DIYers: What's the first video card you installed?

2006-10-01 05:45:20

#26

ilinear: Bigger. Better. ilinear.; +27|6833|Lisburn, NI

Leadtek GeForce4 MX440 64MB.

That was in the first PC I ever built...

It's still in my room here, in the original motherboard on a desk...

2006-10-01 05:47:01

#27

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6953|Area 51

jsnipy wrote:
Monster diamond s220 (Rendition Verite chipset). I remeber playing a verite version quake and finally seeing hardware 3d for the first time (3dfx monster II would come later ).

My oldest card that I can remember is an
Geforce Mx440 64 mb! w00t!! And then I upgraded to an Ati Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb.. pretty sweet improvement.. but the card is getting old allready..

Last edited by RDMC(2) (2006-10-01 05:51:38)

2006-10-01 10:22:41

#28

Mad Ad: Member; +178|6899|England, UK

An S3 Virge

oh boy did I want to smash that with a hammer, caused so many problems when I got a Voodoo 1.

2006-10-01 10:25:47

#29

the_outsider38: Microsoft Poster Child; +83|7082|Vancouver BC Canada

2x EVGA 7800GT COs and my case was being a bitch.

2006-10-01 11:30:24

#30

MECtallica: Member; +73|6892|jalalabad

radeon 9250 SE PRO

2006-10-01 15:05:09

#31

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7030|Deep In The South Of Texas

Bertster7 wrote:
Matrox Mystique, great for playing quake.

x2

2006-10-01 15:07:58

#32

jaymz9350: Member; +54|6965

ati 9250 128mb

2006-10-01 15:08:07

#33

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7154|Cambridge (UK)

Matrox Millenium.

I think...

2006-10-01 15:10:37

#34

Maj.Do: Member; +85|7140|good old CA

Diamond Viper something

2006-10-02 03:57:35

#35

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7105|Riva, MD

Snipedya14 wrote:
Riva TnT2

I still have the card, and use it on a RedHat machine.

That's what I had on this before I upgraded it to a Radeon 9600, which is also the first card i've ever installed. (Technically I reinstalled it because my dad was the first one to put it in, I had to take it out and put it back in a couple of months later because the card got in the way of one of the RAM slot clips when I was installing my 1st gig of RAM.) The TnT2 comes standard on the AGP Pavilion 750n.

2006-10-02 07:29:34

#36

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|7073|Espoo, Finland

-101-InvaderZim wrote:
hmmz the GeForce2MX

Wuhuu! That was my first card too!
I still have it somewhere.

Btw, wth does DIY mean?

Ok, do it your self.

My first self installed card was a GeForce 6800le, though I experimented with my old 9200 a few times.

Last edited by Gawwad (2006-10-02 09:00:07)

2006-10-02 07:31:41

#37

Des.Kmal: Member; +917|7006|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

lol, i remember this, it was the beginning of september, and i was trying to install the card... and i didnt figure out u had to move the pin thingy, rofl.

Add me on Origin for Battlefield 4 fun: DesKmal

2006-10-02 09:30:05

#38

MuseSeeker: 2142 Soldier: Behenaut; +110|7163|EUR

6600 gt

2006-10-02 09:32:13

#39

ELITE-UK: Scratching my back; +170|6862|SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

radeon 9200

2006-10-02 16:38:05

#40

Capt. Foley: Member; +155|6976|Allentown, PA, USA

First the GeForce 6600GT then the 5200. After that I didnt have anything else to downgrade to....

2006-10-02 18:20:56

#41

Dieselboy: Flicker of beans since 1986; +87|6938|Reading, Basingrad

Voodoo Banshee

2006-10-02 19:11:02

#42

Trixano-taa-: Member; +2|6936|NY

Geforce 4 Ti4600 128mb in my old Dell computer i bought in 2000. It orginally had a Geforce 2 which worked for a long time untill i wanted to play "Delta Force Black Hawk Down" Then i had to upgrade to the Geforce 4.

Then BF2 time came around and upgraded to a Geforce 6800GT OC w/ 256mb in my custom built machine. I had swapped the Geforce 4 orginally so that was the last thing to be upgraded and i had just been waiting for technology to advance before i bought a video card.

2006-10-02 19:12:42

#43

confucious: Member; +11|6856|Aus

Nvidia TNT2 - ages ago.

2006-10-02 19:15:36

#44

SharkyMcshark: I'll take two; +132|7173|Perth, Western Australia

way befopre I got bf2 (well about 4 months) i lashed out and got a geforce 6600GT AGP card and installed it

2006-10-02 19:25:40

#45

BlackLegion42: Damn Command and Conquer Generals...; +62|7118|Rochester, NY

Nvidia GeForce 2 MX so I can play Jedi Outcast...

2006-10-02 19:27:06

#46

Greenpanda: Member; +6|6909

X800XL agp...Still using it.

2006-10-02 19:29:42

#47

URE_DED: BF2s US Server Admin; +76|7007|inside the recesses of your...

Rosse_modest wrote:
Creative Labs 3D Blaster Voodoo II

I threw a VooDoo 2 12 MB card (3D ONLY mind you - had to daisy chain it to the 2D card) into my DIY box (had an AMD 233 Mhz chip) and my games exploded to life. MechWarrior 3 was life changing.

2006-10-02 21:34:18