GPU History & First/Favourite/Next Thread. >First >HIS

>>52544224
ur gay

>>52544224
How old are you and do your parents shit money for your GPU consumption?

>2010
>first gpu
how old are you?

>>52544298
27. I have no other responsibilities apart from your usual utilities bills. I don't go out anymore so the rest of my income is 100% disposable. I am saving up for another trip to Japan and Murrica this year though.

>>52544320
I was 100% a consolebabby until then.

Kyro 2
7600Gs
9400Gt
220Gt
7850Hd

Never really had much money tp buy good cards.

>>52544336
Thanks early adopter or whatever brought you to buy a gazillion cards over the course of 5 years.

Can we report these fucking threads or wtf?

>>52544224
1st.
2008 Nvidia 9800 GT. Got it as a christmas present from grandma, cost like $200+ from Best Buy

2nd.
2011 Nvidia 560 Ti. Got it as a christmas present from grandma, cost like $200 something from Newegg.

3rd.
2012 Radeon 7950. Got it for a birthday present from mom and grandma, cost like $475. Later returned it because I actually got worse performance than my 560 Ti.

4th.
2014 Radeon R9 290. Bought it for myself, cost $449. Fuck the farmers.

5th.
2015 980 Ti. Bought it for myself, $629.

>>52544369
Technically you can't, though I agree these threads serve no purpose

1st
FX 5200
2nd
GeForce 210
3rd
ATI Radeon 9600X
Current
Radeon HD 3450

2006 - Radeon X1300
2011 - Asus HD 5770
2012 - Radeon HD 6870
2015 - Nvidia GTX 580

got the GTX 580 and a GT 640 for my other machine for free

>>52544356
>Kyro 2
Man, I was seriously tempted to get one of those back in the day but then I upgraded to a Geforce from my Voodoo Banshee instead.

>>52544224
2005 intel cpu integrated
2007 AMD cpu integrated
2009 GTX 640M
2015 AMD R9 390 <-- If you only could saw banana on my face when i stuck this bad boy in mobo.

My "old" GTX 460 still works perfectly fine with any current game, I don't buy new cards just for bragging rights in a Madagascan woodcraft forum.

1st 580
2nd 980
3rd 580

1 - Radeon 9250, 2005
2 - Radeon HD 4870, 2009
3 - Nvidia GTX 570, 2011?
4 - Nvidia GTX 670m, 2013
5 - Nvidia GTX 780, 2014
6 - Nvidia GTX 780 SLI, 2015
7 - Nvidia GTX 980ti, 2015

>R7 265
Gift from my best bro

>R9 390
My gift to myself

>>52546164
Update
Number 4 was GTX 675m.

Card before 9250 is unknown, low level used machine.

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>>52544224
Radeon Xpress 200
nVidia 7600GT
nVidia 8800GT
AMD 6870
nVidia GTX970

>>52544224
>1GB
>3GB
>2GB
>4GB
>2GB
>8GB
>4GB

>>52544224
the first one i actually bought myself was a 7800 gtx in 2005 or 2006. added a second one later.
at some point i also had a gtx 275, 280 or 285, i don't remember. there might have been another one between the 7800s and that one.
then a gtx 460 or 480 i think.
a gtx 6?? I really can't remember.
i do remember the gtx 770.
and then, the titan x. and the second titan x.

Nvidia 7400GT
Nvidia 560 TI
AMD 7700
Nvidia 770
Nvidia 950

>>52544224
8800
240
660ti
980ti

>>52546287
>VRAM IS EVERYTHING
Fucking idiot.

8500 GT 512MB - 2008(?)
380 4GB - 2015

>>52546868
>950
Welfare now gives stamps for GPUs!?

8800GT
GTX660
GTX960m

did I dun goofed?

