Favorite GPU you have owned

[GreiverBlade]

I own a LOT of GPU's. Here's bigger part of my AGP collection :

But out of all of them I think my fav. is GTX 780 TI (Reference), because it looks awesome and probably will serve me me till Volta comes out in 2017/2018

YAY for real life collection pics!

 

[Liquid Cool]

Hands down my favorite card that I have personally owned was the Gigabyte GTS 450 OC.

If anyone has one lying around...I'm interested.

Best,

Liquid Cool

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

I own a LOT of GPU's. Here's bigger part of my AGP collection :

But out of all of them I think my fav. is GTX 780 TI (Reference), because it looks awesome and probably will serve me me till Volta comes out in 2017/2018

What an awesome collection!

 

[Kanan]

I own a LOT of GPU's. Here's bigger part of my AGP collection :

But out of all of them I think my fav. is GTX 780 TI (Reference), because it looks awesome and probably will serve me me till Volta comes out in 2017/2018

Nice collection! Gpus were so much more diverse in those times.

 

[agent_x007]

@up Thank you, collecting all this was NOT easy

I own a LOT of GPU's. Here's bigger part of my AGP collection :

For those who don't know what is what, here's list of cards from pic earlier, (from top left, and going right) :
1) GeForce 6800 Ultra
2) GeForce 6600 GT 256MB GDDR3 (500/1000MHz)
3) Radeon 8500 128MB
Second row :
4) GeForce 5950 Ultra (w/ACS type NV4 cooler, BIOS OC'ed to 500/1000MHz)
5) GeForce 7600 GS 256MB GDDR3 (BIOS moded to 7600 GT), AGP 3,3V support (probably, not tested yet)
6) Radeon 9800 XT (w/ACS type ATI3 cooler, BIOS OC'ed to 425/770MHz)
3-rd row :
7) GeForce 4600 Ti 128MB (w/XC-70Cu cooling, long screws - for compatibility reasons - were "donated" from other cooler)
8 ) Gainward 7900 GS Golden Sample 512MB (S/N : "XNA/790GS+T352-PM8370-GS", 20PS/7VS hardlocked)
9) Radeon X850 XT (can be OC'ed to PE - I checked )
4-th row :
10) Gainward GeForce 3 Ti 200 128MB (changed cooler, stable on 3 Ti 500 spec.)
11) HIS Radeon HD 4670 1GB 750/1600 "IceQ" edition
12) Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB
5-th row :
13) GeForce 2 Ti 64MB (stable on "GF2 Ultra" settings)
14) HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ3 512MB AGP => the fastest "stock" AGP GPU
15) Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB GDDR3

 

[Ruru]

I own a LOT of GPU's. Here's bigger part of my AGP collection :

But out of all of them I think my fav. is GTX 780 TI (Reference), because it looks awesome and probably will serve me me till Volta comes out in 2017/2018

Nice collection! What's that HIS card on the bottom row, HD3850? I had that same Gainward 6800 Ultra back in the day, it was just so legendary because 6800 Ultras were so damn rare over 10 years ago.. everyone I knew had either the vanilla 6800 or GT, but nobody had Ultra.

I got some AGP cards also recently (posted on the Nostalgic hardware club thread). TNT2 M64, GF4MX440, GF4 Ti4200, Radeon X800 Pro VIVO (going to flash it to XT PE), 6800GT 128MB (Asus V9999GT) and MSI 6800GT


e: Ah, you managed to list those when I was writing this

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

@up Thank you, collecting all this was NOT easy
For those who don't know what is what, here's list of cards from pic earlier, (from top left, and going right) :
1) GeForce 6800 Ultra
2) GeForce 6600 GT 256MB GDDR3 (500/1000MHz)
3) Radeon 8500 128MB
Second row :
4) GeForce 5950 Ultra (w/ACS type NV4 cooler, BIOS OC'ed to 500/1000MHz)
5) GeForce 7600 GS 256MB GDDR3 (BIOS moded to 7600 GT), AGP 3,3V support (probably, not tested yet)
6) Radeon 9800 XT (w/ACS type ATI3 cooler, BIOS OC'ed to 425/770MHz)
3-rd row :
7) GeForce 4600 Ti 128MB (w/XC-70Cu cooling, long screws - for compatibility reasons - were "donated" from other cooler)
8 ) Gainward 7900 GS Golden Sample 512MB (S/N : "XNA/790GS+T352-PM8370-GS", 20PS/7VS hardlocked)
9) Radeon X850 XT (can be OC'ed to PE - I checked )
4-th row :
10) Gainward GeForce 3 Ti 200 128MB (changed cooler, stable on 3 Ti 500 spec.)
11) HIS Radeon HD 4670 1GB 750/1600 "IceQ" edition
12) Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB
5-th row :
13) GeForce 2 Ti 64MB (stable on "GF2 Ultra" settings)
14) HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ3 512MB AGP => the fastest "stock" AGP GPU
15) Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB GDDR3

IIRC the HIS 4670 agp with ddr3 is the fastest agp card ever made. The fastest native AGP GPU ever made (without using the "Rialto" bus conversion chip) is the X850 XT PE AGP (R481 GPU) which I proudly have in my collection (stands as my favorite card I have ever had)! However some of the the x850 xt agp cards used the "Rialto" chip.

