When was the last time you were impressed by a GPU ?

[Guest Generallee]

And i dont mean "OMG 1000GIGABYTES OF VRAM" impressed, i mean "Jesus christ what is this anti aliasing wizardry ?!" impressed

 

My first GPU ever was a Rendition Verité V2200, PCI, 8MB of ram (u wot 980 ?), the performance was not bad but driver support was a nightmare

 

But it was special, 3D only GPU's were on their first steps and basically everything was an innovation, 1600x1200 was the 4K (and you could actually notice that) and running GLQuake with a Geforce 4 + Voodoo 2  setup was only possible in my imagination. I remember you had to use a 2D card coupled with a 3D card and use some black magic nonsense to make it work, that was before both 2D and 3D acceleration were implemented on a single chip

 

I still have shivers when i look at this and i'm sure some of you will feel the same

 

 

 

> The almighty, never released, Voodoo 5 6000 in all it's quad SLI glory

 

Correct me if i'm wrong, or maybe I just feel way too nostalgic but I feel like nowadays GPU makers don't try to innovate that much, i mean all we get every year is faster clock speeds and more/faster ram and the usual efficiency progress, but that's it "mainly", nothing really new, it's just a race to the lowest temps and highest benchmark scores just to claim that this or that GPU is the fastest one 

 

What do you think ?

 

 

[ZetZet]

that is not sli.

[HeathCliff]

I'd say the 750/750ti. That power consumption is something else. I don't even...

[lani100]

When I received my 2 970's but my first wow was the 8800gtx.

[JeffreyEagan]

My first discreet GPU was an ATI Rage 128 Ultra. I LOVED that thing. I still even have it in an old pentium pro machine.

[manikyath]

2 weeks ago i got a GTX970, and well.. didnt see the 700FPS in HL2 coming...

[s3ns3]

back in the days of geforce 8 series . i got a 8600 gt and i was blown away by the performance in games

[SuperPug]

I'd say HD7970. Just due to the fact that its still a beast @ 1080p after more than 3 years (under a different name).

[DeViLzzz]

Leadtek GeForce 6800nu .... jaw dropped at how games looked with it and you could unlock pipes.

[vorticalbox]

The radeon 7770. Performance of a 6850/70 for like $120 with like 100W of consumption at load. It was pretty spectacular when I bought 2.5 years ago

I have the same card still using it now, fantastic value for money.

[Bogica]

My old GeForce 4 mx440! But jaw dropping, I'd have to say the first DX 11 GPUs, when Nvidia started showcasing the GTX 480 and tesselation!

[awesomes8wc3]

HD7750.

I then got used to getting >10fps in anything upgrading from my old laptop's Intel GMA and nothing has really impressed me since.

 

Always loved the 3dfx box art. My favourite is the Voodoo3 3500. Just really liked the colors.

[shiftberry]

8800 GTX

[Johannes_Lazor]

The Radeon HD 4890, Reached a OC of One Ghz on that one.

[Guest Generallee]

that is not sli.

 

I can't say I had the chance to own a similar setup so I might be wrong, if so what is that wizardry if it's not sli ?

 

 

My old GeForce 4 mx440! But jaw dropping, I'd have to say the first DX 11 GPUs, when Nvidia started showcasing the GTX 480 and tesselation!

 

Now that was something ! But then it have been ruined by the Fermi architecture and its surface of the sun load temps

 

 

HD7750.

I then got used to getting >10fps in anything upgrading from my old laptop's Intel GMA and nothing has really impressed me since.

 

Always loved the 3dfx box art. My favourite is the Voodoo3 3500. Just really liked the colors.

 

Damn, so badass

Box arts were the shit

[ZetZet]

I can't say I had the chance to own a similar setup so I might be wrong, if so what is that wizardry if it's not sli ?

sli is nvidia name 

[Guest Generallee]

sli is nvidia name 

 

I believe it was invented by 3dfx.

[MeltingPoint]

HD4870 / HD4870 x2 / HD4890 - these things were the bomb back in their days.

Also the latest maxwell gpus. Performance increase is nothing spectacular but its performance/watt ratio is impressive.

[Smooth Bunz]

The 480 impressed me with how good it heated up my room in the winter  

[harrynowl]

that is not sli.

Yep.

sli is nvidia name 

And NVidia Acquired 3DFX when they went bankrupt.

[flibberdipper]

that is not sli.

Yeah it is. 3dfx called it Scan Line Interleave. Very similar to Nvidia's SLI, when it comes down to it.

 

Anyways, I was impressed by my 480 with it's performance and how it actually runs cooler than my 7950 at a lower fan speed (albeit a tad bit louder).

[asim1999]

Probably the 970, and before that the 750TI

[vorticalbox]

*internet high 5*

 

I'm still using mine and it only hiccups in a few games. I'm really satsifed for what I paid for it

never had any with mine, OC from 1020 to 1120 but now i just leave it stock.

[asim1999]

Yep.

And NVidia Acquired 3DFX when they went bankrupt.

Yeah, it was originally Voodoo SLI

[Suika]

The upgrade from a GTX 770 to a GTX 780. I didn't realize it'd be as big of a jump as it turned out to be.

I never imagined owning a Titan but I got the next best thing lol.