bushwack May 16, 2009 Share bushwack Member May 16, 2009 Here's my video card history Cirrus Logic ??? 2mb S3 Virge/DX 4mb Voodoo 4mb (+ Cirrus Logic 2mb) Voodoo 2 12mb (+ S3 Virge 4mb) Voodoo 3 16mb Radeon (original) 64mb Radeon 8500 64mb Geforce 5900 XT 128mb Geforce 6800 GT 256mb Geforce 7900 GT 256mb Geforce 8800 GTS 320mb Geforce 8800 GT 512mb Geforce GTX 260 896mb Post up your's but don't strain too much thinking back. According to my video mathematical equation, what should be my next video card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher May 16, 2009 Share Preacher Member May 16, 2009 (edited) Tritan 2mb 3DFX VooDoo Banshee 12mb GeForce 2 64mb (not sure what the next one was but it claimed 128mb but sucked really bad) * The RAGE FURY PRO or something ATI 7500 All in Wonder 64mb GF 4200 128mb (lasted a week then back to the ATI 7500) ATI 9600 pro 256mb ATI 9700 pro 128mb - (then back to my 9600pro) ATI x800GTO 256mb ATI x1900xtx 512mb GF 8800GT 512mb ATI 4870 512mb I guess I did a bunch of back and forth lol Edited June 10, 2009 by Preacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo May 16, 2009 Share Cujo Member May 16, 2009 Diamond Viper V550 TNT2 16mb Geforce 3 ti200 128mb 9800 non-pro 256mb (bios flashed to XT) X850pro 256mb (bios flashed to XT) X1800XT 512mb (bios flashed to XT PE) X1900 CF 512mb (basically an XTX) EVGA Geforce 8800GTX 768mb Sapphire HD 4870 1gb Sapphire HD 4870 1gb i miss the good old days of bios flashing cards to better versions. you got way more for your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly May 17, 2009 Share dragonfly Member May 17, 2009 5200FX - ? mb - 2002 6200 - 128 mb - 2004 7900 GTX - 512 mb - 2006 8800 GTS - 640 mb - 2008 4850 - 512 mb - 2008 (present) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruff_Ryder May 17, 2009 Share Ruff_Ryder Member May 17, 2009 (edited) ATI 9800 Pro 256 MB. MSI GeForce 8800GTX 768MB OC. EVGA e-GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (current). Edited May 17, 2009 by Ruff_Ryder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman May 17, 2009 Share Batman Member May 17, 2009 I'll start with current on top.. Radeon 3850 Radeon x800pro Radeon 9700pro Radeon 8500LE Kyro 3D Prophet 4500 VooDoo4 ATI Rage3D VooDoo2 Some other VESA card's I can't remember.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaM2 May 17, 2009 Share akaM2 Member May 17, 2009 ATI 9800 Pro 7950GT 8800GTX GTX 260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz.e.rus May 18, 2009 Share Laz.e.rus Member May 18, 2009 Voodoo Banshee something er other (16 mb I think?) Geforce 2 Ultra Geforce Ti 4600 Geforce 7900gt Geforce 8800gt ati x850 somewhere in there And I seem to remember something way way way back, it was greytone only (no color) but much higher res than the standard vga at the time. Oh! I think it was a Hercules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo May 18, 2009 Share Cujo Member May 18, 2009 x850 would be between the ti4600 and the 7900gt i believe. this is a really cool idea for a thread. too bad more people aren't participating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling May 18, 2009 Share samurai nightling Member May 18, 2009 Geforce MX4000 Geforce 6800gs Geforce GTX 260 I haven't had a long history of computer building/upgrading. Only built 2 so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack May 18, 2009 Author Share bushwack Member May 18, 2009 Geforce MX4000Geforce 6800gs Geforce GTX 260 I haven't had a long history of computer building/upgrading. Only built 2 so far. I've actually only built one computer (12 years ago). Everything after that has been upgrades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo May 18, 2009 Share Cujo Member May 18, 2009 Geforce MX4000Geforce 6800gs Geforce GTX 260 I haven't had a long history of computer building/upgrading. Only built 2 so far. I've actually only built one computer (12 years ago). Everything after that has been upgrades. ditto. i've never done a completely brand new build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughterâ„¢-TopBrass May 18, 2009 Share Sgt. Slaughterâ„¢-TopBrass Member May 18, 2009 (edited) Dimond Stealth 2mb Intel 3D card 8mb Voodoo 3 3000 16mb Geforce 2 GTS 64mb Geforce 3 ti200 something Geforce 5800 128mb Ultra Geforce 6800 256mb Ultra 2x Geforce 8800GTX 512mb Edited May 18, 2009 by Sgt. Slaughterâ„¢-TopBrass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack May 18, 2009 Author Share bushwack Member May 18, 2009 Geforce MX4000Geforce 6800gs Geforce GTX 260 I haven't had a long history of computer building/upgrading. Only built 2 so far. I've actually only built one computer (12 years ago). Everything after that has been upgrades. ditto. i've never done a completely brand new build. Yeah actually the first machine I built had a Virge, 3dfx, ISA sound card and external modem upgrades that was carried over from a Packard Bell I had bought. The stupid PBell only had 1 free PCI slot, I first put a Virge in there and it puked up 3D so I swapped it out for a Voodoo and ran it with the built in Cirrus Logic. After I bought the PBell I vowed never to buy another prebuilt comp again, and I haven't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick