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Which generation is your Graphics Card?

Which generation is your Graphics Card?

  • GeForce 1000 and older

    Votes: 14,065 22.3%

  • GeForce 2000

    Votes: 5,378 8.5%

  • GeForce 3000

    Votes: 13,778 21.9%

  • GeForce 4000

    Votes: 8,502 13.5%

  • Radeon RX 5000 and older

    Votes: 6,175 9.8%

  • Radeon RX 6000

    Votes: 11,686 18.5%

  • Radeon RX 7000

    Votes: 3,459 5.5%
  • Total voters
    63,043
  • Poll closed .
Geforce GTS450

:D
 
RTX 2080 Super here.
 
I went from 9600Pro to 2x HD2600XT's in CF to an RX480 that I flashed to RX580 that then died and I then bought an RX5700 and sold that and bought an RX6800 which I now still have
 
Upon further thought...I should be able to vote 3 times as I have 3 active Radeon cards.

After additional thoughts (more than the further thought)...I'll login on their computers and vote.
 
Guwapo77 said:
Upon further thought...I should be able to vote 3 times as I have 3 active Radeon cards.

After additional thoughts (more than the further thought)...I'll login on their computers and vote.
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You can't do that unless you have multiple alts though, and maybe multiple IPs. Just voting for which one your main falls under seems fair to me, there's no relevance in claiming I own a 2006 vintage Quadro FX 5600 (souped up 8800 GTX) or a dinky x1 interface GT 710... or a Vega-based APU or even that old Zacate-based all in one that an acquaintance dropped here and I managed to revive it :laugh:
 
Surprising how 3000 series is that overly represented, almost like during the mining crase 3 times more cards were made.

980 Ti here and a trusty old 760.
 
MarsM4N said:
65,2% Nvidia vs. 34,8% AMD. :wtf: Makes me wonder why STEAM is so far off with their hardware survey?

Steam Hardware & Software Survey: April 2023
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The Venn diagram overlap of people who frequent forums like TPU and those who would have strong feelings towards AMD and/or against NVIDIA (for their business practices) is downright massive. And that's considering that TPU patronage is generally considered to be biased in favor of AMD.
 
Dr. Dro said:
The Venn diagram overlap of people who frequent forums like TPU and those who would have strong feelings towards AMD and/or against NVIDIA (for their business practices) is downright massive. And that's considering that TPU patronage is generally considered to be biased in favor of AMD.
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Not just that. Tech people, like TPU frequenters will buy anything that suits their needs. If it's Nvidia, it's Nvidia. If it's AMD, it's AMD. The Steam survey also includes people who just game, but aren't interested in tech. They will buy Nvidia because they're sold on the mindshare. I personally know people who would never ever buy an AMD card, not even if it was free. Then, you also have buyers of pre-built systems.
 
I am of the opinion that the vast majority of gamers don't build their own rigs and never visit tech sites like TPU and others and don't visit game sites for reviews either for the most part. They get their info from Youtube. I can't prove any of that. It's jmo.
 
64K said:
I am of the opinion that the vast majority of gamers don't build their own rigs and never visit tech sites like TPU and others and don't visit game sites for reviews either for the most part. They get their info from Youtube. I can't prove any of that. It's jmo.
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Yeah I have a similar experience, barely any of my 'gamer' friends ever visit tech sites or follow tech related stuff or read reviews.
In the past few years I had to help some of them pick new hardware/parts cause they were completely out of the loop and had no interest in looking up any of that. 'interestingly enough they also prefer intel/nvidia by default even if it cost them more'

Personally I just buy whatever that suits my needs and budget range at the time of purchase based on TPU reviews and various YT tech channels.
Tbh TPU and sites like this always feel a bit 'niche' to me and definitely not a standard thing most ppl would care about so obviously we have different results around here.
 
went froma gtx 1060 3gb to 6950xt oc formula my first new gpu since 2013
 
T400 user here, got it used (from a barely used user of it) for about $32 a week ago :D
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AMF said:
went froma gtx 1060 3gb to 6950xt oc formula my first new gpu since 2013
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You must have been blown away by the uptick in performance.

N/A said:
Surprising how 3000 series is that overly represented, almost like during the mining crase 3 times more cards were made.

