Graphic Cards Graphic card lifetime check.
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the 4mb voodoo and then the 3dfx glide powered my system from 1996 to 1999.
then my nvidia riva tnt2 m64 lasted 3 years b4 i felt i needed to get a geforce 2 mx400 64 mb which lasted me from 2001 till 2004--4 years
my current geforce 8800gt 512mb has successfully completed its 2nd birthday last week
the shortest a card has lasted me was the xfx fx5200 which i got with my rubbish intel p4 presscott in 2004 it lasted 11 months before the amd 64 based system with nvidia 6600gt 128 mb replaced the rubbish intel with the fx5200--the card was sold to a friend and is still running.
also the 6600gt was sold 2 years back(replaced with 8800gt) to another friend and is still running properly-----the 6600gt is 5 years old now.
all the cards were made by xfx --except the 8800gt(made by galaxy!)
all of the cards i have owned were made by nvidia!!!
then my nvidia riva tnt2 m64 lasted 3 years b4 i felt i needed to get a geforce 2 mx400 64 mb which lasted me from 2001 till 2004--4 years
my current geforce 8800gt 512mb has successfully completed its 2nd birthday last week
the shortest a card has lasted me was the xfx fx5200 which i got with my rubbish intel p4 presscott in 2004 it lasted 11 months before the amd 64 based system with nvidia 6600gt 128 mb replaced the rubbish intel with the fx5200--the card was sold to a friend and is still running.
also the 6600gt was sold 2 years back(replaced with 8800gt) to another friend and is still running properly-----the 6600gt is 5 years old now.
all the cards were made by xfx --except the 8800gt(made by galaxy!)
all of the cards i have owned were made by nvidia!!!
for me it would be the Geforce 2MX and the Geforce 4 MX440, both lasted around 4 years each.
my 9800pro lasted me about 3yrs
my 8800GTS blew up within 2 yrs
currently on a 7600gt which is about 3yrs old, never kept track of the older riva tnt cards once I sold them.
my 9800pro lasted me about 3yrs
my 8800GTS blew up within 2 yrs
currently on a 7600gt which is about 3yrs old, never kept track of the older riva tnt cards once I sold them.
G@d of w@r
Forerunner
had SiS 6326 or something 8mb card for 2 years then Riva TNT2 M64 for 2 years till 2000,
2001-2003 - generic Geforce 4 - MX440
2003-2004 - Aopen FX5700Le 256mb (fried in a year-(got it from USA))
2004 mid -2005 - 2006 mid - 2xGeforce 6600GT (1 was MSI (got it from USA) and 2nd was BiG both fried within the time period 2 year))
2006 mid -2007 - 7600GT
2007 - 2008 - Geforce 9600GSO 768Mb (Xpertvision)
2009 onwards GTX260 in SLi
so the longest for me was Geforce 4 MX440
best experience playing in GeforceFX5700Le.. the best card on which ive ever played...
Never used ATi and never will use it..
best and reliable brand i feel is Xpertvision, Sparkle and Evga
2001-2003 - generic Geforce 4 - MX440
2003-2004 - Aopen FX5700Le 256mb (fried in a year-(got it from USA))
2004 mid -2005 - 2006 mid - 2xGeforce 6600GT (1 was MSI (got it from USA) and 2nd was BiG both fried within the time period 2 year))
2006 mid -2007 - 7600GT
2007 - 2008 - Geforce 9600GSO 768Mb (Xpertvision)
2009 onwards GTX260 in SLi
so the longest for me was Geforce 4 MX440
best experience playing in GeforceFX5700Le.. the best card on which ive ever played...
Never used ATi and never will use it..
best and reliable brand i feel is Xpertvision, Sparkle and Evga
Superbad
Herald
Had a nvidia riva tnt2 model 64 with 32mb ram from june 2001 to jul 2009 on my p4 1.4 ghz till i sold itoff. Had to buy a cooler fans which used to go dead causing the pc to restart.these fans were available for as low as 20 bucks. Last time i got one. Now a happy user hd 4670 from sapphire.
G@d of w@r
Forerunner
rohan_mhtr
Forerunner
I had purchased ATI 9550 256mb agp card from Powercolor in 2002 and is still working but i have sold it . I used it from 2002-2007 !! and then i upgraded to 7600gt which blew within 1.5 years . The ati card was unused from 2007 but when a friend of mine wanted an agp card i decided to see if the card is working , so i plugged it in my old system and guess what , it was as good as new . So i exchanged the 9550 with my friend for a 2gb pen drive
dr.sankhadeep
Herald
G@d of w@r
Forerunner
|Anish| said:err.. i've had about 6 cards in year. Now stable with a Sapphire 4870, but the itch to move on has come by
whoa.......
nRiTeCh
Oracle
1999- got trident 9750 4mb agp card on my 1st system.
