MY(YOURS) GPU Retrospective

uuuaaaaaa · Dec 31, 2016

Zyll Goliath said:
Nice.....all really good cards for it´s time.....Hey how´s your Fury doing is there big improvement after few latest drivers update?

I have not benchmarked it yet with the latest ReLive drivers, but I was previously pushing over 19k (overclocked) graphics score on FireStrike. But I have to say that these things are aging really well and continuously improving with driver releases! I am really happy with this card, it unlocked to full fury x as well which is really nice

Edit: My most love card from the bunch is the PowerColor X850XT PE AGP! This thing has the last top end AGP GPU (R481) that was ever made (without using the rialto bridge chip)! I was surprised that I could smoothly play Half Life 2 maxed out @1080 (see purple haze build on system specs) with this card a couple months ago when my main rig died!

Zyll Goliat · Dec 31, 2016

Frick said:
Normally I'd just forget about it, but I've just had a delicious dinner with moose, potatoes and red wine so here goes: you are actually in the wrong here. 3dFX are the ones we remember, not Diamond.

(I had a Diamond brand card and remember it, but that is irrelevant)

Also coffee with some coconut liqour in it, and then I'll have good rum. I don't remember the name of the wine because all wine of the same colour taste the same, only more or less (i e better or worse). I also had a normally very decent local beer (Höga Kusten) but that didn't really go with the garlic.

Good for you then maybe you should go and read the whole ORIGINAL article from where I copy that part and explain all of this to Mr. Anand Lal Shimpi from popular site ANANDTECH who wrote that phrase and with who I very much agree on it.....
Link:http://www.anandtech.com/show/11

uuuaaaaaa said:
I have not benchmarked it yet with the latest ReLive drivers, but I was previously pushing over 19k (overclocked) graphics score on FireStrike. But I have to say that these things are aging really well and continuously improving with driver releases! I am really happy with this card, it unlocked to full fury x as well which is really nice

Edit: My most love card from the bunch is the PowerColor X850XT PE AGP! This thing has the last top end AGP GPU (R481) that was ever made (without using the rialto bridge chip)! I was surprised that I could smoothly play Half Life 2 maxed out @1080 (see purple haze build on system specs) with this card a couple months ago when my main rig died!

Nice score man.....I ask you about it couse there is a lot of evidence that latest few drivers significantly improved performance on RX 4xx cards....so I was curious if that was the case for Fury as well?

uuuaaaaaa · Dec 31, 2016

Zyll Goliath said:
Nice score man.....I ask you about it couse there is a lot of evidence that latest few drivers significantly improved performance on RX 4xx cards....so I was curious if that was the case for Fury as well?

I will do a quick bench and will update you on the scores!

Zyll Goliat · Dec 31, 2016

uuuaaaaaa said:
I will do a quick bench and will update you on the scores!

Cheers...I hope you gonna brake your record!!!!

P4-630 said:
Well my first GPU for my first own desktop was a passively cooled ATi X300 which I OC'd and I was playing FarCry at the time.

Hey TY for sharing that valuable memories with us in here!!!

P4-630 · Dec 31, 2016

@Zyll Goliath you should try using the "Multi Quote" button instead of double posting.

Zyll Goliat · Dec 31, 2016

P4-630 said:
@Zyll Goliath you should try using the "Multi Quote" button instead of double posting.

THX for advice...this is my first thread in here so I am kind a Rookie when it comes to thread/posts handling :toast:

uuuaaaaaa · Dec 31, 2016

Zyll Goliath said:
Cheers...I hope you gonna brake your record!!!!

Previous 19162: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/10834596

Now 19421: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11269229

Not bad for a driver update! I can push this gpu even further for single bench runs, 1090/546 is for everyday use.

Btw the modded Thermalright Shaman keeps this card at 54C under full load. Keep in mind this card has a custom bios with power limits increased beyond the allowed 150% and it is also fully unlocked to 4096 shaders.

