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Whats your graphics card history???

Sylvester

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Cirrus logic pci
Creative Voodoo Banshee 8Mb+8Mb 2D/3D pci
Elsa Geforce2 AGP
Sapphire Radeon 9700 AGP
Powercolor Radeon X850XTpe AGP
Asus Radeon 3870X2 PCIe
 
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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
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Keyboard Chuangquan CQ84
Software Windows 11 Professional
Main Rig over the ages:

Something ancient with 2Mb of memory, name eludes me.
3DFX Vulcan 2
GeForce 2
GeForce 440MX
Innovision GeForce 6600 (non-GT)
eVGA GeForce 7800GT 256Mb KO
Leadtek GeForce 8800GTS 640Mb
Asus GeForce 8800GT + Gigabyte GeForce 8800GT SLI
Sapphire HD4870X2

Additional Cards (These come in after the Leadtek card chronologically and serve(d) other rigs, all of those save the 9600GT were bought 2nd hand, I still have all of them in various computers, except for the HD3850 which I sold and the Sapphire HD2600XT which died):
Sapphire HD2600XT 256Mb GDDR3
Connect3D HD3850 256Mb GDDR3
Sparkle GeForce 8500GT 256Mb DDR2 PCI (not PCI-E)
Gigabyte GeForce 9600GT Silent 512Mb GDDR3
Sapphire X1800XL 512Mb GDDR3
PowerColor HD2600XT 256Mb GDDR4
GeForce FX 5200 AGP
Radeon 9800Pro 128Mb AGP

And on the Laptop:
GeForce 8600M GT 256Mb GDDR3
 

pellolfo

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My graphic cards:

Cirrus Logic 1Mb
S3 Virge 3D 4 Mb
Matrox G200 8Mb
ATi Rage 128 32Mb
ATi Radeon 7500 64 Mb
ATi Radeon 9600 Pro 256 Mb
Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT 256 Mb
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 256 Mb
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 512 Mb (current)
 
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System Name Dell Workstation t5810
Processor Xeon CPU's E5-2683 v4 Broadwell-E Technology
Motherboard Broadwell-E X99
Cooling Default fan System Level 3
Memory 48GB DDR4
Video Card(s) ASRock Vega 56 8GB
Storage 4 External SSD, 4 External HDD
Display(s) HP 27m LCD
Case Dell Precision 7810 Case
Audio Device(s) RealTek High Definition
Power Supply 825 Watts PSU
Mouse Soundless Black Quiet Mouse
Keyboard Dell Black
Software Windows Pro 10 x64
Diamond Stealth S60 Radeon 700032MB PCI 60 dollars
Radeon 9250 64bit 256mb PCI 45 dollars
Evga FX5200 128MB 64bit PCI 50 dollars
3DFuzion 256MB 128bit PCI 82 dollars
Jaton 5200 128bit 64bit PCI 15 dollars
BFG 6200 OC 256MB 64bit PCI 116 dollars
Visiontek 2400HD 256MB 64bit PCI (Which i am using now) 135 dollars
PNY 8400GS 512MB PCI(which i took back, too big for my small tower ) 83 dollars

Plan to keep my BFG 6200/2400HD for my Pentium III, and i plan to buy a Diamond Stealth 9250 256mb 128bit PCI card for backup, and buy a 8400GS 512MB the BFG or Sparkle or Albatron version for my P3.

For my secondary rig, i am buying a 8600GT PCI version, and a Diamond 1GB 4670 PCIE. Once the 3450 PCI version comes out, i will be getting rid of the 2400HD.
 

postumus

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riva 128
riva tnt
riva tnt2/ultra? I cant remember
geforce 1
geforce 256?
ati 9500 moded to 9700
ati x800
nv 6800 ultra
6600gt
x1900xt
2900
8800gt
3870x2
8800gts 512
gtx 280
 
