Favorite GPU you have owned

Apocalypsee · Sep 30, 2016

X1800GTO, sadly I lost the single slot cooler. I miss the day where mid to high end card still use single slot design

HD 5850 reference, I love reference design, not so much on the noise

This Albatron 9600GT is my big favorite, single slot, runs cool and play game very well. On old Biostar TForce 550 motherboard and Sempron 2500+ 1.4GHz overclocked to 2.5GHz

Outback Bronze · Sep 30, 2016

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

And the all mighty X800 Pro VIVO Flashed to X800 XT PE

Mmmmm Tasty!

FYFI13 · Sep 30, 2016

Outback Bronze said:
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

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And the all mighty X800 Pro VIVO Flashed to X800 XT PE

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Mmmmm Tasty!

I've had both of these cards, just different brands. Absolutely loved them. Next card that comes to my mind would be 8800GTX, real beast

BiggieShady · Sep 30, 2016

Recon-UK said:
FTFY

For CPU in 2016, in my experience Ivy Bridge i5 is still more than enough for 60 Hz with GTX970 ... very few games need reduced settings and not by much
Those few old games I listed flat out required me immediately to buy next generation graphics card back in the day and no settings could help :laugh:

peche · Sep 30, 2016

have no image of my dear Gigabyte 6800GT

also loved my 5890 Ati,

and my older GTX 760 windforce 3X

Those are my all time Loved video cards,

Regards,

Kanan · Sep 30, 2016

GreiverBlade said:
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 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 )

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

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

Yes Id really like to just see real pics of the cards I don't really care about generic Google pics.

GoldenX · Sep 30, 2016

My favorites...

Nvidia:
EVGA MX4000 64MB DDR, cheap as hell, made it run even Battlefield 2 and NFS Most Wanted. Overclocked a 40% on GPU and 100% on VRAM.
EVGA 6200 256MB DDR2, I learned to overclock on it. As they were locked, you had to flash them to change clocks.
PNY 7600GT 256MB GDDR3, voltmoded it, added a Thermaltake DuOrb on it, learned how to change the geometry clock via flashing. Played Bioshock and Batman Arkham Asylum on it at 800x600. Was a gift from someone I once helped on a forum.

ATI/AMD:
My current XFX HD7750 1GB GDDR5, old by now, cheap, supports all new characteristics and can still game pretty well. Too bad the voltage regulator is not software configurable...
HD4200, my IGP, has saved me a couple of times, and can take a nice 100% overclock, plus 128MB of integrated DDR3 VRAM.
Powercolor HD3450 512MB DDR2: Had it with a 25% oc both on GPU and VRAM, died young thanks to a power outrage...

Intel:
The Braswell IGP of my notebook, supports DX12 and Vulkan, thanks to DX12, Gamecube games on Dolphin-emu are playable, and thanks to Vulkan I can run Dota 2. Would be nice if I could overclock it...

dorsetknob · Sep 30, 2016

Kanan said:
Yes Id really like to just see real pics of the cards I don't really care about generic Google pics.

My pics are in the nostalgic hardware thread !! no real point posting them here again
:lovetpu:

Page 13 ish

Kanan · Sep 30, 2016

dorsetknob said:
My pics are in the nostalgic hardware thread !! no real point posting them here again
Page 13 ish

I'm a very lazy guy haha. you could post them again.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Sep 30, 2016

Kanan said:
Yes Id really like to just see real pics of the cards I don't really care about generic Google pics.

MSI Pro - E
Xeon X 5650 @4.0ghz
XFX HD 7970 DD 3gb
12gb Corsait XMS 3 trip ch

EDIT

I forgot I had it in here too

ASUS ROG ii Extreme
Xeon X5670 @4.4ghz
XFX HD 7970
16gb Hyperx

dorsetknob · Sep 30, 2016

Kanan said:
I'm a very lazy guy haha. you could post them again.

Hrwmmmm something tells me if i did your

so

lazy you still would not look at them

yotano211 · Sep 30, 2016

I guess I took a different rout, laptops for me.

My favorite graphics card was the Nvidia 8800m GTS in my 1st gaming laptop, Gateway 6860FX. That little beast was able to overclock over 35% on the core and about 25% on the memory without any added voltage. It finally died when I lost the PSU so I decided to put another one in from another laptop. I guess it wasnt the correct voltage and blew the power circuit board. It would power on (from the battery) but wouldn't charge the battery.

