How many graphics cards have you owned ?

Ok this will be fun list all the PC graphics you ever bought and price paid
/ year (if you have those details) I start obviously;

Tseng Labs ET4000 1MB ISA 1993 (came with my first PC 486 cost £ 1200)
S3 Vision 964 Diamond Stealth 2MB VRAM 1995 £ 250 PCI 2D Only (local
supplier)
3DFX 3D Monster Voodoo 2 8MB PCI 3D only (linked to Diamond 2D card 1998 £
170 (local supplier)
nvidia TNT2 Non Ultra OEM 16MB AGP 1999 £ 110 (trade price local supplier)
nvidia Geforce DDR 32MB AGP 2000 £ 130 (overclockers.co.uk)
3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 AGP £ 70 2000 (dabs.com) for 2nd PC
nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400 32MB AGP £ 70 2001 (dabs.com) for 2nd PC
nvidia Geforce 2 GTS 32MB AGP £ 70 2001 (dabs.com) entry level gfx for new
built PC replacing one sold with the Geforce DDR
nvidia Geforce 2 MX 200 32MB AGP £ 25 2002 (dabs.com) to run in a server
nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4200 64MB AGP £ 65 2003 (uk.adverts.computer) my current
card
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB AGP £ 130 2004 eBay.com (to replace current card
which will go into 2nd PC)

TCO £ 1090 ($1918) graphics budget over 9 years.

Let me see.

S3 trio 62 2meg (came with P120 which I paid $2400) when changed over from
Amigas
TNT2 M64 $250 which rocked. Brought it to play games
GeForce2MX400 $400 Had to buy when started playing Rainbow six.
GeForce4MX460 $380 needed an upgrade and this was 2 years ago. Still can't
justify a change. Card runs nicely over 600mhz with a 9.6Gb/sec andwidth.


So that was 7 years. total of $1030NZ which is about US$600 in 7 years.
Not bad. Some people pay that for one card.


Nick Le Lievre wrote:
Ok this will be fun list all the PC graphics you ever bought and
price paid / year (if you have those details) I start obviously;

Tseng Labs ET4000 1MB ISA 1993 (came with my first PC 486 cost £ 1200)
S3 Vision 964 Diamond Stealth 2MB VRAM 1995 £ 250 PCI 2D Only (local
supplier)
3DFX 3D Monster Voodoo 2 8MB PCI 3D only (linked to Diamond 2D card
1998 £ 170 (local supplier)
nvidia TNT2 Non Ultra OEM 16MB AGP 1999 £ 110 (trade price local
supplier) nvidia Geforce DDR 32MB AGP 2000 £ 130 (overclockers.co.uk)
3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 AGP £ 70 2000 (dabs.com) for 2nd PC
nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400 32MB AGP £ 70 2001 (dabs.com) for 2nd PC
nvidia Geforce 2 GTS 32MB AGP £ 70 2001 (dabs.com) entry level gfx
for new built PC replacing one sold with the Geforce DDR
nvidia Geforce 2 MX 200 32MB AGP £ 25 2002 (dabs.com) to run in a
server nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4200 64MB AGP £ 65 2003
(uk.adverts.computer) my current card
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB AGP £ 130 2004 eBay.com (to replace current
card which will go into 2nd PC)

TCO £ 1090 ($1918) graphics budget over 9 years.

You've also missed a whole bunch of eye candy with those cards so the
savings had a cost - visuals. It's the same idea comparing a 36" TV to a
42" Plasma.

Here's my list:

1 MB (no idea about brand - 286/12 MHz system) - 1990
S3 Virge IIRC - (build in P166 system) - 1996
Voodoo2 upgrade - $150 or $200 cannot recall 1997
TNT2 - $200
V3 3000 - $200
V5 5500 - $300
GF ti500 - $330
GF4 Ti4400 - used - $100
GF FX 5900 Ultra (new machine $400).

Total cost ~$1800 in 7+ years (won't count the old built in cards).
Assuming my 5900 is used for 18 months that's about $200/year for video
hardware - not too shabby.

--
Joe M.

"cowboyz" wrote in message
...
Let me see.