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System Name Suteki Ryzen
Processor AMD Ryzen 3900 @ Stock
Motherboard MSI Tomahawk B450 MAX
Cooling Stock Box Cooler
Memory 32gb ( 2x16gb) 3600mhz DDR4 G.Skill 16-19-19-39-58
Video Card(s) MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6GB Ram
Storage 256gb nvme SSD, 250GB SATA3 SSD, 480GB USB3 SSD, 750GB SSHD, 3TB WD Red HDD
Display(s) Asus VE220 / Epson TW-3000 1080p projector
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Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar D1 PCI on a PCIe-to-PCI Adapter
Power Supply EVGA 550G2
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Diamond Stealth S60 Radeon 700032MB PCI 60 dollars
Radeon 9250 64bit 256mb PCI 45 dollars
Evga FX5200 128MB 64bit PCI 50 dollars
3DFuzion 256MB 128bit PCI 82 dollars
Jaton 5200 128bit 64bit PCI 15 dollars
BFG 6200 OC 256MB 64bit PCI 116 dollars
Visiontek 2400HD 256MB 64bit PCI (Which i am using now) 135 dollars
PNY 8400GS 512MB PCI(which i took back, too big for my small tower ) 83 dollars

Plan to keep my BFG 6200/2400HD for my Pentium III, and i plan to buy a Diamond Stealth 9250 256mb 128bit PCI card for backup, and buy a 8400GS 512MB the BFG or Sparkle or Albatron version for my P3.

For my secondary rig, i am buying a 8600GT PCI version, and a Diamond 1GB 4670 PCIE. Once the 3450 PCI version comes out, i will be getting rid of the 2400HD.

Don't mean to be an ass, but I was wondering: Wouldn't it be cheaper to simply go with a good system that has integrated an integrated GPU? It's not like they are much worse than all those 64bit bandwidth GPUs you have there + you would have something more than a p3.

Really don't want to be correcting your way of using your PC; just wondering why you are still on a P3 and have a shitload of low-budget 3d-cards which summed up would make a far more equal to a more powerful system with a decent GPU-Solution. ^^'
 
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System Name WAZAAM!
Processor AMD Ryzen 3900x
Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Pro Gaming
Cooling Kraken x62
Memory G.Skill 16GB 3200 MHz
Video Card(s) EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC
Storage Micron 9200 Max
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Voodoo 3 3500 <= With the AV in/out pod and TV Tuner
nVidia GeForce MX440
ATI 9600pro (laptop)
ATI x1300pro
nVidia 7600GT
ATI 4870 512MB

That last jump was a doozy. I can hardly believe the fps!
 
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Don't mean to be an ass, but I was wondering: Wouldn't it be cheaper to simply go with a good system that has integrated an integrated GPU?
LOL i don't use Integrated anymore, i stop doing that when i knew what a GPU was, this was back in late 2005 btw. Yes i didn't know what a graphic card was until mid to late 2005 :laugh:

It's not like they are much worse than all those 64bit bandwidth GPUs you have there + you would have something more than a p3.
I plan to buy a secondary computer in the future, so i will have a more powerful rig soon enough.

just wondering why you are still on a P3
Because my pentium III is awesome and its been working since 2000, and it plays my games just fine. Its my main computer, so i am gaming in 2009 on a P3/600mhz/90watts, baby :rockout:
 

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Memory 4GB DDR2 OCZ @ 1066MHz 2.1V
Video Card(s) HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 800 on core, 1000 on memory (overclocked in CCC)
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1. XFX 5200 FX 128MB (I think it was 128MB)

2. ASUS 7800 GT Extreme edition

3. Inno3d 8800 GTS 640 MB

4. GeCube 3870 x2 overclocked edition

5. 4870 x2 by HIS (current card).
 

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Well, a 9600GSO can now be added to my list of cards.

Voodoo 3 3000 PCI
Geforce 2 MX 400 PCI
Geforce 4 MX420 PCI
Geforce 4 TI 4200 AGP
Geforce FX5900 AGP
Radeon X850 Pro AGP and a second one now
Radeon X1800XL
Radeon X1800GTO
Radeon X1800XT
Geforce 8600GTS
HD 2900 Pro/XT
8800GT
Radeon 2900XT
8800GS
HD3870
Crossfire 2600XT
9600GSO
 
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Processor Intel Core-i5 4460
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Memory 8GB x2 Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz kit
Video Card(s) Gigabyte Super clocked GTX970 itx
Storage 1TB western digital black 2.5"
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Case Fractal Design Node 202
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Software Windows 10 pro
1mb super VGA card
2mb Vanta LT
SIS integrated
ATI 7200 64mb
Geforce 5700 Ultra 128mb
X800 Pro 256mb (modded of course)
 
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