Zyll Goliat · Dec 31, 2016

uuuaaaaaa said:
Previous 19162: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/10834596

Now 19421: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11269229

Not bad for a driver update! I can push this gpu even further for single bench runs, 1090/546 is for everyday use.

Btw the modded Thermalright Shaman keeps this card at 54C under full load. Keep in mind this card has a custom bios with power limits increased beyond the allowed 150% and it is also fully unlocked to 4096 shaders.

GRATZ on NEW RECORD!!!Not bad at all,thats like almost 2% faster in Fire Strike after driver update!

Derek12 · Jan 6, 2017

Nvidia Riva TNT 2
Voodoo2
Geforce 4 MX 440
ATI Radeon HD3450
Geforce 8400GS
Geforce 9500
Geforce 520
Geforce 610 (replacing broken 520)
Geforce 720
Geforce 750 Ti

phanbuey · Jan 6, 2017

I had basically the same card gen as you from the banshee up until the 7600 - I bought a used 7800GT (oblivion era) instead... and then went 8800GT (Crysis!) then bought a 4870 and a 260 because I couldn't decide which one I liked, and stuck with the 260 since it felt smoother in games, sending the 4870 back....

Been green ever since 260, 470, 570, used 780, 1080

Favorite card was the Banshee by far.

had a Geforce 4 MX 440 as well and threw it in the garbage after 2 weeks.

Dethroy · Jan 6, 2017

The thread title sadly excludes the majority of video cards that I owned...
However, the first GPU that I owned was the legendary ATI 9700 Pro. Don't care about listing the ones that came after.

revin · Jan 7, 2017

uuuaaaaaa said:
last top end AGP GPU

Actually my 512 Bliss GLH GS+ was the top card before AMD released those HD killer cards.
I just wished I had 1 of the 4xxx to top off the Bliss and 3850 I still have.

Jetster · Jan 7, 2017

Got this today, and it works. Would have killed for this back in the day

AsRock · Jan 7, 2017

My first was a Cirrus Logic, Playing Syndicate, i all so remember my second being a Matrox then i went though a few voodoo cards one was a voodoo 3000 and before that i don't remember the name of it but it was when Quake 1 was about and you could use dual cards connected to each other later getting a Voodoo 5500 which i sold a few months ago.

However my 1st game was 2 hand held that connected to the back of a TV though the back of the TV. Ping Pong Ping.

now a few pics

Zyll Goliat · Jan 7, 2017

phanbuey said:
I had basically the same card gen as you from the banshee up until the 7600 - I bought a used 7800GT (oblivion era) instead... and then went 8800GT (Crysis!) then bought a 4870 and a 260 because I couldn't decide which one I liked, and stuck with the 260 since it felt smoother in games, sending the 4870 back....

Been green ever since 260, 470, 570, used 780, 1080

Favorite card was the Banshee by far.

had a Geforce 4 MX 440 as well and threw it in the garbage after 2 weeks.

Ohh yeah man Banshee was really special back then also my favorite GPU without a doubt.......

Zyll Goliat · Jan 7, 2017

Jetster said:
Got this today, and it works. Would have killed for this back in the day

Ahhh....GTX....was absolute BEAST...I could only dream about one back then....I bet that is still "good" for 720p/1080p&DX10 games even some newish titles?Did you tried 2 play anything yet?

Zyll Goliat · Jan 7, 2017

AsRock said:
My first was a Cirrus Logic, Playing Syndicate, i all so remember my second being a Matrox then i went though a few voodoo cards one was a voodoo 3000 and before that i don't remember the name of it but it was when Quake 1 was about and you could use dual cards connected to each other later getting a Voodoo 5500 which i sold a few months ago.

However my 1st game was 2 hand held that connected to the back of a TV though the back of the TV. Ping Pong Ping.

now a few pics

I remember that Matrox card back then had by far the best 2D but 3D was hmmm kind of problemtic,my friend owned one and "card"didn´t love to play 2 much with him

,drivers was just painfull...but hey that was his experience.....

