3D accelerators from 3DFX to the 8800 GTX

[PurpleHoneyBear]

Flashback to 2004!

I had a rig built in preparation for Half Life 2 (among other games), and it had 1GB memory, an Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz processor, and the Radeon 9800xt. That was when it came out. I think it was something insane like $600.

That machine was a beast. I maxed Half Life 2, but just barely. It was very demanding in every sense, physics being one of them. It had moments of slowdown, though that setup pretty much blew through anything that came out around that generation.

[PurpleHoneyBear]

@PurpleHoneyBear Prior to that I had only used Apple computers. So I had an Apple II in the mid 90s, and later on I used a few different Macs. iMac, for one. Good times.

[WegrennerX]

Ati rage 3d (4 mb), Elsa gladiac geforce 3, Asus Radeon EAH2900XT, Asus radeon EAH4870 (current) next up? Maybe hd6990?

[Mantua64]

My list: onboard random intel, 3dfx Vodoo 8 mb, 3dfx vodoo 2 16mb, Matrox G400, Geforce Ti4200 (MY GOD WHAT A BLOW!), Geforce 8600 GTS, Ati Radeon 4850, Ati Radeon 4870x2 (that was one powerhungry bitch, but powerful indeed), Ati Radeon 4890 Vapor-X

[dmxtreme1978]

My List Diamond Steal 2mb Vid card, 3DFX Voodoo 2 in sli, Geforce 2 Ultra, Geforce 4 MX460, Geforce 4 TI 4600, Geforce 5950 Ultra, Geforce 6800LE, Geforce 7900, Geforce 8800GT, Geforce 9800GX2, Radeon 4890 Vapour X and currently using a 5870 Vapour X

[sthenolagniac]

3dfx banshee - geforce2 mx 440 - Radeon 9600GT (short lived, and faulty) - Radeon 9550 - Geforce 7300 GT - Radeon HD 4670 - Geforce GTS 450. I want my computer to be able to play games, but I don't build them specifically for that.

[Seahawk4Life]

I have one more to add to the video. I just bought a Radeon HD 6970 and it should be arriving shortly.

[Quaker763]

Let's see now. I started at a 3dgx voodoo then a voodoo 2 then a second voodoo (damn game persuaded me to buy) then a banshee, then a nx6600 zero then yesterday I bought a gtx 470. Also someone gave me a geforce 2mx. My 470 would squash that thing lol

[areacode718]

my collection of video card starts at Voodoo II Sli and then i started collecting Geforce series but only the Ultra models or top models... so far i got Geforce256, Geforce2 Ultra, Geforce3 Ti500, Geforce4 Ti4600, Geforce FX 5900 ultra and 5950, Geforce 6800 ultra, 7 series I dont have yet. I do have 2 8800 ultras, and a single geforce gtx480... i need to complete my collections of the rest of the card i am missing but its expensive. right now i cant afford another gtx480 :(

[SSchevyLT1]

@bluedawn249 wow, memories. I still have the same 8800gts, im using it right now!

[LordSamuelJ]

the fastest thing ive ever slapped into my computer is my 2gb 4850x2. 

[FRURMELLL]

My history:

ATi Radeon Xpress 200 (integrated, 256 mb shared memory)

Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 (1 GB dedicated ddr2 memory)

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 (it's coming in less than a week XD)

[iris030380]

From a cirrus Logic 2 MB VESA in early 90's, I've had them all....

[hexedemical]

Realtek 512kb (owned 1992)

trident 1mb (owned 1993)

s3trio 64 4mb (owned 1995)

voodoo rush 3dfx alliance 6mb (owned 1997)

ati radeon 7000 (owned 1999)

ati radeon 9600pro owned 2003

ati radeon x700 xt owned 2005

ge force 7400 go owned 2006

now ge force 8800

[PsilocybinDream]

But for just my 3dfx cards they are. 3 voodoo 1's all 4mb 6mb voodoo rush with MX 2d chip 6mb voodoo rush with alliance 2d chip. 3 pairs of 12 meg voodoo 2's voodoo 3 2000 voodoo 3 3000 x2 voodoo 3 3500 x2 with svideo voodoo 4 4500 32 mb voodoo 5 5500 64 mb non functional voodoo 5 6k 128 mb

