A poll of graphics card history

[dna1x]

Does not go far enough back for me to add my Rage IIC on the list! Too bad. Also, where is 3DFX?

I had a pair of Diamond Monster Voodoo2 cards in sli mode w/ 8MB each. I'll never waste that much money again.

 

[DrPepper]

I had a pair of Diamond Monster Voodoo2 cards in sli mode w/ 8MB each. I'll never waste that much money again.

How much did they set you back ?

 

[hat]

long poll is looooooooooooooooooong

 

[Aceman.au]

ASUS EAH3870 512MB
and
Palit 4870 1GB

Forgot to tick the 3870 :S

:O I have graphics card history now... I feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside

 

[Aceman.au]

long poll is looooooooooooooooooong

Not as long as the epic long cat....

 

[DaedalusHelios]

I had a very long list of cards. Many not on the list Ti4200, Ti4400 etc.

 

[cdawall]

man i have owned a lot of VGA cards

 

[SUPERREDDEVIL]

ATI Radeon X200 (IGP)
ATI Radeon X1550
NVIDIA Geforce 8500 GT
NVIDIA Geforce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 3870 (Current)

 

[qubit]

hd2350

Hey, you've missed out the awesomely powerful HD2350 64MB with Hypermemory!! I have one of them, just because. Actually plays Unreal Tournament 1999 really well and costs more to post it than buy it. lol

 

[Blín D'ñero]

Started with a Riva TNT 64 pro, then a Geforce 3 Ti 200, not in poll.
A Radeon 7000 PCI to have something while building
Then Radeon 9700 Pro a wonderful powerful card that ran everything i threw at it, at moderate resolutions, while i really wanted everything at 16x12
Then
Geforce 7800GT which disappointed badly in Need For Speed Most Wanted so i quickly went out and bought
X1900XT, which corrected that completely, no problem with any game at that time @ 16x12
HD 3870 more shadergoodness, but introduced an exaggerated HDR and broke some elements in my beloved Dark Messiah
and another HD 3870 because it had become so cheap for crossfire
Then HD 4870 512 MB finally everything i had expected from 3870 but much better, i only should have waited for the 1 GB version
then a HD 4870X2.... finally! Everything i throw at it at 16x12.

I don't have a 24" 19x12 monitor (yet) so my demands aren't even that high, and i enjoy my happiness.

 

[Pandaz3]

I marked most of what i had/ have
I missed my

Matrox Millenium (2 meg card I added a 2Meg daughter board for 4 Meg total)
Rage 3D
Radeon 7200
AIW 9600XT

and I forgot to check a MX4000

I did check , R 7000, R 9200SE, R 9500 Pro, R 9550 SE, 9600 Pro, 9600XT, 800 Pro, 850 Pro
1650 XT, 1800 XT, 1900 XT, 1900XTX, 1900 Crossfire, 1950 XTX, 3870 and I have a 6800GS

The 3870 was my last purchase.... bought a house so it's taking my time and money.

I think I have had 25 cards or more counting duplicates and such.

 

[boredgunner]

Only one GTX 285 owner so far?

I've owned some old ATI card I can't put my finger on, some NVIDIA card I can't put my finger on, a PNY 9600GT (overclocked to 720/1836/1050), an EVGA GTX 260 CORE 216 (65nm, overclocked to 684/1476/1210), and now a 55nm EVGA GTX 260 CORE 216 (overclocked to 684/1476/1190). I'm definitely getting NVIDIA's best GT300 offering for DX11.

 

[qubit]

Only one GTX 285 owner so far?

Yeah, I'm surprised at that too.

I'm definitely getting NVIDIA's best GT300 offering for DX11.

I'm thinking of doing that too. I've noticed that games seem to work that little bit more smoothly on them at the moment - and it's not just about raw frame rates either. Reviews at [H]ardOCP seem to confirm this.

 

[DaedalusHelios]

Yeah, I'm surprised at that too.



I'm thinking of doing that too. I've noticed that games seem to work that little bit more smoothly on them at the moment - and it's not just about raw frame rates either. Reviews at [H]ardOCP seem to confirm this.

Somebody is probably going to flame you for that. But I agree with you though. I have played with all the recent offerings on the high end from both companies and came to the same conclusion. Its really strange and I lack the engineering knowledge to explain exactly why TBH. But yes ATi cards frequently crash on my systems for some reason but its only while gaming with the 4-series cards. 3-series ATi would crash on me but not nearly as often. These results were without OC and a low ambient temp. And yes I always run Rivatuner and turn up the fan higher than needed aswell.

