<![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Well, I knew it was time to upgrade, but I never realised how belittling it would be to find myself ranked 39th. To think, at one stage I blew up a much betetr video card, and I've never been able to justify the dollars to buy another one at quite that level of performance.

Gomisan

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Number 46 was me a long time ago, but now it is a 19. Not bad for being like 2 years old now. Top 20 of video cards is pretty cool by me, especially with SLI!!

xstangx

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Wow. I've got no. 42 & no. 41 in the same box. Bought over a year apart; funny that. I also have no. 114 in my previous box. I know no one is reading down this far in the thread ... except for the all-seeing emotionless world-spanning quasi-governmental/corporate supercomputers which will somehow use all this seemingly useless information to do us all some sort of unimaginably terrible evil ... someday.

ctskydiver

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Yeah I have a matrox millennium not on the list then a TNT and then I bought another TNT and then nothing until I got my laptop with a gforce2go and then this with a radion and I'm still like 44, sorry guys I just don't want to drop more than quarter of the price of my computer to upgrade it to do something I don't do I'm much rather be able to upgrade my ram to 8gb.

Ultraorange

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Hi,

Nice list...

Cards I've had in my PC in order from first to last:

118) GeForce256

100) 9200

84) TI4200

42) 6800

3) 8800GTS (My Current Card)

Take Care,

Will

war59312

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Cool list...the only problem is it's not linear. Like, the difference between 19 and 22 is small...but the difference between 5 and 8 is big.

Each card should get points...like, #1 gets 1000 points, #2 gets 980, etc.

DukeRobillard

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> The first card I actually purchased was a Diamond Fire GL Pro 1000 running on the ol' VL-Bus. Ah...those were the days. I needed something to run Mechwarrior!

I can't recall what I had after that, but then it was a GeForce FX5200 and now #25.

Thoth74

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Where's the 512MB 7700?

Rask

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Nice list.

132 - 129 - 123 - 116 (3dfx dies, long live ATI!) - 118 (prototype) - 107 - 50 - 32

9 (Mac Pro)

Huzzah!

ctthoqqua

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Hah, I've owned almost all of the bottom 10... =)

Tony C

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> The first video card I had to "buy" was a Tseng Labs that was ET4000 (or was it 6000?) compliant. ;-)

kancept

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I had a voodoo 2. I still remember getting that for christmas. I was a special kid....

longshot

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Oh! And I also had a card that's not even on the list. A Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 (Used the KYRO II Chip)

Graymalkin

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> The Geforce MX4X0 Series coming in HIGHER than a Voodoo5? Please. (And the Voodoo2 in SLI isn't mentioned!)

Cards I owned:
Voodoo1 + Nvidia TNT, Voodoo2 SLI + Nvidia TNT2 Ultra, Voodoo5, GF3 Ti500, GF4 MX (Budget pc), GF4 Ti 4600, GF FX5700, Radeon 9500Pro, Radeon 9800Pro, Radeon 9800XT, GF6600GT-OC, Radeon X800XL, (Current) Radeon X850XT/PE.

Graymalkin

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Hmm #39, it guess its not that bad for it costing me under 100 bucks. Its running Vista pretty well so no complains

jdiazj1

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 131
129
128
125
122
117
116
102
59
39

Wow, I'm surprised how many I've had. I just bought a 7600GS a couple months ago to replace my aging 5900 that I had for a couple years. It should last me quite a while. I hardly have time for games anymore...

Bender

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Numba 19! Yippie!

Animate

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 109 here and im playing lineage 2 c5,halo, half life 2

im going to try and burn it up with rainbow six vegas

hey anyone know some games with high end graphics?

pcchris

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Too bad he made some pretty farfetched mistakes. X1650 ahead of X850XT PE? WTF? The X1650 is about 0.5% better than the X1600.

Bowler Hat

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> At what point of the graph, cards can handle Aero glass? :)

Type-E

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 46) 6600GT

Top 50! Woohoo!

lushen124

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 9. In my Mac Pro. :)

Satorical

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> mm.. no mobile cards??