[PsilocybinDream]

if i made a list it would easily exceed my 500 char limit lol

[PsilocybinDream]

lol the voodoo banshee doesnt support sli

[kokopiko]

I really enjoy reading what was your cards people. These were mine in chronological order: 3dfx Voodoo 2 Diamond Monster II 8Mb Riva TNT 2 16Mb Matrox G400 DualHead 32Mb Ati Radeon 9600Pro 64 or 128 Mb nVidia Gforce 7300GT 256Mb nVidia Gforce 9600GT till now but don`t even know how much memory it holds :) before 3d era: some Hercules Card OAK 512kb VGA ISA S3 Trio 64V+ PCI 1Mb Ati Rage 8Mb AGP with that Voodoo from the top

[Ajanek]

Voodoo 6000 FTW! 4 fans!

[EMOSUCKS283AA]

4gpus lol

[hanrinch]

880gtx is big? guess he wouldn't know radeon 5970 would come up 3 years after....

[Dkcode]

3DFX Voodoo 2 12MB 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 16MB nVidia GeForce 2 MX 64MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB nVidia GeForce 6800GT 256MB nVidia GeForce 7800GTX 256MB ATI Radeon X1800XT 512MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 768MB nVidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB nVidia GeForce GTX 295 Rev 2. 1.8GB I owned the ATI Radeon 4870X2 for a couple of days but hated the drivers and heat it gave out was insane.

[fickie321]

9800 pro

8800gts 320mb

4850

4870x2

[TapionXG3]

i have a short list Nvidia tnt2 (burnt out) GeForce 2 MX 32mb (burnt out) Ati Radeon 9800 Pro (burnt out) ATI Radeon x800 something (lost) Geforce 7900gt Geforce 8800GTS 640 Geforce 9800 gt Geforce GTX 260 Geforce GTX 295 i tried ati for a little and left it fast. also hapend to be my amd days. hmm, how the money just drains.

[klaasklapper]

My history (still have all these cards):

Diamond Monster 3d Voodoo 1

Voodoo 3 3000

Geforce Ti 4200

Geforce 6600

Geforce 7600

[GunBoTT]

Monster 3D2 (12mb)

Riva TNT 16mb

GF Ti 4600

GF 8800 GTX

GTX 295

[Gripen90]

I have had way to many cards to list here.

My current list say 81 different cards.

1st: S3 Tio+ 8MB

33rd:. Asus V7700 Ti Deluxe 64MB

66th: Inno3D GeForce 9800GX2 2x512MB GDDR3

80th: MSI Radeon HD 5850 1GB PCI-E

[satanicvengaboy]

Matrox M3D 8MB

Voodoo2 16MB

S3 Savage 4 16MB

Gforce 400 mx 32MB

Ati Mobile X300 (128MB)

Geforce 8800GTX until now

[HDVideosPC]

Geforce 6200agp

ATI X1300agp

ATI HD 3850agp

ATI X1900PCI-e

ATI HD 4850

Geforce 9800GTX+

Geforce 285

ATI HD 5870

[killyoupl]

I had: s3virge 1mb with amd k5 133mhz + voodoo1 later

riva tnt2 with intel p3 celeron 566mhz

geforce ti4200 with amd xp 2600+

geforce 5900 with the same amd

ati radeon 9800+ with amd athlon 64 2800+

and now ati radeon 4850 with intel c2d e8500

[kukenbajs]

Haha, its sounds like you want it in your mouth or something.

[mafia1911]

Geforce 4 mmx 128 mb ddr

Geforce 6600 256 mb

Radeon X1300pro 256 mb ddr2

GTS 250 512 mb ddr3

[lagunabad]

s3 virge dx/gx geforce 256 geforce 2 ultra fx5700 7600gt 8600gt 8800gt now hd 4870 as the grafic accelerator, 8800gt as dedicator physx (win 7)

[tredfxman]

What the h*ck? Can you use both an ATI & Nvidia card and take advantage of both in the same system..??