S3 trio 62 2meg (came with P120 which I paid $2400) when changed over from
Amigas
TNT2 M64 $250 which rocked. Brought it to play games
GeForce2MX400 $400 Had to buy when started playing Rainbow six.
GeForce4MX460 $380 needed an upgrade and this was 2 years ago. Still
can't
justify a change. Card runs nicely over 600mhz with a 9.6Gb/sec andwidth.


So that was 7 years. total of $1030NZ which is about US$600 in 7 years.
Not bad. Some people pay that for one card.


Nick Le Lievre wrote:
Ok this will be fun list all the PC graphics you ever bought and
price paid / year (if you have those details) I start obviously;

Tseng Labs ET4000 1MB ISA 1993 (came with my first PC 486 cost £ 1200)
S3 Vision 964 Diamond Stealth 2MB VRAM 1995 £ 250 PCI 2D Only (local
supplier)
3DFX 3D Monster Voodoo 2 8MB PCI 3D only (linked to Diamond 2D card
1998 £ 170 (local supplier)
nvidia TNT2 Non Ultra OEM 16MB AGP 1999 £ 110 (trade price local
supplier) nvidia Geforce DDR 32MB AGP 2000 £ 130 (overclockers.co.uk)
3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 AGP £ 70 2000 (dabs.com) for 2nd PC
nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400 32MB AGP £ 70 2001 (dabs.com) for 2nd PC
nvidia Geforce 2 GTS 32MB AGP £ 70 2001 (dabs.com) entry level gfx
for new built PC replacing one sold with the Geforce DDR
nvidia Geforce 2 MX 200 32MB AGP £ 25 2002 (dabs.com) to run in a
server nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4200 64MB AGP £ 65 2003
(uk.adverts.computer) my current card
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB AGP £ 130 2004 eBay.com (to replace current
card which will go into 2nd PC)

TCO £ 1090 ($1918) graphics budget over 9 years.

My first card was a 4 color 8 bit IBM ISA --- about 160.00$ back in the day
Then stuck with diamond multimedia/S3:
many Stealth extremes 32meg PCI's (50.00$)
FireGL 3000 (2700.00$)
on a used machine- 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000
until ATI's:
128 rage pro AIW, 7500 AIW, 9200, 9500 pro, 9700pro,

"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message ...
Ok this will be fun list all the PC graphics you ever bought and price paid
/ year (if you have those details) I start obviously;

Tseng Labs ET4000 1MB ISA 1993 (came with my first PC 486 cost £ 1200)
S3 Vision 964 Diamond Stealth 2MB VRAM 1995 £ 250 PCI 2D Only (local
supplier)
3DFX 3D Monster Voodoo 2 8MB PCI 3D only (linked to Diamond 2D card 1998 £
170 (local supplier)
nvidia TNT2 Non Ultra OEM 16MB AGP 1999 £ 110 (trade price local supplier)
nvidia Geforce DDR 32MB AGP 2000 £ 130 (overclockers.co.uk)
3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 AGP £ 70 2000 (dabs.com) for 2nd PC
nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400 32MB AGP £ 70 2001 (dabs.com) for 2nd PC
nvidia Geforce 2 GTS 32MB AGP £ 70 2001 (dabs.com) entry level gfx for new
built PC replacing one sold with the Geforce DDR
nvidia Geforce 2 MX 200 32MB AGP £ 25 2002 (dabs.com) to run in a server
nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4200 64MB AGP £ 65 2003 (uk.adverts.computer) my current
card
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB AGP £ 130 2004 eBay.com (to replace current card
which will go into 2nd PC)

TCO £ 1090 ($1918) graphics budget over 9 years.

"Nick Le Lievre" wrote in message
...
Ok this will be fun list all the PC graphics you ever bought and price
paid
/ year (if you have those details) I start obviously;


1 - UNKNOWN - 286MHz System with 640K Ram
2 - Orchid 1MB VLB Card - Price Unknown, system was 7,000$ - 486/66 (Last
AMD I ever owned)
3 - ATI Rage Pro and add-on Tuner - ~100$ for GPU/ 100 for tuner? - New
system P2/300 was actually a counterfeit 266
4 - TNT2 Ultra 16MB - 120$ - same P2/266 - BEST card I ever owned!
5 - GeForce2 GTS Pro - ~125$ - P3-850MHz - A workhorse
6 - Built By ATI AIW 9800 Pro - 389$ - P4 2.8C - Just about 2 months new,
amazing.


