What video cards have you owned?

nitromullet

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With the recent introduction of both ATi and nVidia's new GPU's and all the drama that this has entailed, there have been a number of threads that mention brand loyalty. So, I am curious to know what you've had in your rig over the years. Try to put them in order if possible.

Here's my list:

Diamond Viper V550 - nVidia TNT2 16MB
ATi Radeon DDR 32MB (built by ATi)
Visiontek Xtasy GeForce 3 Ti200 64MB
ATi Radeon 8500 64MB (built by ATi)
Leadtek GeForce 4 Ti4200 64MB
Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
BFGTech GeForce FX 5900 128MB
 

SickBeast

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Cirrus Logic 1MB PCI
ATi RageII 4MB
3DFX VoodooII 8MB
3DFX Voodoo3 16MB
Matrox G400 16MB
Radeon 7000 32MB
GeForce2 GTS 32MB
Radeon 8500 64MB
Radeon 9700 128MB

Of all of those cards, the best for its time was the VoodooII...sooooooo fast!!! Beyond that the 9700 stands out, I'm still using it after 2 years or so. :)
 

Viper96720

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Matrox Millenia think it was called
Voodoo 3 3000
GF2GTS
GF2MX
BBA 8500 64MB
GF4Ti4400
9500Pro
 

AnnoyedGrunt

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#1 - 486/33 - Diamond Stealth
#2 - Pentuim 100 - Matrox Mellenium/Voodoo 1
#3 - Pentium 2 400 - Geforce SDR
#4 - Athlon XP 1800 - GF3 Ti200 (until Jan)
#4 - Athlon XP 1800 - R9700pro
#5 - Coming in December.....

-D'oh!
 

Matthias99

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1) Some sort of Diamond Stealth something or other.
2) Voodoo2
3) Voodoo3 3000
4) GF2MX400
5) GF4Ti4600
6) R9800Pro (current)
 

Schadenfroh

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various dinasaur cards
creative labs voodoo2
matrox millinium 2
2 voodoo2 SLI by intergraph
voodoo3
rendition vertie 2100
another rendition vertie 2100
voodoo1 by diamond
tnt2 M64 16mb
tnt2 M64 32mb
2 voodoo5 5500 agp
geforce4 TI 4200 128mb (dads machine)
geforce4 TI 4200 8x 128mb (my machine)
geforce4 MX (IGP)
POS trident, cirrus logic junk

hmm, i have never owned an ATI now that i think about it
 

Algere

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1) ATI 8MB (No idea what model. Took it out ASAP)
2) Matrox Millenium G400 16MB
3) Creative Labs GeForce 2 GTS 32MB
4) ATI Radeon 9800 128MB
 

xSkyDrAx

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ATI RAGE PRO II (or something like that, it was integrated 4mbs or so)
Trident Blade 3d (integrated POS 8mbs)
Geforce 4 mx420 pci (Yeap I've had it pretty bad)
Radeon 9600 256mb 400/400 (yea, POS but at least it plays anything I play with max settings)
 

Todd33

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I can't remember them all, but here is a short list.

Stealth 2000
Verite V1000
Matrox Mystique
3dfx Voodoo 1
3dfx 2x Voodoo 2 SLI
3dfx Voodoo 3
3dfx Voodoo 5500
Riva 128 STB
PowerVR 4MB Matrox
Rage Pro
Intel 740 8MB
Nvidia GeForce2 GTS
Nvidia 440MX
Ti 4400
9600
9800 Pro
 

BFG10K

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Not counting onboard or the boards I've temporarily had to test:

S3 Virge (2D only).
TNT2.
Voodoo 3.
GF2 MX.
GF2 GTS.
GF3 Ti500.
GF4 Ti4600.
Radeon 7000.
Radeon 9700 Pro.
 

oldfart

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Dec 2, 1999
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Not counting any 2D only cards. Primary rig cards only.

Rendition Verite 2100
3dfx Voodoo2/upgrade to Voodoo 2 SLI
nVidia TNT2
3dfx Voodoo 3 3000
Radeon VIVO 64 Meg
nVidia GF2 Pro
nVidia GF3
nVidia GF4 Ti4600
ATi Radeon 9700P
ATi Radeon 9800P
 

VIAN

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... in order of appearance:

Nvidia RIVA TNT2 M64 32MB

Nvidia Geforce2 MX 64MB

ATI Radeon 8500 64MB

Nvidia Geforce4 Ti 4600 128MB

3dfx Voodoo5 5500 64MB PCI

Nvidia Geforce FX 5900 128MB

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB
 

biostud

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Feb 27, 2003
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Diamdond Stealth 64 2Mb PCI
Matrox Mystique 220 4Mb PCI
2 x Diamond Monster II 3Dfx VoodooII 8Mb PCI
Asus Geforce2 GTS 32Mb
Pallit Geforce4 Ti 4200 128Mb
Club3D Radeon 9800pro 128Mb
 

CaiNaM

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wow.. let's see..

various s3/cirrus/trident in the pre 3d days.. started with monochrome, then cga, then vga.. i'm sure i missed something, heh...

diamond viper vlb
diamond stealth (s3)
diamond monster (voodoo)
diamond monster 2 (voodoo 2)
tnt
tnt2
diamond stealth
matrox mystique
matrox millenium
diamond viper 2 (s3) woot! MeTaL!
radeon 32 ddr
elsa geforce 2 gts
gainward geforce 3
radeon 8500
pny geforce 4
radeon 9600pro
gf fx 5900
radeon 9700pro
radeon 9800pro
radeon x800pro
 

hans007

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i already know i'm gonna have the longest list.