[lagunabad]

yeah. can use both ATI n Nvidia card. but need use windows 7 to enable both card

[1BlackTuna1]

Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X beats all.

[ReturnFromTheQuest]

5890!!!

[gaston998]

Me:

Trident 8mb ISA = with a pentium 1 75mhz

Diamond Stealth S550 32mb PCi = with a pentium 233mhz mmx

Geforce 4 MX 4000 PCi 64mb (a crap) = Amd Duron 1100mhz

Geforce FX 5200 128mb AGP (great card with a pentium 4 1.7mhz)

Geforce FX 6600gt 128mb AGP = with the same pentium 4

Geforce 7100 256mb TC Pci express (a real crap card) with Amd Athlon 64 3500

Geforce 8600gts 512mb Pci express (a fantastic card) with the same Amd

Actually Geforce 9500gt 1gb Pci express 2.0 with Amd Athlon 64 X2 5200+

[GamingElement]

5200FX 128MB AGP



Radeon 9600 AGP

Radeon X1650IceQ 256MB AGP

nVidia GeForce GTS250 1GB PCI-Ex 2.0

[nooblet911]

voodoo 2, voodoo 3 2000, geforce 2 mx, radeon 8500 le, geforce ti 4200, radeon 9500 pro, geforce 6600 gt, geforce 7600 gt, geforce 8800 gt, radeon hd 4770 - these are the cards that were actually worth buying (voodoo 1, radeon 9700, geforce 7800 gt, radeon hd 3850 and radeon hd 4850 also deserve to be mentioned)

[BaronVonRotterdam]

TNT2 Riva 16 mb

Geforce 4 MX 4000 64mb - PCI

Geforce 4 Ti 4600 128mb - AGP

Geforce 6800 GT 256mb - AGP

Geforce 7600 GT 512mb - AGP

Geforce GTX 260 896 mb - PCI Express 2.0

[nooblet911]

the geforce 4 mx was a pretty crap card, the radeon 8500 le was much better and 6800 gt was pretty expensive

unless you're telling me your card history

[Hypernl]

Nice vid.

My history of Graphics cards:

1) Hercules Graphics

2) S3 Trio 64 V+

3) ATi Rage 128

4) Ati Radeo 256 ViVo

5) nVidia GeForce 4 Ti4600

6) nVidia GeForce FX 5900

7) nVidia GeForce 7800GT

8) nVidia GeForce 8800GTX (Current)

[FELIPEPKPK]

ok lets go

ati rage 8mb

geforce 2 64 mbmx

radeon 9200 se

geforce fx5500 had it for 1 week and it died(shit)

radeon 9600

radeon hd2600pro

radeon hd3650

radeon HD4670 ACTUAL CARD

[supershiva11]

the fx series was fucking terrible haha, no doubt. after the 6 series though, nvidia got really really good again.

[wanted1988]

Voodoo was my first graphic accelerator:) but now i like my 8600gts:) athlon 64 4000+, 3gb ddr

[predatordes]

Yeah that brings me back. Going from a no-name chip to an ATI Rage 128, 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 PCI, nVidia GeForce FX 5600, ATI Radeon X850PRO, and an nVidia GeForce 8800GTX which is what I currently use. Looking at a 295GTX for my next card which is even more rediculous than all the others. I was seriously considering a Voodoo 5 5500 way back when they came out, also. External power supply for the card ftw.

[SAGKFCASBOST1CSX]

my first computer specs

amd 1600+ running @1.4ghz

Nvidia Geforce2 64mb no tv out lol

256mb of pc133 ram

40gb maxtor hdd

win xp pro

lol those where the days i still remember it like ysetaday

[shebuke93]

wow..me use

ATI Radeon 9550

MSI GeForce 7300GS

Asus Radeon 9550

Geforce 8800GTX

now use

GALAXY GEFORCE TX295(Bought 3x)

[xxl606]

my current video card goes between banshee and 9800pro :)

[Omellykim]

when you put it that way i might jump off a cliff

[notuern]

I hate that part about the 8800, that its so f-n big.

