History of graphics cards

[Trooper110]

From Voodoo to GeForce: The Awesome History of 3D Graphics | Maximum PC

[WalkinTarget]

S3 Virge ??? That wasn't an ACCelerator, that was a DECelerator !!!



No pics of the Diamond Edge, the very first 3D card ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NV1

Funny to read those old numbers tossed out, but that Edge card was crazy in that it offered onboard audio (as well as 2D/3D) and a Sega Saturn compatible joytick port.

[{CLR} Cobalt]

S3 Virge ??? That wasn't an ACCelerator, that was a DECelerator !!!

I had one of those. That was a long time ago.

I used to have a lot of problems with Matrox cards. So much that i quit messing with em and went to ATI. Made the transition to Nvidia bout 5 years ago.

Thinkin about goin back to ATI.

[Skud]

S3 Virge ??? That wasn't an ACCelerator, that was a DECelerator !!!

Lol. Ur crackin me up, Target!

[Ghost_Rain]

I rember my first video card it was Voodoo card with like 16 meg of ram on it lol

[Hammy]

S3 Virge ??? That wasn't an ACCelerator, that was a DECelerator !!!



No pics of the Diamond Edge, the very first 3D card ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NV1

Funny to read those old numbers tossed out, but that Edge card was crazy in that it offered onboard audio (as well as 2D/3D) and a Sega Saturn compatible joytick port.

Diamond Edge- lol
That was such an overpriced card at the time.

[WalkinTarget]

Every 'first' of its kind is waaay out of price with reality. Bleeding edge prices for bleeding edge gear. Just like the first VCR cost well over $1,000, or the first SSD cost about the same, you end up paying a fortune for being an early adapter.

My first 3D card was a Riva TNT and was a direct competitor against the 3dfx Voodoo 1 card, which needed a 2D card to act as a passthru, so it essentially fitted the 2D and 3D onto one card.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIVA_TNT

This was back when Nvidia was nothing more than a startup, and the 3dfx guys laughed at its early driver set and myriad issues that cropped up, but eventually Nvidia ended up buying the remnants of 3dfx later down the road.

[Hammy]

oh wow- the Voodoo rape card.
aka - we just reboxed the same card.

I remember that one too- I never bought that one.