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My GTX 680 DCuII followed closely by my 980ti. The 680 I bought used and it was HUGE, a full triple slot card, and stayed silent even overclocked. At max fan speed it sounded like my PC was going to take off ?. 

 

The 980ti was why finally allowed me to use my 1440p144 monitor and VR, and was bought used. I bought it from an Indian guy, and for the first few weeks my room smelled like curry every time I used the PC. The card also overclocks like a mofo while staying cool and quiet 

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I have owed a lot of GPU's over the decades.

 

For me I really like the GTX 1080 FTW2, GTX 1080Ti FTW3.

 

Haven't installed my RTX FTW3 2080Ti Ultra yet, I plan on it this week sometime.

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My GTX 980. Its the first "high" end card i ever bought, and it was just overwhelming and great experience gaming on it. 

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GTX 780 Ti Reference (first highest end GPU ever bought new).
I used it from 2014, and only last year I got myself a GTX 1080.
Still works and I still got it ;)

Now it acts as backup to Titan Black I also own :D

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Worthy mentions.

 

 

GT 230m From a Toshiba Satellite A505-S6992 with Core 2 Duo P7450, 4GB DDR3 & 500GB HDD.

Great laptop.

 

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9800GTX+ PNY

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Powercolor PCS HD 4670

 

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Favorite.

 

 

THERMITE

4.8 years until it croaked.

 

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Another 570 (msi twin frozr) here; build like a tank and served me well.

Got replaced only a few weeks ago, got it when it came out so served many many years!

 

Surprised to see so many of them in this thread :)

 

 

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2 hours ago, Pasi123 said:

Asus GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II. It was my first GPU that was really able to run all games. And it has a really good cooler.

Direct CU was the shit, idk what cooler design replaced it but I never felt that panache from another Asus card. The Arez came close though, when GPP was a thing.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Direct CU was the shit, idk what cooler design replaced it but I never felt that panache from another Asus card. The Arez came close though, when GPP was a thing.

ARES was the 5870 X2 ?

 

They should have just named it Aries, since Aries it ruled by Mars (zodiac speak)

Their other card was Mars.. LOL

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9 minutes ago, BetterThanLife said:

ARES was the 5870 X2 ?

 

They should have just named it Aries, since Aries it ruled by Mars (zodiac speak)

Their other card was Mars.. LOL

It was this card that really reminded me of the Direct CU II design

https://www.asus.com/us/Graphics-Cards/AREZ-RX560-O4G-EVO/

They also even went back to the Expedition moniker, but a majority of the Arez cards were just rebranded Strix.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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My 1060 6GB SC. I got this card for $130 after trading my old Pentium G3258 and GT 720, and it's amazing. It's been my first experience with good framerates, and really taught me that you don't have to pay thousands for good performance, it just gives you lots of karma on Reddit. One complaint is transcoding performance in Handbrake.

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While i enjoyed my Dual 8800 GTX's , and even me old 560ti .. i'd have to say my soon (1week) to be retired 780 Classified is my favorite.

Its a beast, has had 1.5v thrown at it and survived, passed benches at 1400mhz core, runs a modded bios, sits pritty at 1250mhz (reference boost = 900mhz) Core, and an effective +1200mhz on the memory (7200mhz (6000mhz stock)) for daily use.

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Sapphire 4870x2

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It's the MSI GTX 760 HAWK (No stupid outdated dragon logo, Yay!), and my current GPU the EVGA GTX 1060 FTW2+ 6Gb, because they looks so black and can be Overclocked so high with its stock cooler.

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CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K, 5GHz Delidded LM || CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14S w/ NF-A15 & NF-A14 Chromax fans in push-pull cofiguration || Motherboard: MSI Z370i Gaming Pro Carbon AC || RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2x8Gb 2666 || GPU: EVGA GTX 1060 6Gb FTW2+ DT || Storage: Samsung 860 Evo M.2 SATA SSD 250Gb, 2x 2.5" HDDs 1Tb & 500Gb || ODD: 9mm Slim DVD RW || PSU: Corsair SF600 80+ Platinum || Case: Cougar QBX + 1x Noctua NF-R8 front intake + 2x Noctua NF-F12 iPPC top exhaust + Cougar stock 92mm DC fan rear exhaust || Monitor: ASUS VG248QE || Keyboard: Ducky One 2 Mini Cherry MX Red || Mouse: Logitech G703 || Audio: Corsair HS70 Wireless || Other: XBox One S Controler

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I have a love/hate relationship with my Asus R9 290X. Thing still cranks out 1080p with relative ease after all these years, but goddamn Asus f'd up the cooling solution with this thing. 

 

Ended up modding it with the kraken g12 and corsair h55. I now get this weird boot issue where it goes black screen every few bootups, but it doesn't go over 70c. My love/hate relationship continues. 

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two best performance/price of all time (at least i think it  still is)

sapphire 6850

msi gtx970 gaming, first 0db and faulty fans for me lol  - will be gaming on another 4~5yrs

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9800 GTX+ was the first video card to actually look aesthetically pleasing....kinda like the video cards today......every one I had before had a pcb with a piece of heatsink screwed to it :P

 

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My current XFX DD R9 290 that I'm currently using and has been running like a champ for the last 4.5 years.  Picked it up for $299 CAD ($219 USD) at the time which was a crazy deal and it continues to deliver great 1080p gaming. 

 

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... or the Geforce Ti 4200 128MB that served me well in the early/mid 2000s. That card was amazing for its time and also a great value. 

 

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My favorite would be my first gpu and also the first card cousin Eddie gave to me. 

Asus Strix GTX 980Ti 6gb oc direct cu iii, that card is on my wall now. 

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Budget 1080p System (RGB) : https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7v2Lmq - (this build comes with two free games with the RX 570) 

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