I had to buy 4 fuckin' chassis before i found one it fit inside! >;/

[vox2007]

In this 2001 dell 8200, I started with:

Nvidia Geforce 2 64mb

Nvidia Geforce 3 Ti200 64mb

Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4600 128mbs

ATI Radeon 9700pro 128mbs

ATI Radeon 9800 All in wonder 128mbs

Nvidia Geforce 7 7600GT 512mbs

Nvidia Geforce 6 6200OC 256mbs (Current)

I decided to go back down, b/c the ATI 9800and Geforce 7 card lived a short life b/c of my only 300 watt ps :(

[Joroshira]

Fuck all of you, I have no graphics card on my PC. Beat that, bitches. 8)

[Jammowns]

Impossible,

you need to render 2D objects with a video card.

pwned.

[Omellykim]

ya you have on board video

[provugab]

makes sense, it's not video CARD, it's integrated video chipset

[Omellykim]

well i ment on board gpu

[TTK12G3]

I wonder if you could turn that into a leaf blower...

[Kaitou1988]

The banshee was not the first graphics card with a fan.

Also it doesn´t run at 300Mhz lol It´s running by 100ish or so. It is also the only 3dfx card where GPU and RAM clock can be asynchronous.

And last but definately not least.

THE 3DFX SLI (Scanline Interface) WAS A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE NVIDIA SLi (Scalable Link Interface)AND IT WAS USABLE IN E V E R Y GAME.

[Kaitou1988]

NO! NO NO NO! No Banshee has an SLI-Bridge! The pins you zoomed into have been uses for special Mpeg2 DVD accelerator Cards.

If you try to sli banshees with that connector you could possibly kill them by short circuit.

Sorry, but please inform before disinform...

[daniel22x]

i had a voodoo banshee too, it was my first video card

[nxji]

I had the 3dfx card in sli XD i thought i was the shit back in the day

[SEPHIROTH2AWAKES]

lol i never really played games much but i had

Geforce 7300LE

Geforce 8500GT (current)

and im ordering the 8800gtx so i hope its a good as they say it is :)

[mirikam8]

nah mate, get the Geforce 9 series.

[LordSamuelJ]

you should stick the 3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 right at the end. That thing will dwarf all the other cards!

[GR8TM4N]

1.Cirrus Logic 5434 1MB

2.Diamond Stealth 3D 2MB

3.Diamond Viper ( nVidia Riva128 ) 4MB

4.Voodoo 2 12MB

5.Geforce 2 MX400

6.Geforce Ti4400

7.Geforce 6600GT

8.Geforce 7900GT

9.Geforce 8800GTX ( Current )

[TheresOnlyFun]

1. SIS6326 AGP + 3dfx Voodoo 1 4MB

2. 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 16MB

3. Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro 256MB

4. Sapphire Radeon x800 Pro 256MB (after damage of 3.)

5. Asus Geforce Go 7700 512MB

[rikerZruleZ]

1. S3 Virge 2. Voodoo 1 3. Voodoo 2 4. Matrox MGA 100 5. Voodoo Banshee 6. Voodoo 2000 7. Geforce 1 DDR 8. Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 9. Matrox G400 Max 10. Voodoo 5500 AGP 11. Geforce 3 Ti 200 12. Radeon 9600 Pro 13. Radeon 9800 Pro 14. Radeon X850XT 15. Geforce 8600 GT (Now)

[licka]

1. Cant remember... 16 megs onboard i think.

2. Voodoo 3

3. Geforce 2 MX440

4. Radeon 9800 Pro

5. Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB

[Mavidyoute14]

Nvidia Geforce TI 4200

Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT

Nvidia Geforce 8500 GT

ATI Radeon HD 3870

[buugtdbgt1]

hmm what i remember of me having was

6800gt

6800gts

2600xt

9600gt

4850 512mb(better then 8800 >( )

i had older older cards aswell but i have to ask my dad on that tho lol

[felinec]

My history:

1. Matrox 8MB something

2. GeForce MX 64MB

3. GeForce 5200FX 128MB

3. Radeon 9550 256MB

4. Radeon X1600 Pro 256MB

5. GeForce 8600GT 256MB

6. GeForce 8800GTS OC2 320MB

[mafia1911]

Myne:

geforce4 mx440 128 mb ram

geforce 6600 256 mb

radeon x1600 256 mb

and now i am going to buy 9800 gtx

[l33tpete]

You wasted your life on games?

