Waco Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 (edited) My first cards weren't even 3D accelerators...I don't remember what the heck they were. As for the actual accelerators in my main gaming PC: Some off-brand 3dFX / Glide card - don't remember the name. nVidia TNT2 m64 - good card for what it was Voodoo 5 5500 - I miss that card. Sooooo much money at the time though. Geforce 2 MX400 - complete POS Geforce 4 ti4200 - lapped, overclocked to well past ti4600 levels ATI Radeon 9800 Pro - flashed to 9800XT ATI Radeon X850XT PE ATI Radeon 2900XT 1 GB GDDR4 - cost a TON when I got it but was worth it for 1 month of supremacy ATI Radeon 4870X2 - still in use, bought on launch day for $470 Various others over the years have been in my HTPC, portable LAN machine, etc, but I don't consider them my main cards. My history has been decidedly in favor of the red team as of late though (and I nearly bought a 5970 earlier today). Edited December 3, 2009 by Waco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rourkchris Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 Voodoo 3 (can't remember if it was a 2000, 3000, or 3500) Riva TNT2-don't really remember much about this card Voodoo 5 5500-loved this card and still remember it well. I believe this was my first card to move from PCI slot to VGA GeForce Ti 4200 GeForce Ti 4600 ATI 9800 Pro-this lasted a long time, probably my most used card. 2 GeCube 3870s Asus 4870 512MB 2 Sapphire Vapor X 4890s 2 Sapphire 5870s Hoping to find a pair of 5970s next Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkrow21 Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 ATI X1300 (still in use as a backup) ATI HD4850 (sold) ATI HD3650 (still in use) ATI HD4870 (sold) Need to try out some Nvidia stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 I added my little stories of each card for as much as I remember about them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy94 Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 First had a 7300LE that came with the first PC I bought. It wasn't hard to see the need to upgrade that so I then got a HD 4850 which went well on the 19" I was using. Then I got a 24" so I upgraded to what I have now the GTX 295 which I got a couple months after launch date on ebay for about 30% cheaper than retail Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCRO Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 (edited) eVGA 8600GT - Paid $150 back in early 07' - Great back then Powercolor 2600XT GDDR4 - Got her for $180 in 07' - Eh it got the job down quite well HIS HD 4670 - Got this sucker a while after in later 08' - Paid $90 XFX GTX 260 (C216) - When I got this it was night/day difference, and my addiction began - Paid $220 in 08' ASUS EAH4890 Got this bad boy in Summer 09' - OC'd like an animal - Paid $250 ASUS 5770XT's in Crossfire (wuueee, were those amazing!) Got these at launch date - Paid around $330 total Now back to the old system w/ a XFX 4770 - Got this in Nov. 09' - Sold old system for 2K - Yup that's all of them Edited December 3, 2009 by MJCRO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zertz Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 Some IGP from the Pentium II era - I actually remember playing some games on this thing... including StarCraft ATI Radeon 8500LE 64MB - That was hell of an upgrade. It made Diablo II totally awesome! NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT - It ran WoW fine, so did the job decently enough for me back then NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT - My first good card! Damn that card was amazing ATI Radeon HD4850 - Bought after I sold the ^ to a friend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 - That's when I started spending more time reviewing rather than gaming ... Fermi? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 - That's when I started spending more time reviewing rather than gaming you make it sound like the 260 isn't a strong card and it turned you off to gaming completely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zertz Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 you make it sound like the 260 isn't a strong card and it turned you off to gaming completely Haha, that's obviously not the case though lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dling Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 (edited) Its funny you mention the Voodoo series of cards and most people give you one of these I was sad when 3DFX went away. In their day they were awesome. I was able to play the first Laura Croft "tomb raider" because of those cards. :thumbs-up: Edited December 3, 2009 by dling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezcore Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 Voodoo 3 AGP - still in my 433MHz HP PC Main PC Radeon 9800 Pro (or something) Radeon X1800XT 8800GT OC 8800GT OC Sli GTX275 HD 5850 HD 5850 + 8800GT for PhysX GTX295 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desktop-pro Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 (edited) I'll try to keep this short. (first build) 128mb 9700 pro Ati. (second build)256mb 9600 pro GeCube(I think they went under). Few, that was tough. Haha. You may be wondering why i am no longer in the pc realm? Well i still build computers, just not for myself. With consoles so much like pc's i just don't think it is worth the money anymore. I can spend $400-$600 on a console at launch and have it last 5-6 years until the next gen. Sure the graphics might not be as good but its not nearly as big of a gap as it was a couple generations ago. That's just my 2 cents. Edited December 3, 2009 by Desktop-pro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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