PC gamers: What's your GPU timeline?

[captainmal01]

started last year, got a GTX 1060 3GB. Don't play too many graphically heavy games so it's alright.

Barring nothing dying, next time I'll upgrade it'll be to replace the whole system, so in 2023-24 I'll build the best microATX for <£700. Excluding a new monitor.

 

[jack.]

I think this is everything

Sierra Screamin' 3D (Rendition Verite V1000)
3DFX Voodoo 2
Geforce 2 MX
Geforce 3
Radeon 9500 Pro
Geforce 6800 GS
Radeon 6870
Radeon 7870
Geforce 670
Radeon R9 290
Geforce 980ti

 

[Akronis]

Can't remember past too far in the past but it was something like this:

2 x 7900 GS
2 x 8800 GT
GTX 260 Core 216
GTX 480
2 x GTX 780 Ti
2 x GTX 980
GTX 1080
GTX 1080 Ti
GTX 2080 Ti

 

[Deleted member 49319]

My condolences

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Come on, it can run Counter Strike at 60fps, what more can I ask.

 

[Linus815]

Voodoo 1 + S3 something
Voodoo 3
Geforce 2 MX 400
Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Geforce 6800
Geforce 7800 GT
Geforce 8800 GT
Radeon HD 4850 CF
Geforce GTX 260 SLI
Radeon HD 4890
Geforce GTX 275
Radeon HD 5870 CF
Radeon HD 6990
Radeon HD 7950
Geforce GTX 680
Geforce GTX 780
Geforce GTX 980 Ti
Geforce GTX 1080
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti
Geforce RTX 2080


My Crossfire/SLI period was a mess.

 

[deftones r cool]

1 - Intel HD 4400
2 - MSI R9 380 (4gb)
3 - EVGA RTX 2070 XC Ultra Gaming (8gb)

 

[Jay Shadow]

A bit hazy on the middle ones but I think:

Voodoo Banshee
GeForce 256
5600
7600
8800
560
980

 

[Zafir]

Intel integrated laptop cards(couldn't tell you which ones) -> 7600 GT -> 260 GTX -> 660 TI -> 970 GTX -> 1080 ti

Would have considered going with AMD this time round but their cards kept getting delayed, so went with a 1080 ti....

 

[LiQuid!]

When I built my PC in 2013 I got a 650 TI Boost for it. Just upgraded to a GTX 1660 last month.

I've always stuck to budget cards in my PCs. I care way way more about getting a nice high frame rate than I do about graphical bells and whistles. Also most of the games I play are the kinds of multiplayer online games that are designed to be more CPU intensive than GPU so they can run on a wide variety of PCs, so they don't use a lot of graphical power anyways. If I can run a game on high settings, bonus, but I'm more than happy to play with all the sliders all the way down and stay above 60 fps if I have to.

 

[gabdeg]

S3 ViRGE
Voodoo 2
*nothing for a while*
Radeon 9200SE
Radeon X1800 GTO
Radeon 2600XT
Geforce 6600GT
Geforce 8800GTS 320
Geforce 8800GT
Geforce GTX 260
Geforce GTX 460
Geforce GTX 780 Ti
Geforce RTX 2080 Ti

 

[Dark1x]

Oh gosh...let's see...

Matrox Mystique 2mb
Matrox M3D (PowerVR PCX2)
3DFX Voodoo 1 4mb (Monster 3D)
3DFX Voodoo 2 12mb (Monster 3DII) in SLI
Riva 128
Intel i740 (for 2D)
3DFX Voodoo 3
Nvidia GeForce 256
ATI Radeon 8500
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Nvidia GeForce 6800
Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
Nvidia GeForce GTX260
ATI Radeon 5870
Nvidia GTX580
Nvidia GTX780ti
Nvidia GTX980ti
Nvidia GTX Titan Xp
Nvidia RTX2080ti

Might be missing one or two but I think that's it.

 

[dmix90]

Come on, it can run Counter Strike at 60fps, what more can I ask.

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No reflections due to lack of shader support in Need For Speed: Underground 1 & 2 and no shader enchanced water effects in Far Cry, Half-Life 2 and Prince of Persia The Sands of Time pissed me of so god damn much... CS 1.5-1.6 worked decently yeah :D

 

[Deleted member 6215]

Good to see some classic cards showing up here.