What the hell!

[hubydooby]

Why? Isn't gaming awesome? You never play games or what?

[l33tpete]

No, someone said (either the video or a comment) that he thought/said he wasted his life in games.

[Lokabergslagen]

1. integrated unknown ati chip, 32 mb

2. integrated unknown ati chip, 256mb

3. Geforce 7100

4. Geforce 7300 SE

5. Gigabyte Geforce 6600 (non GT, GS or whatever)

6. Geforce 7600 GT

7. BFG 8800 GT OC 512 mb

Next: 8800 GT SLi in a few weeks

[Winterfogel]

My graphics card progression:

Orchid Monster 3DFX Voodoo 1 4 MB

Riva TnT 2 m64 16 MB

InnoVision Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 32 MB

Creative Nvidia Geforce 3 64 MB

Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro Atlantis 128 MB

Asus Geforce 6800 128 MB

Asus Geforce 6800 256 MB Gamer Edition

Sapphire Radeon 1650 Pro 512 MB

[lendmeurears]

Mine was:

1.GeForce 256 256gddr (so fricken expensive)

2.ATI 9250 128gddr

3.ATI x700 Pro 128gddr3

4. x1600 pro 128gddr3

[tedstriker84]

1. nVidia Diamond Viper v550

2. vergessen ;-)

3. nVidia GV4 Ti 4200

4. ATI Radeon 800GTO

5. ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

6. ATI Radeon HD 4870

[warbird281]

1. Hercules Monochrome 2. Ati EGA Wonder 3. Ati VGA Wonder 4. S3 Virge/DX 5. Ati Rage Pro Turbo 8mb AGP 6. Ati AIW Pro 8mb PCI 7. Voodoo3 2000 AGP 16mb 8. Ati AIW Radeon 32mb DDR AGP 9. Ati Radeon 9800pro 128mb 10. Sapphire Radeon x800pro 256mb VIVO PCI-E 11. Zotac Geforce 8800gt 512mb PCI-E

[mcahco]

1 S3 Virge 2 SiS 6326 3 Voodoo Banshee 4 nVidia GF2 MX400 5 nVidia GF4 MX440 5 nVidia FX5200 6 ATI Radeon 9250 7 nVidia 6200 8 ATI Radeon 9500@9700pro 8 nVidia 6800Ultra 9 nVidia 9600GT

[Cryptic645]

1. ATI 9800 pro

2. Zotac 6800 GS

3. Saphire 1900GT

4. Nvidia 7600 GS

5. HIS 2600XT

6. BFG 8800GTS G92

7. GTX 280 (soon) ;)

[emasik]

1.IGS IGA 1MB

2.Matrox Millenium 4MB

3.Ati Rage Pro 128/128 32MB AGP SD-RAM

4.Geforce 2 mx400 32MB AGP DDR-RAM

5.Geforce FX 5200 128MB/128BIT AGP DDR

6.Geforce FX 5500 128MB/128BIT AGP DDR

7.Geforce 7600GS 256MB/128BIT PCI-E DDR2

8.Geforce 7600GT 256MB/128BIT PCI-E DDR3

[Sage920]

Nice video. This is what I've had...

1. Intel 810

2. Asus (or maybe PNY) GeForce2 MX 400 32MB

2. Asus GeForce2 GTS 32MB

3. Visiontek XTASY Radeon 9800Pro 128MB

4. EVGA GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB

5. Visiontek Radeon HD 3870

[LifeInAGame]

LOL, you should see my age old S3 765 1mb card (i know that's not a 3d card)

[4B5PR1T20R]

the question is:

will they be as big as a mainboard some day?

