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There was a thread going on at HardOCP about your first video card, so I replied with ALL of my video cards. (Well, except for a couple that I only had for a day or two or the like.)

Here it is:

Paradise EGA (8 bit ISA)
256K AVGA1 VGA (16 bit ISA)
512K Oak Technology VGA (16 bit ISA)
1MB Oak Technology VGA (16 bit ISA)
1MB Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 (VLB)
2MB Tseng Labs ET4000W32P (PCI)
4MB Matrox Millenium (PCI)
4MB Matrox Myst(ake)ique (PCI) with Matrox M3D PowerVR PCX2 (PCI)
4MB Riva 128 (AGP) with 4MB Orchid Voodoo 1 (PCI)
16MB Creative TNT (AGP) with 12MB Creative Voodoo 2 (PCI)
16MB 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 (AGP)
32MB Creative TNT 2 Ultra (AGP)
32MB Creative GeForce 256 SDR (AGP)
32MB Hercules GeForce 256 DDR (AGP)
32MB Hercules GeForce 2 GTS (AGP)
64MB Elsa GeForce 3 (AGP)
128MB VisionTek GeForce 4 Ti-4600 (AGP)
128MB ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (AGP)
128MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (AGP)
256MB ATI Radeon X800 Pro (AGP)
256MB BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC (AGP)

Wow, almost nobody over there even knows what the first few cards are. I had to explain that they were for DOS. Most of the people on those boards started out with a TNT at the earliest. Crazy little kids. I bet none of them have ever even seen a C64. Hmmmmm... No sir, I don't like it...

McNevin: You should go over there, and post your list... It's in the video card forum on HardOCP.

We should start a "My first PC processor" thread too. Mine would be a 4.77MHz 8088 with 8MHz turbo. Remember Turbo? Like anyone would actually run their computers without it on. Oh, this application is getting a little slow, better hit the turbo switch!! Where is the actual turbine on a PC anyway? HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE

Wait, my cable modem isn't transferring fast enough, I better hit the Turbo switch.

My input devices are lagging, better hit the turbo switch!!!

Hmmmm.... thinking of the turbo switch has brought great joy to me this afternoon.

can't beleive you remember all the names of your video cards...

since you first started...

ah yes...the turbo switch...always thought that was totally stupid...

I wish more things had turbo switches...
Like my garbage disposal...

Yeah, and it would be cool to have a turbo switch on a bitchin' new hair dryer!!!

Hmmmm...

512K Oak Tech VGA (16bit ISA)
2MB Matrox Millenium (PCI)
8MB Matrox Millenium II (PCI) Woo woooo!!
(later) + 4MB Orchid Righteous 3D 3Dfx Voodoo (PCI)
(later) + 6MB Canopus Voodoo (PCI)
8MB Matrox Productiva G100 (AGP)
+ 6MB Canopus Voodoo (PCI)
16MB STB Velocity 4400 TNT
16MB Diamond Viper V770 TNT2 (AGP)
32MB Diamond Viper V770 TNT2 Ultra (AGP)
32MB Creative TNT2 Ultra (AGP) - remember it was a bit faster than the Diamond?
32MB Visiontek GeForce GTS (AGP)
32MB Creative GeForce 2 (AGP)
32MB Hercules GeForce 2 GTS (AGP)
64MB MSI GeForce 3 (AGP)
128MB ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (AGP)
128MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (AGP)

That was fun.

The video card has always been my favorite thing to get. I've been excited over a few audio cards, like:

Sound Blaster 1.0
Gravis Ultrasound (1MB)
Ensoniq Soundscape (not to be confused with the AudioPCI series.)
Soundblaster AWE 32
M-Audio Delta 1010
Soundblaster Audigy 2
Lynx Studio Anything...

Hmmm.... Maybe I should list all the soundcards I've had. Might end up being as long as the video card list.

Okay, Here is mine...