Jetster · Jan 7, 2017

Zyll Goliath said:
Ahhh....GTX....was absolute BEAST...I could only dream about one back then....I bet that is still "good" for 720p/1080p&DX10 games even some newish titles?Did you tried 2 play anything yet?

No, maybe later next week

Zyll Goliat · Jan 7, 2017

Jetster said:
No, maybe later next week

Cool....keep us informed.....

uuuaaaaaa · Jan 7, 2017

revin said:
Actually my 512 Bliss GLH GS+ was the top card before AMD released those HD killer cards.
I just wished I had 1 of the 4xxx to top off the Bliss and 3850 I still have.

I remember drooling over the 512 Bliss GLH GS+! IIIRC that card used the pci-e to agp bridge chip, afaik the R481 was the last high end chip purely designed chip for agp! I wish I had that sick HIS IceQ 4670 GDDR3 AGP card too, but those are quite expensive even used, as well as the HIS IceQ 3850's... You should post pics of your old school beast agp cards on the "TPU Nostalgic Hardware Club"!

phanbuey · Jan 7, 2017

Zyll Goliath said:
Ahhh....GTX....was absolute BEAST...I could only dream about one back then....I bet that is still "good" for 720p/1080p&DX10 games even some newish titles?Did you tried 2 play anything yet?

I think that still might be the card that held the longest #1 spot... i think it was the fastest for close to 2 years.

Jetster · Jan 8, 2017

Zyll Goliath said:
Cool....keep us informed.....

It couldn't handle tessellation. But it works

And my room no longer needs a heater lol

Zyll Goliat · Jan 8, 2017

Jetster said:
It couldn't handle tessellation. But it works

And my room no longer needs a heater lol

Impressive indeed that could even run DX11 app like Heaven Benchmark........

BarbaricSoul · Jan 8, 2017

Let's see how good my memory is-

ATI Radeon 32mb
x800
x1900pro
MX440
TI 4200
FX 5600
8600 GTS
8800 GTS 320mb
9800 GX2
9800 GTX SLI
9800 GTX tri-SLI
GTX 260
GTX 280
GTX 280 SLI
HD5870
HD5870 X-fire
GTS 450 (never used, gave away here on TPU)
HD 7970
HD 7770 (3 of them)
GTX 780ti

I think that's all of them

Jetster · Jan 8, 2017

Mine was:

TNT2 64
FX5200
FX5600
7500 All in Wonder
6600GT
6800GT
8600gt
9700 Pro
X850
5770
6870
7770
7870
7970 X2
GTX680
GTX780
GTX980

System Name	No name / Purple Haze
Processor	Phenom II 1100T @ 3.8Ghz / Pentium 4 3.4 EE Gallatin @ 3.825Ghz
Motherboard	MSI 970 Gaming/ Abit IC7-MAX3
Cooling	CM Hyper 212X / Scythe Andy Samurai Master (CPU) - Modded Ati Silencer 5 rev. 2 (GPU)
Memory	8GB GEIL GB38GB2133C10ADC + 8GB G.Skill F3-14900CL9-4GBXL / 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 Fury X Strix (4096 SP's/1050 Mhz)/ PowerColor X850XT PE @ (600/1230) AGP + (HD3850 AGP)
Storage	Samsung 250 GB / WD Caviar 160GB
Display(s)	Benq XL2411T
Audio Device(s)	motherboard / Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro + Front panel
Power Supply	Tagan BZ 900W / Corsair HX620w
Mouse	Zowie AM
Keyboard	Qpad MK-50
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64Bit / Windows XP
Benchmark Scores	64CU Fury: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11269229 / X850XT PE http://www.3dmark.com/3dm05/5532432