°.o

[SonicDreamcaster]

1 Voodoo 3 2000 PCI 16 MB

2 Nvidia TNT 2 MODEL 64 PRO AGP

3 Voodoo 5 PCI 64 MB

4 Nvidia Geforce2 MX440 PCI 64 MB DDR

5 Nvidia Geforce FX5200 AGP 128 MB

6 Nvidia Geforce 6200 TC PCI-E

7 Nvidia Geforce 6600 256 MB PCI-E

[Dragon2sword]

1. Voodoo 3000

2. nVidia GeForce 2 (don't remember the name)

3. nVidia 6600

4. nVidia 6800 Ultra

5. nVidia 7800 GT

6. nVidia 8800GT

7. nVidia 9800GTX

[DellMan94]

all the cards I have:

intel 740

Nvidia GeForce4 MX 420

EVGA Nvidia GeForce 6200 LE

Nvidia GeForce 7900 gs

EVGA Nvidia GeForce 9600 gt

[purplebenz]

Voodoo Banshee does NOT work in SLI, nor does it contain a Voodoo 2. It's also a piss poor example of what 3Dfx could do, except for its incredible 2D performance.

Furthermore, 3Dfx SLI and nVidia SLi are two completely different things. nVIdia does not own the IP rights to SLI, and their multi-card configurations do not use it. They use AFR, and simply named the implementation "Scalable Link Interface" and abbreviated it "SLi"

[Pemalite]

You are wrong, the Voodoo Banshee was a Voodoo 2, It lacked critical features like Single Pass Multi-Texturing though.

Nvidia also own 3dfx's technology "SLI" (Scan-Line Interleave)

If nVidia did not own the 3dfx Technology dubbed "SLI" they would not be able to use that denomination on there version of the technology, AFR or Alternate Frame Rendering is not the -only- form of Rendering nVidia cards do in SLI mode.

[Dangerousd777]

I had a 9800 Pro (128MB) It was an awesome card, speedy, fast, It never made it to the overclocking though, It overheated because it had problems with the fan, got the fan replaced but when I tried out Half life 2, it was all artifacted, That sucks cause it's a rare expensive card these days too. For me, a large step in gaming, because before it was 2MB integrated graphics card on this old ass PC I had, I used to play doom and stuff, oh the old days. Now I play on an EVGA 8600GT 256MB

[alwa7sh94]

3dfx FTW!

[erwinvan]

1 CIRRUS LOGIC 1MB EISA 2 TRIDENT 9750? 4MB PCI 3 SIS 6326 LOL! 4 PALIT nVidia Vanta TNT 2 32Mb 5 nVidia GeForce 2 6 ATI 9200 SE 128 MB 7 ASUS nVidia GeForce 5200 AGP 8 ASUS nVidia GeForce 6600 AGP 9 MSI nVidia GeForce 7300 GS PCIE 10 XFX nVidia GeForce 8600 GT PCIE 11 NEXT: 8800 OR 9800?

[Dangerousd777]

9800 GX2 is already out, I saw the videos, they made me crap my pants (no not really), lol

srsly though, THAT CARD IS A MONSTER. If only 3DFX were still in business, then they'd kick the asses of ATi and Nvidia still probably.

[tankeriv]

1 nVidia Vanta TNT 2 32Mb

2 nVidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200 64Mb

3 ATI Radeon 9700Pro

5 nVidia GeForce FX 5950Ultra

6 nVidia GeForce 6800GT

7 nVidia GeForce 7900GT

soon

8 ATI Radeon 3870 X2

[xElembee]

9 nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)

10 nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX

11 nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX

12 nVidia GeForce 9800 GX2

13 ATi 4870 X2

14 nVidia 9900 GX2

15 ect...

[kuba01000]

MY VIDEO CARD HISTORY IS:

Via Unichrome Pro IGP 64MB

Ati Radeon 9550 128/128

Geforce 6600gt

Geforce 8800gt

[MarbleMind]

8800 GTX. When size matters.

[DellMan94]

All the video cards I have:

intel 740 GPU

Nvidia GeForce4 MX 420

Nvidia GeForce 6200 LE

Nvidia GeForce 7900 gs

[DellMan94]

I will also have a 9600 gt as of tomarrow.