980 Ti here and a trusty old 760.
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Do a Google search on Mining Farms Circa 2020-2021 and you will read articles that tell you Nvidia was directly selling to Mining Farm Customers. You would see on all of the social media sites people talking about their farm. Not like 5 GPUs but like 50 that they bought at once.
 
Using a Quadro M5000, runs games ok thanks to the 8gb of VRAM.
 
I am the luckiest owner of a gt710 in pre-built I got under gpu apocalypse in 2021. Lucky me right?

Joke a side.

My current dual system build has all ready been throw multiple gpu's do to veriest reasons.

Atx machine evolved from a gtx 1660 super and further to a rtx 3080 10 gb but has to little vram from the beginning and I wanted a rtx 3080 ti, but gpu apocalypse and up triple pricing made that impossible. So replace it with my current rtx 4090 i have now after gpu's actually was to get again. I actually had my look for rtx 4080, but the insane pricing on 4080 amd the performance jump 4090 offered, made me jump to 4090. But shame on you nvidia going from 699 usd for a 3080 10 gb to 1200 usd for a rtx 4080, is pure madness. With the 4000 series they live up to the nickname Ngreedia.

Mini-itx machine started out very shortly with a gtx 1050 ti, but cooler was to big (do to cooler was to high because you how pc was designed, i quickly learned I could only use a gpu with SFF cooler size), so swapped it out with a sff cooler size gtx 1650. Switched to a rtx a2000 last year do to gtx 1650 was a slug and to little vram. I was forced to sff cooler size and rtx 4090 took up all power connectors my gpu had. So I needed a more powerful gpu that ran on slot power only, was sff size and faster and had more vram than gtx 1650. Rtx a2000 was the only gpu meeting all these criterias. So that became my choice, my only choice I had.
 
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Dr. Dro said:
You can't do that unless you have multiple alts though, and maybe multiple IPs. Just voting for which one your main falls under seems fair to me, there's no relevance in claiming I own a 2006 vintage Quadro FX 5600 (souped up 8800 GTX) or a dinky x1 interface GT 710... or a Vega-based APU or even that old Zacate-based all in one that an acquaintance dropped here and I managed to revive it :laugh:
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It really wasn't that serious and to be honest, I completely forgot about this post. However, there are three main AMD GPUs in this house and I just want AMD to get some representation on this poll. One thing I will say tho, it does look better here than on Steam Hardware Survey. LoL
 
RTX 3080 FE, second hand... love it... plays every single fricking game I have perfectly.

Sad to see people these day justifying their overpriced cards to play shitty games... more VRAM required! LOL
 
It's visible in my specs, but the 6950 XT. And I have no desire to upgrade or swap teams, this card is fantastic. Really happy with it :)
 
I went with 2000-series with the single selection poll

....but got 2 ACTIVE gaming builds:

1080/144 running with a 1080 TI

1440/144 running with a 2080 TI

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I was more curious as to how the last 2 generation of cards from both camps compared.

AMD 6000/7000 and NVIDIA 3000/4000

40% AMD
60% NVIDIA

catching up maybe but nV is definitely in the driving seat by a long shot. Offer more reasonable prices and boom AMDs left in the dust.
 
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Who's offering reasonable prices?

The only GPUs being offered at anything approaching reasonable prices are last-gen AMD mid-end from 6600-6700XT. The 6800/XT and 4070 are OK but getting expensive for most people.
 
kapone32 said:
You must have been blown away by the uptick in performance.


Do a Google search on Mining Farms Circa 2020-2021 and you will read articles that tell you Nvidia was directly selling to Mining Farm Customers. You would see on all of the social media sites people talking about their farm. Not like 5 GPUs but like 50 that they bought at once.
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for sure i just stare the stats and go wow then wow again in 4k ultra gaming

Lew Zealand said:
Who's offering reasonable prices?

The only GPUs being offered at anything approaching reasonable prices are last-gen AMD mid-end from 6600-6700XT. The 6800/XT and 4070 are OK but getting expensive for most people.
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sold my acer nitro 5 that i upgraded with carrycase and accesories to pay for it ....got 700$ for it paid 400
 
Got a deffective rtx 3050 with clearly driver issues and as well possible capacitators. Next gpu I will buy will be related to international warranty /rma posssibility as brand new. For details about 3050 see my topic in my profile.
 
Main rig A Zotac 1080 ti with a blower cooler .
Second Pc Sapphire HD 7950 Dual X .
 
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