Keullo-e · Sep 30, 2016

Nvidia:

Abit GeForce 4 Ti 4200-8x 128MB; my first GPU which I used to play many games years ago
Asus GeForce 6800 LE 128MB; soft-modded to 6800nu and overclocked over stock-GT speeds
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB; overclocked like mad and ran games even in 2010 pretty fine
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 1280MB; my all-time favourite card, OC'd pretty well with modified BIOS, no heatspreader and 3rd party cooler (Twin Turbo II)
MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti 3072MB; I'm having this now, and this is even better than I thought, overclocks like mad and has absolutely awesome stock cooler (Twin Frozr IV)

ATI/AMD:

Club 3D Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB; this is the reason of my username, after GeForce 4 this was like switching from walking to lightspeed!
Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 512MB; custom PCB with slow 1.4ns memory, still overclocked like mad with pencil voltmods
XFX Radeon R9 290 4096MB; noisy and power-hungry, but fast. not as good as my 780Ti which I had now, but still one of my favourite cards

Toothless · Sep 30, 2016

MSI GTX660

EarthDog · Sep 30, 2016

X800 Pro Flashed to X800 XT PE

8800 GTX

780Ti Lighting

980Ti

biffzinker · Sep 30, 2016

Kanan said:
Yes Id really like to just see real pics of the cards I don't really care about generic Google pics.

Sorry about the photos pulled from review/duckduckgo. It was the best I could do since I no longer have the cards.

Kanan · Oct 1, 2016

dorsetknob said:
Hrwmmmm something tells me if i did your so lazy you still would not look at them

No I would! Tell me if you edited it.

Sorry about the photos pulled from review/duckduckgo. It was the best I could do since I no longer have the cards.

Okay np m8.

dorsetknob · Oct 1, 2016

For the Pleasure of
Kanan

Kanan look another pic

Kanan yet another

Kanan look am i wearing out your Eyeballs

Kanan you can rest your Eyeballs now

Kanan · Oct 1, 2016

Nice that voodoo3 3500 with that big blue whip. :laugh:

one of the best 3dfx cards.

flmatter · Oct 1, 2016

I really loved my HD6950 - unlocked to 6970. hat card took a beating and just kept asking for more.
Really liking my R9 390 8gb atm too. WOuld love to find another cheap to xfire it.

Yukikaze · Oct 1, 2016

2x8800GT 512Mb in SLI, bar none. Man, the G92 was a work of art!

HammerON · Oct 1, 2016

After thinking about this question for a while, I have concluded that the most favorite GPU I have owned was from my first computer build in 2004. That would be a Sapphire 9600XT. I wanted a 9800XT because it was the top of the line; however, I was able to play DOOM 3 and Quake IV and that was my main goal.
My second favorite GPU would be the GTX 295. That thing was a beast back in the day.

largon · Oct 2, 2016

Favorite GPU?
G92.

Owned a few of this type of chippery. One 8800GT 512MB I vmodded 'n' OC'ed until it was dead. Burned (!) the VRMs while torturing the poor thing. Thus came in a 8800GTS 512MB which ended up being strapped with vGPU, vMEM and OCP. Shader core reached blistering >2.4GHz until, apparently the VRAM controller started glitching. Wonderously, it still works if overvolted a bit...

Keullo-e · Oct 2, 2016

largon said:
Favorite GPU?
G92.

Owned a few of this type of chippery. One 8800GT 512MB I vmodded 'n' OC'ed until it was dead. Burned (!) the VRMs while torturing the poor thing. Thus came in a 8800GTS 512MB which ended up being strapped with vGPU, vMEM and OCP. Shader core reached blistering >2.4GHz until, apparently the VRAM controller started glitching. Wonderously, it still works if overvolted a bit...

Heh, I have one GTS250 on my shelf, I guess I need to check its OC potential some day

agent_x007 · Oct 2, 2016

I own a LOT of GPU's. Here's bigger part of my AGP collection :

But out of all of them I think my fav. is GTX 780 TI (Reference), because it looks awesome and probably will serve me me till Volta comes out in 2017/2018

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M-S2H
Cooling	Scythe Kotetsu Mark II
Memory	2 x 16GB SK Hynix OEM DDR4-3200 @ 3666 18-20-18-36
Video Card(s)	Colorful RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB
Storage	250GB WD BLACK SN750 M.2 + 4TB WD Red Plus + 4TB WD Purple
Display(s)	AOpen 27HC5R 27" 1080p 165Hz
Case	COUGAR MX440 Mesh RGB
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium HD + Kurtzweil KS-40A bookshelf
Power Supply	Corsair CX750M
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Essential
Keyboard	Cougar Attack2 Cherry MX Black
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H1 x64

System Name	Raptor Baked
Processor	14900k w.c.
Motherboard	Z790 Hero
Cooling	w.c.
Memory	32GB Hynix
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4080 w.c.
Storage	2TB Kingston kc3k
Display(s)	Gigabyte 34" Curved
Case	Corsair 460X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	PCIe5 850w
Mouse	Asus
Keyboard	Corsair
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Cool n Quiet.

