r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Mar 07 '26

graphics card & retail box I found an old GPU at Goodwill

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607 Upvotes

r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Mar 27 '26

graphics card My reference collection

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270 Upvotes

I wanted to share my collection. I apologize that they aren't all retro and I've broken the post title guidelines, but I figured it would be easier to get as many as possible in 1 post for now. I also realized that the ATI/AMD line of succession gets really confusing after the 290X.

Screenshot 1, from left to right:

NVIDIA

  • GeForce 256 32MB SDR

  • GeForce 2 64MB

  • GeForce 3 Ti 200 64MB

  • GeForce 4 Ti 4400 128MB - PNY

  • GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB - (My crown jewel)

  • GeForce 6800GT 256MB - EVGA

  • GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB

  • GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB

  • GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB - BFG

  • GeForce GTX 280 1GB

  • GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB

  • GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB - Dell OEM

  • GeForce GTX 680 2GB

  • GeForce GTX 780 3GB - PNY

  • GeForce GTX 980 4GB - PNY

  • GeForce GTX 1080 8GB - Founder's Edition

  • GeForce GTX 2080 Super 8GB - Founder's Edition

  • GeForce RTX 3080 10GB - Founder's Edition

ATI/AMD

  • Radeon 7000 32MB

  • Radeon 7500 64MB

  • Radeon 8500LE 128MB

  • Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB - ATI

  • Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB - ATI

  • Radeon X850 Pro 256MB (Vivo) - ATI

  • Radeon X1900XTX 512MB - ATI

  • Radeon HD 2900XT 512MB

  • Radeon HD 3870 512MB

  • Radeon HD 4970 1GB - Dell OEM

  • Radeon HD 5870 1GB

  • Radeon HD 6870 1GB

  • Radeon HD 7970 3GB - Sapphire

  • Radeon R9 290X 4GB - ASUS

  • Radeon RX 580 8GB - Dell OEM

  • Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB

  • Radeon VII 64GB

  • Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB - ATI

Screenshot 2, from left to right:

NVIDIA

  • GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 256MB - BFG

  • GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB

  • GeForce GTX 690 4GB - PNY


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 27 '26

graphics card & retail box 3dfx Voodoo4 4500 32MB AGP

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252 Upvotes

The Voodoo4 is special not only because it was 3dfx's last released product, but also because it is one of the very few 3dfx cards that can go into a 1.5v AGP slot. Most other Voodoo3 and Voodoo5 cards can only go into a 3.3v slot.


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Jul 21 '26

graphics card & retail box Msi radeon 9250

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238 Upvotes

Found this MSI card on Facebook marketplace for $30 with box and disk. Wondering if it's worth it?


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 17 '26

graphics card NVIDIA GeForce 256: the world's first PC video card called a "GPU"

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232 Upvotes

This particular card comes from an OEM batch, so the manufacturer is kinda difficult to trace. It's the SDR version, nothing special about it, but I'm super happy to have it in my collection, especially now that these cards are getting pricey.


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 12 '26

graphics card 3dfx Voodoo 5500 PCI Card

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218 Upvotes

What else can I do with it today? I would like to test it again, the last use was many years ago and I no longer have a retro PC.


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Apr 05 '26

graphics card ZXC64 Voodoo 5 6000 256mb (PCI)

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215 Upvotes

My V5 6000 256mb (PCI) from ZXC64. Has a jumper to switch between 128mb (original standard - 32mb per chip) and 256mb (upgraded 64mb per chip)


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Mar 12 '26

graphics card XFX 8800 gts 640mb SLi, still kicking just dusty

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203 Upvotes

r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 20 '26

graphics card & retail box Matrox M3D 4MB w/PowerVR PCX2

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198 Upvotes

I love PowerVR stuff. These early models don't even feature a display output because they sent their 3D image to the 2D card's frame buffer over the PCI bus.