Counting just video cards with 3D acceleration:

Diamond Stealth II S200 (Rendition Verite represent!)
Canopus Pure 3D II (Voodoo 2)
Matrox G200
Matrox G400 Max
Nvidia Geforce 3 Ti200
Nividia 8800 GT
Nvidia GTX 460
Nvidia GTX 970

I'm really starting to feel that upgrade bug start to bite again, just not sure what to pick right now.

 

[nded]

Geforce 2 MX
Geforce 6600 GT
Radeon HD 3850
Geforce GTX 650
Geforce GTX 960
Radeon RX 580

 

[Monster Zero]

GTX 1080
RTX 2080
RTX 2080ti

 

[dmix90]

Good to see some classic cards showing up here.

Counting just video cards with 3D acceleration:

Diamond Stealth II S200 (Rendition Verite represent!)
Canopus Pure 3D II (Voodoo 2)
Matrox G200
Matrox G400 Max
Nvidia Geforce 3 Ti200
Nividia 8800 GT
Nvidia GTX 460
Nvidia GTX 970

I'm really starting to feel that upgrade bug start to bite again, just not sure what to pick right now.

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If you can smash that bug, do it. I feel like something unfortunate will pop-up when next gen consoles will come... Like 8GB VRAM is suddenly not enough or RT tech in consoles is far ahead of what NVIDIA is offering right now or something related to SSD.

So better wait for next year offerings at least.

 

[GarthLordOfTheSith]

GPU's I've owned:
GTX 750Ti
GTX 1070

Obviously the 1070 is my favorite of the two lol.

 

[turbobrick]

??? - don't remember
quadro 4 (from 2002) - not sure which one, won it in a drawing
??? - don't remember
gt 240
gtx 660
gtx 1060

 

[Rizific]

6600gt>7600gt>4870>5850>7950>R9 390>1070

 

[Bulk_Rate]

hard to remember! probably forgetting one

3dfx Voodoo 1 (GLQuake and Mechwarrior/I76 FTW)
TNT2
GF2 Ti
GF3

9500 Pro
9600Pro
7600GT
HD4850
750ti
GTX1060

 

[demosthenes]

Don't remember before 460.
Gtx 460
780
1070

Hope to do a new build next year in the fall.

 

[Zoon]

8600
9600m
660ti
RX470
1060
I would still be playing on the 660ti but it died.

 

[dmr87]

Buncha goddamn kids in here.

* S3 ViRGE (the worlds only 3d decelerator)
* Diamond Monster (3dfx voodoo 1)
* Voodoo 3
* GeForce 2 Ti
* Nvidia 660 (despite its 6xx number this was basically an integrated-class GPU)
* Nvidia 550 Ti
* Nvidia 750 Ti
* Nvidia 980 Ti

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[snail_maze]

-No idea
-Geforce 8600 GT
-Radeon 4850
-Radeon 6870
-GTX 680
-GTX 1060

 

[takriel]

GTX 770
GTX 980 Ti

 

[Pegasus Actual]

3dfx Diamond Monster 3D paired with some kind of Hercules 2D card I think? Something with 128 in the title.
3dfx Voodoo 3 .... 2000? 3000? Don't remember, pretty sure it was the AGP version
PNY GeForce 3 Ti 200
Sapphire Radeon X1800XT (biggest piece of shit of all time, eventually replaced by MSI GeForce 9800 GT)
PNY GTX 460 SLI (also piece of shit, but not as bad as the Radeon)
MSI GTX 770
EVGA GTX 1080
EVGA RTX 2080 Ti

 

[AmFreak]

VIC II
AGA
Riva 128
Geforce 2 MX
Radeon 9800SE @ 9800
Radeon 1950x Pro
Radeon 6950 @ 6970

 

[DPB]

Buncha goddamn kids in here.

* S3 ViRGE (the worlds only 3d decelerator)
* Diamond Monster (3dfx voodoo 1)
* Voodoo 3
* GeForce 2 Ti
* Nvidia 660 (despite its 6xx number this was basically an integrated-class GPU)
* Nvidia 550 Ti
* Nvidia 750 Ti
* Nvidia 980 Ti

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S3 ViRGE
Voodoo 2
*nothing for a while*
Radeon 9200SE
Radeon X1800 GTO
Radeon 2600XT
Geforce 6600GT
Geforce 8800GTS 320
Geforce 8800GT
Geforce GTX 260
Geforce GTX 460
Geforce GTX 780 Ti
Geforce RTX 2080 Ti

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Glad to see I'm not the only one who had to suffer the horrors of the S3 Virge.