>>52544224
Asus GT 220
XFX Radeon HD 7870
MSI R9 390X

>>52548210
The difference between 290x and 980 is negligible enough to not justify the upgrade anyway

>>52544409
>FX 5200
my nigga
that was my first card too

>>52544224
>Leaning with the next mid-range/high-end GTX X80 Pascal for VR optimized experience.
How can you "lean with" a product that has no official release date, no official specs, no price announcement or approximation, no idea about any potential issues and no benchmarks, not even leaks or rumors?

Like, what are you basing your decision on?

>>52552342
A fairly predictable 20-30% performance boost between card generations?

>>52552398
How do you know the price? Price/performance? How good/bad it is compared to whatever AMD will have out? Potential software or hardware issues (3.5)? Cooling? Other features such as display outputs, like DP1.3, HEVC encode/decode performance and shit like that?

It's fucking crazy to decide on a product that you know literally nothing about.

I couldn't find a build a pc thread. I hope you anons can help me.

Final version 2.0

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bqms99

Only change I may make is the 500 gb ssd into a m.2 for the os

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Hey does anyone know what this card is? I'm buying this system for 30 its already been cleaned and managed friend just doesnt know and is out of town and can't check and i've looked around but i idk.

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>>52544224

ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 "first"
Nvidia 9600M GT "favorite"
AMD Radeon 6490M (Current)
Nvidia GTX 660 (ASUS) SLI
Nvidia GTX 970 (Gigabyte) (Current)

8600GT
GTX460
GTX560m

>>52544224
>intel gma shits
>gt8600 in 2007
>hd7950 lolnodrivers in 2012
>bought gtx970 before 3.5gb lmao was a known jewery

I dont play that much these days so im fine with my gtx970

Maybe will upgrade to whatever is after pascal

>>52544224
750 ti, 960, titan x (was a gift from nvidia)

>>52553992
How?

>>52546868
Why would you downgrade to a 950 from a 770?

>>52552342
Thats the way people like him are meant to get played

radeon 9800
radeon hd 5830
r9 290

I have 200 max to spend on a gpu, been using an old 4930, I saw a 380 2gb for a little over $180 would I regret getting the 2gb 380 over say 20-30 dollars more for a 280x 3gb? I'll only be playing 1080p 60fps perhaps upgrading to 1080p 144hz

Thought's on pny 950's?

>>52544224
>woodoo2 (3dfx was sweet)
>ati 9600 pro
>asus eh 2340 agp 8x
>nvidia 540m

>>52544224
>Past
ATi Radeon x1650 Pro
ATi Radeon x1900XT
Nvidia GeForce 9800GT
AMD HD6950 2GB
>Present
Nvidia GTX980

1993 - US company that is no longer in business forgot the name
1999 - ati rage 128 rev. B
2002 - Power color Radeon 9600
2004 - Asus Geforce 7600GT AGP version (complete waste of money)
2005 - HIS Radeon 3870
2007 - EVGA Geforce 8800 GTS G92
2008 - EVGA Geforce GTX260 216
2011 - Gigabyte Geforce 560 ti
2015 - MSI R9 280X

When I look back I should've sold my old cards before they became worthless.

>1988
6567/6569 Video Interface Controller

>1992
Tseng Labs ET4000, 512 KiB VRAM

>memory gets fuzzy
3DFX Voodoo 1 + Tseng ET4000?

ATI Rage 128

Nvidia GeForce 1 (???)

Nvidia GeForce 4 MX

too lazy to type out the rest

Radeon R9 380 now

>1st
Shitty integrated laptop thing. Absolutely terrible, would not recommend to anyone ever.

>2nd
Made the switch to an actual desktop, an old, low-end prebuilt with a passively-cooled 9400 GT 1GB and no case fans at all. Can't complain, got the entire thing for free.

>3rd
Bought a used GTS 250 512MB for €25.

>4th
Found a lightly used R9 270X fairly quick after it came out, paid €135 for it.

>5th
R9 290 Vapor-X. Double the VRAM, double the core count, double the power draw. The first one I actually bought brand new.

