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First post, by 2fort5r

Posted on 2014-09-19, 10:00

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This may have been done before but I couldn't find it. Has anyone compiled a list of all major video card chipsets sorted by year? It would be useful to pick a year and immediately see what video cards were then current and which were becoming obsolete.

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Reply 1 of 7, by GL1zdA

Posted on 2014-09-19, 10:32

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There was a big video card family tree on this forum, but I can't find it now.

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Reply 2 of 7, by 2fort5r

Posted on 2014-09-19, 12:00

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I quickly put a list together for my own reference. I'll upload it here in case others find it useful. Though there are probably errors, particularly with the ATI cards, which have a confusing model history.

It's notable that the late 1990s were a time of rapid change and innovation in this field, with lots of different companies/chipsets competing for market share.

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Reply 3 of 7, by Splinter

Posted on 2014-09-19, 12:57

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That's a nice chronology, thanks.

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Reply 4 of 7, by Stiletto

Posted on 2014-09-19, 14:32

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GL1zdA wrote:
There was a big video card family tree on this forum, but I can't find it now.

This one?
http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/history-tree

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Reply 5 of 7, by 2fort5r

Posted on 2014-09-19, 14:58

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Ha, that's brilliant. I knew there had to be something like that around here somewhere.

Does a searchable version exist? Someone should OCR it and put it in a PDF.

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Reply 6 of 7, by archsan

Posted on 2014-09-19, 15:42

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Vlask made it with VUE (http://vue.tufts.edu/) right? Maybe you can ask him for the original file and search from the VUE program.

Also from wikipedia (as I thought vlask's chart should be there as well) I just found out about this interactive gallery: http://vgamuseum.ru/
Very nice! P.S. oh it's on vgamuseum.info link page as well.

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Reply 7 of 7, by 2fort5r

Posted on 2014-09-19, 16:37

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Yes that's very well done. Kudos to whoever made it.

That VideoLoca card is big enough to steer a ship

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