Graphics Card Nostalgia: Everybody remembers their first... :p

[K3yser]

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I still remember the first 2mb video card that I put in my 286 system... tho it didn't do jack (I was playing Prince of Persia back then), it did however make a difference when after a couple of years later I put a RIVA TNT (with a whopping 8MB!!!!) and fired up Carmageddon 1... mind=blown! Even the movies ran better! What was this magic?? does one little periphral card make that much of a difference? Turns out it does and since then over the years I have spent thousands of rupees just on these devices that have a pretty good chance of burning out after a year, or become obsolete after two...

This post is dedicated to all my fellow GPU buyers to list their first as well as all used since then!

I'll get the ball rolling:

1. Riva TNT (8mb, sold)
   
2. Riva TNT 2 (16 mb, sold)
   
3. ATI Radeon 7200 (64 mb, blown)
   
4. Nvidia 6600 (128 mb, blown)
   
5. Nvidia 7950 (512 mb, blown)
   
6. GT 9800 (512, blown)
   
7. AMD HD 6670 (1GB, current)

(I suspect our friends in upcountry are gonna post much less blown cards due to the temp difference b/w their cities and KHI lolz! )

 

[Journeys End]

my list goes like this,
1. Geforce MX 440 128MB (sold).
2. Ati Radeon 9600XT 128MB as a gift from friend (blown). shader model wonderness
3. Geforce 6600GT 256MB (sold). one of the best GPU i owned features wise.
4. Geforce 9800GT 512MB (sold). pretty solid performer.
5. Ati HD 4890 1GB (sold). not a gud experience frankly.
6. Geforce GTX560Ti (owned). the card is gud but being bottle-necked by my cpu.BF3 performance is not satisfactory.its better than 4890 but not the best for me so far.

 

[faraany3k]

Nvidia FX5200

Boss card.

 

[gttx]

My first was a voodoo banshee by 3dfx. Then bought a geforce ti cant remember which model that was.

You guys forgot abt 3dfx which I beleive started all this graphics card thing.

I used to play nfs porsche unleashed on my banshee and commandoes. Good times. all this in a p3 400mhz

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[AFQ]

Here are some cards i owned:
1. Dont remember, it was some TNt2 something.
2. MSI 7300GS
3. XFX GeForce GTS250 1GB version
3. ASUS HD 5850
4. SPARKLE GTX460

Between now and then i have used many cards that didn't belong to be.

 

[GhaniKhan]

Nvidia Riva TNT2 Model 64 was a great card.......

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

GPU nostalgia?

China PC Gamer card.
FX5200.
8600GT.
Onboard Intel 4500HD.
6950 1 GB.

Processor nostalgia?

Pentium 3 (since what I remember),
Pentium 4 3.0 GHz. (same time when I bought FX5200)
Pentium D 3.4 GHz. (LGA 775, same time as I bought 8600GT).
i3 2100. (same time when I bought 6950 1 GB).

RAMs nostalgia?

128 MB (since what I remember).
256 MB.
512 MB (used this for a long long time, used to think that my PC is the best).
1.5 GB (used this for a long time).
1 GB (had to downgrade for a year or two as 2 sticks of 256 MB RAM died sadly).
2 GB RAM (bought with i3).
4 GB RAM (bought 2 GB more to compensate for heavy games).

Motherboard nostalgia?

Don't remember.

DVD ROM and CD ROM nostalgia?

Destroyed floppy disk by inserting floppy wrong way when I was young.
Bought a CD ROM. (Used it for a long time).
Bought a Combo.
Bought a DVD Writer.
Not using anything atm in this department.

USB nostalgia?

Used a 32 MB one got from dad's factory.
Used a 128 MB one for a long time, sold it 7 or 8 years back to cousin for 1000 RS.
Got a 512 MB one, used it for a long time, got stolen in school.
Used an 80 GB External drive, died, Resurrected, now using.
Used a 4 GB one. Died.
Used an 8 GB one. Died.
Used a 4 GB one. Died.
Used an 8 GB one, using it currently.

 

[u4usman4u]

1st one is ATi Rage something, I guess. Its memory is 2mb. It comes with IBM Aptiva E Series, K6 model.

Then after a very long gap i mean a lot ATI Radeon HD 5770

And now Sparkle Nvidia Geforce GTX 570 OC.