>>52552855

>BLACKED

4MB Ati Rage
32MB S3 Savage
Geforce 2 MX400
Radeon 8500
Radeon 9500
Radeon 9800 Pro
Radeon X800 Pro
Radeon 3870
Radeon 4890
Radeon 6950
Radeon 290
Radeon 390

The biggest jump by far was getting that 32MB S3 card

>>52552301

That was a rough start for a first video card. I remember that thing shit the bed on even minor particle or shader effects

>>52554564
underrated post

>>52544224
MX440
5800GT
7800GTX
8800GTX
PS3+Laptop for 5 years
780Ti
980Ti

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before 2004
didn't know shit about PCs at the time, all integrated, do remember last one was some intel chip. sonic CD, sc2k, brood war

2004
ATi Radeon x850 AGP, played the absolute dog shit out of Wolf ET with it along with Quake 3. First "real" graphics card but it wasn't a flagship card. muh heatsink art

2007
XFX 8500 GT, old motherboard died and AGP had gone out of style, not really a huge leap. Finally into dual monitors.

2008
EVGA 9800 GTX, massive leap, maxxed out everything, spent weeks playing through all my games being a graphics faggot. This was the biggest leap for me and by far the most fun. I've... had the same antec 650w PSU that I got to support this card ever since. th-thanks antec

2012
Galaxy GTS 250, basically a 9800GTX with more memory so not a lot of difference, replaced my 9800GTX as it died after 4 years of intense service

2013
EVGA 660Ti, another marginally big leap. get three screens, rocking 5760 x 1080.

2015
EVGA 960 GTX SSC, old 660Ti died and EVGA replaced it for free. They used the slowest as shit service that UPS offers with no option to pay yourself to expedite... two weeks of pain but, free card.

>2003
Radeon 9700pro

>2005
Radeon X700

>2007
Geforce 7600gfx

>2009
Radeon 5970

>2014
Geforce GTX 970

>>52544224
>First
>Sparkle 9400 GT Passive 1GB
oh why didn't I buy the 9500 GT


>Favorite
>Zotac GTX 560 1GB

>Next
MSI GTX 950

if when my 560 craps out.

>Geforce 4 MX 440
>Radeon 9800 pro (My favorite)
>Geforce 6600 GT
>Radeon X700
>Nvidia 7950GT SLI
>Nvidia 8800GTS
>Radeon 2900XT (the biggest dissapointment)
>Radeon 4870 (The biggest surprise)
>Radeon 6770

I was big into the whole video card thing but I don't play PC Games anymore so I'll probably have the 6770 for like another 5 years. Also I mostly use laptops today.

The r9 nano is cute tho

>>52544224
my fav gpu ever is easily the 8800gt

what the hell happened to cards that good

>2008
HD 4650 1GB

>2015
GTX 970 3.5+.5GB

>>52552855
i like how the 9800pro to 8800gtx was a ridiculous leap after 4 years but 260 to fury is less so in terms of keeping up after 7

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>>52544224
>2003 Radeon 9200
>2005 Radeon X800 XL

>2007 GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
>2007 GeForce 8800GTS 512

>2010 GeForce GTX 470
>2010 GeForce GTX 570
>2015 GeForce GTX 960

>2016 GeForce GTX 970

The 8800GTS 512 was one hell of a card, probably my favorite.

Maxi Gamer Cougar
6600 GT
8600 GT
Radeon HD 4850
GTX 260 Core 216
Radeon HD 6870
Radeon HD 7950
R9 Fury
Sapphire

32 meg radeon
geforce 3 ti 200
x1800 xt
hd4850
hd7850
380x

>>52555647
i actually dont like this at all

>>52554965
how old are you bro?
i think you and me are around the same (29 here)

>>52544224

First: integrated graphics
First actual GPU: Radeon 5700
Most powerful: 7950 bought for dogecoin mining and used for ffxiv
Current: Integrated graphics (i7 6700k) since all I do on my PC is code, run a mmo botfarm, and read VNs

>>52554219
I have a family friend that works there, and I was diagnosed with cancer over the summer, one day a package at my house showed up from nvidia, free titan x

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>>52552775
4870x2

>>52544224
why did you downgrade from a 7950 to a 670?
and then why did you go up to a 680?
even at launch 400 isn't really that good of a deal if you already have a 670

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850
Nvidia GT 630M

Both still in use.