System Name	Minotaur
Processor	Intel I9 7940X
Motherboard	Asus Strix Rog Gaming E X299
Cooling	BeQuiet/ double-Fan
Memory	192Gb of RAM DDR4 2400Mhz
Video Card(s)	1)RX 6900XT BIOSTAR 16Gb***2)MATROX M9120LP
Storage	2 x ssd-Kingston 240Gb A400 + HDD 500Gb+2xSSD Kinston 480Gb+5Tb Seagate+512Gb NVME SGI
Display(s)	BenQ 28"EL2870U(4K-HDR) / Acer 24"(1080P) / Eizo 2336W(1080p) / 2x Eizo 19"(1280x1024)
Case	NZXT H5 Flow
Audio Device(s)	Realtek/Creative T20 Speakers
Power Supply	F S P Hyper S 700W
Mouse	Asus TUF-GAMING M3
Keyboard	Func FUNC-KB-460/Mechanical Keyboard
VR HMD	Oculus Rift DK2
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Fire Strike=23905,Cinebench R15=3167,Cinebench R20=7490.Passmark=30689,Geekbench4=32885

System Name	No name / Purple Haze
Processor	Phenom II 1100T @ 3.8Ghz / Pentium 4 3.4 EE Gallatin @ 3.825Ghz
Motherboard	MSI 970 Gaming/ Abit IC7-MAX3
Cooling	CM Hyper 212X / Scythe Andy Samurai Master (CPU) - Modded Ati Silencer 5 rev. 2 (GPU)
Memory	8GB GEIL GB38GB2133C10ADC + 8GB G.Skill F3-14900CL9-4GBXL / 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC4000
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 Fury X Strix (4096 SP's/1050 Mhz)/ PowerColor X850XT PE @ (600/1230) AGP + (HD3850 AGP)
Storage	Samsung 250 GB / WD Caviar 160GB
Display(s)	Benq XL2411T
Audio Device(s)	motherboard / Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro + Front panel
Power Supply	Tagan BZ 900W / Corsair HX620w
Mouse	Zowie AM
Keyboard	Qpad MK-50
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64Bit / Windows XP
Benchmark Scores	64CU Fury: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11269229 / X850XT PE http://www.3dmark.com/3dm05/5532432

System Name	Minotaur
Processor	Intel I9 7940X
Motherboard	Asus Strix Rog Gaming E X299
Cooling	BeQuiet/ double-Fan
Memory	192Gb of RAM DDR4 2400Mhz
Video Card(s)	1)RX 6900XT BIOSTAR 16Gb***2)MATROX M9120LP
Storage	2 x ssd-Kingston 240Gb A400 + HDD 500Gb+2xSSD Kinston 480Gb+5Tb Seagate+512Gb NVME SGI
Display(s)	BenQ 28"EL2870U(4K-HDR) / Acer 24"(1080P) / Eizo 2336W(1080p) / 2x Eizo 19"(1280x1024)
Case	NZXT H5 Flow
Audio Device(s)	Realtek/Creative T20 Speakers
Power Supply	F S P Hyper S 700W
Mouse	Asus TUF-GAMING M3
Keyboard	Func FUNC-KB-460/Mechanical Keyboard
VR HMD	Oculus Rift DK2
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	Fire Strike=23905,Cinebench R15=3167,Cinebench R20=7490.Passmark=30689,Geekbench4=32885

System Name	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	Custom Built
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus PRIME A520M-A
Cooling	Stock heatsink/fan
Memory	16GB 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400MHz
Video Card(s)	MSI 1050Ti 4GB
Storage	KINGSTON SNVS250G 256GB M.2 + 2 data disks
Display(s)	Dell S2421NX
Case	Aerocool CS103
Audio Device(s)	Realtek
Power Supply	Seasonic M12II-520 EVO
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 2S
Keyboard	Logitech
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64-bit

System Name	stress-less
Processor	9800X3D @ 5.42GHZ
Motherboard	MSI PRO B650M-A Wifi
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO
Memory	64GB DDR5 6600 1:2 CL36, FCLK 2200
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 FE
Storage	2TB WD SN850, 4TB WD SN850X
Display(s)	Alienware 32" 4k 240hz OLED
Case	Jonsbo Z20
Audio Device(s)	Yes
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	DeathadderV2 X Hyperspeed
Keyboard	65% HE Keyboard
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	They're pretty good, nothing crazy.

