The 2012 what graphics cards have you owned thread!

I did this a while back:

http://forums.hexus.net/graphics-car...you-owned.html

I thought it would be better to start a new thread.

Nvidia:
Geforce Go440
Geforce MX440
Geforce Ti4200
6200
6600LE
6600GT
6800LE unlocked to 16 pipelines and 6 vertex shaders(happy days!)
7600GT
7900GS
8500GT
8800GTS 512MB

ATI:
9500 PRO (lasted me around 2 years IIRC)
9600 PRO
X300SE
X1900GT
HD3870 GDDR4
HD4830
HD5670 GDDR5
HD5850

Some Intel and VIA motherboards with integrated graphics.

ATI:
Radeon 9100

nVidia:
GeForce 2 ti
GeForce 6600GT
GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB

Looking to upgrade to an ATI HD 78xx card though, when they come out :D

FX5200
7800GS
8800GTS 320
4870 Crossfire
4870 X2
5870
GTX570

Well, this is what I said last time:

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Originally Posted by scaryjim

Cards that *I* have owned:

Geforce 4 MX440
Geforce FX5200
Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
Geforce FX5500
Radeon 7000 32MB
8800GTX
Radeon 9250 256MB

Obviously they were spread over several machines ;) The principle machine went from FX5200 -> 9800Pro, then I built a new box with the 8800GTX in. The rest cycled around various computers and are now all sat in a big bag in a cupboard waiting for me to sell / freecycle them ;)

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And since then I've invested in:

nv 7900GTO
nv 8400GS
ati HD3470

And I've scrounged from old machines:

nv GeForce 2 MX

Think that's all the additions: as you can tell I'm mostly sticking to mainstream entry level graphics!

(nv) MX440
(ati) 9800se
(ati) X800XL
(nv) 8800GTX
(nv) GTX285

4mb S3 Virge DX
12mb 3dfx Voodoo2

Then a long break from PC gaming

64mb Nvidia Geforce 4 MX440 - For all of a week.
128mb Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4200
128mb ATi Radeon 9800 - Flashed to 9800pro.
256mb ATi Radeon X800pro - Flashed to XT - unlocked all 16 pipelines.
256mb ATi Radeon X1800XT - Didn't play ball with my motherboard, hence the sideways upgrade to below.
256mb Nvidia Geforce 7900GT - 1st Card overclocked and voltmodded for insane performance - died within 2 weeks, Replacement was left stock.
512mb Nvidia Geforce 7950GX2
896mb Nvidia Geforce GTX260
1536mb Nvidia Geforce GTX480 - For around 2 weeks, kept locking up - sent back.
1gb ATi Radeon HD5870 - Bought 2nd hand as a stopgap until HD7000 series but I'm extremely impressed with it, so I'm keeping it for the time being.

8400GS
8800GT
GTX260 x2
4890
GTX275
GTX580

9800GTX+
2900 pro
GTX460
GTX480
GTX580
5870
6950
570
560ti

Think that's right, may have missed out a card or two :) (they are my main cards, also own several 8800 series cards, 4850, GTX260)

2mb Cirrus Logic CS5426 (I think, in a Packard Bell 486SX25 machine).
12mb Creative Voodoo 2 + Matrox Millenium 4mb WRAM
32mb Hercules Gf2MX
64mb Hercules Kyro II Power VR PCX2
128mb TI4400
Various R9700np/pros
R9800pro
ATI X800GTO2
256mb XFX 7900gs
1gb Asus 5850

I think it'd be interesting to know which, out of all the cards you've ever owned, you think was the best, for whatever reason..

Out of my list it was probably my 8800GT, paid £130 for it and it lasted me ages and played games REALLY well for the price.

Here are the cards I can remember using on my various desktop machines. i.e. excluding onboard and mobile.

ATI
3D Rage Pro (AGP) ²
7000 (PCI) ²
9250SE (AGP)
X300 (PCIe)
X800 *
HD 2350 (modded to PCIe x1)
HD 4850 (512MB) (2x crossfire) *
HD 4870 (512MB) (2x crossfire) *
HD 6870 (1GB) *

NVidia
GeForce 2MX
GeForce 4 MX440 *
FX5200 AGP
FX5800 *
6600GT AGP *
7300LE (PCIe)
7800GTX (512MB) (AGP and PCIe) *
8400GS
8600GT
8800GT (512MB)
8800GTS (640MB and 512MB) *

Other
S3 Savage4 (PCI) *
Matrox Millennium G200 (AGP) ²

[*] = Used in main gaming rig
[²] = Acquired well after EoL to rebuild older machines

From before...

Cirrus Logic ISA card. Can't remember the model.
Cirrus Logic 5426 1MB (VLB)
Diamond Stealth 64 S3 964 (VLB )
S3 Trio (PCI)
Tseng ET4000
Voodoo1
Voodoo2 12MB
Nvidia Riva 128
ATI Rage Pro 128 VIVO (AGP)
Nvidia 4200Ti AGPx8 128MB
Nvidia 5200FX (Not for long, but I did complete HalfLife 2 with it)
Nvidia 6600GT 128MB
Nvidia 7900GT 512MB
Nvida 6200LE 64MB (the 7900GT went bang, pulled this out of my server!)
Nvidia 8600GT 256MB (Waiting months for 7900GT warranty, all I could afford was this).
Nvidia 8800GT 512MB

since then...

Integrated graphics on my 790 chipset motherboard (yes it has been used!).
Asus Nvidia 9500GT OC (for multi monitor Linux support at work, never gamed on it but I had to pay for it).
Gainward Nvidia GT460 2GB
Netbook with E350 apu :)

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Originally Posted by Hoonigan

I think it'd be interesting to know which, out of all the cards you've ever owned, you think was the best, for whatever reason..

Out of my list it was probably my 8800GT, paid £130 for it and it lasted me ages and played games REALLY well for the price.

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Tough choice, but there were a couple of big jumps.

Ti4200 and 8800GT stick out. OTOH, the Voodoo 1 card was literally a game changer!

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Originally Posted by Hoonigan

I think it'd be interesting to know which, out of all the cards you've ever owned, you think was the best, for whatever reason...

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9800Pro - at a time when I was just getting into gaming, a card that could run every game I owned with all the pretties turned on (well, except NWN shiny water, that *never* worked on ATI cards) at very smooth frame rates.

The 8800GTX was pretty good, but tbh I probably got it at the wrong time, and I still don't play any games that really need that much graphical oomph: although having the 8800GTX did make my purchase of a 1600x1200 85Hz CRT monitor much more realistic, and that purchase *was* a game changer...

FX5200.
Radeon 9400 variation.
X1950 Pro 512MB.
GTX 260 (216).
GTX 460(later on SLI'd)
GTX 480.

Although not the bet in terms of cost/performance - I do miss having the brute shading power of 900MHz clocked 460's, especially when that 3DMark11 thread was all the rage. I also had a quick dabble in EF/Surround with them.

This really show how long some of us have been playing games :)

Voodoo 2
Geforce 256
Geforce 2 Ultra
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
ATI Radeon X1900
Geforce 280
Geforce 480