>tfw poor

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>>52544224
My first video card was a Hercules Graphics Card Plus. The resolution of color displays were terrible at the time so I was happy to go without color in exchange for reasonable resolution. It made playing SimCity a 100 times better than with a CGA card.

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>>52544224
no dGPU
8500 GT
8800 GT
GTX 970

Yeah I know it's a big jump

>>52544224
>7 cards in 5 years
shitting christ, op, at least do some research before dropping money on this shit

>First
Radeon 8500

>favorite
MSI GTX 560Ti (Twin Frozr III)
use it to this day, and it works wonders, especially given that I don't really play games that much anymore

>Next
I'm curious about Polaris and its claims, but knowing AMD, I'm probably better off upgrading to Pascal if I want to get back into gaming

>>52544224

Unrelated bit why did you get rid of the Ncase OP?

Just waiting on my v5 to arrive atm

S3 Trio 64
Nvidia TNT 2
Nvidia FX5600 (wow this thing was shit)
ATI X700
Nvidia 6600GT (the X700 burned out)
ATI 4670
AMD 6790
AMD 7770
NVidia GTX670 (still using this)

First
>HD5770

Next
>

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MC6847 chip embedded on the motherboard. The graphics were rather... primitive.

>>52544224
First
>HD 5850

Now
>GTX 680

I used to only play console games(before they were complete shit) and I had a cheap laptop for watching anime and things of that nature. I've actually had the 680 for several years, but is there even any reason to upgrade? I can run basically anything well for the most part.

>>52555931
Enjoy that cancer boss.

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HD 4000 series, passive can't remember what though
HD 5750
Now pic related

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>>52552855
Tip one is a sound card. My first GPU I remember buying.

Can't really remember order tho

GeForce 4 MX440
Intel GMA950
GeForce 7600GS
Sapphire HD 2450
ATi HD 3470 (laptop)
Sapphire HD 4850

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Playing Crysis at lan parties with my old 8600GT.
Those were the days.

FX 5700
6600 GT
Some ATI card I don't remember the name. Only that I got tons of artifacts and visual glitches with it and said "never again", so I became a good NoVidya goy.
Promptly replaced by 8800 GT, for the first Crysis.
GTX 460
GTX 660
Got a good paying job, and went all out with
two-way SLI GTX 980 Ti overclocked up the wazoo.

2004 FX5200
2009 Ati Radeon X1800 XT
2013 GTX 275
Poorfag reporting in. Handed down hardware from a friend. I keep buying shit for cheap when he changes it. I'm always 4 years behind but I really don't need more. Might have to buy my own shit from now on though since I'm making a bit of money and I've lost touch with him.

>>52552855

>9800

so based

>>52544224
>Nvidia Geforce 440MX

Man, that thing was shit back then, but it allowed me to play Star Trek: Elite force..

>>52558791

Oh yeah, it went that way:

Some Matrox 4mb card
Geforce 440mx
Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro
EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS - died sadly after 2 years and 3 months (and I didn't know about the extended warranty EVGA offered), till it's last day I was able to play everything on max - best card I ever owned
Sapphire Radeon HD4770 - had no money to buy proper replacement for the GTS
Radeon HD5770
Radeon HD9750 - what I currently use

Will upgrade sometime this year, but it will be a whole new build, since there's no reason to upgrade my graphics card when I still use my trusty I5 750...