I've had more cards, here and there...either bought or handed. These are the
ones I remember...

"Nick Le Lievre" wrote
Ok this will be fun list all the PC graphics you ever bought and price
paid
/ year (if you have those details) I


Hi,

fun post. . .
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512k ISA Unknown - 1996? - £Free - Gift from friend who helped me build
first PC

2MB PCI S3 Virge - 1996? - £60/£0.00 Sold) - Bought at local computer fair.
(P1)

16MB PCI Voodoo Banshee - 1997? - £Free/+£60.00 Sold) - Gift from
Brother.(P1)

16MB AGP Voodoo3? - 1998? - £120/£0.00 Sold) - My first AGP card. (PIII)

32MB AGP TNT2 Ultra - 1999 - £175/£0.00 Sold) - My first nVidia Card. (PIII)

32MB AGP GeForce256 DDR - 1999? - £200 - My first T&L card (PIIIe)

128MB AGP Radeon 9800 - 2003 - £216/*£256.00 - My first ATI card. (XP+)
(*Inc. 8 x TweakMonster Ramsinks (£20.00) & Artic VGA Silencer (£20.00).
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So due to the fact I sold my cards on after a period of use, and was given a
couple, I make that a net total of £396.00 spent on graphics cards over a
period of 8 or 9 years!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy sh*t I almost can't believe that :P
My friend recently blew £400.00 on a 256MB FX5900 (lol!).
--
Wayne ][

Barton (AQXEA) XP2500+ @ 2.2GHz (10x220) - 1.775vCore
CoolerMaster Aero 7 Lite - 3,200rpm
ABIT NF7-S v2.0 (BIOS d20)
512MB Dual TwiSTER PC3500 @ DDR440 1:1 (2.0,3,3,9 - 2.8v)
Sapphire Atlantis 9800 - 3.3ns Samsung (325/290 Default)
WD-SE 240GB (2x120GB) SATA RAID-0 (NTFS - 16k Stripe)
Antec SX630II Mini-Tower Case Inc 300w PSU
2 x CoolerMaster 80mm Blue Neon Fans
WinXP PRO inc. SP1
nVidia Unified v3.13
Cat 3.7 - DX9.0b

Cirrus Logic 5436 1MB - 1995
ATI Mach64 2MB - 1996 (returned it within 5 days - my first ATI
disapointement, and switched back to CL)
MSI Geforce 4 440mx 64MB - 2002
ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB - 2003 (returned it within 10 day - my second and
NEVER TO HAPPEN AGAIN ATI-disapointement)
MSI Geforce 5900 non-ultra - 2003 (ROCKS!)



"Nick Le Lievre" skrev i meddelandet
...
Ok this will be fun list all the PC graphics you ever bought and price
paid
/ year (if you have those details) I start obviously;

Tseng Labs ET4000 1MB ISA 1993 (came with my first PC 486 cost £ 1200)
S3 Vision 964 Diamond Stealth 2MB VRAM 1995 £ 250 PCI 2D Only (local
supplier)
3DFX 3D Monster Voodoo 2 8MB PCI 3D only (linked to Diamond 2D card 1998 £
170 (local supplier)
nvidia TNT2 Non Ultra OEM 16MB AGP 1999 £ 110 (trade price local supplier)
nvidia Geforce DDR 32MB AGP 2000 £ 130 (overclockers.co.uk)
3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 AGP £ 70 2000 (dabs.com) for 2nd PC
nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400 32MB AGP £ 70 2001 (dabs.com) for 2nd PC
nvidia Geforce 2 GTS 32MB AGP £ 70 2001 (dabs.com) entry level gfx for new
built PC replacing one sold with the Geforce DDR
nvidia Geforce 2 MX 200 32MB AGP £ 25 2002 (dabs.com) to run in a server
nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4200 64MB AGP £ 65 2003 (uk.adverts.computer) my
current
card
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB AGP £ 130 2004 eBay.com (to replace current card
which will go into 2nd PC)