s3 trio64 , savage 3d, savage4 lt 16mb

voodoo1, voodoo2, voodoo3 2000 and 3000, voodoo 4 4500, voodoo5 5500
riva 128 , tnt1, tnt2, geforce 2 mx, 2mx 200 , 2mx 400, 4mx 420, mx440, mx440se, mx440 8x, geforce3 ti200, ti500, plain geforce 3, geforce ddr 64mb geforce 1 sdr 32mb, geforce 1 ddr 32mb, several geforce2 32mb, geforce2 pro and 64mb cards
geforce 5900 ultra, 5900 plain, 5950 ultra, 5700 ultra, 5600 ultra, 5600 non ultra, ti4200 64 and 128mb (Several), 4400 and 4600 geforce4s, gfx 5200 64mb , 128mb, 5200 ultra


ati rage pro, rage ii +s, all in wonder pci original, all in wonder 7500/9000 pros, 8500 LE, 8500 standard, 8500 LE 64bit ram, rage128 16mb, rage128 pro 32mb , radeon 64mb , radeon le 32mb, radeon 9600 non pro
9700 non pro, 9800 non pro, 9700 pro

current card is a 9600 pro ati 128mb agp.


i guess its not fair, i used to resell cards on ebay, that and i used to buy stuff and use it for like 7 days on hot deals and then sell them on ebay. dont do that anymore, but yeah during my college days i'd have new hard ware every other week
 

nemesismk2

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3dfx:-

2themax 16mb banshee
3dfx velocity 100
3dfx voodoo1
3dfx voodoo2
stb 3dfx voodoo3 2000

Ati:-

64mb Sapphire radeon 7000
64mb Gigabyte radeon 9000
64mb Sapphire radeon 9000 Pro
128mb Sapphire radeon 9200 with vivo
128mb Sapphire radeon 9600
128mb Sapphire radeon 9600 xt (fireblade)
128mb Powercolor radeon 9800 Pro

Nvidia:-

16mb STB Velocity 4400 Nvidia TNT
32mb Palit Daytona Geforce2 mx
64mb Elsa Galaic Geforce2 MX 400
64mb Creative Geforce3 Ti200
64mb Visiontek Geforce3
64mb Gainward Geforce4 mx440
128mb Gainward Geforce4 Ti4600 (rip) :(
128mb Chaintech Geforce4 Ti4200
128mb Xfx Geforce fx 5200
128mb Inno3d Geforce fx 5200 ultra
256mb Xfx geforce fx 5600
128mb Inno3d geforce fx 5600 ultra
128mb MSI geforce4 ti4200 vtd8x
128mb MSI geforce fx5900 xt vtd128

PowerVR:-

32mb Shadow kyro 2 (rubbish make)
32mb Videologic vividxs kyro 2
64mb Hercules 4500 without tvout

S3:-

16mb Hercules Terminator Beast Savage3D
32mb Diamond Stealth III S540 Savage4
64mb Inno3d savage 2000

SIS:-

32mb apollo 3dthrill 315e
64mb inno3d xabre400

Other:-

8mb Diamond Fire 1000 Permedia 2 Pro
32mb 3DLABS Permedia 3 Create

(The 3 video cards which are currently in use are the Sapphire R9600 XT, Powercolor R9800 Pro and the MSI FX5900 XT!)
 

Avalon

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3dfx Voodoo 4 4500 PCI 32mb
Hercules TNT2 32mb PCI
Geforce 2 MX 200 64mb PCI
Radeon 8500 64mb AGP
Geforce 3 Ti 200 64mb AGP
Radeon 9500 128mb
Softmodd to a 9700 pro after a while
Sapphire 9800 SE Atlantis 128mb
Back to my 9500 again :)
 

Acanthus

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Aug 28, 2001
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ATi Rage XL 8MB
NVIDIA Nforce 2 400 IGP
Intel I810 Integrated Graphics
Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
Voodoo 5 5500 AGP
NVIDIA Geforce 256
NVIDIA Geforce 2 GTS
NVIDIA Geforce 2 Ultra
NVIDIA Geforce 3 Ti500
ATi Radeon 8500
NVIDIA Geforce 4 Ti4200 64MB
NVIDIA Geforce 4 Ti4200 128MB
NVIDIA Geforce FX5600 128MB
NVIDIA Geforce FX5600 256MB
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

All of the NVIDIA based cards are Asus, Abit, or Leadtek.
 

Rankor

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Generic ISA Video card--->

Trident 512K ISA video card <

Trident 1MB PCI video card <

Hercules Graphite 128 VLB 2MB <

Hercules Dynamite 128 PCI 2MB/Diamond Monster 3Dfx Voodoo <

Matrox Mystique G200/Best Data 3Dfx Voodoo2 SLI with Stealth V2 coolers by Tennmax <

Matrox Millenium G400/Best Data 3Dfx Voodoo2 SLI with Stealth V2 coolers by Tennmax <

3dfx Voodoo3 2000 <

eVGA.com e-GeForce2 MX <

eVGA.com e-GeForce2 MX Twin-View <

Hercules GeForce2 MX <

Leadtek GeForce2 Pro <

Gainward GeForce2 Pro Golden Sample <

Matrox G450 <

PNY GeForce4 Ti 4400 <

ATI Radeon 9800 AGP/Sapphire ATI Radeon 9000 PCI <

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro AGP/ATI Radeon 7000 PCI
 

Confused

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This is pretty much what I can remember:

Matrox Mystique 220 with 4mb 3D addon card
Added Creative 12mb VoodooII
Added another Creative 12mb VoodooII, SLI baby!
Replaced with Creative nVidia GF2MX 32mb (the original)
Replaced with Leadtek nVidia GF4MX400 64mb
Replaced with MSI nVidia GeForce4 Ti4200 128mb
Replaced with Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb


Confused