2001-2002- got Riva TNT2 M64 32mb--died in 1.5yrs
2002mid-end02- geforce MX 420se 64mb on 2nd system then sold it soon then,
2003-2004- geforce MX 440 64mb on 3rd system
2004-2005- got geforce fx5200 128mb
2005mid-2009...-got geforce 6600 256mb and 6600gt 128mb on 2 pci-ex systems. Eventually 6600 died in late 2008 while 6600gt is still performing. :bleh:
2009----------- got 4650 on latest system and sold within 18days and now awaiting 5xxx series and back on good old 6600gt. :hap2:
2001-2002- got Riva TNT2 M64 32mb--died in 1.5yrs
2002mid-end02- geforce MX 420se 64mb on 2nd system then sold it soon then,
2003-2004- geforce MX 440 64mb on 3rd system
2004-2005- got geforce fx5200 128mb
2005mid-2009...-got geforce 6600 256mb and 6600gt 128mb on 2 pci-ex systems. Eventually 6600 died in late 2008 while 6600gt is still performing. :bleh:
2009----------- got 4650 on latest system and sold within 18days and now awaiting 5xxx series
and back on good old 6600gt. :hap2:
Udit
Herald
S3 1MB PCI Card 1995 - Still Alive at a needy persons place
PCI Card (Forgot Name) 1997 - Still Alive at a needy persons place
Intel onboard 16MB of Intel 815EEA2 Motherboard 2000 - Still Alive at a charitable institute
Mercury Riva TNT2 32 MB AGP 4x Card Mid 2001-January 2002
Intel Extreme 2 onboard 64MB of Intel 845GBV Motherboard January 2002 - Still Alive at a charitable institute
Maxforce GeForce 4 MX4000 128MB AGP 8x Card July 2003-January 2005
Intel Extreme 2 onboard 64MB of Intel 865GBF Motherboard January 2005 - Still Alive at a friends place
Chaintech GeForce FX5200 128MB AGP 8x Card Mid 2005 - Still Alive at a friends place
GeCube Radeon X550 256MB PCI-e 16x Card April 2006 - Still Alive at a friends place
Sapphire Radeon X1800XT 512MB PCI-e 16x Card June 2006 - Still Alive at a friends place
PNY Geforce 8800GTS 640MB PCI-e 16x Card December 2006 - Still Alive in my Nephews PC
MSI Geforce 8600GT OC PCI-e 16x Card April 2009 - Still Alive in my Dads PC
Visiontek Radeon HD4870 512MB PCI-e 16x Card July 2008 - Still Alive at a friends place
EVGA Geforce GTX 295 OC 1792MB PCI-e 16x Card January 2009 - Still Alive at the Buyers place
Gigabyte Radeon HD5870 1024B PCI-e 16x Card 31st October 2009 - Still Alive in my PC
PCI Card (Forgot Name) 1997 - Still Alive at a needy persons place
Intel onboard 16MB of Intel 815EEA2 Motherboard 2000 - Still Alive at a charitable institute
Mercury Riva TNT2 32 MB AGP 4x Card Mid 2001-January 2002
Intel Extreme 2 onboard 64MB of Intel 845GBV Motherboard January 2002 - Still Alive at a charitable institute
Maxforce GeForce 4 MX4000 128MB AGP 8x Card July 2003-January 2005
Intel Extreme 2 onboard 64MB of Intel 865GBF Motherboard January 2005 - Still Alive at a friends place
Chaintech GeForce FX5200 128MB AGP 8x Card Mid 2005 - Still Alive at a friends place
GeCube Radeon X550 256MB PCI-e 16x Card April 2006 - Still Alive at a friends place
Sapphire Radeon X1800XT 512MB PCI-e 16x Card June 2006 - Still Alive at a friends place
PNY Geforce 8800GTS 640MB PCI-e 16x Card December 2006 - Still Alive in my Nephews PC
MSI Geforce 8600GT OC PCI-e 16x Card April 2009 - Still Alive in my Dads PC
Visiontek Radeon HD4870 512MB PCI-e 16x Card July 2008 - Still Alive at a friends place
EVGA Geforce GTX 295 OC 1792MB PCI-e 16x Card January 2009 - Still Alive at the Buyers place
Gigabyte Radeon HD5870 1024B PCI-e 16x Card 31st October 2009 - Still Alive in my PC
Have used, mostly NVDIA cards
1. Started with Riva TNT 16MB back when Quake 2 had darkening issues with it, lasted for I think 3 years and then sold the old system with the card
2. Got Asus Nforce1 mobo with Geforce 2 MX onboard which lasted me like almost 7 years, but in the end 2 years the card started giving issues with colours changing by themselves, so added a cheap SIS AGB card. Now the system is no longer with me.
3. 6800GT bought from US, lasted for less than two years, blew up in white smoke, no warranty, IC had gone, beyond repair. Ouch and I paid a lot for it.
4. Currently using Galaxy 8600GT OC, still running smoothly no issues except that the fan died a few months back got it replaced by changing the fan+heatsink combo for Rs.350 (or Rs.300) as fan isn't covered in warranty.
In the middle I've owned a MSI 5900XT briefly before the 6800GT and 9800 (128bit) briefly again before I returned it due to the lesser mem bandwidth.
1. Started with Riva TNT 16MB back when Quake 2 had darkening issues with it, lasted for I think 3 years and then sold the old system with the card
2. Got Asus Nforce1 mobo with Geforce 2 MX onboard which lasted me like almost 7 years, but in the end 2 years the card started giving issues with colours changing by themselves, so added a cheap SIS AGB card. Now the system is no longer with me.
3. 6800GT bought from US, lasted for less than two years, blew up in white smoke, no warranty, IC had gone, beyond repair. Ouch and I paid a lot for it.
4. Currently using Galaxy 8600GT OC, still running smoothly no issues except that the fan died a few months back got it replaced by changing the fan+heatsink combo for Rs.350 (or Rs.300) as fan isn't covered in warranty.
In the middle I've owned a MSI 5900XT briefly before the 6800GT and 9800 (128bit) briefly again before I returned it due to the lesser mem bandwidth.
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