Favorite GPU you have owned

[alexelcaza]

Sapphire HD 7950 dual x boost 3GB

died 1 month ago
will be missed

 

[Kanan]

Must say it's extremely boring without pictures. Gief teh pictures!

 

[GreiverBlade]

I think some people are getting mixed up in this thread, its your FAVOURITE card not all the cards you have ever owned.

What about if all 10 cards I have listed are all my favorite... Having only 1 favorite is overrated


Also it's illogical, your thinking: the OP didn't ask for a all time favorite so logically, multiple favorite depending the period, an sometimes both brand (well, nvidia is by no mean superior to ATI\AMD for me)


Rah I need to find some more... I.e.: a Xabre (fun time) and some Kyro (have a 3D Prophet 4000XT and 4500 but still seeking one I did own from power color)

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

XFX HD 7970 DD

 

[biffzinker]

Diamond Viper V770 Ultra TNT2

or the ATI Radeon 9500 Pro.

 

[BiggieShady]

OP: What's the favorite gpu you've ever owned?
Average TPU member: Let me tell you a story about life and death of each and every one of the gpus I have ever owned ... with pictures of course

My favorite is the first one for nostalgic reasons (first contender is the last one for performance reasons) ...
Not counting the early to mid nineties cirrus logic and s3 crapware as graphics cards at all, for me it all started with entry level variant of TNT2 named M64 which had butchered memory bus width that made it cheap yet good enough for unreal, half life and quake 2 and 3.

 

[Capitan Harlock]

I didn't had a lot of videocars in my pc hystory but from the past my favorite was the ATI x1550 pro 512 mb that i sell for 30€ 7 years ago XD.
The hd 4670 1gb that i sell 4 years ago .
My hd 6950 from XFX with duall fan overcloked like a monster but was only 1gb of ram .
My actual favorite is my Hd 7950 boost edition that is brand new because my old one died because was used a lot before i punchase it .

 

[Recon-UK]

As controversial as it was, the GTX 480 was a beast... still is is you factor that it can still play all modern games at 1080P with good settings where a Radeon 5870 struggles with 720P.

I modded mine.

Had 2 in SLi too but the heat output was too much and sold 1 off.

And in 2014 it finally died. I put it through hell though.

My fave ATi would perhaps be the HD 5770 & 4670 because i used them in other peoples builds and my own, for the time were great cards.

 

[Frick]

The Powercolor x1950 pro 512MB was very good value for money. It had an excellent cooler. Other than that, my current Asus GTX 760 DC2 is very good, especially considering I got it for free. Previous that I managed to snag a Powercolor HDHD7850 PCS+ for €75, which was a stupid good deal. My sister has that now.

The most surprising card I've owned is the GT530 2GB (DDR3 version). The GDDR5 version (GT730 etc) would rock.

 

[64K]

I guess I would have to say the 8800 GT. That's what I put in my first gaming rig build in 2007 and the performance was very good in it's day.

 

[Ebo]

My alltime favorite GFX has to be the Gigabyte Maya II 9700 pro

That was a beast for its day

 

[Recon-UK]

I guess I would have to say the 8800 GT. That's what I put in my first gaming rig build in 2007 and the performance was very good in it's day.

I bought a GTS 880 320MB off Ebay in like 2010? was just for fun.. just ran it in some games and it struggled to run most things due to Vram and boy did it run hot!

8800GTX though.. legendary.

Was this one.

 

[Shou Miko]

tbh if I have to say my favorited I ever owned most be my GTX 1070 from MSI their Gaming X card, even the GTX 970 Gaming X I had was the best and most quiet cooling solutions I ever had for a gfx in my ITX systems.

 

[kurosagi01]

ATI Radeon X800 my first real entry into PC gaming playing Guild Wars like a dream.
8800GT my dream card at the time as it was able to run crysis at decent settings and it was at good price range but couldn't afford it at the time.
GTX460 768mb was the next best card i've owned after my 4750 died which ran Bad company 2 maxed like a champ.
Now currently the GTX970 which is my first card into the enthusiast/highish end card which can run any game i throw at near maxed settings at 1080p.

