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Whats your graphics card history???

jaxxxon

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Mine is about 10 years old I think.

1. MX440
2. Radeon 9600pro
3. GeForce 6600
4. X1900XT
5. ASUS HD4850

Normally upgrade every 2 years or so. Or when something comes along that blows my card away, which most of those cards did to the previous one (apart from 9600pro, which made little difference, but I didn't know much then)
 
Geforce
Geforce 2 MMX440 (i think, was much younger then)
Geforce 4 TI4400
Geforce 4 TI4800
nVidia 6600GT
nVidia 7600GT (2 of)
ATi 1950XT
ATi 3870
ATi 4870 512

I still have the past 4 cards :P
 
ATi 64mb (Not sure of model)
ATi 128MB (Not sure of model)
ATi X1600 Pro (Overlocked)_
ATi 4850 (havent installed on my machine yet)
 
*Sis 530 (intergrated video /w a k6-2+ 450... it played tribes and MS Combat Flight Sim as well as Flight Sim 98)
*GeForce4 Ti 4400 (still working to this day)
*ATi x1300 Pro
*ATi HD 2600 Pro (HTPC)
*ATi 3870
 
ATi Rage3D(Age of Empires days :D)
NV TNT2(couldn't play CS :()
BFG 6200(sorta played CSS)
HIS X1300(first card I was happy with since the rage)
EVGA 7600GS(meh..)
HIS HD 3850(first ever high end card!)
ASUS HD 4850(best card ever!)
Probably gonna get a ASUS 4850x2 for xmas.. maybe not tho. These are just the cards I used for long periods of time. I owned alot more but didn't have them as long.
ASUS HD 4850
 
Voodoo 2
ATI Rage3d
MX400
6600 gt
8600 gt
8800 gt
8800 gtx
9800 gt
hd4870x2
dell intergrated gfx <-- it's shitty

Might be longer I just remembered my voodoo 2 when i was 10. 7 more posts to 1k


Edit: Still thinking of what I got...
 
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7600 Gt
8600 Gts
8600 Gts Sli
3870
*4870 X2* <----- :)
4870 X2 CF? :D
 
Yikes,

Trident VGA PCI 1MB
ATI RAGE 2C
Riva TNT2 M64 ->launched my hobby of computers
Kyro 2
ATI 8500LE 128MB
ATI 9800 128MB r360
ATI X800GTO2 r480
7900GS 256MB
8800GS 384MB :) My newest toy!

I did have other cards I used for family computers:
Geforce2 GTS
GF2MX400
ATI FireGL3
Radeon X300
Radeon X300se
GeFroce FX5200 -> 55" LCD

All of these I still have or have sold.

I never made this list before, and it amazes me how long I have been a total nerd for! Thanks OP. :)

bryan d

EDIT: Darn I forgot to add my Voodoo card and the 6800 Ultra that I killed (and still have pinned to my wall).
 
8800GT :D

Only been in the PC business 8 months!

Soon to add a 4870 or a 4850X2 to the list though :laugh:
 
Cross-dressing Freinds
Crows Feet
Center Field
Oh right! Tech forum.. Cross Fire.:D

Ty.. Out of those four I'll take Cows farts.
 
I've had older cards, but most were just windows accelerators. Listed are my 3D cards.

S3 Virge
TNT
TNT2
NV 440 MX
ATI 9600 Pro
MSI 4800Ti 8x
PNY Verto 6800GS
EVGA 7800GS
EVGA 7600GT
XFX 9600GT
EVGA 8800GTX
Visiontek HD3870
Visiontek HD4850
 
7600gt
8800gtx
9600gt
 
Onboard (dunno what model or nuffink I was only a wee nipper)
Geforce 440MX IGP
Geforce 6200 AGP
x850xt AGP
8800GT
4870
 
Geforce 2 32mb
ATi Rage 128
~~~(HAZED BY DR00GS AND ART SCHOOL)~~~ (probably a Radeon)
Sapphire HD3870
Sapphire HD4870
Visiontek HD4870
Diamond HD4870 OCX
Diamond HD4870x2
 
ATI Radeo Pro x700 AGP running 4x. Overclcoked it using ATI tools.

8800GT KO Edition, Overclocked as well, after market cooling
 
Nvidia TNT
Nvidia Riva
ATI Rage
ATI Radeon 9600
ATI X300
ATI X1650
ATI X800 Pro
ATI X1950 AGP
ATI 7950GT AGP
Nvida 8800GTS 320MB
ATI HD3850
ATI HD3870
Nvida 8800GT
Nvida 8800GS
Nvida 9800GX2=CURRENT

The only reason I bought the GS is because I thought I could unlock it but you need to solder the extra memory bank to do it and i can't solder good enough
 
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Onboard *ancient*
Trident 1mb/2mb cards
Monster 3d and sister card!
Ati Rage
Ati Rage 128
Voodoo 3
ATI 9000
ATI 9200
ATI 9200se
MX440
ATI 9200
ATI 9600xt
ATI 9800pro
ATI x600
ATI 9200
ATI x1300pro
ATI x1300xt
ATI x1950xt
ATI 2600xt gddr4
ATI hd3850 256mb
ATI hd3870 512mb
ATI hd4850 512mb

Others don't remember exact times owned-
x1950pro, 3d Rage XL, Mach 64, hd3450, riva tnt2, x300, 7600gs, 6800xt, 9250se, probably many others I am forgetting...
8600GT, MX4000, AIW 9600, hd3650, hd2600pro, fx5200, x1550, *still thinking*
 
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ATi:

Radeon 7000
3xRadeon 9200 128mb
GeXcube Radeon 9600XT Extreme 128mb
HIS Radeon 9800Pro Ice-Q 128mb
Sapphire AGP X1950Pro 512 - zalman FS-ZV9
2x HD4870 512 - watercooled


Nvidia:

(honorarily) 3DFX Voodoo banshee 2

PCI Riva TNT2
PCI Geforce 2 Mx400
3x Geforce 4 Mx440
Geforce 4 Ti4400
Geforce Fx 5600Xt 128mb
3x Geforce 6600GT
BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC - Arctic Cooling NV5
Gigabyte Geforce 7800GTX 256 - Arctic Cooling NV5
4x XFX Geforce 8600GT oc - Sli, i killed both and XFX gave me XXX replacements
XFX Geforce 8800GT - Zalman VF 1000
MSI Geforce 8800GTX oc - Zalman GWB 8800GTX
3x Asus Geforce 9600GT - 2x512 and a 1024
Inno3d Geforce 9800GTX 512 - Zalman VF 1000


honestly ill have to edit this i know theres more.... i sorta consider myself a collector nowadays
 
ready for my monster list?

nVidia Geforce 2
Radeon 9000
Radeon 1900 XT
 
ATI Rage Fury (from 1998 ish till 2004)
ATI 9600 (2004 till 2007)
ATi X1950 Pro AGP (2007 till 2008)

And now

ATI HD4870 1GB verison in crossfire
 
2x 8800gt
7950gt
7600
6600o/c

and a few ATI cards it was many moons ago
 
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