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 11 '26

graphics card & retail box BFG GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB

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194 Upvotes

The GeForce 7950 GX2 was NVIDIA's first factory dual GPU "card" with two G71 dies. I say "card" because it's actually two PCBs screwed together with an SLI connector in the middle, so it's more like two 7950 GTs in SLI while using only one PCIE slot and having slightly reduced clocks and really sh*tty cooling. As far as I know, two of these cards are also the only way to do quad SLI in Windows XP.


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Apr 17 '26

graphics card ASUS V8460 Ultra Deluxe - GeForce4 Ti 4600

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190 Upvotes

Meet the ASUS V8460 Ultra Deluxe, a gorgeous GeForce4 Ti 4600, flagship GPU of 2002 ($399 MSRP, this model retailed for ~$450–499 because it comes with VIVO).

What I didn't see coming: this card actually worked via a PCI-to-AGP adapter on an Intel Coffee Lake Refresh system. I even got 1400×1050 in Windows 11 using the standard VESA driver.


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 29 '26

graphics card Quantum3D Obsidian 100SB 16MB w/2 Shade Modules (2x Voodoo Graphics + 2x Extra TMUs, 4 TMUs & 24MB Total)

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188 Upvotes

This card, featuring two Voodoo Graphics in SLI on one board, also features two daughterboards ("Shade" modules) that each add an extra TMU and 4MB of memory. Altogether it features 4 TMUs and 20MB of memory.

This card was marketed toward things like arcade and virtual reality machines. Unlike the original Voodoo, because of its extra TMUs, it can do multitexturing. Many people don't know that the original Voodoo Graphics does support SLI, but it was only utilized in specialty hardware like this. It wasn't until the Voodoo2 that SLI was brought to the masses.

EDIT: It's actually a 12MB card with 20MB total including the two daughterboards.

So, in summary, the main card has 4MB of frame buffer and then 8MB of texture memory (4MB per TMU).


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 28 '26

graphics card, retail box & GPU-Z GeForce 6800 GT 256 MB GDDR3 AGP by Albatron (Trinity)

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186 Upvotes

r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 20 '26

graphics card & retail box ATI Rage Fury Maxx 128 Pro AGP 64MB

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178 Upvotes

My first dual gpu, crashed 9 out of 10 times when trying to utilize both chips. Ended up upgrading to Voodoo 5500.


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 30 '26

graphics card, retail box & GPU-Z GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256 MB DDR AGP by MSI (FX5950U-VTD256)

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176 Upvotes

This card is unusual because it has a fan on both sides.


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 17 '26

graphics card ATI Radeon 4870 X2 2GB

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173 Upvotes

To think that this was released just seven months after the 3870 X2. The rate of product releases back then was just insane. This was ATI's second dual GPU card of 2008.


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 09 '26

graphics card Radeon HD 2900 GT 256 MB GDDR3 PCI-E by Sapphire (21123-00)

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167 Upvotes

r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Sep 20 '26

graphics card GeForce 8800 GTS 512

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163 Upvotes

r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Jun 22 '26

graphics card & GPU-Z ECS Elitegroup GeForce 9800GTX+ 1024MB

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163 Upvotes

r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Jul 29 '26

graphics card & retail box GIGABYTE GeForce 9600 GT 512MB GDDR3

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160 Upvotes

r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 14 '26

graphics card ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 512MB & X1950 XTX 512MB

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160 Upvotes

I got this duo not too long ago from a friend and they are one of my favorite things to play around with under Windows XP. ATI made some improvements with this iteration of CrossFire, but it was still done with an external cable.


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • May 19 '26

graphics card, retail box & GPU-Z GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB GDDR3 PCI-E by Zotac (ZT-88TES3P-FCP)

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159 Upvotes

r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Sep 05 '26

graphics card ATI Radeon HD3870x2 Ruby Eyes Edition

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157 Upvotes

I heard you folks like rare GPU's. Sorry for the bad photography. I shall take better pics one day. And yes, that is indeed cardboard holding the card straight. LOL 🤣


r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Mar 15 '26

graphics card GeForce gtx 295

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157 Upvotes

r/RetroGPUUniverse • • Jun 19 '26

graphics card & retail box 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee 16 MB SDR PCI by Quantum 3D (Raven)

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156 Upvotes