 

[john_]

I will have to say an Albatron 7600GT. Bought at 199 euros when other models where selling at 220-240 and up, because they where considered better overclockers and stuff, that Albatron ended up being a little gem. While the GPU wasn't clocking much higher, the DDR3 memories where jumping from 1400 to 1740MHz. I loved that card.

 

[P4-630]

I loved the ATi X1950 Pro back in the days, amazingly low temperatures and very quiet! (upgraded from a X1600 Pro.)

After that a Gigabyte HD3870 with GDDR4, great overclocker!

After that a Gigabyte HD4870, great overclocker as well.

Now my top card ofcourse the MSI GTX1070 gaming X

 

[BiggieShady]

I guess I would have to say the 8800 GT. That's what I put in my first gaming rig build in 2007 and the performance was very good in it's day.

It is a special card for me also, the whole G80 series was great, I even had passive cooled 8600GT for the media center build

 

[Melvis]

What about if all 10 cards I have listed are all my favorite... Having only 1 favorite is overrated


Also it's illogical, your thinking: the OP didn't ask for a all time favorite so logically, multiple favorite depending the period, an sometimes both brand (well, nvidia is by no mean superior to ATI\AMD for me

Well logically there is no S or plural in his question so there for it only refers to a single card. Otherwise he would of said GPU's

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Hate to say it but my 8800GTS G92 was crazy. Had that thing running GTX9800+ speeds otherwise i loved my 5850s

 

[BiggieShady]

Well logically there is no S or plural in his question so there for it only refers to a single card. Otherwise he would of said GPU's

Favorite graphics card simply implies a top list of owned graphics cards

Tangentially, a chronological list of games that made me realize it's time for graphics card upgrade:
-Max Payne (hardware T&L acceleration)
-Far Cry (shaders)
-one of the Splinter Cell sequels (shadows)
-Crysis (everything)
... after that no surprises of that magnitude

 

[Recon-UK]

Favorite graphics card simply implies a top list of owned graphics cards

Tangentially, a chronological list of games that made me realize it's time for graphics card upgrade:
-Max Payne 2016 OS & (CPU)
-Far Cry 2016 (CPU)
-one of the Splinter Cell sequels 2016 (CPU)
-Crysis in 2016 (CPU)
... after that no surprises of that magnitude

FTFY

 

[erixx]

STB Velocity 4400 with nVidia Riva TNT chip.

 

[antodelg]

ASUS Radeon 9800XT

 

[VulkanBros]

Matrox Mystique 8 MB combined with a 3DFx Voodoo 2 ....... damm that was hot - in 1998

 

[GreiverBlade]

Well logically there is no S or plural in his question so there for it only refers to a single card. Otherwise he would of said GPU's

well, if following hidden logic, nonetheless the OP specified 2 of his favorites cards in the initial post (ok .... 1 nv, 1 AMD/ATI) thus i do same by period (lucky i didn't list my HP 9800GT 1gb, Asus 9800GT Matrix, 4870, 5600/5900 Ultra , oh wait ... no one love the 5XXX series)
he second one i didn't like before that EVGA 460 SC was a Cirrus Logic that i had in my 486DX2 33 build... (see what i did ... i have a "twisted logic"? )

ok ... all time favorite? then, till the next one, that will be my MSI GTX 1070 Armor 8gb OC.

ASUS Radeon 9800XT

Asus A9800XT sweet one indeed, i prefer my picture of it tho ... but that one had a cooler that felt soooo much premium (and still do ... a nice weight for a single slot card and ... sooo much copper )

Must say it's extremely boring without pictures. Gief teh pictures!

agreed altho it's boring with ... google'ed pics ... rather live pics or ... no pics

Matrox Mystique 8 MB combined with a 3DFx Voodoo 2 ....... damm that was hot - in 1998

oh now you remind me to seek some Matrox's for my collection ... i wonder if i can find a Parhelia 512...