How much have you spent on vid cards since PC gaming?

[Xion X2]

9800 Pro - 329$
850XT - 399$
7900gtx - 520$
7950GX2 - 599$
8800GTX SLI - 1300$
2900XT - 400$
8800 Ultra - 620$
4870 XFire - 650$
4870X2 CrossfireX - 1200$

6,017$

I win.

[Mr Bigman]

Oh geeze, the Matrox ones, a voodoo rushall the geforce highends no mxes and a few radions from the 9800 to a 3870 so maybe around 7500 bucks since 96 when 3d really took off with quake.

[Bman212121]

9800 Pro - 329$
850XT - 399$
7900gtx - 520$
7950GX2 - 599$
8800GTX SLI - 1300$
2900XT - 400$
8800 Ultra - 620$
4870 XFire - 650$
4870X2 CrossfireX - 1200$

6,017$

I win.

Heh, we all know jAkUp doesn't have to post to win. :p

[Xion X2]

Heh, we all know jAkUp doesn't have to post to win. :p

jakup gets discounts. I don't. :p

[Viral]

CBFed finding receits, pretty close estimates though.

Voodoo 2 12MB - errr $350?
Geforce 2 MX220 64MB - $100? Came with new PC
Geforce 2 Ultra - $300?
Geforce 4 Ti4400 - $500?
Radeon 9800 - $500?
Radeon 9800Pro 128MB - $650?
Geforce 6800GT @ Ultra clocks - $670?
Geforce 8800GTS 512MB - $390?
Radeon HD4870X2 - $670

~$3800AUD :(

[Bee_Dee_3_Dee]

I started with an FX5900 for .............................. ........$100
Traded it in for a 6200 and paid an additional .......... ......$100
Traded it in for a 6600 (AGP) and paid an additional ... ......$50
Traded it in for a 6600 (PCI-E)and paid an additional .. ......$25
Traded it in for a 7800GT and paid an additional ........ .....$100
Traded it in for a 7950GT and paid an additional ........ .......$75
Traded it in for an 8800GTX and paid an additional ..... .....$400
(Bought the 8800GTX online the instant it was available.)
Got a 9800GX2 for .................................................. ..$275
(I still have the 8800GTX.)
Returned it (9800GX2) for a GTX280 and an additional ......$125

.................................................. .................Total: $1,250

(IF I had bought all those cards outright, it would have cost .......$3,175) :)
I still have the 8800GTX and my new GTX 280 will arrive Tuesday. :)

So, for a grand total of ............................................$1250 I have an 8800GTX and a GTX280.
Not bad. :)

Also note: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=121454 :)

[meddilion]

Geforce 3 32mb $200.00
Radeon 8500 Pro $200.00
Geforce 4 4400 TI 64mb $250
Radeon 9800 Pro $299.00
Radeon X850XTX $350.00-killed the card myself :headexplode:
Radeon X850XTX $350.00
Radeon X1900XT $420.00
Geforce 8800GTX $650.00
Geforce 8800GTX $550.00-To SLI with the first one.
Geforce 8800GT $150.00
Geforce 9800GTX $200.00
HD 4870 $310.00
Geforce GTX 260 $225.00

$4154

[Woodelf]

Matrox mytique 4mb
matrox m3d
voodoo2 8mb
tnt
tnt2
geforce
geforce 2
geforce 3
2 – 9500's
9800pro
Geforce 6800 ultra
x1900xt
geforce 8400gs

[3777]

This is a fun thread so I shall participate :cool:

ATI Rage 128 VR Graphics with 8 MB of VRAM which came with iMac DV which was first system I used for gaming. :cool:

EVGA Ti4600 which came with Alienware System, I still have card in storage. :cool:

ATI Raedon 9800 Pro upgrade from Ti4600, still have this card as well.

PNY Geforce 4 6800GT Upgrade from 9800 Pro, this card eventually went bad

XFX AGP(lee) 7950 GT (nana2) upgrade from 6800GT, still have in use in family members computer.

Powercolor AGP 512mb(lee) HD3850 :cool:

[crainger]

So only the last two were AGP? The rest were PCI-E? ::p:

[3777]

So only the last two were AGP? The rest were PCI-E? ::p:

They were ALL AGP, I was merely stressing the continuance of the DOMINATION. :cool:

[CaptNKILL]

They were ALL AGP, I was merely stressing the continuance of the DOMINATION. :cool:

Your posts just aren't as funny without Carl AS ROCK Weathers. :(

[3777]

Your posts just aren't as funny without Carl AS ROCK Weathers. :(

AGP DOMINATION always includes Carl AS ROCK (nana2) Weathers, and Core 2 or QUAD Core 2 DUO (French) processors as well. :cool:

[Xion X2]

AGP DOMINATION always includes Carl AS ROCK (nana2) Weathers, and Core 2 or QUAD Core 2 DUO (French) processors as well. :cool:

So again I ask... what is a (French) core 2 duo?

