How often do you upgrade?

[pchoi04]

I've owned a:

Geforce 2 MX 200
Geforce 4 MX 440
Geforce 4 Ti 4600
Geforce FX (can't remember what one) (cheap)
ATI Radeon 9600 All-In-Wonder
Geforce 7950GT

 

[royalcrown]

Yeah, but then joe noob wouldn't be confused and who would buy the crippled crappy ones ? Such as the "LE" and "SE" models. You know dam well they got that from the automobile industry, where LE and SE are better...irks me.

Maybe instead of SE it should be "differently abled" edition, and before everyone gets mad, I am so don't get all politically correct....lol

marvelous211:

Voodoo 5... Wow i dont think they solve 10 of those in the whole world did they lol


accu:

geforce 4mx > ati 9600se > 8800gts640... them some big jumps... bet you noticed the difference in each upgrade there.


There some unforgettable cards in those lists... and some that anyone who owned them would like to forgot lol. I think its almost time to stop calling them Radeons and Geforces as well come up with some new names maybe then we could go back to some find of naming system that has a direct relation to how they perform. Voodoo 1,2,3,4,5 was so much easier to understand than X1900xtx and 8800GTX ultra mega super awesomes.

 

[Evilonigiri]

I don't upgrade often

Some Voodoo card (16mb vram)
BFG 6800OC AGP
XFX 8800GTS 320mb

As you can see I do huge jumps so it takes me awhile to get use to the blazing fast frame rates.

 

[lunyone]

Voodoo Banshee 8mb '97 ish
Voodoo 2000 16mb (I think) '99-00 ish
9600xt 128mb '03 ish
9800pro 128mb '04 ish
x1800xt 256mb '06

That's about it for me, not much $ to upgrade like the rest of you, since I have wife/kids/2 car payments/house/student loans....etc...etc....

Oops for got the early days:
TI-99 (I believe) w/16k expansion!!
Commodore Vic 20 with whatever video
Commodore 64 w/$250 5 1/4 floppy drive (more expensive than the computer)

 

[Kamrooz]

Matrox G450 Dual Head
Geforce TI 4600
Radeon 9800 Pro
ATI X700 Pro

=(...too broke to get a new rig..this 3.2 prescott is garbage now..

 

[3Ball]

Voodoo Banshee 8mb
Voodoo 2000 16mb
Matrox G450 Dual Head
GeForce 2 32mb
GeForce 2 64mb
ATI 7500 64mb
GeForce 4 Ti4200 128mb
GeForce FX 5200 128mb
ATI 9500 Pro 128mb
GeForce FX 5600 256mb
GeForce FX 5700 128mb
ATI 9600 Pro 256mb
ATI 9600 XT 256mb
ATI 9700 Pro 128mb
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 256mb
ATI 9800XT 256mb
ATI X700 Pro 256mb
GeForce 6600GT 256mb
ATI X600XT 512mb
GeForce 6800GT 256mb
ATI X800XL 256mb
ATI X800 Pro 256mb
GeForce 7800GT 256mb
ATI X1800XL 256mb
ATI X1900XTX 512mb
Soon to be HD2900XT revision or 8800GTS 640mb revision
Im sure there are more than I cant seem to remember or think of right now! lol

Best,

3Ball

 

[accu]

Voodoo Banshee 8mb
Voodoo 2000 16mb
Matrox G450 Dual Head
GeForce 2 32mb
GeForce 2 64mb
ATI 7500 64mb
GeForce 4 Ti4200 128mb
GeForce FX 5200 128mb
ATI 9500 Pro 128mb
GeForce FX 5600 256mb
GeForce FX 5700 128mb
ATI 9600 Pro 256mb
ATI 9600 XT 256mb
ATI 9700 Pro 128mb
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 256mb
ATI 9800XT 256mb
ATI X700 Pro 256mb
GeForce 6600GT 256mb
ATI X600XT 512mb
GeForce 6800GT 256mb
ATI X800XL 256mb
ATI X800 Pro 256mb
GeForce 7800GT 256mb
ATI X1800XL 256mb
ATI X1900XTX 512mb
Soon to be HD2900XT revision or 8800GTS 640mb revision
Im sure there are more than I cant seem to remember or think of right now! lol

Best,

3Ball

is it me or do i see some patterns with your list? i m guessing your next card will be nvidia??

 

[3Ball]

Haha, well there is a very good chance that yes it will be nvidia, but my reasons for so many different changes is that I like to test many cards myself next to each other. I do prefer ATI video cards, but that has never stopped me from getting nVidia as you can tell...lol, same goes with Intel and AMD. I prefer Intel, but if AMD Is better I just buy whats best for me.

Best,

3Ball

 

[sirrobin4ever]

Matrox MGA
AIW ATI Rage Pro Turbo
Matrox G200
Geforce 4 MX 440
AIW Radeon 9800 Pro
Radeon X1950 Pro

EDIT: Forgot the 7900gs in my lappy.

