Technically, it was the unnamed integrated graphics on the i7 620m. However, I’d consider the hd5450 my first true gpu since I didn’t spend much time with the i7.
Mc-MeepMeep
RX 280 I think, complete piece of shit but it worked better than the integrated graphics
Good question – the problem is “what is a GPU”, really. If we go with the “a circuit dedicated to accelerate graphics and video processing”, well…I guess the VIC-II chip in the C64 qualifies? 😀
If we restrict it to PC graphics card…an ISA Trident 8900D with a defective memory module that caused it to display a bunch of red pixels in black areas of the screen (14 years old me, at the time, thought it was normal!).
First 3D card, the “3D Decelerator”, the “glorious” S3 ViRGE/DX 😀
SaitamaVGoku
Aorus rx6800 xt
Sebsteckley
Mine was an Rx 5500 lol slightly better than that.
Sea-Concentrate9379
1660
zozodj2
Nvidia Riva TNT 2
Environmental-Gur582
9500 GT from the trash. I got MC to sorta barely run on it, so that’s a plus.
Not my first but this is the oldest one I still have granted it’s been in a moving box for god only knows how long
yokanofficial
# Voodoo Banshee
notcool84
Voodoo2. It ran Quake 2 like a champ.
21sacharm
By strict “GPU” definition:
Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator Pro GeForce 256
(& Celeron 300A @450 because it was required by law in those days for everyone to build one. 64MB RAM)
Honorable Mention: I did have a Diamond Stealth Rendition V2000 before that which was almost a GPU kinda, sorta, but really it was a clever design that used a more generic RISC processor. Same intent as a GPU, sorta, but that term was coined later starting with the GeForce.
(& P2-233 32MB RAM)
1st 3d accelerator was technically a voodoo rush but I immediately changed it to a Pure 3D 6MB Voodoo 1.
(& Cyrix 6×86 p166 16MB RAM)
For non 3d:
If you go back far enough whatever passed for a graphics adapter on the Mattel Aquarius which I had before my friend gifted me his c64.
For my first x86 it was some integrated CirrusLogic ISA beast with 256k vram. (& i486SX-33 4MB RAM)
Remarkable_Coffee726
AMD R9 360, was great, still have the thing on my shelf
RzrBldSmile
Matrox Mystique 2 MB. Oh how I wished I could have afforded the 4 MB version. But that’s alright, I later got the 4 MB Orchid Righteous 3Dfx loop-through accelerator card.
killabilla710
Gtx 760
Daggla
Voodoo Banshee II
ITXEnjoyer
3dfx Voodoo3 2000 16MB
colossusrageblack
X850XT
RmXs
Nvidia Le 7200, managed to play Gta 4 on 9fps lol
dorkusmaximus81
Voodoo 3 2000 PCI, open box best buy. I still remember buying it and installing with my mind being blown on StarCraft.
Elsa Winner Trio with staggering 2MB of graphics memory!
hatyn_
My first was a voodoo2
nickbg321
Good old FX5200, can’t remember the exact vendor anymore.
Digital_Print_Dude
3Dfx Voodoo 2 (Diamond Monster 3D II)
Chrunchyhobo
Radeon 9000 64mb.
Still got the entire PC, which still works!
Pentium II 300, ASUS P2B, 128mb SDR, ATX 1.0 PSU (the fan is an intake, as per original ATX spec).
DarthRevanG4
It was either a Voodoo 2 or 3. What I really consider my first GPU was a Geforce fx 5200. I played a lot on that card. Didn’t find out until way later that it was considered shitty. I probably had it through middle school and elementary school
Beer_Nazi
Voodoo3. Fond memories of that card handling Half-Life and OG Counterstrike like a champ.
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8600m GT 256mb in SLI
I think that it was an ATI 3D Rage.
Nvidia MX440
Technically, it was the unnamed integrated graphics on the i7 620m. However, I’d consider the hd5450 my first true gpu since I didn’t spend much time with the i7.
RX 280 I think, complete piece of shit but it worked better than the integrated graphics
https://preview.redd.it/ogfmfav5gjmc1.png?width=2396&format=png&auto=webp&s=387e34356346cc981d9a3d49f80428dbc093802f
All 16mb of this bad boy.
Very 1st was voodoo3.
Good question – the problem is “what is a GPU”, really. If we go with the “a circuit dedicated to accelerate graphics and video processing”, well…I guess the VIC-II chip in the C64 qualifies? 😀
If we restrict it to PC graphics card…an ISA Trident 8900D with a defective memory module that caused it to display a bunch of red pixels in black areas of the screen (14 years old me, at the time, thought it was normal!).
First 3D card, the “3D Decelerator”, the “glorious” S3 ViRGE/DX 😀
Aorus rx6800 xt
Mine was an Rx 5500 lol slightly better than that.
1660
Nvidia Riva TNT 2
9500 GT from the trash. I got MC to sorta barely run on it, so that’s a plus.
Nvidia Riva TNT 16MB
https://preview.redd.it/rd0njwq5kjmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2a862821c0745638d36f0777f354b15bbbd5b83
Not my first but this is the oldest one I still have granted it’s been in a moving box for god only knows how long
# Voodoo Banshee
Voodoo2. It ran Quake 2 like a champ.
By strict “GPU” definition:
Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator Pro GeForce 256
(& Celeron 300A @450 because it was required by law in those days for everyone to build one. 64MB RAM)
Honorable Mention: I did have a Diamond Stealth Rendition V2000 before that which was almost a GPU kinda, sorta, but really it was a clever design that used a more generic RISC processor. Same intent as a GPU, sorta, but that term was coined later starting with the GeForce.
(& P2-233 32MB RAM)
1st 3d accelerator was technically a voodoo rush but I immediately changed it to a Pure 3D 6MB Voodoo 1.
(& Cyrix 6×86 p166 16MB RAM)
For non 3d:
If you go back far enough whatever passed for a graphics adapter on the Mattel Aquarius which I had before my friend gifted me his c64.
For my first x86 it was some integrated CirrusLogic ISA beast with 256k vram. (& i486SX-33 4MB RAM)
AMD R9 360, was great, still have the thing on my shelf
Matrox Mystique 2 MB. Oh how I wished I could have afforded the 4 MB version. But that’s alright, I later got the 4 MB Orchid Righteous 3Dfx loop-through accelerator card.
Gtx 760
Voodoo Banshee II
3dfx Voodoo3 2000 16MB
X850XT
Nvidia Le 7200, managed to play Gta 4 on 9fps lol
Voodoo 3 2000 PCI, open box best buy. I still remember buying it and installing with my mind being blown on StarCraft.
https://preview.redd.it/sig3cbvsojmc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7002f462fac7bd9e71f3e587a4e99ee372206f8
Elsa Winner Trio with staggering 2MB of graphics memory!
My first was a voodoo2
Good old FX5200, can’t remember the exact vendor anymore.
3Dfx Voodoo 2 (Diamond Monster 3D II)
Radeon 9000 64mb.
Still got the entire PC, which still works!
Pentium II 300, ASUS P2B, 128mb SDR, ATX 1.0 PSU (the fan is an intake, as per original ATX spec).
It was either a Voodoo 2 or 3. What I really consider my first GPU was a Geforce fx 5200. I played a lot on that card. Didn’t find out until way later that it was considered shitty. I probably had it through middle school and elementary school
Voodoo3. Fond memories of that card handling Half-Life and OG Counterstrike like a champ.
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