[malachi1313]

To the original question..thousands of dollars...

[KasuCode]

Ill start with the 6800

6800Ultra AGP 400ish?
7800 GTX SLI 800ish?
7900GS 200ish
8800GTX 500ish?
2900XT 400ish?
3850 250ish
3870X2 x2 900ish
8800GTS 200ish
GTX280 700 go go ealry adopters fee
4870X2 x2 1.1k


Thats for just 2 systems. I wont even include the other cards ive bought and upgraded for the other computers in the house.

[agentkay]

Voodoo1, TNT2, Ti4400, 6800nu, 8800GTX. Maybe 800€ in total since I kept selling the cards reasonably well.

[CaptNKILL]

Voodoo1, TNT2, Ti4400, 6800nu, 8800GTX. Maybe 800€ in total since I kept selling the cards reasonably well.

Wow, you must have had pretty huge performance boosts every time you upgraded. :eek:

[johnkeel105]

Geforce FX5200 $169
Geforce 7800GT $300
Geforce 9600GT $185

[XMAN52373]

I have to get a pencil and paper out myself to answer this question. I think I will get a headache when I see the figure since I have been gaming since the i740. I'm almost afraid to do it, heh heh.

Cards I have bought over the last 10 years

TNT-175+tax still have
2x V2s-300+tax lost one, still have another
TNT2U-200+tax still have
GF256SE-150 broken
GF2GTS(Hercules version)-275 in bro-in-laws machine
GF3 Deluxe (Asus)-100 still have
GF4 Ti4600 (VisionTek)-100 still have
GF 5900XT(flashed to 5950)-275 still have
ATI 9600XT-120 still have
3x GF 6600GTOCs(BFG)150+tax gave 1 to friend, sold one still have 1
GF 6800GTOC(BFG)250+tax still have
GF6800GSOC(BFG)150+tax brother has in daughters box
GF7800GSOC(BFG)200+tax friend has
XFX Fat1lity 8600GT-80 still have
eVGA 8600GT-90+tax still have
3x 8800GTSOC 640MB(BFG)-1050+tax 1 for brother, 2 for me, still have 1, sold other)
9600GTOC(BFG)229+tax still have
2x XFX XXX 9600GTs-400 still have
GTX260OC(BFG)-329+tax still have

Total-3279.15/tax all together-4779.15

Add about another 3000 for mobos, ram, sound cards, cases and PSUs

Out of all of those card, I still have most of them or know where they are being used and all still work except the GF256SE card.

[CaptNKILL]

Geforce FX5200 $169
Geforce 7800GT $300


Ouch... :o

I bet you saw a pretty large performance increase going from a 5200 to a 7800GT. :lol:

[agentkay]

Wow, you must have had pretty huge performance boosts every time you upgraded. :eek:

Not only performance boosts, I usually had a better display with a higher resolution with most of the upgrades. 15" CRT (800x600 / 1024x768) -> 17" CRT (1024x768, 1600x1200) -> 17" LCD (1280x1024, crystal sharp image finally) -> 46" HDTV (1920x1080)

[H4yd3n]

Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro (Had this for a looooooooooong time) :p
EVGA 8800 GT
EVGA 9800 GTX
EVGA GTX 260 216

Not much, but then again, I'm not as old as most of you. ;)

[john19055]

Short answer to much! I started with a Trident 3D Image 9750 which came with my first computer PackerBell 266,then I started buying 3D cards
Two Creative Voodoo 12mb in SLI- $579
Diamond Nvidia TNT 1 -$200(I Think)
Nvidia TNT2 $180 (not Sure)
Radeon 64 DDR $220
Elsa Geforce 3 $400
Geforce TI 4600 $400
Radeon 9500pro $225
Radeon 9800pro $425
Nvidia 6800Ultra $550
Radeon X800XT $400
2-nvidia 7800GT $939
Radeon X1800XT $529
2-nvidia 7900GT $575
2-nvidia 7900GTX $939
Radeon X1950XT $279
2-Nvidia 8800GTS $870
Radeon 2900XT $397
2-nvidia 9800GTX $320
BFG GTX 280 OCX $450
ToTal $8,827
This makes me sick when I add all of them up and I have spent nearly $9,000 just on video cards.I could have bought me a cheap car ,since the last car I bought new was $10,000.I would hate to add up all the proccessor's I bought not includeing all the memory I have bought plus Harddrives,CD and DVD burners,Speakers, keyboards and mice,steering wheels,Power supplies,sound cards,Monitors and PC cases. I am sure it would be close to $20,000.Man thats a lot of money ,I wish I had it all back so I could build the ultimate computer now.