On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:09:15 -0000, "Nick Le Lievre"
<spamme.RemoveThis@thisaddress.com> wrote:
>Ok this will be fun list all the PC graphics you ever bought and price paid
>/ year (if you have those details) I start obviously;
Why you... okay... here's mine:
I'll cheat with the first 32bit system as it had GOOD graphics.
1992 $0 Amiga3000 computer with 1mb onboard video/system
1995 $50 Trident 9600 1mb - Very fast for Playing Doom/Quake1
1996 $90 Generic S3 8xx series card (2mb/PCI) in Pentium 133
1996 $70 Diamond S3-3D (4mb/AGP) My 1st AGP - in PII-266 PC
1997 $50 ATI Rage 64? (4mb/AGP) Played JSF in 32bit output!!
1998 $125 CL Voodoo1 (4mb/PCI) ADD-ON Card. 1st TRUE 3D gaming
1998 $100 CL Banshee (16mb/AGP) - Good cheap 3D graphics!
1999 $125 3Dfx Voodoo3-2000 (16mb/AGP)
2000 $100 3Dfx Voodoo3-3000 (16mb/AGP)
2000 $145 Herculese GF2mx (16mb/AGP) - Same as GF2mx400
2001 $125 ABIT GF2 Pro (32mb/AGP)
2001 $150 MSI GF3 Ti200 (64mb/AGP)
2002 $140 MSI Ti4200 (64mb/AGP) - When UT2003 was new.
2003 $0 ATI 9800Pro (128mb/AGP) - An inventory mistake
TOTAL $1,270 USDollars
What happened to the cards, how much I SOLD them for.
30 Diamon AGP
30 ATI 64
50 Voodoo1
50 Banshee
For Sale Voodoo3 2000
50 Voodoo3 3000
50 GF2 MX
100 GF2 PRO
75 GF3 Ti200
2nd PC GF4 Ti4200
ATI 9800 PRO
=============================
435 Cards Sold (credited)
$835 Total Spent
My Voodoo3 is in another PC because its video card failed... but I may
keep the replacement for trade (ATI9000PRO,RMAed) as the Voodoo3 is in
an OLD P3 Computers... and not usable in todays hardware)
I built and sell PCs, so I've UPGRADED when I could SELL my video
card. So for the Ti4200 - I really paid $75 to upgrade over the GF3
card.... or the Voodoo1 - it was $125 - but I had traded a HUGE box of
PC books (Given by a client who threw them away) at a stupid PC Trade
store.... so I really paid $25 out of pocket money... back then the
Voodoo2 was a 8mb $250 video card!!
The ATi9800 was included with a computer system it wasn't supposed to
be included with, for a business PC (today, it has NEVER played a 3D
game)... so do I, (A) Sorry ****, you didn't invoice this card or (B)
Use available video that was paid for and put in own PC. PS: I got
the 9800Pro just before the 9800XT was annouced...
(And yes, if it went to a client or friend who was into games, I would
have left it in) PS: The system was already discounted off $400.
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