I did:

132: Voodoo1 (great card, maybe £150)
123: Voodoo3 (not bad, maybe £100)
97: Radeon 8500 (great card.. but it was the All in wonder pro with built in tv tuner. Maybe £120 on ebay)
76: Radeon 9600Pro (256mb version, bought for doom3=doh, Used for farcry=yay!, Bargain £60 on ebay)
~63: Go 6600 (excellent mobile card thats played everything i've thrown at it so far, if not in the highest resolution. £420 as part of a laptop off ebay.)

soul_grind

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Thats a Number 17 for me. :D

D_Zarster

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> thats a number 17 for me.. :D

D_Zarster

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> What the hell is a X2800XTX? Anyone?

mezzro

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> What the hell is a X2800XTX?

mezzro

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Mine is not even on the list. I suck so bad!

toxicle

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> #5 :)

Although I was forced to upgrade since #29 died. :(

ExarKun

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I can't remember whether I'm a #11 or #18; Windows display settings isn't much help. I'm going to be safe, though, and say #18.

karmaghost

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I have a quad-SLI with 4 #1!!!!!

not.

VakeroRokero

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I was 117 for ages, until my Geforce crapped out. hen around last Christmas I moved up to 101. In 5 years I should have a card capable of driving Half Life 2.

Serolf Divad

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 12 aint so bad

Fuzzystyle

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> i've got 2 of #20 (thanks to woot), so that's like better than #10 right?

jam3972

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 121... TNT2

TruthTruman

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> yea! #11

imstillatwork

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 69 baby! oh ya!

byronicman

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> SCORE my voodoo 5 5500 is number 116 on the list! awesome, lol

wow i owned more of these than i thought:
131
130
128
127
126
125
121
117
91
70
28

daewootech

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Just picked up a #24 the other day and considering my "loaner" video card wasn't even on said list, this is a HUGE improvement. AGP IS NOT DEAD!

purdy

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I still have a pent 2 266mhs system with 3DFX voodoo2 12mb cards in SLI.

thank 3dfx for the ORIGINAL dual video card detup.

m3talsyr3n

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 121, then 117, then the Go model Geforce 4, then 76 and now 25.

I feel old. I still remember waiting giddily by the door waiting for my TNT2 to arrive. Is that sad?

abyssknight

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> number 57 and i bought the card 4 years ago (i cant remember exactly, but definitly before september 2003). Man was that a good investment!

club662

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> i was a 132, then a 128, then a 77 and now i'm a 31, now i have to go buy a $600 card just to feel worthwhile, thanks guys

oldmanstan

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> This is missing a huge number of cards. They seem to be just from two companies too... How about my old $1400 Radius ThunderPower 30/1920?

Schalliol

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> yay 49 not to bad for a 3 year old card

pokebud

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Why didn't he be specific about what brands, different card makes make cards that can end up performing very differently than a card from another brand using the same chip.

WCD_Thor

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> how'd they manage to rank a card that hasn't been made yet?

you know what should be #1? ATI Radeon X9950XTX. i'm sure that card will blow the x2800xtx out of the water.

willyolio

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I had a #46 and it just broke down...now i have a #43...for u$s140, not bad

kanevarius

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> #25 as well.

Skylar

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> #8 yay

xes

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I have 2 computers with #24, one with pci-e and one agp. Guess i'm still cool.

VakeroRokero

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> huh. my old one-108, my new one-101... too bad i dont have more money to blow on graphics cards...

smokyburnout

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I wish I could be higher but I think #39 is as far as this AGP machine is going. Nothing super duper.
I did get the 512MB version though.

Upgraded it from a #103 with 128MB.

strider_mt2k

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> My fiencee is a #7...i think i'm an 18

Sturm Truppen

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I'm ranked #3 :D Got the card yesterday....Why is the X2800XTX Listed as number one? Its not out yet....Might as well list the Nvidia 8900GTX and the 8950GX2....

Jimboe1337

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> On a related issue, I quite liked taking part in the Steam surveys when I was playing HL2. It was a good way to see where my hardware fit into the distribution of other players. I was usually about the middle with the Nvidia 6600. (63 on the list)

And am with el_gordo on the upgrade path. WIll relegate my current setup into my new mythtv box, and that hardware will become a NAS.

nzruss

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> PS: I'm at number 103...bought around January '04 for around $60. It's technically my first and only video card...but I'm not a gamer, just use it to watch HDTV.