May 18, 2009 Share [LaW]Maverick Member May 18, 2009 (edited) OK, I think this is accurate Diamond Stealth 2MB (which I later upgraded to the 4MB model, I believe) Voodoo 3 3000 16MB ATI RADEON 9700 TX 128 MB (I overclocked the crap out of this and got better fps than stock 9800 Pros) ATI RADEON x850 XT 256 MB (was a great card...still in use on friend's computer) nVidia 8800 GTX 768 MB (currently using this one ) I used that Voodoo for entirely too long.. I think it went through 2 builds. The x850 went through 2 builds as well. I also didn't count my laptop cards...I can't remember what my old Gateway had, but my current laptop uses a pair of 256 MB GeForce 7900 GS GO's. (still runs most things quite nicely) I think I may have used Slaughter's old GeForce 3 between the Voodoo 3 and 9700....but I don't know for sure..... Edited May 18, 2009 by [LaW]Maverick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek-Almighty May 25, 2009 Share Tek-Almighty Member May 25, 2009 Ok...not gonna bother with the myriad cards before 1999 or so, but just saying it goes back to about 1981 with the MDA by IBM, but that was before one really had a choice... FFWD through lots of computers and built-in graphics...then... I will begin when gaming really started to mean something to me and when I had some real choices: ATI Rage 128 pro 32 mb (kept this one for about 4 years) and I played a lot of the orig UT with this... Sapphire ATI 9800pro 128 mb BFG GF 6800 GT 256 mb eVGA GF 7900 GT ko 256 mb eVGA GF 8800 GT ko 512 mb MSI GF GTX 260 core 216 896 mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFirstMonk May 26, 2009 Share TheFirstMonk Member May 26, 2009 Kind of a rookie compared to most people here. ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (November 2004- Summer 2006) BFG Geforce 7600 GT (Summer 2006-December 2008) Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 (January 2009-present) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo May 26, 2009 Share anonymo Member May 26, 2009 Matrox card, no idea which one, early/mid 90's Some SiS card, no idea which one, mid/late 90's Radeon 9200 - 2001 Radeon 9800 - 2004 GeForce 7600 - 2007 Quadro 570M - 2008 - Present I've always had crap graphics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedah May 26, 2009 Share Sedah Member May 26, 2009 Ive only built 2 computer so far so not much; from old to new, & a laptop in between them. then: geforce 7800gt now: geforce gtx 260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX May 27, 2009 Share NOFX Member May 27, 2009 Voodoo 3(it died on me) GF2 4000mx (something like that) 9500 pro 7800GT 8800GTX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack June 7, 2009 Author Share bushwack Member June 7, 2009 Sometime in 97' before I got a Voodoo card, I bought a Techworks Laguna 3D. Since it used the same DRAM memory as the N64 used I thought it would kick arse, boy was I wrong. After a couple days I sent it back to Techworks and they gave me a full refund. The video card was THAT BAD. It used a Cirrus Logic chipset. Also somewhere in after the Voodoo but before Voodoo 2, instead of the Virge card I used a Rendition V2200 with the Voodoo but I can't remember the specifics. I do remember playing some games like Tomb Raider and Whiplash with the Rendition card because it had better quality over 3dfx at equal or greater fps. Unfortunately both companies are gone now, I would have like to see what Rendition could have done after the V2200 chip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet-401 June 8, 2009 Share bullet-401 Member June 8, 2009 Last computer: Geforce BFG 6800 I think Back in early 2000's New computer: SAPPHIRE HD4870 1GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX June 9, 2009 Share NOFX Member June 9, 2009 (edited) well, I remember back in the day, I had some additional 3d booster card made by matrox.. It apparently boosted my graphics blaster made by creative labs(which I failed to mention above). I was only about 12 years old or so, but I do remember it making my games run smoother. Edited June 9, 2009 by .fx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack June 9, 2009 Author Share bushwack Member June 9, 2009 well, I remember back in the day, I had some additional 3d booster card made by matrox.. It apparently boosted my graphics blaster made by creative labs(which I failed to mention above). I was only about 12 years old or so, but I do remember it making my games run smoother. Matrox made an add in 3D card called the M3D. It used the PowerVR chip just like Videologic's Apocalypse 3D. The M3D was Matrox's answer to adding 3D to their own line up of cards which failed miserably in the 3D market at the time. While not a great performer it was still a huge step up from a Virge card. Actually ran a ported GLQuake at 30fps on a P200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flitterkill June 9, 2009 Share Flitterkill GC Board Member June 9, 2009 I'd have posted in this thread earlier but I've had far too many to recall - starting with the 286 era. Any one mention Number Nine yet? -Fk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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