256K Genoa? EGA card (ISA)
512K Oak SVGA (ISA)
1MB Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 (VLB)
2MB Cirrus Logic GD542X (VLB)
2MB Cardex - Tseng Labs ET4000/W32P (VLB)
2MB Jaton Video-60P Cirrus Logic 5446
8MB Diamond Viper V330 Riva 128ZX (AGP) with 4MB Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo 1 (PCI)
16MB Diamond Viper V550 TNT (AGP) with 8MB Diamond Monster 3D 2 Voodoo 2 (PCI)
16MB 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 (AGP)
32MB Creative TNT 2 Ultra (AGP)
32MB Creative GeForce 256 SDR (AGP)
32MB Hercules GeForce 2 GTS (AGP)
64MB Hercules GeForce 3 Ti-500 (AGP)
128MB Chaintech A-GT61 GeForce 4 Ti-4600 (AGP)
128MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (AGP)

Didnt i have a virge? What video card did i have in the p166?

My viper v330 was a zx right? I remember it was better than the regular somehow. Remember www.rivazone.com ?

UPDATE:

Yes

http://www.mwd-derhardwareratgeber.de/h ... 5_main.htm

Of course the JATON! that was the card i had in the 166

The Jaton video 60-p, the old continuious 98 rebooter.

Why doesn't the display driver work in Windows 98?
There is a hardware bug when this card is used with Windows 98. It function normally in Windows 95.

The problem only exist in 8260B/V6 PCB with Video BIOS Version 1.33 and CL-GD5446BV-HC-B Chip.

The resister "R9" must be removed with a desoldering tool. It is located at upper right hand corner of the board, and is the second from right in a row of ten similar shaped surface mount components.

What did I trade that to seth for?

You had the (I think Best Data) Oak Technology 512K card that we bought at Software Etc. That may have been a Plantronics EGA card, but I'm not entirely sure.

Yes, it was a Jaton Cirrus Logic VLB card.

Yes, you had the ZX with 8MB.

You may have had my 1MB Oak card too for a short time during the 386 SX40 time period.

80286-12
80386SX40
80386DX40
80486 DX2-66 (That right jerk?)
80486DX4-100
P1 166
P1 200
P1 233
P2 266
P2 400
P3 500E (That right jerk? What was the first flip chip we got?)
P3 700 Slot 1
P3 733
P3 800
Athlon XP 1800+
Athlon XP 2100+
Athlon XP 2400+

I Turbo

The first best data i ever had was the 14.4 modem. I cant remember the brand of the video card, but i have the manual somewhere. I do think it was oak.

It was definitely oak and 512K. The brand is somewhat fuzzy but I'm thinking Best Data since we bought it at Software Etc.

4.77MHz XT 8088
8MHz XT 8088
16MHz 286
40MHz 386 DX
50MHz 486 DX
66MHz 486 DX
80MHz 486 DX
120MHz 486 DX
90MHz Pentium
100MHz Pentium
133MHz Pentium
166PR MHz Cyrix
233MHz Pentium
233MHz P2
300/450MHz P2
600MHz P3
600E MHz P3
733EB MHz P3
800EB MHz P3
1EB GHz P3
1800PR MHz AXP
2000PR MHz AXP
2.26 GHz P4 (533)
2.4 GHz P4 (533)
2.8 GHz P4 (533)
2.4 GHz P4 (800)
2.8 GHz P4 (800) @ 3.2 (233)

If I remember correctly

I had a Cirrus Logic 5426 VLB and it kept going black and white, i think that jerkface at pal systems gave me alot of greif, but finally traded me for a CARDEXPERT Tseng Labs ET4000/W32P VLB

Yeah, Dave. Big dumb jerk. Fucky Bus Head! He was always cool to me when I went there before that. I never went there again after that happened. The W32P was about as fast a PCI 2D card that there ever was. Nice chip.

So that sounds right to you too?

What about genoa for the EGA?

Yes, Genoa for the EGA. I remember because I had a Genoa motherboard for the DX50. Ahh yeah...

Ahh, that's right. V770. Thanks McNevin. Also added my GeForce 1.

Did I have a video card in between the Geforce 3 and Radeon 9700?

there are entirely too many statistics in this thread! getting a case of video card stat overload! I'm just getting lazier and lazier these days...didn't read anything here...

This is a nostalgic thread. Like if you and I started talking about Amigas with 030+FPU chips and Fast Memory.

This thread is awesome... I spent alot of time racking my brain trying to remember those cards.

I'm enjoying this thread thoroughly.

anything...

like who made my "accelerator" for my 1200...etc...