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What was your first 3D card?

CrazyRyan

Banned
Jul 10, 2001
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Was just thinking about my old monster fusion I had back in the day, you know your first accelerator is like your first car, you never seem
to forget how fast they went!

P.S. I know I left out quite a few just let me know if yours isn't on the list and I'll add it
 

yakko

Lifer
Apr 18, 2000
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My first was a Diamond Stealth 4 mb card with a Monster 4 mb add on card.
 

datalink7

Lifer
Jan 23, 2001
16,765
6
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I went from a 2mb POS non accelerated card to a Diamond Viper V770 TNT2 Ultra 32mb.

QUITE a difference.
 

GonzoDaGr8

Platinum Member
Apr 29, 2001
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First 3D card was a Matrox Mystique 2Mb PCI deal..First REAL 3D card was Voodoo3 3000 16MB AGP. Damn that was a good card:D
 

LastStop

Senior member
Mar 11, 2002
268
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12mb Diamond Monster II (voodoo2). I still use it in one of my computers to play CS :). Works pretty good too.
 

Electrode

Diamond Member
May 4, 2001
6,063
2
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Voodoo2 12 meg

I went into the local computer shop, asking what the deal was with this "3D Acceleration" I had heard mention of. One of the people there showed me Quake 2 on a Voodoo, and I was literally speechless. :Q

I later got a TNT2 TM64 (or whatever the low-end one was called), and then a Voodoo 5 5500, and then a GeForce 3, which I am using now. I have no plans to upgrade until something significant comes along, with PERFECT Linux drivers. The only reason I didn't get a Radeon 8500 is because I didn't know (and still don't) what kind of Linux support, if any, is available.
 

Viper GTS

Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
38,107
433
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You've left off a LOT of chipsets.

Mine was a Rendition Verite V1000.

Woohoo, Verite Quake!

Viper GTS
 

joohang

Lifer
Oct 22, 2000
12,340
1
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Oops. I picked Matrox G400 (I got a G450) but I should've chosen ATi Rage II.

BTW, your poll assumes no room for n00bs.
 

helpme

Diamond Member
Feb 6, 2000
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Voodoo2 8meg. It was still working until about 8 months ago in my brothers computer.