Your VGA History

1. XFX GEFORCE 5700LE 256MB
2. ZOTAC GTX 460 1GB

........... I only had two graphics card in my whole life ............ Bought XFX 5700LE back in 2004 ....... Then I left the gaming scene for 3 - 4 years...... Then few months back I upgraded my system from [Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHZ, 865G Chipset Board, 1GB RAM] which lasted me six years to the machine on the left and bought myself Zotac GTX 460 along with it .............. It was quite a Jump

 

A bunch of old ISA cards which I don't remember the names of.
S3 Savage 3D
ATI Rage II + 3DFx Voodoo
Matrox Millenium G200 8MB + 2x Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo II 12MB ea.
Creative Riva TNT2
Creative 2 MX 200
Creative 4 MX 440
MSI FX 5600
Gainward FX 5900 XT
Gainward 6800 GT GS
Asus 7800 GT
2x Asus 8800 GTS 320MB
2x Gainward 8800 GT 1GB ea.
2x Asus GTX 260 core 216
Asus HD 5870

 

Rage Pro 8Mb
TNT2 Ultra, 32Mb
GeForce 2 Mx, 32Mb
GeForce 2 Pro, 64Mb
GeForce 3 Ti 200, 128Mb
GeForce 4200 Ti, 128Mb
GeForce Fx5600, 128Mb
GeForce Fx5900 Xt, 128Nb
GeForce 6600 Gt, 128Mb
GeForce 7600 Gt, 256Mb
GeForce 7900 GTO, 512Mb
GeForce 8800 GTS, 320Mb
GeForce 8800 GTS, 512Mb SLI
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GTX 480 SLI
GTX 770
GTX 970 SLI
GTX 1080 Ti SLI
RTX 3080 Ti
RTX 4090

 

Matrox millenium,great card 2d when combined with a 3d card,mine was similar to this setup.

 

My evolution of graphics cards and associated CPUs.

1) 1MB unknown card- 50MHz 486
2) 32MB Nvidia TNT2 M64- Dell 1GHz
3) Nvidia GeForce FX5200 128MB- Dell 1 GHz
4) Nvidia GeForce FX5900NU 256MB- Dell 1GHz
5) Nvidia GeForce FX5900NU 256MB- Athlon 3400+ S754(Started building my own here and finally understood bottlenecks )
6) Nvidia GeForce 6600GT AGP 256MB- Athlon 3400+
7) Nvidia GeForce 8600GT PCI-E 256MB- Athlon X2 5000+ BE
8) Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX+- Athlon 5000+BE
9) Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX+- Phenom II 940BE
10) Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX+ SLI- Phenom II 940BE
11) Nvidia GTX470- Phenom II 940 BE

 

Had others prior to this but can't remember them:
Geforce 2
Geforce 4 64MB MX440
ATI 9800XL 128mb [*]
6800GT 128mb [*]
6610XL 128mb
6700XL 128mb
7650GS 256mb
8800GT.

[*] = In one of our other PCs and not mine.

 

S3 Trio 64V+
Some kind of Cirrus integrated business
ATI Rage 128
Radeon 9500 (good card, got a 50% overclock on air...)
Radeon 9600Pro
6800GT
X1950 Pro

Probably due an upgrade soon...

 

1. ATi Rage 128
2. GeForce 2MX-400
3. GeForce Fx5600
4. Geforce 6600GT
5. Geforce 7600GT
6. GeForce 8600GT
7. GeForce 8800GT
8. GeForce 260GTX
9. Radeon HD 6870

 

mx420
6600gt sli
x1900xtx
8800gts 512
hd5850

i keep switching between ati and nvidia for some reason(unwillingly) i like em both

 

1. GeForce 8800 GTX
2. ATi HD 4870x2
3. GeForce GTX 295
4. ATi HD 5870 (Tri & XFire) - (Not very long)
5. GeForce GTX 480
6. GeForce GTX 460 (SLI)
7. GeForce GTX 580 (SLI)

 

Lets see, old to new

Rage Velocity 128 somethingorother (99-03ish)
GeForce MX400 (03ish-05ish)
GeForce MX440 (05ish-06ish)
GeForce 6600GT 256 MB (AGP) (06ish-08ish)
GeForce 8800GT 512 MB (08ish-August 2010)
Radeon HD5970 2GB (August 2010-now)

All the PCs up to the 6600 were bought by my parents, upgraded to the 6600GT myself, then built the 8800GT rig myself, followed by the 5970 rig (current). See if the 6990's any good to upgrade the 5970 .

BLEH!

 

philips 2000
atari 2600
vic20
commador 64
nes
snes
master system
mega drive
dream cast
mx420
ti4200
6600gs
7900gs
8800gts
8800gt
gtx260 (196)
gtx275
gtx460
to be continued lol

thats my history.

 

who plan to buy a new vga in 2011?
maybe i go for GTX580 Or maybe wait for GTX680

 

Depends on what Nvidia / AMD or maybe even some others reveals with next generation of cards.

 

ATi Rage II
NVIDIA GeForce 4200 Ti w/ AGP 8x
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (AGP)
ATi Radeon HD 3650 (PCIe)
ATi Radeon HD 4850 w/ 512 MB GDDR3 (current)

deltatux

 

S3 Trio3D/2X 8MB - 2001
nVidia GeForce 2 400 MX 32 MB - 2002
ATi Radeon 9550 128 MB - 2005
ATi Radeon 3650 256 MB DDR3 - 2008
nVidia GeForce 9600GT 1 GB DDR3 - 2010

 

GF MX440
Radeon 9200 PCI
GF 8600GT
HD6850

 

Nvidia geforce4mx
Nvidia 5700fx
Ati 9800
Nvidia 6800
Nvidia 7900gs
Nvidia 8800gt
Nvidia 9800gtx+
Ati 5770

 

RIVA TNT2 (M64 i think, and still got)
Geforce 4 MX 440
Geforce 6800LE (x2)
Geforce 6800GT
Geforce 7950GT
Geforce 8800GT
Geforce GTX260
4870X2
5870

 

Can't remember dates..and order might be a bit off..

AGP
GF2 MX something..
Matrox G400 MAX Millenium dual head 32MB
Exair Radeon 9200SE 128MB
Sapphire Radeon 9250 128MB
ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB
Inno3D GF 6800 Ultra 256MB
Asus Radeon X800XTPE 256MB
Gainward GF 7800GS+ 512 MB (24 PS version )
Sapphire Radeon X1950Pro 512MB

PCI-E
GeCube Radeon X1900XTX 512MB
2x MSI GF 7900GTOs 512MB
2x LeadTek GF 7950GTs 512MB
MSI GF 8800GTS 512MB OC
2x Asus GF 8800GTSs 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD4870 Vapour-X 1GB