 

[Guest]

VooDoo2
GeForce2 64
Radeon 9250
Radeon x700 Pro
8800GTS

 

[raptorxt]

geforce 2 (using it right now seeing this is the only computer that has internet)
geforce 5900 (blew it up using two power supplies at once, experimental)
geforce 6800 LE (absolutely freaking hated that SOB)
geforce 7950gt 512mb (love this card)

 

[Gravemind123]

TNT2
--integrated DX7 class graphics for a bit
Radeon 9600
Radeon 9550(different computer then the 9600 was in)
Radeon X850XT AGP(replaced 9600)
Quadro4 NVS 200(replaced dead 9600 after X850XT was sold, used that comp for desktop work only at this point, and a bit of CS 1.6 too)
GeForce 7900GS(current card)

not too many, but a decent amount.

 

[spuddyt]

3DFX Voodoo 3
Nvidia Geforce FX5900 Ultra
Nvidia Geforce MX440
Radeon 9000 Pro
Nvidia 8800 GTX

u went from the 9000 pro to an 8800 gtx? GOD that must have been good
I'm a yung'un, and have only had 2 cards
xfx 6800 ultra (think it might have been the xxx version, can't recall)
xfx 8600 gts (the xfx doesn't really seem to give me much bar a sticker)
I like 8's and 6's lol (edit, although Ironically, I wish I hadn't gone with the 8600)

 

[Plyro109]

Hm... I'm also pretty new at this.... Besides the OLD ATI card I that was in my parents old Pentium-166 (the thing still runs!), I've had four video cards.

ATI x300
nVidia 6200 Turbocache (Glad I got that POS for free)
ATI x1600pro
ATI x1900xt

 

[Maziar]

i missed 2 cards , a 4mb one(dont remember the name) ,TNT 2 and FX5200 ,

 

[chookman]

i missed 2 cards , a 4mb one(dont remember the name) ,TNT 2 and FX5200 ,

isnt that 3?

 

[Falken699]

OMG! I have ONLY owned:

1) PII 266 with a Matrox G200 1st comp, did tons of business with it and learned lots.

2) Dell Dimension 2400 Celeron 2.4Ghz, was on sale during the famous price ****-up. Got the whole thing for $300 shipped with MS Works, Keyboard and mouse in 2003.

3) My current PC, upgraded from a AMD64 3000+ with a Evga 6800GS to a Opteron 165 @2.25 Ghz OC with an 8800GTS 640Mb. See hardware specs, my new sig. is here to stay!

 

[atomicWAR]

voodoo1
riva tnt 32mb
riva tnt2 32mb?
geforce 256
geforce 2 gts 64mb
leadtek geforce 3 64mb
9700pro 128
9800pro 128
geforce 6 gts 256mb sli'd
geforce 7800gtx 256 sli'd
8800gtx (just one...stoopid 8x lanes)

 

[ausch30]

u went from the 9000 pro to an 8800 gtx? GOD that must have been good

well that really wasn't in order but I went from a FX 5900 Ultra to a 8800 GTX and yes it was quite a improvement.

 

[Evilonigiri]

LOOL I still remember when video cards started to have fans. I'm like wow such blazing fast performance that you need a fan! And the heatsinks back then were pretty small compared to today.

 

[chookman]

Yeh now we get this 12" long 2 slot cards with turbines in them that actually run at a hotter temperature than most CPU;s do

 

[Ibanezrg570]

CGA (3 colours) Card in my old 8088
3DFX Voodoo 2
ATI All-in-Wonder (no idea what model)
Nvidia G-Force 2 MX-200
ATI Radeon 7000
ATI Radeon 7500
ATI Radeon 9200
ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 512
ATI Radeon X1900 GT
ATI Radeon HD2900XT

 

[techgeek]

Hercules Riva TNT (AGP)
Hercules 3D Phrophet MX (AGP)
VisionTek GeForce 3 Ti200 (AGP) Still have, and works
ATI All-In-Wonder 9600XT (AGP) Still have, and works
Diamond Viper 9600XT (AGP)
ATI 9700 Pro (AGP)
BFG 6800GT OC (AGP) Still have, and works
XFX 7600GT (AGP) Still have, and works
ATI X1900XTX (PCI-E) Still have, and works

Of course I had some older pre-3D crap back in the day, not worth mentioning.

Hope to get 8800GTX sometime, though I may wait this cylce out and get the next generation.

 

[lordszone]

ok as all are wiriting their list, here is mine:
An ISA slot VGA card that i bought with a 386 pc. Dont remember what was it (the name and memory).
matrox g200 millenium 16mb (it already had the extra 8mb chip) PCI
geforce fx 5200 128mb AGP
ati radeon 9700pro 128mb AGP
ati radeon x600pro 256mb PCI-EX
ati radeon x700 256mb PCI-EX
geforce tnt 16mb AGP
ati radeon 9800pro 128mb AGP
this was the list of vga card i bought and it is in the same order. i know there were upgrades and downgrades at times. but currently i am using the matrox g200. will buy a vga card soon.