S3 Virge DX 4MB
Matrox M3D 4MB
3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB
Geforce 2 MX400 64MB
Geforce 6600 GT 128MB
Geforce 7900 GS 256MB
Geforce 9600 GT 512MB
Geforce 9800 GTX+ 512MB
Radeon 6770 1GB
Geforce GTX 660 2GB
Geforce GTX 1060 6GB

I also had a Radeon 5830 and a GTX 960 that I had to return as faulty.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Simple:

1070 Ti

 

[GrrImAFridge]

1996: Some 2MB S3 card that had no 3D acceleration whatsoever
2000: 12MB Voodoo 2
2001: GeForce 2 Ti
2003: GeForce 4 Ti 4200
2006: GeForce 6600GT
2007 (~Q2): GeForce 7900GS
2007 (Q3): Radeon 2900XT
~2010: Radeon HD 5750
2011: GeForce GTX 570
2012: GeForce GTX 670 (later +GeForce GTX 570 for PhysX)
2013: GeForce GTX 670 SLI
2015: GeForce GTX 980
2016 (Q1): GeForce GTX 980 Ti
2016 (Q2): GeForce GTX 1080
2017: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
2018: GeForce GTX 2080 Ti

The 7900GS was the first GPU I purchased with my own money, and if I'd sprung for a 4GB 670 back in the day, I almost certainly would've skipped the 900 series entirely.

Edit: Oh, and the sidegrade to a 5750 was because my 2900XT kicked the bucket.

 

[TaySan]

Oh gosh...let's see...

Matrox Mystique 2mb
Matrox M3D (PowerVR PCX2)
3DFX Voodoo 1 4mb (Monster 3D)
3DFX Voodoo 2 12mb (Monster 3DII) in SLI
Riva 128
Intel i740 (for 2D)
3DFX Voodoo 3
Nvidia GeForce 256
ATI Radeon 8500
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Nvidia GeForce 6800
Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
Nvidia GeForce GTX260
ATI Radeon 5870
Nvidia GTX580
Nvidia GTX780ti
Nvidia GTX980ti
Nvidia GTX Titan Xp
Nvidia RTX2080ti

Might be missing one or two but I think that's it.

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Oh wow a Matrox owner. :O
How were those cards like back in the day?

 

[StreamedHams]

1999: GeForce 256
2001: GeForce 3
2002: GeForce 2series mobile chipset
2008: GeForce 4200M (terrible chipset btw)
2009: GeForce 8600M
2010: GeForce 435M
2012: GeForce 680 (Fantastic Card)
2016: GeForce 1080 SLIx2
2018: GeForce 2080Ti

1. 2080Ti
2. 8600M
3. 6800 I couldn't believe how well this card ran everything in 2012.
4. 1080...I should have never bought an SLI config, but the high bandwidth bridge gave me about a 40% increase over my original bridge. So there's that, I guess.

 

[Seahawk64]

Geforce 4 Ti 4600
Geforce 6800GT
Geforce 7800GS
Radeon 4890 Pro
GTX 670
GTX 780Ti
GTX 980Ti
GTX 1080
GTX 1070

 

[DPB]

Oh wow a Matrox owner. :O
How were those cards like back in the day?

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Slow, and not very well supported in games. Still much better than using the S3 Virge - with that games would actually run faster in software mode using only the CPU than they would using the graphics card.

 

[SweetVermouth]

GeForce4 440MX
Radeon 9600 Pro
Radeon HD 4870
Radeon HD 5770
GeForce GTX960

The HD 4870 was the most expensive one I bought and after that I swore to never buy a GPU that expensive ever again. I am very happy with my current GTX960 because it does it's job well for the games I play and it's super quiet and even passively cooled when I'm only watching videos or browsing the internet.

 

[Duxxy3]

? Riva TNT 2 32MB
2002 Nvidia 4200 64MB
2004 ATI 9800 pro 128MB
2006 Nvidia 7800 GT 256MB
2007 Nvidia 8800 GT 256MB
2008 Nvidia 9600 GT 512MB
2008 ATI HD 3870 512MB
2010 ATI HD 4870 1GB
2010 Nvidia GTX 470 1.2GB
2011 AMD HD 6950 1GB (the GTX 470 was a space heater)
2015 AMD R9 280x 3GB
2016 Nvidia GTX 980 TI 6GB
2019 Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB (current card that I bought cheaply)

 

[Deleted member 24021]

Geforce 6150 (integrated garbage, couldn't run Halo 1 properly)
XFX Radeon HD 5770 (Crossfire)
Galaxy GTX 570 (House fire)
ASUS GTX 980

As for my next one, I'm thinking the next RTX xx80 card.

