What graphics cards have you owned??

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Well, not all of them, but probably more than I can remember or list- maybe around 50+?

Before I was in Focus Group and getting the NVIDIA products free, I used to buy a new one or two every month just to try them, even if they were a downgrade.

Must have been fun! When I upgrade my graphics card I tend to get both an Nvidia and ATI card in a similar price range and see which I prefer(or I keep both).

Held off the upgrades this year since I want to see what new DX11 cards are coming out. This is why I want to see how good the Nvidia mid-range DX11 cards will be before getting one.

[kevpuk]

From memory, I think :

Radeon 7500 > FX5200 > FX5600 > FX5900XT > 6800GT > 7800GT > 1900XT 512MB > 8800GTX > 2900XT (oops !) > 8800GTX OC > GTS250 OC (BFG replacement for the 8800GTX OC )

[vincent.m]

8600GTS
8800GTS (320)
8800GTS (640) current
8800GTX

[watforddude]

Nvidia
Geforce 2 MX400 (64bit )
6200 (again 64 bit)
9500GT 1GB

ATI
Sapphire 4850 512MB.

[abaxas]

S3 virge (in a p2)
Some neotragic thing (ibm 240)
ATI RAGE LT Pro (compaq m300)
Intel doodar (ibm x40) - still using this.
Intel doodar (macbook)
9600 thingy (macbook pro) - still using this.


I dont really play games, apart from consoles.

[12GaugeShotty]

2001 - ATi Radeon LE 32MB
2001 - Visiontek GeForce3 Ti 200 64MB
2002 - ATi Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
2005 - ATi Radeon X800XT All-In-Wonder 256MB
2006 - PowerColor Radeon X1900XT 512MB
2009 - PowerColor Radeon HD 4830 512MB
2009 - MSI Radeon HD 5850 1GB

I do not include anything that was built for the ex-wife or my daughter.

[RIX]

This thread brings back memories,

3DFX Voodoo 2 - SLi (max res was 1024 x 768)
3DFX Voodoo Banshee (guillemot i think)
Diamond 3D Stealth (something like that)
Rendition Verite (again something like that)
- I think this was the time when i wanted a POWER VR 2 (but didnt bother)
ATI XPERT 2000 (remember that)
Geforce 3
Geforce FX 5900 - overclocked it, burnt it.
ATI 3870 xfire - weak, waste of time (HIS ICEQ 4 VERSION)
Geforce 9800 GX2 (noise)
Geforce GTX 280 SLi - Current until I get a DX11 card/cards

I think thats in order.

does anyone remember the diamond 3D or Rendition cards, this is going YEARS back.

[kasuku]

First I must say: Nvidia all the way hehehe..... (no hard feelings to the ATI fans)
Okay, cards I have owned are:
Nvidia MX440, 5600, 6600GT, 7900 and most recently GTX 275
Now waiting for Fermi.

[Isira]

GeForce2 GTS AGP, GeForce FX 5600 AGP, GeForce 6600GT AGP, GeForce 7950GT, GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce GTS 250.

I also just bought a GeForce 8400 GS PCI to replace the 6600GT AGP to turn the old Athlon XP 2500+ computer into a Youtube/Hulu machine for my parents. I know it's a downgrade, but the new card will do Flash GPU acceleration with Flash 10.1, which the 6600GT cannot do.

[Grey M@a]

My list of consists of:

Voodoo 2
Voodoo 3 3000
Geforce 2
Geforce 3 TI500
Geforce 4 TI4200
Geforce 6800GS
Geforce 7800GS
Geforce 8800GTS

I think that's it for the most of it, the odd ATi card here and there but they all got binned for Geforce cards at the time as ATi's older OGL support was shocking.

[Pob255]

Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro (first card I ever owned personally, as apposed to the card in my fathers pc, which my brother and my self chipped in money, no idea what that was)
Ati 3D Rage (I think)
S3 ViRGE GX2
S3 Savage 4
Sparkle Geforce2 MX (still going strong in a pc at work now )
Geforce FX5200 (still going strong in girlfriends pc, pritty sure it's also a Sparkle)
Stock ATi 9700Pro (the only card I've had die on me)
Leadtek GeForce 6800LE (unlocked pipes and overclocked to 6800GT levels also donated to work)
XFX GeForce 7900GS (alive but living in a cupboard incase of emergency)
Leadtek GeForce 9800GTX+ (current card)

Also a TNT2 and an ati 9250 but both of thoes were only on lone so don't really count.
Also tested a few laptops graphic chips at work

[andrewuk]

I think this is in the right order, but this spans about 10 years I could be wrong

AGP:
Matrox Millennium
Matrox Millennium II
3DFX Voodoo II
Nvidia TNT2 Ultra
ATI 9100
Nvidia Geforce4 TI4200
ATI 9600XT
ATI 9800Pro
Nvidia FX5900XT
Nvidia 7100GS
Nvidia 7600GT
ATI x800Pro
ATI x850XT (managed to get one cheap of a mate to upgrade the above or I wouldn't have bothered)

PCI-E:

Nvidia 8600GT
Nvidia 9600GT (current card)

Next:

I'm loyal only to my wallet so I'm holding out to see what Nvidia do with their DX11 part and then I'll decide between whatever the midrange variant of that is, and the 5850 depending on which gives me best bang for buck

[Keyboard]

1981: ZX81 on-board (OK, doesn't count)

Long gap...then

2002: MSI GeForce 4 MX
2006: HIS Radeon 9250

[aidanjt]

3Dfx:
Voodoo 2
Voodoo 3
Voodoo 5

ATi:
Rage Pro
Radeon 9600XT
Radeon x800
Radeon x1900
Radeon HD 4870

nVidia:
TNT 2
8800 GTS

[Jay]

I have had...

Trident S3 Trio
S3 Virge
A few ATi Rage cards
3DFX Voodoo 2
GeForce 2
GeForce 4
ATi 9700 Pro (I killed 3 or 4 of these)
6800GT
X1900XT (I killed 2 of these)
8800GT
ATi 3850 (In my girlfriends PC)
Geforce 8400 (passive in my HTPC)

[Growkin]

Nvidia:
FX5200

ATI: (All Sapphire)
x800GTO

x2900xt

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