Date:

4/30/08

[FELIPEPKPK]

My vidcard hystory

1 ATi RAge 8 mb

2 ATi radeon 9200 128/64

3Nvidia geforce Fx5500 256>i just used it for one week i got very bad fps

4Radeon 9600 pro 266

5 and my actual card Radeon Hd2600 pro 512 direct X10 shader 4.0 Pci express pretty gud

[UndyingGhost]

hehe nice vid :)

my list :

GeForce 4 MX 440 64MB

HIS ATI 9550 128MB

XFX GeForce 6600 265MB

XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB

XFX GeForce 7900GT 256MB

XFX 8800GT

Waiting for XFX 9800GTX in April :)

[GULMORK]

FUCK yes 9800gtx im going tri sli,,,,,but i need help in 1 thing do you think my Ultra Aluminus ATX Mid Tower case can hold 3 of them i know its big enough for 2 jst i dunno about 3 for sure

[KINGD1991]

GIVA ME ONE!

[xBeerkOff]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!

[XmegaPresident]

Part 2

AGP 1x Trident 3dImage (RARE) 4MB (1997)

AGP 2x Voodoo 2 8MB

AGP 2x ATI Rage Fury Pro 32MB

AGP 2x Geforce 2 TI 400 64MB

AGP 4x Geforce 4 MX 4000 128MB

AGP 8x Geforce 7800 GS 256MB

AGP 8x ATI X1950 Pro 512MB

PCI-x16 EVGA 8800 Ultra KO 768MB

[shootme243]

oh my god the trident hahahahaha i had that fucker! almost forgot about it dude

[rogerpenna]

truth, I also had that Trident shit. But the really first "3D" step on the PC was the Pentium MMX hahahaha. What a shit it was.

I had a Voodoo 1, than a Voodoo 2, than a Voodoo Banshee, then an ATI TNT2, then a Geforce1, Geforce 3, Geforce 4, Radeon 9600 PRO. And I am stuck with the 9600 till now, although I already ordered another 9600... this time a Geforce 9600 :)

[shootme243]

so lucky. ive only owned the trident, the 3dfx voodoo 3 3500 agp (which was amazing), i dont remember what i got after that but now i have had this geforce 4 mx crap for a long time because i am waiting to be able to buy a new computer before i get a new sweet video card, being that my computer is 8 years old now

[XmegaPresident]

Here is my list: Part 1 (character limits) ISA (8 Bit) 256KB AST EGA ISA (16 Bit) 1MB Trident VGA VESA Cirrus Logic 1MB VESA Cirrus Logic 2MB PCI Trident DX 1MB PCI Trident VX was 2MB upgraded 4MB PCI ATI Rage Pro 8MB PCI Diamond Stealth S540 32MB PCI ATI Radeon 9250 128MB

[spunkeez]

ASOMER! im gunna send a letter to websters to put that into the dictionary

[xElembee]

Hehe, the funny thing is, that Voodoo Banshee 16MB card is almost as fast as my damn computer...LoL

[Pemalite]

I have at my disposal... Matrox Mystique, Matrog G550, S3 Savage 2000, Rage Furry Maxx (2x Rage 128 chips on the card)

Voodoo 5 5500, Geforce 2 GTS, Geforce 3 Ti200, Geforce 4 Ti 4400, Geforce FX 5700LE, Geforce 6200 A modded into the 6600, and a Radeon 3870 and a Radeon 9550 and x700. ^.^

[Seahawk4Life]

Awesome, make a video

[HatlabuFarkas]

4 CARDS ONLY ???

Get voodoo 5 6000

Get X1950 xtx

get HD series ATI ... DUDE you do HALF WORK !!

[SH64]

Nice comparsion.

[thephaze3]

LOL see on the voodoo..it has 8x 2mb sticks lololol

[mewan3]

Why does the video card need to be SO BIG!!

[mason210]

shits  gotta go somewhere

[Garcia0384]

Good god, that thing looks like it's own laptop.

[gtiasd]

It would be funny looking back on the 8800 GTX in 8 years time. It'll probably be something like $35 lol

[mason210]

in 8 years? feces will be worth more.

[torquemada18]

haha loved it man: "helped me waste away... a good part of my life". i had no idea the 8800 was that huge, esp next to a 7800gt! these videos are always enjoyable, keep it up!