 

[desprado]

My list
1)5200 fx 128mb agp bolwn
2)6600 gt 256mb agp Dead
3)8500 gt 512 mb sold
4)gts 250 1gb sold
5)gtx 260 896 mb sold
6) ati 4890 1 gb sold
7)ATI 5870 CF sold
8)GTX 570 SLI using

 

[Shyber]

Woah, this is gonna be a toughy.

First one was a Voodoo. Was it a 2? Was it a Banshee? I don't perfectly recall. I was 11 then

1) Voodoo
2) TNT2 Vanta
3) Geforce 2
4) Geforce 3 Ti200
5) Geforce FX5700
6) ATi Radeon 9600XT
6) Geforce 6600 (Only card I fried)
7) Geforce 6600GT
8 )Geforce 8600GT (PC gaming took a back seat to PS3)
9) ATi Radeon 4850 (4870 equivalent something - bought from abobobilly )
10) nVidia Geforce GTX260 (for PhysX baby)
11) ATi Radeon 4890 (Hardware enthusiasm getting the best of me and my bucks)
12) nVidia Geforce GTX470

There were some temporary placeholders in between too, but I don't distinctly remember them.

 

[LeGenD123]

My list:

01. S3 ViRGE GX2 4 MB
02. Riva TNT 16 MB [Upgrade - Amazing experience]
03. Riva Vanta 16 MB [Downgrade - Bad experience]
04. GeForce2 MX 200 32 MB [Upgrade]
05. GeForce2 MX 400 32 MB [Upgrade]
06. GeForce2 Ti 32 MB [Upgrade]
07. GeForce 6800 128 MB (16pp & 6vp) [Upgrade - Nice experience]
08. GeForce 8800 GS 384 MB [Upgrade - Nice experience]
09. GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896 MB [Upgrade]
10. GeForce GTX 460 1024 MB [Upgrade - Amazing experience]

All (red) highlighted graphics cards gave very good performance. These have proven to be bang for the buck products in true sense.

- The shift from S3 ViRGE GX2 to Riva TNT was simply mind blowing.
- Both Riva TNT and GTX 460 proved be amazing performers.
- GeForce2 Ti and GeForce 6800 were most feature-rich.
- GeForce 6800 was the most tweakable graphics card.

My next one would be a high-end Kepler, inshallah.

 

[K3yser]

Wow!! Realllly comforting to know I'm not alone amongst all the modern day yuppies with their 2gig cards x2 and zillion gigahertz BUS speed LOL!

All kidding aside, anybody got any pics of the old hardware?? It'd really make all our day to see those rusted old hardware pieces

Cheers!!

 

[gttx]

I hope I had a digital camera back then for all the voodoo banshee stuff.

My CPU nostalgia:

1. Intel pentium 486 dx2 with math co processor, and still could run doom 2 bcz of low ram of 16mb but got it to work after some ini edits

2. Pentium 3 400 MHz slot type

3. Some other pentium crap

4. AMD athlon 1ghz this was the time wen intel and amd crossed 1ghz barrier

5. Pentium core 2 duo

6. Core i5 1st gen




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[Mazhar Ali Khan]

MSI MX-440 (Sold) used to love that TNL shit wanted to Play Spiderman at that time
MSI FX-5200(Sold) used it for 3 years:ninja:
Inno 3D 8800GTS (Sold)another Cheta Card revived my faith on PC Gaming
Asus 275 GTX (Sold) pure solid card i knew by experience that asus products are durable
and Finally/Currently

Ze Bomb

MSI 460GTX Cyclone in SLI - Pure awesomeness interms of temps

 

[MegamanEXE]

My first and last is my GeForce 9600 GT :/

 

[HAMMER of THOR]

i never bought riva tnt etc... my first graphic card was geforce fx 5700SE.... i gave me many years... then i got an 6200gt... then a 7200gt and then i got this geforce 560ti that i am currently using...

 

[HOTSHOT]

Here goes
1:- Ge Force 5700 Ultra 128MB
2:- Ge Force 6600 Ultra 128MB
End of Story

 

[Blastwave]

There is already a similar thread here.

Your graphic history thread.

 

[Ali Man]

There is already a similar thread here.

Your graphic history thread.

Yea was just thinking about that.....