, at least the 420 and the 440 was and I bought that crappy 440

Hey i loved my 440 at that time and i had a lot of fun with it but i know what you mean

Polarman · Nov 23, 2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Bytor

3DFX and a 9700 PRO. I have a VooDoo 5 5500 still in its box and my wifes running my old 9700 Pro I bought the day it was released.... I seen the review for the 9700 pro on tech tv's screen savers and I knew I had to buy one...

My wife still uses my old AIW 9700pro too! She does not game like me.

pagalms · Nov 23, 2008, 11:11 PM

IMHO G80 is one of the most influential GPU, because it's 2 years old, but still can handle everything.

Bytor · Nov 23, 2008, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Polarman

My wife still uses my old AIW 9700pro too! She does not game like me.

Mine don't game like us either.. She just surf's and plays those little 2D online games..

mullered07 · Nov 23, 2008, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by pagalms

IMHO G80 is one of the most influential GPU, because it's 2 years old, but still can handle everything.

g80 rocked, wasnt one game my 8800gts couldnt run, but x1950pro aswell because of price vs perf. card was an absolute beast and oc'd like a dream. for me performance was awesome. one of my first high end cards

cdawall · Nov 23, 2008, 11:13 PM

3870 should be on it (i haven't read it yet) they kinda gave ati back its mojo

TheGuruStud · Nov 23, 2008, 11:15 PM

TNT2 all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cdawall · Nov 24, 2008, 12:07 AM

woot the ti4200 is on there

a_ump · Nov 24, 2008, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pagalms

IMHO G80 is one of the most influential GPU, because it's 2 years old, but still can handle everything.

i agree, i thk the 8800GTX should have been in there, it was the first G80 chip and started everything we have now, and it and the ultra kept the crown for 2 years

i don't know of too many previous graphic cards that have done that. then again i've only had knowledge about computer hardware since 2006

dadi_oh · Nov 24, 2008, 02:12 AM

Hey. My Matrox Mystique didn't get a mention

My first 3D board. I think it had a full 4MB of memory on it... Played Mechwarrior though....

imperialreign · Nov 24, 2008, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by newtekie1

If by same, you mean completely different with a completely different name that is based very vaguely on the same idea, then yeah I guess you can call it the same technology.

I agree - although I think they were refering more to the theory of daisy-chaining cards together for increased performance . . .

3DFX were also the first to slap more than 1, more than 2 GPUs onto the same PCB.

They failed due to their own blunders, though - but damn if they didn't stir shit up. I loved my VooDoo 3, and still have it to this day, even though it hasn't been in service in years.

Although - a little strange, although the article was a good read, I got the slight impression it was a little biased towards nVidia cards . . . perhaps that's just me, though . . .

but, strange - no mention of the X1900 series or the R500 cores. Sure, the X1800's had a slew of issues, the 1900s stormed the market . . . especially the X1900 XTX.

PP Mguire · Nov 24, 2008, 04:12 AM

Im suprised Voodoo5 5500 wasnt on there. First dual GPU board and i loved that card.

Weer · Nov 26, 2008, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by newtekie1

If by same, you mean completely different with a completely different name that is based very vaguely on the same idea, then yeah I guess you can call it the same technology.

I think what they meant by "SLi" is just the idea or the possibility of using two graphics cards together.

LittleLizard · Nov 26, 2008, 07:39 AM

for me the g92 because from it, nvidia kicked ati butt and created a ton of products based around that chip

xubidoo · Nov 26, 2008, 08:25 AM

i would also have included the Voodoo 3 3000 ,as it was 3DFX's 1st 2d/3d card and it was at the time blazing fast for both 2d and 3d,i remember reading a benchmark on it ,and its 2d performance was faster than anything else around.Shame mine went pop and took out my board/cpu/ram

nice article but he has missed at least 2 or 3 cards id consider notable.

i would have included

Voodoo 3 (instead of Voodoo 2)
ATI 19xx series
Nvidia 8800 gtx (instead of 8800gt)

Nov 20, 2008, 05:05 PM	#1
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Nov 21, 2008, 01:45 AM	#4
smalls21 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 34 (0.02/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I still have a Voodoo Card running in a machine today, If memory serves its a voodoo3. Granted it a really old machine, but it still runs like a champ. I Loved the Voodoo series and was sad to see them go. __________________ [img disabled]http://www.ksuoncampus.com/myimages/88a199611ac2b85bd3f76e8ee7e55650.jpg[/img]

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ktr Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area, California, USA, Earth Posts: 6,158 (2.37/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 708 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	Good list...great they give props to the 3dfx for SLI and ATi 9700 for its massive performance jump for its time.

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Nov 23, 2008, 03:46 PM	#8
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cdawall where the hell are my stars Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: some AF base Posts: 16,021 (6.42/day) Thanks: 457 Thanked 2,753 Times in 2,222 Posts System Specs	woot the ti4200 is on there __________________

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PP Mguire Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Venus, Texas Posts: 2,272 (1.30/day) Thanks: 276 Thanked 461 Times in 394 Posts System Specs	Im suprised Voodoo5 5500 wasnt on there. First dual GPU board and i loved that card.

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Nov 26, 2008, 07:39 AM	#24
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Nov 26, 2008, 08:25 AM	#25
xubidoo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancs,UK Posts: 853 (0.42/day) Thanks: 231 Thanked 73 Times in 71 Posts System Specs	i would also have included the Voodoo 3 3000 ,as it was 3DFX's 1st 2d/3d card and it was at the time blazing fast for both 2d and 3d,i remember reading a benchmark on it ,and its 2d performance was faster than anything else around.Shame mine went pop and took out my board/cpu/ram nice article but he has missed at least 2 or 3 cards id consider notable. i would have included Voodoo 3 (instead of Voodoo 2) ATI 19xx series Nvidia 8800 gtx (instead of 8800gt) __________________ XBOX LIVE Gamertag - xubidoo feel free to add me

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