I'll do CPU as well cause why not

Intel Pentium 4
AMD Athlon 64 X2
Intel Core i7 860
Intel Core i3 2120 (Media PC)
Intel Core i5 4690K
Intel Pentium G3258 (Media PC)

 

[jb1234]

I believe I started with a Voodoo 2 (my first few PCs didn't have a dedicated GPU). Had a TNT2 at one point. I'm up to a 2060 now after four years with a 970.

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Buncha goddamn kids in here.

* S3 ViRGE (the worlds only 3d decelerator)
* Diamond Monster (3dfx voodoo 1)
* Voodoo 3
* GeForce 2 Ti
* Nvidia 660 (despite its 6xx number this was basically an integrated-class GPU)
* Nvidia 550 Ti
* Nvidia 750 Ti
* Nvidia 980 Ti

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Serious history here. Respect!

 

[JustinH]

Good Lord...

the furthest back I can remember was a Ti4200 I think it was. I remember it came with Morrowind, but wasn't into games like that at the time. My buddy kept trying to sell me on it.
After that I think I bought a 5770 because I saw it at a Best Buy and I think my older video card was getting pretty old at that point.
Then it was a 760, which was a Christmas present and I had that for a while. Sometime after I had it for a while I bought another one and tried SLI for the first time. It wasn't long after I got the second card that I replaced them both though.
Got a 970 then like a year after launch (I think?) a little while later I got another one of those and SLI'd those.
After that I got a GTX 1080 "FTW Edition" and have had that since. I was planning on getting another one for SLI, but it's really not worth it.

I can't remember all the stuff my Pop used to put in the "family computer" before that.

edit: oh wait, I had the 8800 GT... S I think it was. The one below the 8800 GTX and I think it was below the 8800 GT too.

 

[Theiea]

Riva TNT
7950GT
Radeon 4770
R9-390
RTX 2070S

 

[ShinUltramanJ]

Integrated graphics (2000-2001)
GTX 960
GTX 1070
Either 2070S or 5700XT likely up next.

 

[Bastos]

- Trident 4MB
- GeForce 4 MX440
- Radeon HD4870
- Radeon HD7970
- GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

 

[Cross-Section]

Voodoo 3 (my dad bought it so I could play Star Wars Force Commander, of all games)
Various integrated Intel laptop chips
Radeon Xpress 200 (I distinctly recall losing my shit because it didn't have a new enough Pixel Shader for most of my games)
~ 4 years pass ~
Radeon HD 4770
Radeon HD 6870
Radeon HD 7950 (this was the "bad" one; I don't know if PowerColor's build quality has improved in recent years, but this was a underpowered shit-brick of a card)
Radeon R9 290x (conversely, the best AMD card I ever had, and I got it for a hot bargain too)

And then I defected!

Currently rocking a GTX 1070 FE, planning on continuing to be a damn rube and buy a 2070S when they drop next week

 

[ghostcrew]

~god knows what was in my early PCs. Before I cared about graphics cards.
8800 GT
Nvidia 550 Ti
Nvidia 960
Nvidia 980

Been rocking the 980 for about four years now. Starting to really feel long in the tooth. Gonna leave it a little while longer but I'm not far from an upgrade.

 

[machinaea]

I'm not exactly sure about the specific version of the first one (and definitely can't remember what came before it, even though I did have dedicated GPU before those), but out of the top of my head:

GeForce FX 5600
HD5850
Radeon 270X
GTX 1060

Not a super high rate of upgrades, I'm quite happy with okayish performance and then when the upgrade does come, it feeling a like a real step forward rather than a small incremental upgrade. That said, I have held on far too long with my i920, really need to update that one soon.

 

[Smash Kirby]

I had a Nvidia 8500, then a tower with a Nvidia 210, Then a 650, then a 970, Then a 1060 in the tower and my gaming laptop has a 1070.

 

[Dysun]

Since the early 2000's, it went like this.

Radeon 9700 Pro
(Something Radeon I forgot)
GTX 750ti
GTX 970
GTX 1080

 

[Fray]

Some nvidia card from 1998

i3 with integrated graphics

Gtx 1070

Minds were blown

 

[Professor Pew]

Voodoo 2
Voodoo 3000
GeForce 2 GTS... I think?
<<console years>>
GeForce 9600 GT
Radeon 5650
GeForce 660 Ti
GeForce 1080 Ti
GeForce 2080 Ti