My Top 5 GPUs

[@gundamfan1087]

A tastypc upload? What a treat!!

[@rick_takahashi]

OMG.. she's alive (again)!

[@philipp594]

I miss GPU being exciting and affordable. The jump from my GTX 260 to the GTX 460 almost doubled performance.

[@moose304]

Your 970 review back in the day was one of the reasons I bought my 970 (more for blender, video, etc. than gaming) and I didn't replace it until a year ago when I got a 4070. Which was a fairly noticeable upgrade ;) Thanks for all your great work and content!

[@TastyPC]

That's a huge upgrade!!

[@warrax111]

I remember her 780 / ti reviews from around 2013. I saw them much later. But I remember her fan reviews from beginning. Not sure why, but they just cannot be forgotten. Or un-watched. It just stays in mind, they are so different, than tons of IT channels over youtube. Btw, I'm just on 560 ti Asus DirectCU 1GB. I've just bought it yesterday, as retro card into collection. Never had more powerful GPU, as I dont play modern games, so I didn't need one. My most powerful was 8800GTS 512, after it, I've gradually stopped to play new games. Still remember her 780ti reviews. Because I wanted upgrade in that time, to something better, from GTX 460 to 660. But coun't resist, what new cards are capable of, cards, that I will never have money for. So I somehow remember her reviews even despite the fact, I saw maybe 5-6 videos. I saw many on Gamersnexus, or from Tech Yes City. But TastyPC is something different, so different style, and touch, that you just don't forgot it, it stays in memory, even if you see only 1 video from her. Anyway, I remember also retro motherboards video, blue Gigabyte Z77 motherboard was in collection, and it was last blue motherboard. After that, all manufacturers switched to black. So I remember it, how she compared her motherboards, and that blue one stand out of the common line. So that's another video I remember.

[@crash42modder63]

@@TastyPC Use non abrasive cloth with demineralized water.

[@haramaschabrasir8662]

2011-2015 GPU design was something else. When aluminium shrouds, backplates, turbo-buttons and non-intrusive lighting became a thing. I still want a Mars 760 so bad...

[@matthewhanson498]

They remind me hot rods, heat pipes, exposed fins, unique shapes. The gtx 480 is a personal favorite of mine. I wanted one but the 500 series was already out

[@GnanaPrakash86AP]

Yay!! Been a while! I'm glad you're back with a new video!

[@brugj03]

So refreshing and stylish, almost like art. Keep it coming, you`re better than all the others.

[@dimpsmuldoon1430]

A welcome return, hope life is treating you better!

[@Dan-M01]

Radeon HD 5870. Used that card for years, hands down the best card I ever had. Glad to see you again BTW!

[@andrewmcewan9145]

My overall favorite is the r9 290. Dirt cheep after the first "crypto crash" Came out before the 970 and still playes modem games better than the 970. Now if you went out of your way to buy the sapphire 8gb model... Only downside is the encoder and decoder are much worse and I'd say don't even match Kepler mk2 Although the 5xxx series was awsome for it's time VLIW aged extremely poorly and I don't have great memories of vliw chips in there formative years.

[@Onizuking]

It's so good to see you again ! Your work is amazing.

[@macalby]

I don't really keep up with pc hardware anymore but this was a real nostalgia trip

[@falcon_three_fifty]

That was a fun video! I love that you kept the Whopper in the final edit from the old video. It gave me a little laugh from the past.

[@BioToxin]

you're alive! missed that voice! welcome back again! hope life has treated you well

[@denvera1g1]

I love content that isnt just cookie cutter with the thousands of other channels, bonus points for looking for the positives in everything, thanks for improving my Sunday.

[@alyssacrypto]

Love your video. Love being a patreon of yours

[@EternalLife91]

Hi TastyPC, what are some of your favorite videogames?

[@RedBeardedGriff]

The GTX 970 is a beast of a graphics card, and I had mine from 2014 to January this year. Now, I'm using an RX 5700 XT, which is a fantastic graphics card.

[@NiHaoMike64]

Same here, although I replaced mine with a 3060 Ti. Needed the AI extensions and the newer video codecs, although I'm only a beginner at AI so didn't want to invest too much.

[@gregwakolbinger]

Nice to see you back!

[@ephjaymusic]

Hey! Nice to see you again! btw - the sticky residue from the degrading finish on the plastic casing can probably be removed with plain lighter fluid and a cotton ball or old towel. I've had a similar issue with some old kit with the same gunky mess that never comes off. Wear gloves so you don't become a human Zippo lighter wick lol. (toxic)

[@SomeOneOneOne]

Can you please upload more often!?🙏🏻

[@ragekage209]

my first gpu was an evga 760 and after 3 upgrades (780 back when i didn't know it wouldnt be worth it, 1070, and now 3070ti) i still use it in my living room pc and it holds up weirdly well. its definitely the best thing about pc gaming- old hardware can punch far above its weight for much longer than you expect. lovely video and always great to see you on the feed 😊

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

It’s nice that you showed what settings you can increase with the newer generations rather than Apples to Apples benchmarks just comparing FPS. This is how people use newer cards in the real world rather than running Tomb Raider on Low Settings at hundreds of FPS.