I think lists like this are really useful -- since I'll always be buying low-end cards, it's nice to see how each new-generation low-end improves and compares to previous-generation mid-range. Of course, if there was a link to associated bench marks, as well as some info about 2D video performance (my next goal will be a video card capable of decoding 1080p H.264) that'd make me happy.

EQC

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Yah, i agree with LeOnidas -- what's the point of listing something that hasn't been released? How can the lister know a) that it's better than the 8800, or b) that nVidia won't come out with an even better card (8900? GX2?) at about the same time?

EQC

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Has there actually been a "real" benchie on the 2800txt yet? I wouldn't qualify that as #1 just yet, as according to Tom's, it got pushed back until May. Damn, 56th...definitely time for an upgrade.

Le0nidas

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Every video card? Hardly... Where's the Hercules Monochrome card?

cepler

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I went from 125 to 106 to 49 to 47 to 91 (laptop)

sparta.rising

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 49 really? I didn't realize i was that far back, looks like its time for an upgrade...

snakepliskin

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> what about the laptop cards? I have a 9600 Pro Turbo. is this the same as a 9600 Pro?

bsbeamer

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 119, then 82, then 31, now 15.

Bloody_Sorcerer

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Sweet, #7.

monkeybars

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 103. lame. i wanna buy #1. where can i find? tried froogle, no luck.

Achiron

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Hmm...I don't where to find mine. 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400.

TheDoomer

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> hey where's my Intel 945 express?

i get 110 fps with minesweeper.

sam_i_am

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Number 39, but mine was damn cheap... about $140... but its 512 mb and it plays Halo with ease.

JohnOB1

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> number 2 here. my FIRST video card though..... probably number 84... the Ti4200. Still have it too.... although it's dead.

ElementalDragon

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> im number 100, but it really isnt my fault...........it is a mac mini i got for christmas 2 years ago...........not exactly customizable

AL-IS-A-LEDGE

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Heck yeah, number 25.

spenc938

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I take it back. The Tom's link is just a more detailed list of recent cards.
Oh well. Just the 3d cards then, my first video card (VGA not 3d) must be +150ish.

DocGratis

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I guess the last link covers it, but there are still some of us who remember a time BEFORE 3d video cards. So it isn't really EVERY video card just the 3d cards.

DocGratis

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> My own trend is interesting...

1998
129) Voodoo2 ($250.00) played Quake 2 and 3

2001
113) GeForce2 GTS ($350.00) played Half Life and NFS 3: Hot Pursuit

2003
82) 9600 ($200) played Homeworld 2

2005
42) 6800 ($350.00) played Half Life 2 and all other games to date.

I'm looking upgrade to late this year. The game this time looks like it's going to be Supreme Commander. Since I'm finally graduating from AGP to PCIX, it means a new mobo for sure. I want to see how AMD's upcoming quad cores perform before I commit. Then of course I'll have to wait until they come within a reasonable price!

el_gordo

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Is this list supposed to be a complete one? Because i am not seeing my desktop video card the NVidia GeForce 6400. I realize that the list probably would not use the cards full name and instead say something along the lines of '6400'. Am I blind or did the creator of this list forgot to rank a card?

jakeyjohn1

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> 31st....back of the net!

bald_gye

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Is this list supposed to be complete? Because I am not seeing my desktop video card, the Nvidia GeForce 6400. I do realize that the list is not going to use the card's full name, but i do not see any abbreviations such as 6400 either. Am I just being blind or is the list incomplete? Or does my card suck so much it did not even make it on the list?

jakeyjohn1

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> #25 here... Not too shabby...

The first one I ever had was a Rage128... Ah, memories.

i4ni

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I'm looking at the list at toms hardware, not the one above.

If I wanted to upgrade from an ATI XT600 256MB, what should I be looking at?

Toto

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> ahhh lucky number 13...

Avesar

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> I thought that my card was quite good - its virtually at the bottom of that list! (2nd last) Still works fine though.

Toto

]]> <![CDATA[Every Video Card, Ranked]]> Does once having the last on the list count for something?

Hamm Beerger

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