TCO £ 1090 ($1918) graphics budget over 9 years.

note some descriptions won't be 100% accurate as I don't have a photographic
memory.

generic Cirrus Logic video card w/ 512kb video ram (forgot the exact model
#) ~1993
ATI Mach64 w/ 1mb video ram (later upgraded to 2mb of video ram)
Matrox Mystique w/ 4mb sgram
Matrox m3D (short-lived tile-based 3d card)
3D Blaster Vodoo2 - 8mb
Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo2 - 12mb
ATI RageIIC 8mb
original Geforce DDR w/ 32mb ram
Geforce 3 Ti-200 w/ 64mb ram
ATI Radeon 9500pro


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Built in Atari 800XL (1985?)
Apple ][e 80 column card
Built in Atari 130XE
CGA (in a 286 16 MHz) 1990
Several unknown 256 and 512k cards
Diamond Stealth 3D (486DX-50) 1991
Built in Cirrus Logic (Packard Bell 486DX-50 oc'ed to 66)
Built in SiS 8 Meg (AMD K6/2-350 - oc'ed to 390)
Voodoo3 3000 (Currently running second monitor on my computer)
TNT2 (currently in kids' computer)
GeForce2 MX400 (oc'ed but don't remember the speeds - currently at stock
speeds in wife's computer)
GeForce3 Ti200 (oc'ed to 220/460) == I'm typing this message on this one

and waiting on FedEx for an Asus FX5600...

I've probably missed several computers/cards in there... The list is so damn
long.

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AMD XP 1700+ @ 1540 MHz 768M PC2100 DDR @ 280 MHz
Soyo SYK7V Dragon Plus 120GB and 40GB Maxtor HD
Asus GeForce3 Ti200 (220/460) Cornerstone 21" Monitor
3dFx Voodoo3 3000 HP D3857A 15" Monitor
Acer 24x10x40 CDRW Nostromo n50 Speedpad




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The following is for my personal CPU at home only

S3 Trio 1MB (Built-in on Compaq Presario Pentium 100)
Matrox Mystique 2 MB (couldn't afford the Millenium)
Diamond V330 4MB (riva128)......probally most significant upgrade really
Matrox G200 8MB
Diamond v770 16MB (tnt ultra)
Nvidia Gforce 256 w/ sdram 32MB
VisionTek Geforce2 GTS 32MB
Gainward Geforce3 TI 200 64MB
Ati Radeon 9500pro 128MB (current and doing well)





"Outback Jon" wrote in message
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Built in Atari 800XL (1985?)
Apple ][e 80 column card
Built in Atari 130XE
CGA (in a 286 16 MHz) 1990
Several unknown 256 and 512k cards
Diamond Stealth 3D (486DX-50) 1991
Built in Cirrus Logic (Packard Bell 486DX-50 oc'ed to 66)
Built in SiS 8 Meg (AMD K6/2-350 - oc'ed to 390)
Voodoo3 3000 (Currently running second monitor on my computer)
TNT2 (currently in kids' computer)
GeForce2 MX400 (oc'ed but don't remember the speeds - currently at stock
speeds in wife's computer)
GeForce3 Ti200 (oc'ed to 220/460) == I'm typing this message on this one

and waiting on FedEx for an Asus FX5600...

I've probably missed several computers/cards in there... The list is so
damn
long.

--
"Outback" Jon Gould | Let those who RIDE,
2003 Kawasaki Concours (wreck)|
1976 Honda CB750F (needs work)| DECIDE.
1972 Yamaha DS7 (project) |
| HELMET LAWS SUCK
CQ CQ CQ de KC2BNE |
______________________________|___________________ _________
AMD XP 1700+ @ 1540 MHz 768M PC2100 DDR @ 280 MHz
Soyo SYK7V Dragon Plus 120GB and 40GB Maxtor HD
Asus GeForce3 Ti200 (220/460) Cornerstone 21" Monitor
3dFx Voodoo3 3000 HP D3857A 15" Monitor
Acer 24x10x40 CDRW Nostromo n50 Speedpad




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