 

[ShadowFold]

Somebody is probably going to flame you for that. But I agree with you though. I have played with all the recent offerings on the high end from both companies and came to the same conclusion. Its really strange and I lack the engineering knowledge to explain exactly why TBH. But yes ATi cards frequently crash on my systems for some reason but its only while gaming with the 4-series cards. 3-series ATi would crash on me but not nearly as often. These results were without OC and a low ambient temp. And yes I always run Rivatuner and turn up the fan higher than needed aswell.

I have the exact opposite problems as you Nvidia cards always crash and have driver problems while all my ATi rigs are solid. I had a EVGA 7600GS/GT(can't remember) that always got that "driver has stopped responding" crap when Vista was still new, HD 3850 worked fine. EVGA GTX 280 always crashed in Left 4 Dead and Mass Effect, HD 4830 worked fine. Maybe it's because I always pick AMD chipsets when I use nvidia and the drivers conflict.. I'm gonna give nvidia one more chance if I can find a good deal on a GT300 card, otherwise I usually go ATi because I've had nothing but good experiences from them I understand some people just don't like one or the other because of personal experience and I respect that, as long as they respect my personal experiences and opinions too.

 

[DaedalusHelios]

I have the exact opposite problems as you Nvidia cards always crash and have driver problems while all my ATi rigs are solid. I had a EVGA 7600GS/GT(can't remember) that always got that "driver has stopped responding" crap when Vista was still new, HD 3850 worked fine. EVGA GTX 280 always crashed in Left 4 Dead and Mass Effect, HD 4830 worked fine. Maybe it's because I always pick AMD chipsets when I use nvidia and the drivers conflict.. I'm gonna give nvidia one more chance if I can find a good deal on a GT300 card, otherwise I usually go ATi because I've had nothing but good experiences from them I understand some people just don't like one or the other because of personal experience and I respect that, as long as they respect my personal experiences and opinions too.

I always go Intel chipsets or Nvidia chipsets so maybe thats the approach.... they cripple each other's performance with intentional tweaks or lack thereof in the chipset drivers. I never really thought about that.

 

[crazy pyro]

I've only ever been an ATI man except for the crappy intel graphics on my netbook and my old old laptop, I've always had loads of problems with the intel ones and the ATI ones while performing like crap have had none (except for my old laptop's x1250), desktop is the exception of course (performs well and works).

 

[Artas1984]

I would like to "sum the poll up"!

So far the poll shows that everyone starts with the bigest shit ever - FX 5200, then one realizes it and changes to Radeon 9600/9800 and does not look at FX cards at all LOL!

Also the poll shows how awesome 6600GT and 7600GT were and how they replaced previous gen hi-end cards being faster and cheaper..

From 2006 obvioulsy the best card was X1950 PRO - cheaper then 7950GT and even better!!

It also shows that many had HD3850, HD3870 and 8800GT, 8800GTS and changed those to HD4850 and HD4850 - currently fastest card on the market in their price range.

 

[fenurch]

Had ATi Xpress 200 (integrated ) and a Nvidia 3 or 4 (can't remember), as well as 7300GT. I'm relatively young ;x

 

[DaedalusHelios]

Had ATi Xpress 200 (integrated ) and a Nvidia 3 or 4 (can't remember), as well as 7300GT. I'm relatively young ;x

How young?

Alot of us here are in our 20's and there is a High School clubhouse for members of that age group to relate. I started building computers when I was 13. Are you younger and still build computers?

I am 24 so don't feel like a kid or anything.

Ireland is on the way up financially so you have a bright future ahead of you.

We had one kid building computers that was 9. Its insane! It really proves that anyone can do it if they put their mind to it. Thats part of what the communities are about.

 

[phanbuey]

3dfx Banshee LOL ... and Diamond Stealth i think S3 something? on my pentium 100Mhz with 16MB ram to play TUROK: The Dinosaur Hunter... dont even remember. Didn't play well whatever it was.

 

[Fleck]

I also had a Riva TNT2. It was beast on Quake 3.

Before that I had a Voodoo3. Before that I had crap, some over-priced Diamond card that couldn't even Quake @ 640x480.

 

[pabloc74]

9200se
9600pro
9800pro
6600gt agp
6600gt pci-e
7900gt
7950 gx2
8800gtx, sli
4870 x2
gtx 295

 

[Nick89]

Thanks for all the contributions guys!

 

[Jeffredo]

My poor 3dfx Voodoo3 and Voodoo5 cards won't be represented.