1. shitty 4MB card (can't remember the name). Came with a 200mhz Pentium CPU.
2. Geforce 4MX 440
3. shitty integrated laptop card (intel hd 3000)
4. Radeon X600
5. Nvidia 8800GT
6. Nvidia GTX 760

>>52555771

31.

>>52544336
Where are you from?

>>52544224
2008 oem gt 220
2012 mis gtx 570 twin frozr
2013 asus gtx 670 directu cu 2
2014 asus gtx 780 direct cu
2016 - 1080ti or equivalent

>>52550647
Yes

>1997 3dfx Voodoo
>1999 Riva TNT + 3dfx Voodoo
>2001 ST Kyro II + 3dfx Voodoo
>2002 Geforce 3
>2004 ATI Radeon 9600XT
>2005 Geforce FX 5700
>2007 ATI Radeon X1950XT
>2009 ATI Radeon HD4800
>2010 AMD Radeon HD6870
>2011 AMD Radeon HD6870 CF
>2013 Geforce GTX 760
>2014 Geforce GTX 980

next will be AMD again. Fuck nvidia.

>2000
Vodoo Rush 8MB VRAM

>2005
GeForce 6600LE 256MB

>2007
GeForce 7600GS 256MB

>2008
ATI HD3450 512MB, replaced by GeForce 8600GS 256MB later

>2011
A laptop with GT555M 2GB


>that poorfag feel when got all your PCs from older cousin and never bought one myself until turned 22 years old

>2005 reference FX-5500 128mb
dogshit, could barely run even old games, iirc couldn't even play 1080p video. At least it was durable, still worked in 2013.
>2010 XFX 4650 agp 512mb
Brought my old p4 pc to life, could play some less cpu intensive games on surprisingly decent settings
>2014 MSI R9 270 2gb
Great value card, too bad it didn't last long
>2015 6200 pci heatsink
temporary replacement, a bit better than fx-5500
>2016 Gigabyte GTX 960 2gb
Warranty replacement for 270, still unpacked, thinking of selling it. If I'm not upgrading it should be good for few years

2000: ATI Rage Pro 128 16MB
2002: Hercules GeForce 2 GTS 32MB
2004: Club3D Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
2005: Powercolor Radeon X800 Pro 256MB
2007: XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB
2010: Gainward GeForce GTX 470 1.28GB
2012: ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2GB
2015: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Windforce 3 OC 4GB

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>Hercules (dat crisp-ass monochrome)
>some shitty PCI Cirrus Logic thing I stole from my dad's office
>S3 Trio
>Rage 128
>Voodoo 2
>PowerVR Evil Kyro
>Voodoo 3 3000
>Geforce 2 MX400
>Geforce FX5200
>Radeon 9800 XT
>Radeon X1300 Pro (historically the worst card I've ever used)
>Radeon X1950 Pro
>Geforce 8800GTS 512
>Geforce GTX285
>Radeon 5770
>Radeon 6970
>Radeon 7950
>Radeon R9 285 (just a sidegrade due to the above featuring token-shitty Sapphire quality)
>Radeon R9 Fury, unlocked to what's basically a near-Fury X

I'm turning 32 next year, and I'm more or less satisfied with my GPU experience

geforce 3 series
5600fx
6600
7950gt
9800 gt
275 gtx
660 gtx

Now waiting for pascal...

>>52561445
Other cards not in main system

1999: 2MB Diamond VGA adapter
2004/05: GeForce FX5200 128MB
2005: ATI Radeon X700 SE 256MB

>all these grandpas

ATI RX100 7000 PCI 64mb
Nvidia geforce4 mx420 AGP 64mb
Nvidia 6600 GT AGP 256MB
ATI X850 Pro AGP 256MB
ATI X1950XT AGP 256MB
ATI HD 4870 PCI-E 512MB
Nvidia GTX 660 '' 2GB
Nvidia GTX 970

>>52544224
What's wrong with the 290x?

>>52544224
Gtx 660 x2
R9 390