Worst gpu of all time....

[Chivpcgamer]

Whats your worst ever GPU

**based on price/performance, expectations and

Longevity**

Im gonna go for hd 6970

Never owned it but......

Underperformed

Was a big dissapointment for their flagship card

Gtx 570, gtx 480 And hd "5970" were all faster

It was more expensive than the better gtx 570

Nobody ever seems to have one, 7970s are everywhere, awesome cards, 6970.....well were are they? Ive never even heard of anybody with one.

Plus the dual gpu 6990 didnt seem to stand the test of time for a dual card. Poor chip imo

So feel free to give your own opinions, its not meant to be a huge bash at amd because they are great.

[Guest]

What exactly do you mean by "worst" You mean worst for its price, lowest performance (It wouldn't be the worst because it's designed for a price point), or the most unreliable?

[xRAGExSounDxRIOTX]

I would have to say the 260m in my laptop. It can't even handle Minecraft on far render, and fancy graphics.

[SSOB]

Probably something like a GT610

[ciprian97pop]

I've heard that the gtx 480 was more of a fireplace than a video card. dat' thing was hot

[Chivpcgamer]

What exactly do you mean by "worst" You mean worst for its price, lowest performance (It wouldn't be the worst because it's designed for a price point), or the most unreliable?

Yeah i think price point and expectation afe the categories, will edit

[TheSLSAMG]

I got it, it's Bluejay0's GT 610!

 

Mine was an ATI X1600.

[prolemur]

gts 8400...

[nickpc]

gt 260

[piplupgao]

Intel HD Graphics 1000

[DaftBehemoth]

I had two 6970's in crossfire. At the time they performed very well and really didn't cost much (though they ran hot in crossfire). I have a friend who's still running two to this day and he still has no problem maxing out pretty much any game. The 5970 was a dual GPU card and shouldn't be compared to a 6970. The successor to the 5970 was the 6990. As for the 580, it was at a much higher price point than the 6970's were at launch (by almost 200 dollars if I remember right). The 6970 and the 570 were actually pretty even (they went back and forth in the benchmarks).

 

As for the worst GPU... well anything that's under $100?

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Yeah, if we're talking recent graphics cards I'll have to say GTX 480. It was absolutely useless with a reference cooler. Luckily they fixed that with the 580 which was in turn one of the best GPU's I've ever owned.

[ciprian97pop]

I had two 6970's in crossfire. At the time they performed very well and really didn't cost much (though they ran hot in crossfire). I have a friend who's still running two to this day and he still has no problem maxing out pretty much any game. The 5970 was a dual GPU card and shouldn't be compared to a 6970. The successor to the 5970 was the 6990. As for the 580, it was at a much higher price point than the 6970's were at launch (by almost 200 dollars if I remember right). The 6970 and the 570 were actually pretty even (they went back and forth in the benchmarks).

 

As for the worst GPU... well anything that's under $100?

So, you say that the 7770 it's a bad gpu?

[DaftBehemoth]

So, you say that the 7770 it's a bad gpu?

I'm not seeing that for less than 100 bucks, but I can't say that I'd want to use it. 

[Chivpcgamer]

I had two 6970's in crossfire. At the time they performed very well and really didn't cost much (though they ran hot in crossfire). I have a friend who's still running two to this day and he still has no problem maxing out pretty much any game. The 5970 was a dual GPU card and shouldn't be compared to a 6970. The successor to the 5970 was the 6990. As for the 580, it was at a much higher price point than the 6970's were at launch (by almost 200 dollars if I remember right). The 6970 and the 570 were actually pretty even (they went back and forth in the benchmarks).

As for the worst GPU... well anything that's under $100?

Thats a good and valid point and i forgot that 5970 was a dual gpu. Although i must say that at the time two 6970s would have performed well (but thats 2 cards) but based on the initial release price it wasnt a great single card and compared to the 7970s success i wouldnt say they were very good

[Chivpcgamer]

Thats a good and valid point and i forgot that 5970 was a dual gpu. Although i must say that at the time two 6970s would have performed well (but thats 2 cards) but based on the initial release price it wasnt a great single card and compared to the 7970s success i wouldnt say they were very good

[miyabwah]

My old Intel GMA 3100 chipset. Runner up is my 620.

[FireFox]

Some ATI bullshit I had a few years ago

[Chivpcgamer]

I mean tbh if you wanna go price to performance i suppose 6970 kicks titans ass

[Old Man Snail]

7950 GX2. It was very expensive, power hungry and became outdated very quickly.

[DaftBehemoth]

Thats a good and valid point and i forgot that 5970 was a dual gpu. Although i must say that at the time two 6970s would have performed well (but thats 2 cards) but based on the initial release price it wasnt a great single card and compared to the 7970s success i wouldnt say they were very good

I actually ran a single 6970 for a year before getting my second one. It was the first time I had an Eyefinity setup working and I have to say that it was fantastic for the time. I had considered a 570, but at that time, I think Nvidia still didn't allow triple screen gaming off of a single card (I might be remembering this wrong), and the 6970 got better frames in Crysis lol. All I can say is that I never regretted that purchase and I have since sold them separately to a couple friends who are still happy with them.

[piplupgao]

Worst price to performance this:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn520sl1gi

[Ashley]

The 6000 series in general was not AMD's best. However the GTX 200 and 400 series from Nvidia were not superb either. The 200 series got trounced by the 5000 series from AMD and the 400 series was late and ran very very hot. This is just in my limited time I've had knowing computer hardware though.

[That Norwegian Guy]

Worst card I ever had was the Nvidia 9800GTX+. Noisy, weak, power hungry, hot and fried out in 3 years.

 

My current GTX 470 has most of the same issues, but with one big difference: it's a work horse that still pulls it's weight on ultra in 99% of games 1200p almost 4 years later. Which makes it probably my favourite card yet. Time to upgrade soon though because of Star Citizen

[GrievingJosh]

I would have to say the 260m in my laptop. It can't even handle Minecraft on far render, and fancy graphics.

Minecraft is very CPU intensive, I don't think it really uses the GPU that much. As for me, it would easily be the Mobile Intel 4 Series Express GPU in my Laptop, it is by far the weakest GPU I have ever seen, it struggles under Windows itself at 1080p, and as for 1080p Video? You'd be mad to think it could do that, barely plays 480p decently.