System Name	Windows 10 64-bit Core i7 6700
Processor	Intel Core i7 6700
Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS
Cooling	Corsair AIO
Memory	2 x 8 GB Kingston DDR4 2666
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB, Seagate Baracuda 1 TB
Display(s)	Dell P2414H
Case	Corsair Carbide Air 540
Audio Device(s)	Realtek HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX v2 650W
Mouse	Steelseries Sensei
Keyboard	CM Storm Quickfire Pro, Cherry MX Reds
Software	MS Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

System Name	Athenna
Processor	intel i7 3770 Dellided
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans
Memory	16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan
Video Card(s)	GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample
Storage	Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's
Display(s)	22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p
Case	Thermaltake Commander G42 Window
Audio Device(s)	On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1
Power Supply	Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va
Mouse	Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad
Keyboard	Tt eSports KNUCKER
Software	windows 10x64Pro
Benchmark Scores	well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts?

System Name	eazen corp \| Xentronon 7.2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X // PBO max.
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 w/ AM4 kit // 3x Corsair AF140L case fans (2 in, 1 out)
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x16 GB DDR4 3600 @ 3800, CL16-19-19-39-58-1T, 1.4 V
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti modded to MATRIX // 2000-2100 MHz Core / 1938 MHz G6
Storage	Silicon Power P34A80 1TB NVME/Samsung SSD 830 128GB&850 Evo 500GB&F3 1TB 7200RPM/Seagate 2TB 5900RPM
Display(s)	Samsung 27" Curved FS2 HDR QLED 1440p/144Hz&27" iiyama TN LED 1080p/120Hz / Samsung 40" IPS 1080p TV
Case	Corsair Carbide 600C
Audio Device(s)	HyperX Cloud Orbit S / Creative SB X AE-5 @ Logitech Z906 / Sony HD AVR @PC & TV @ Teufel Theater 80
Power Supply	EVGA 650 GQ
Mouse	Logitech G700 @ Steelseries DeX // Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
Keyboard	Corsair K70 LUX RGB /w Cherry MX Brown switches
VR HMD	Still nope
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	15 095 Time Spy \| P29 079 Firestrike \| P35 628 3DM11 \| X67 508 3DM Vantage Extreme

Favorite GPU you have owned

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System Name	Ciel
Processor	AMD Ryzen R5 5600X
Motherboard	Asus Tuf Gaming B550 Plus
Cooling	ID-Cooling 224-XT Basic
Memory	2x 16GB Kingston Fury 3600MHz@3933MHz
Video Card(s)	Gainward Ghost 3060 Ti 8GB + Sapphire Pulse RX 6600 8GB
Storage	NVMe Kingston KC3000 2TB + NVMe Toshiba KBG40ZNT256G + HDD WD 4TB
Display(s)	AOC Q27G3XMN + Samsung S22F350
Case	Cougar MX410 Mesh-G
Audio Device(s)	Kingston HyperX Cloud Stinger Core 7.1 Wireless PC
Power Supply	Aerocool KCAS-500W
Mouse	EVGA X15
Keyboard	VSG Alnilam
Software	Windows 11

System Name	Party On
Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

System Name	MSI GP76
Processor	intel i7 11800h
Cooling	2 laptop fans
Memory	32gb of 3000mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	Nvidia 3070
Storage	x2 PNY 8tb cs2130 m.2 SSD--16tb of space
Display(s)	17.3" IPS 1920x1080 240Hz
Power Supply	280w laptop power supply
Mouse	Logitech m705
Keyboard	laptop keyboard
Software	lots of movies and Windows 10 with win 7 shell
Benchmark Scores	Good enough for me

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X up to 5.05GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite
Cooling	Custom loop (CPU+GPU, 240 & 120 rads)
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury @ DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter OC/UV
Storage	~4TB SSD + 6TB HDD
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis remastered at 4K

