To date, numerous graphics cards from a wide variety of manufacturers have appeared, which were groundbreaking in their time and also very far ahead of their time. But which one do you think is the legend among the legendary GPUs? ATi, Nvidia, S3, 3dfx, Matrox, Tseng Labs Trident and PowerVR are available.
Table of Contents
- 1 Which graphics card is the legend among legends?
- Radeon, GeForce, Voodoo and other legends
- S3, 3dfx, ATi, Nvidia, Matrox, PowerVR and Trident
- Which GPU is your absolute favourite?
- Our readers' first GPUs
- Participation is expressly desired
- The last twenty Sunday questions
Which graphics card is the legend among legends?
Radeon, GeForce, Voodoo and other legends
Based on the editors' graphics card tests, which originated with the GeForce 2 Ultra (test) from 2001 on ComputerBase, the large retro hardware image thread for which the ComputerBase community is responsible and initiated by andi_sco, and various contributions in the ComputerBase Forum and the format C:B_retro with 100 issues, 27 candidates emerged who claim to be the legend among legendary GPUs.
S3, 3dfx, ATi, Nvidia, Matrox, PowerVR and Trident
A total of seven manufacturers of 3dfx, which are particularly known for their Voodoo and Voodoo² accelerators known, via ATi, S3, Nvidia, Matrox, PowerVR and Trident, are represented.
- S3
- ATi
- 3dfx
- Nvidia
- Matrox
- PowerVR
- Trident
Which GPU or graphics card influenced you the most? Which model did you start your PC and gaming career with? Which release do you remember the most? Some inspiration? Nothing easier than that!
The editorial team, C:B_retro and the community from the ComputerBase forum have a lot of content on the subject of GPUs, graphics cards and 3D accelerators that can help with the decision-making process.
- Legendary GPUs v2.0
- The first Nvidia GeForce
- The retro hardware image thread
- The early history(s). (n) of the graphics card(s)
- The ATi Radeon HD 5870 with the first DirectX 11 GPU
- The first graphics cards of the ComputerBase community
- GeForce vs. Radeon: GPU duels of the generations
- Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 with PowerVR Kyro II
- Historical multi-GPU graphics cards
- The Nvidia GeForce 2 Ultra
Which GPU is your absolute favourite?
Which GPU or graphics card influenced you the most? The editors look forward to detailed articles and well-founded explanations as well as exciting discussions in the comments on this Sunday question.
Which graphics card is the legend among the legends for you?
- S3 Trio64
- S3 Trio 3D
- 3dfx Voodoo
- 3dfx Voodoo5 5500
- 3dfx Voodoo6 6000
- Nvidia GeForce256
- Nvidia GeForce2 Ultra
- Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT
- Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX
- Nvidia GeForce Ti- 4200
- Nvidia GeForce3 Ti 500
- ATi Mach 32/Mach64
- ATi Rage Fury MAXX
- ATi Radeon HD 5870
- ATi Radeon X850 Pro
- ATI Radeon 8500
- ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
- ATi Radeon 9800
- Matrox Mystique
- Matrox Millenium
- Tseng Labs ET4000
- Trident Daytona 64
- PowerVR Kyro
- PowerVR Kyro II
- Another
- Abstention (show result)
< li class="poll__form-li"> 3dfx Voodoo²
< li class="poll__form-li"> Nvidia Riva TNT
< li class="poll__form-li"> Nvidia GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
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Our readers' first GPUs
For even more inspiration when voting, see the overview of the first GPUs of ComputerBase readers, collected as part of C:B_retroissue_81.
Community member First graphics card< /strong>001 Schmaral S3 801/805 002 Black Phoenix S3 Virge DX with 4 MB 003 Zyv S3 Virge 004 Aslinger S3 Virge 005 Finalspace S3 Virge 006 TenDance S3 Virge 007 syntec S3 Virge 008 Xpect S3 Virge DX 009 Synxalot S3 Virge DX 010 Sanjuro S3 Virge DX 011 Palomino S3 Virge DX 012 kryzs S3 Vision 013 666psycho S3 Vision 968 014 jo19 S3 Vision 868 015 kutjub S3 Vision 864 016 Mordekai2009 S3 Trio64+ 017 UdLacio S3 Trio64V+ 018 pukooL<- S3 Trio64V+ 019 Plasma81 S3 Trio64V+ 020 alphatau S3 Trio64V+ 021 konkretor S3 Trio64V+ 022 StevenB S3 Trio64V+ 023 DaBas S3 Trio64V+ 024 Irrlicht_01 S3 Trio64 025 Bodennebel S3 Trio64 026 robosaurus S3 Trio64 027 0x8100 S3 Trio 028 wolve666 S3 Trio 029 Demolition-Man S3 Trio 030 ice-tec S3 Trio 031 VoodooMax S3 Trio 032 edenjung S3 Savage IX8 033 Locutus2002 S3 Savage 4 034 BlaBlam S3 Savage 4
Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430 (Picture: Community member “Zock”)Community member First graphics card035 Zock Cirrus Logic CL-GD5430 036 mae Cirrus Logic GD-5428 037 Cohen Cirrus Logic GD-5428 038 Jesterfox Cirrus Logic GD-5424 VLB 039 dadosenfisch Cirrus Logic GD-5428 VLB 040 Jasmin83 Cirrus Logic ISA 041 sloven Cirrus Logic