 

[64K]

IIRC the HIS 4670 agp with ddr3 is the fastest agp card ever made. The fastest native AGP GPU ever made (without using the "Rialto" bus conversion chip) is the X850 XT PE AGP (R481 GPU) which I proudly have in my collection (stands as my favorite card I have ever had)! However some of the the x850 xt agp cards used the "Rialto" chip.

Yep, the 4670 was the end of the line for AGP.

 

[Recon-UK]

Yup 4670 is fastest AGP ever.

 

[neatfeatguy]

The one card that I have that is my favorite - that would have to be the one that annoyed me the most.

A GTX 285 that's been flashed with a GTX 280 BIOS. Never had so many headaches with a GPU before (adjusted voltage, clocks and tried other GTX 285 BIOS on it and she wouldn't play nice) and yet given me so much satisfaction once I got it working. I ran the flashed 285 and my other 280 in SLI for a couple years....still got them on the shelf in the closet.

 

[agent_x007]

HD 3850 AGP > HD 4670 AGP
I know, because I tested both that I own
And I did it on PROPER CPU, not some weak Core 2 Duo

Here's few screenshots from Crysis benchmark test (all Medium).
1024x768 run :

3850 is "barely" faster right (+18%) ?

1920:1080 (same detail setting) :

...not anymore (+33%)

I got more scores if more proof is needed

4670 is the newest and it's great perf/power wise, but it's quite far from being fastest.

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

HD 3850 AGP > HD 4670 AGP
I know, because I tested both that I own
And I did it on PROPER CPU, not some weak Core 2 Duo

Here's few screenshots from Crysis benchmark test (all Medium).
1024x768 run :
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View attachment 79659
3850 is "barely" faster right (+18%) ?

1920:1080 (same detail setting) :
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...not anymore (+33%)

I got more scores if more proof is needed

4670 is the newest and it's great perf/power wise, but it's quite far from being fastest.

Maybe it was some 3D Mark scores that I have seen... One of these days I'm gonna get a nice cooler and slap it on my 512 MB Sapphire 3850 AGP!

 

[Recon-UK]

Actually worthy mention would be the mobile GeForce 230M.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I'd vote for my day 1 bought radon 5870 ref ,I put a water block on it and ran it solidly 24/7 for almost five years folding and it's only just been fully retired from my mate using it for gaming, A great card.

 

[64K]

That 5870 was a hell of a nice performer. Probably one of the best GPUs that AMD delivered to gamers.

 

[Recon-UK]

That 5870 was a hell of a nice performer. Probably one of the best GPUs that AMD delivered to gamers.

Not even close Radeon 7970 takes that cake.

 

[gupsterg]

9800 Pro was a fave from that time of GPUs. Next one to really make me go WOW was 8800 GTX, the cards owned after for a while just did not have the WOW factor that did at purchase. Next I would have said a Hawaii based card out of selection I owned, if I hadn't got a Fiji card. Fiji just due to size/PCB aspect/perf.per watt is just sweet IMO.

 

[Kanan]

That 5870 was a hell of a nice performer. Probably one of the best GPUs that AMD delivered to gamers.

Yeah 5870 + 5850, entire 5000 series - best ati cards, actually last ones that still were branded ati. I enjoyed the HD5850 and 5970 very much.

Also don't forget those were clearly better than nvidias Gpus at the time. that didnt happen again since then.

 

[m1dg3t]

Sapphire Radeon 9600pro 256mb Atlantis, nothing fancy but got me into modding/building - meaning case mods & watercooling... IIRC that thing used to net me ~1400pts in 3dmark05 LoLoLoL

 

[verycharbroiled]

Voodoo 2.

Best upgrade ever.

 

[gupsterg]

Voodoo 2.

Best upgrade ever.

How could I forget 3DFX . Yeah I'd slot it this way 3DFX Voodoo > 9800 Pro > 8800 GTX > Fiji . I recall how much further forward I had to keep my rig on desk due to the DSub pass through cable loop aspect.

View attachment 79663 Sapphire Radeon 9600pro 256mb Atlantis, nothing fancy but got me into modding/building - meaning case mods & watercooling... IIRC that thing used to net me ~1400pts in 3dmark05 LoLoLoL

Even the 9800 Pro HSF was so dinking.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Sapphire 9800 Pro because it was my first gaming graphics card.

 

[BirdyNV]

Had to be my old 480..loved that thing to death. But the movers "lost" it and that PC

 

[Jetster]

Other than my current card it would have to be the 6800GT after having a FX5700 What an upgrade

 

[m1dg3t]

Even the 9800 Pro HSF was so dinking.

Hehehe Yeah stock hsf's were rather cheesy back then. The cooler on that particular 9600 was simply a piece of aluminium pressed into the shape of a cage with a fan in the center! LoLoLoL Shortly after I moved on to an x850xt pe, that had a decent sized hsf but I put it under water pretty quick I think hsf's started getting better around that time???


I was looking at pix just now and came across this doohickey, anyone know what it is?