System Name	Perf/price king /w focus on low noise and TDP
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H
Cooling	Thermalright HR-02 Macho Rev.A (BW)
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance LP Black
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 670 OC
Storage	525GB Crucial MX300 & 256GB Samsung 830 Series
Display(s)	Home: LG 29UB65-P & Work: LG 34UB88-B
Case	Fractal Design Arc Mini
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX /w Sennheiser HD 598
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power CM E9 80+ Gold 480W
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD optical
Keyboard	SteelSeries Apex M500
Software	Win10

System Name	Firebird
Processor	Intel i7 2600K @5.0'ish 24/7 stock core Voltage {5.2 w/102 bCLK}
Motherboard	Intel Extreme DZ68BC SkullTrail Z68 Cougerpoint, Excellent MCH !
Cooling	Scythe NINJA PLUS Rev.B[skt478] Modded to 1155 Scythe SH12 fan
Memory	Samsung 32nm 16Gb 4x4 (@19xxmhz} low profile[ better than 2133 banwidth]
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Aurosus 1080Ti
Storage	Intel 512 SSD,Samsung 9701Tb, Toshiba 3Tbx2,Hitachi 320,1TBx2,'Cuda 400 7200.10, WD1TBUSB,to SATA
Display(s)	Acer K272HUL 1440 27" WQHD, Samsung 226W, Vizio M60C3 4K 60",Vizio XVT3D554SV
Case	CoolerMaster HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	Intel 10ch[9+1] HD Audio X540> Pioneer VSX39TX[copper chasis,Rosewood sides 5x6LCD remote
Power Supply	Seasonic X750 @ 24/7
Mouse	Logictech G300s
Keyboard	Saitek Cyborg v7
Software	Windows 7 ROG E3 X64 by Neuropass/tweakscene
Benchmark Scores	4642@665/1600 220/GAT F1 4544 220/667strap 2.5/3/2/6 Bliss 650/1500 6490 Q6700 Bliss 690/1500

System Name	Juliette // My HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// ASUS RTX 4060 OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	G903 and a Master Mouse MM710/No mouse, MS game copntroller
Keyboard	EVGA / Logitech K400
Software	Windows 11 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

Processor	AMD 3900X \ AMD 7700X
Motherboard	ASRock AM4 X570 Pro 4 \ ASUS X670Xe TUF
Cooling	D15
Memory	Patriot 2x16GB PVS432G320C6K \ G.Skill Flare X5 F5-6000J3238F 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	eVga GTX1060 SSC \ XFX RX 6950XT RX-695XATBD9
Storage	Sammy 860, MX500, Sabrent Rocket 4 Sammy Evo 980 \ 1xSabrent Rocket 4+, Sammy 2x990 Pro
Display(s)	Samsung 1080P \ LG 43UN700
Case	Fractal Design Pop Air 2x140mm fans from Torrent \ Fractal Design Torrent 2 SilverStone FHP141x2
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V677 \ Yamaha CX-830+Yamaha MX-630 \Paradigm 7se MKII, Paradigm 5SE MK1 , Blue Yeti
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-750 \ Corsair RM1000X Shift
Mouse	Steelseries Sensei wireless \ Steelseries Sensei wireless
Keyboard	Logitech K120 \ Wooting Two HE
Benchmark Scores	Meh benchmarks.

System Name	Barb's Domain
Processor	i9 10850k 5.1GHz all cores
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool Assassin III
Memory	2*16gig Corsair LPX DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080 FE
Storage	500gb Samsung 980 Pro M2 SSD, 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD, 2TB Seagate Hybrid SSHD
Display(s)	Dell - S3222DGM 32" 2k Curved/ASUS VP28UQG 28" 4K (ran at 2k), Sanyo 75" 4k TV
Case	SilverStone Fortress FT04
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion II speakers, Corsair - HS70 PRO headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x (2021)
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech Orion Spectrum G910
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/spy/34962882

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