Tseng Labs ET4000 (Image: Community member “Bugsier 19”)Community member First graphics card042 Tinu_CH Tseng Labs ET3000 043 JoeDante Tseng Labs ET3000 044 Forum-Fraggler Tseng Labs ET4000 045 xdave78 Tseng Labs ET4000 046 Melvorx Tseng Labs ET4000 047 DerGoblin2k Tseng Labs ET4000 048 moby_dick Tseng Labs ET4000 049 Tramizu Tseng Labs ET4000 050 TermyD Tseng Labs ET4000 051 Markchen Tseng Labs ET4000 052 .Sentinel. Bullet Tooth Tseng Labs ET6000
3dfx Voodoo 2 (Image: Community member “Nargii”)057 Community member First graphics card058 Syndlogic 3dfx Voodoo 059 tidus1979 3dfx Voodoo 060 Tawheed 3dfx Voodoo 061 roaddog1337 3dfx Voodoo 062 MujamiVice 3dfx Voodoo 063 ragan62 3dfx Voodoo 064 PusteBlume0815 3dfx Voodoo 065 andi_sco 3dfx Voodoo 2 066 eyedexe 3dfx Voodoo 2 067 zogger CkY 3dfx Voodoo 2 068 sav1984 3dfx Voodoo 2 069 Herdware 3dfx Voodoo 2 070 R O G E R 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 AGP 071 ElGrande-CG 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 AGP 072 BLR 3dfx Voodoo Rush 073 Tom081580 3dfx Voodoo Rush 074 DaBo87 3dfx Voodoo Rush 074 DaBo87 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 AGP
5500 AGP > Nvidia
Nvidia Riva TNT2 Ultra (image : Community member “Bugsier 19”)075 Community member First graphics card076 II n II d II Nvidia Riva 128 077 Teralios Nvidia Riva 128 078 HolidayWithStalin Nvidia Riva TNT 079 Sappen Nvidia Riva TNT2 080 Smoking dachshund! Nvidia Riva TNT2 081 Fernando Vidal Nvidia Riva TNT2 082 DonJDM Nvidia Riva TNT2 083 RAM Sauce Nvidia Riva TNT2 084 Mextli Nvidia Riva TNT2 085 [wege]mini Nvidia Riva TNT2 Ultra 086 PERKELE Nvidia GeForce256 087 gymfan Nvidia GeForce256 088 zig*zag Nvidia GeForce0.895zag Nvidia GeForce256 Aslo6 GeForce2 MX 200 090 karl_laschnikow Nvidia GeForce2 GTS 091 Brixx Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 092 simosh Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 420 093 RaptorTP Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 420 094 rony Nvidia GeForce Ti 4200 095 Biosflash Nvidia GeForce 4200 Ti FX096 GeForceF Nvidia_unky0 N720 N720 GeForceF 096 flying_ass Nman FX Go 5200 098 Fighter1993 Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 099 gchecko Nvidia GeForce 7200 LE 100 Deathangel008 Nvidia GeForce 9500M GS 101 anm256 Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 102 Consti1337 Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 103 Thor-75 Nvidia Vanta OAK VGA
OAK VGA (Image: Community -Member “286/16_PS”)Community member First graphics card 104 LadykillerTHG OAK VGA with 512 kB 105 deo OAK VGA with 1 MB
< figure class="text-asset"> Matrox
Matrox Mystique (Image: Community member “SiTcaC”) Community member First graphics card< /strong> 106 wickedgonewild Matrox Mystique 107 fireandspirit Matrox Millennium 108 xone92 Matrox Mystique 109 Keelhaul Matrox Mystique 110 42ndgoose Matrox Mystique 111 Cronos83 Matrox Mystique 112 FakyFake Matrox Mystique
ATi Rage II AGP (Image: Community member “Rock Lee”) Community member First graphics card113 Mickey Mouse ATi EGA Wonder 114 SiTcaC ATi EGA Wonder 115 xammu ATi VGA Wonder XL 116 ManPon ATi 3D Rage Pro 117 the uncensored ATi Rage 128 118 Rock Lee ATi Rage II AGP with 4 MB 119 Matthauser ATi Rage II+ 120 Karre ATi Rage II Pro 121 Bensomat ATi Mach64 VT with 2 MB 122 cyberpirate ATi Mach64 123 ChrFr ATi Mach64 VT4 124 BullyIOssi ATi Mach32 125 Pot holder ATi Mach32 126 M3talFace ATi Radeon 9600 XT 127 Sir Gollum ATi Radeon 9600 XT
Rendition Vérité V2200 ( Image: Community member “Maniac81”) Community member First graphics card
Trident SVGA (Image: Community member “SiTcaC”) Community member < strong>First graphics card131 BorstiNumberOne Trident SVGA 132 devastor Trident 8900CL 133 Queediab Triden 8900C 134 Bassmensch Trident 8900D 135 MiniM3 Trident with 512 kB 136 Mike00X Trident with 1 MB
Miro 1H10AD-PCI (Image: Community member “AtomLord”)< /figure> 137 Community member First graphics card138 Der_Rico Spea Video 7 Vega 139 Tulol Spea Video V7 Vega+ 140 Shader SiS 300 141 RobinSword Hercules Graphics Card (“HGC”) 142 catch 22 Hercules Graphics Card (“HGC”) 143 rysy Monochrome Display Adapter (“MDA”) 144 surxenberg IBM PC AT EGA Adapter 145 rocka81 Miro Video with 1 MB 146 wood internet Miro Crystal 20 SV Since more “first” graphics cards were so diligently reported in the comments section, we have compiled an extensive list of the “latecomers”. It should not be concealed that the author also overlooked some messages in the first run. 😉
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