[@jasonsaez3668]

Lauren, great stroll down memory lane! Love seeing more content! More reviews maybe? Cheers!

[@mazchen]

7:16 haha, the subtitles 😂

[@fjsioewiox]

Fan goes BRRRRRRRRRRR

[@AndroidBeacshire]

fans go brrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@stevewatson6839]

"And I just think that is really cool." did it for me. Don't ever change, lass: we like you just the way you are.

[@jonnscott4858]

Yaaaaey you're back!

[@veritanuda]

What a fascinating journey. As you know, I am not really a PC gamer, but I did have a GTX980 and my brother donated his Titan-X card, but honestly I just checked out of buying GPUs in the end because it got so stupidly expensive. That being said, some of my very first 'graphic' cards were not cheap either, but back in the day when blitting was a new thing everything was bespoke. ;) Thanks for this. Interesting to see you hang on to old hardware like I do, though mine is considerably older methinks. ;)

[@TheGrace020]

Great video really enjoyed it :DDDD

[@marknewellmusic]

Congrats on another upload 🎉

[@FaySmash]

My history was AsusTek GTX 560Ti -> Zotac GTX 770 -> Zotac GTX 970 -> Palit GTX 1080 -> Zotac RTX 2080Ti (Water) -> Palit RTX 3090 (Water) -> ASUS RTX 4090 (Water) so we mostly shared the same cards ^^ I also started using UHD with my 970 and spent countless hours in Skyrim with it (and its predecessors). Nowadays I still spent many hours on Skyrim, but mainly as modder, but when I get to play even the 24GB VRAM aren't enough, it's still a bottleneck after all BTW, to get rid of that soft-touch shit you can use ethanol (probably also Isopropanol) and rub it off

[@JezyYT]

Great video! It's been a while

[@TMAbbATH]

Enjoyable video, like it ! My GPUs I had ==> HD4870 ==> GTX 970 ==> GTX 980ti then SLI ==> GTX 1080ti ==> 7900 XTX (now)

[@coolquitepowerful]

xfx fx5200 > xfx 7300gt > xfx 8600gts > xfx 9500gt > xfx 9600gt > xfx gtx460 > zotac mini gtx 1070 > msi suprim x rtx 4080

[@Rinruperson]

This was weirdly nostalgic - and very cool too! I've only ever had one desktop gpu, the gtx980, and it's the one I'm still using today. It's honestly been a really reliable card in my experience. Still, I think you're so right about graphics mattering in terms of visual story telling. The more you compress something the further it drifts from the original artistic intention (though the same can be said for artificial upscaling imo). I'm definitely pondering a new one, to satisfy my 3D photography and rendering hobby.

[@toinouH]

I appriciate your asmr voice. GPUs are like the cars or motocycles our dads used to had, we spend so much good times on discord or in games with friends this device get a special place in our heart. (sorry english isn't my first language)

[@Stalast.]

My day has just been made tastier, thanks!

[@therealAkito]

Yoooo legendary upload

[@weichi_]

always love when you upload. hope you are doing great

[@drakelangham4412]

While I haven't tried it yet myself, I've heard that "white gasoline", or Naptha (or Coleman fuel) can be used to remove the decomposing, rubberized soft touch from plastic surfaces.

[@nickpetrillo8300]

This made my month!

[@scottperry8388]

It always makes my day when there a new Tasty video, and this was a fun one. I would love to see more of these type especially if it means you'd upload more often. BTW the soft plastic sticky problem can be resolved by wiping it with Petrol/Gasoline. It will remove all graphics so you may not want to do it but it works.

[@gcardinal]

For such an awesome content I simply dont get it why you dont upload more. Great stuff

[@alphatonic1481]

Nice to hear from you again. I also had a SLI card once it was a 7950 GX2 and i also had some weird issues with it back in the day.

[@TheVanillatech]

My favourites over the years ... 1. Geforce 4 Ti 4800SE AGP - served me so well for over 3 years playing Quake III OSP back in the early 2000s 2. Geforce 6600GT AGP - probably the best price/performance GPU ever made to this day and therefore the GOAT (so far) 3. Radeon X1950XTX - someone I worked for gave me this card as partial payment and it was shockingly fast and played everything for years at high settings 4. Radeon HD4770 - Bought this for £95 from eBay and didn't believe the benchmarks but it was true it destroyed everything else in it's class 5. GTX 980Ti - It cost me £530 but it lasted 4 years! Only recently replaced with a 6750XT.

[@ThexBorg]

Welcome back! 🤩

[@wowsuchname1939]

Always loved the Mars 760 but could never justify one. Stunning design, miss that era of cards.

[@blaww89]

Uh oh, I'm feeling nostalgic about computers again. GPUs I've owned: GeForce 6800, 7800 GTX 256MB, 8800 GTX, GTX 285, GTX 470, GTX 660 Ti, GTX 1060 6GB, GTX 1660 Super, RTX 3060, and now a RTX 3070 FE. Shoutout to EVGA for accepting the RMA on my 285 after my cat coughed a hairball into my case and fried it. I miss that company. As for favorites, the 8800 GTX was a beast. I remember it the way people talk about the 1080 Ti today. Same goes for the 285, the last high-end card I've bought (and it was only $400). I can't justify GPU prices these days even in the mid-range, and to be honest I'm happy with my 3070 despite the VRAM situation.