[bloodtyredeyes]

its not the size, its how you use it..lol

[bigassfarts69]

damn gaming for 10 years

[stubs13]

ATI Rage 8mb was where it was at. Played Half-life like a dream

[FELIPEPKPK]

omg i have an ati rage 8m mb i played half life on it

[oberon79]

where's the Trident 1mb ISA? :/

[Seahawk4Life]

I used to have a 2mb trident with a 4mb matrox m3D powerVR card but I couldn't find them

[mason210]

dude are those the only cards you have? or do have more in your home? I really like old tech and seeing the progression into modern technology. please post all your old gear if you have any.

[spunkx100]

Hey numnuts the nub, the first card to ever support sli was the geforce fx which came out 3 or 4 years after the voodo banshee.

[mason210]

spunkx100, im not sure if your repying to the video or a comment, but he only said that it was the first to support a heatsink fan, he didnt it was the first to support sli.

[spunkx100]

he said it supported sli yet the concept of sli was not even conceved untill the geforce4 and the first sli card was one of the late fx's

[spunkx100]

i just researched it and 3dfx was trying to make an early system like sli. it wasnt till the 6600 that sli was realesed

[mason210]

check wiki, voodoo used (SLI) scan-link interface while nvidia uses (SLI) scaleable-link interface. (I thinks thats what they are)

[Lokabergslagen]

i have the 6600. No SLI plug!

[spunkx100]

I think its only special 6600's

[Lokabergslagen]

Yes, might B so.

[PeLvInSDiStUrBeD]

special edition

[Lokabergslagen]

Yep.

[FOOSAG]

The GeForce FX series certainly DID NOT support SLI. None of them...3DFX was the first company to make a dual-card system, SLI (Scan Line Interleave). After 3DFX was bought by Nvidia, Nvidia revamped the original SLI concept and developed Scalable Link Interface. They first used it in the GeForce 6 series...not the FX series!

[IKLIPTIC]

WOW your browing my friggin mind I talk about 3DFX all the time i had a banshee3 card agp card and was dying to get a voodoo5500 card with 512mb ram on it but of course 3dfx was shut out because they never tied their cards to a system like ati and nvidia did...im still pisssed it too almost 10 years after them being bought out to get a 512mb card...so sad.

[mason210]

thats what ive already stated

[comcfi]

words can't describe how annoying and nerdy you are, jackass.

[spunkx100]

he's like a sevierly water'd down Maxishine for nerdy pc nub's

[mason210]

hahah thats what ive been sayin.

[spunkx100]

oh, and my first comment was to the great seahawk nub

[mason210]

yes he is an uber noob.

[spunkx100]

asomer

[mason210]

him saying awesomer wouldn't have been funny, but he said it twice, so basically he has no idea what hes saying, this guy pisses me off.

[ifukyouintheass]

ill bet this guy gets lots of pussy with his awesome video cards!!!

[mason210]

what card doesn't get the job done in Doom...

[MagicAyrtonforever]

Brilliant comparison!

[zeusgb]

You missed so much out. Voodoo 1,2,3,4,5, TNT/TNT2 etc etc...

[mason210]

He doesn't have every fucking card dumb shit...

[zeusgb]

Doesn't mean he couldn't have at least mentioned them, the title does say from 3DFX to 8800GTX does it not?

Don't call me a dumb shit you stupid ignorant foul mouthed noob!

[mason210]

yes that is the title but hes only showing off the video cards he has. If the title had been "The history of video cards: 3DFX to G8" then you'd be correct.

[zeusgb]

The title implies it.

[mason210]

yes it does imply it but He is just showcasing the cards he owns. both right and both wrong w/e its over.

[zeusgb]

I know he's showcasing his cards but I think the video would have been better with the other cards in it. Even if he doesn't own them he could have screenshots and talk a little bit about them.

[mason210]

yeah it would have been better if it was a history of cards but sadly it is not. and i also just noticed this video is 9 months old so I doubt he even reads these comments and therefor wouldn't take our advice im gonna see if there is somesort of biopic on GFX cards.

[juidas]

Great Video Thanks :D

[chad509]

holy shit voodoo? i have one of those in my old geforce 5200 box lol along with some other old cards.