System Name	Veral
Processor	5950x
Motherboard	MSI MEG x570 Ace
Cooling	Corsair H150i RGB Elite
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill TridentZ
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx + 2x AOC 2425W
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Nightsword
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk ATX
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	VENGEANCE LPX 2 x 16GB DDR4-3600 C18 OCed 3800
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming
Storage	970 EVO NVMe M.2 500 GB, 870 QVO 1 TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S (PH-EC416PS)
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 310
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit v22H2

System Name	Matter's / Helios 300 Predator
Processor	Ryzen 7 2700 / i7 7700HQ
Motherboard	B450 Tomahawk / Acer Helios 300 Predator
Cooling	Arctic Freezer eSports Duo
Memory	Patriot Viper ddr4 32gb / 32gb gskill ddr4
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2080 Super Ventus OC / GTX 1060 6gb
Storage	Patriot Viper nvme M2, crucial MX300 275gb, Samsung 860 qvo 1tb
Display(s)	Acer 24" 1080p / 15.6 1080p HD
Case	Antec 300 / Acer Helios 300 Predator
Audio Device(s)	On Board - Steel Series Arctis Pro Wireless Cans
Power Supply	Antec 850watt high current pro
Mouse	Steel series Rival 600
Keyboard	Corsair K70 / Acer Helios 300 Predator
Software	Win 10 Pro / Win 10 Home

System Name	Dire Wolf IV
Processor	Intel Core i9 14900K
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z790-I GAMING WIFI
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280
Memory	2x24GB Corsair DDR5 6667
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA RTX4080 FE
Storage	AORUS Gen4 7300 1TB + Western Digital SN750 500GB
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DWF (QD-OLED, 3440x1440, 165hz)
Case	Corsair Airflow 2000D
Power Supply	Corsair SF1000L
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Essential
Keyboard	Chuangquan CQ84
Software	Windows 11 Professional

System Name	Threadripper
Processor	3960X
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix TRX40-XE
Cooling	XSPC Raystorm Neo (sTR4) Water Block
Memory	G. Skill Trident Z Neo 64 GB 3600
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4090
Storage	Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB + WD Black SN850 1TB
Display(s)	Dell 32" Curved Gaming Monitor (S3220DGF)
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5
Mouse	Roccat Kone Pure
Keyboard	Corsair K70
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Always changing~

System Name	Ladpot ◦◦◦ Desktop
Processor	R7 5800H ◦◦◦ i7 4770K, watercooled
Motherboard	HP 88D2 ◦◦◦ Asus Z87-C2 Maximus VI Formula
Cooling	Mixed gases ◦◦◦ Fuzion V1, MCW60/R2, DDC1/DDCT-01s top, PA120.3, EK200, D12SL-12, liq.metal TIM
Memory	2× 8GB DDR4-3200 ◦◦◦ 2× 8GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical LP DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	RTX 3070 ◦◦◦ heaps of dead GPUs in the garage
Storage	Samsung 980 PRO 2TB ◦◦◦ Samsung 840Pro 256@178GB + 4× WD Red 2TB in RAID10 + LaCie Blade Runner 4TB
Display(s)	HP ZR30w 30" 2560×1600 (WQXGA) H2-IPS
Case	Lian Li PC-A16B
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX860i
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 2S / Contour RollerMouse Red+
Keyboard	Logitech Elite Keyboard from 2006 / Contour Balance Keyboard / Logitech diNovo Edge
Software	W11 x64 ◦◦◦ W10 x64
Benchmark Scores	It does boot up? I think.

System Name	BOX
Processor	Core i7 6950X @ 4,26GHz (1,28V)
Motherboard	X99 SOC Champion (BIOS F23c + bifurcation mod)
Cooling	Thermalright Venomous-X + 2x Delta 38mm PWM (Push-Pull)
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 4000MHz CL16 4x8GB (@3240MHz CL12.12.12.24 CR2T @ 1,48V)
Video Card(s)	Titan V (~1650MHz @ 0.77V, HBM2 1GHz, Forced P2 state [OFF])
Storage	WD SN850X 2TB + Samsung EVO 2TB (SATA) + Seagate Exos X20 20TB (4Kn mode)
Display(s)	LG 27GP950-B
Case	Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL
Audio Device(s)	Motu M4 (audio interface) + ATH-A900Z + Behringer C-1
Power Supply	Seasonic X-760 (760W)
Mouse	Logitech RX-250
Keyboard	HP KB-9970
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64