[@tomriley9242]

Glad to see you return. I used to run 2 x GTX 480's 🥵 in SLI before moving onto a 780ti. Gave up on using SLI when my 2 x 970's were causing artifacts similar to the ones you showed in Dragon Age Inquisition.

[@weholmes5315]

Yay!! My favorite computer ASMRtist! Instant download 😊

[@t3amb4sh]

My top 5+1 GPUs used over the years Radeon 4870 GTX 280 GTX 770 GTX 1070 GTX 1080 Ti RTX 4080 (using now, Zotac variant, no coil whine or such things). The sweet spot for me is 1440p@165Hz (which I am using) and I am not going 4K anytime soon (although I can natively test on my 4K TV and see the performance of the 4080) GTX 1080 Ti is still my favorite and I still use it in an other PC (mostly for 1080p games and as an HTPC). Great video! Thanx for the memories

[@theaverageenduser6241]

Excellent vid = )

[@schifferu]

Been collecting GPUs for about a year now, and a lot of these older GPUs just have some nice looking designs! Currently keeping a lookout on an MSI Lightning R9 290X

[@elemenopycuaress7454]

This was fun. Had me reminiscing over my builds throughout the years. Also perhaps made me a little sad with the current state of the market. Regardless, thanks for sharing your GPU journey and giving me cause to relive my own.

[@brendel68]

Like always, a good video from you. In the end of 2013, I got my hands also to a ROG Matrix Platinum Edition - GPU from ASUS. As part of the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition - Series, the soldered Tahiti XT2 - Chip got the first Boost clock technic at this time. This card is also a hardware treasure for me, I don't want to seperade from.

[@ShinyHelmet]

You get a thumbs up from me just for using Control in a benchmark. Love that game and it's still one that can really test a graphics card when you turn on all the bling. It was actually the game that made me upgrade from a 1060 to a 3060, so I could use high settings and a bit of Ray Tracing.

[@SMhobo]

Ha I just watched some of your old vids after wondering where you went. Good to see your ok

[@daylightdies7194]

It’s nice to see again I hope all is well 😊

[@gitstautusgitstutasgitstatus]

Fan and voltage buttons on the card is super neat

[@liamdarby_]

She’s back!

[@lustfulscholar1199]

She's back!!! Yay!

[@RobertFixit]

wow did you save your old card collection? BTW the 100% fan speed button is epic. Imagine if that was a button on your keyboard LOL.

[@TheMastodonus]

Wohoo new vid!

[@stevewatson6839]

Grrr; not only don't I get notifications, but YT doesn't even list TastyPC as a sub. Still in my Top 5 despite the sparse and erratic postings. Don't ever change, lass: we like you just the way you are. 👌👍

[@NIXIEPIXIE]

another awesome video

[@robpeacock4905]

Cool video hope all has been good look forward to some more interesting videos 👍

[@SnoozeTube]

I was just thinking of you so I came here... new upload :)

[@anitaremenarova6662]

What a nice collection! I used to play on our old family pc and then a notebook so my exemplars consist only of the GTX 960 4GB and my recently bought 4070ti super.

[@marekreznicek6075]

Love it :)) U are one serious geek - that is meant in the Best meaning of this awkward word ..! Im kinda HW admirer, makes me kinda be jalous of not being a gaming freak in the last say 15 years. nice video!

[@NiHaoMike64]

I have never owned a 580 but it's still nostalgic for me since I got to work with a few of them at work for a machine vision application. A bit dated for 2016 but they did the job. The 3.5GB issue with the 970 was indeed patched. In the early days, I could repro an issue quite easily where loading an image heavy web page in the browser and then starting a VRAM heavy game results in poor FPS. But starting the game, pausing it, opening that page in the browser, and then returning to the game works fine. After a driver update, it works fine either way. The slow 512MB just gets used for "light" stuff like browsers, making the best of that situation.

[@tancar2004]

Oh the Fermi GPU's. I bought two 470's to run in SLI. That was my first from the ground up custom PC and ran 3 monitors and played fps games in surround mode. Worked fine for counterstrike and team fortress, but struggled on most other games. Single screen it ran Crysis just fine. When the Titan came out I bought two of those and everything came together.

[@redbull2007]

Rocking with my 7900XTX , you should upload more videos, we missed you.😃

[@MrBlackdragon1230]

My first playthrough of Control was on my 1080ti. Interesting thing was I did it in 1080p with mostly maxed out settings and ray tracing on. It wasn't a 60 fps experience but it was good enough to play and enjoy those awesome visuals.

[@jublywubly]

I'm probably a bit late, but I found pure isopropyl alcohol can remove the yucky sticky residue from the melted rubber-like coating of things. I cleaned up my X-Box 360 controller with it.

[@PabloSonvico]

Hey Lauren! welcome back, hope you are doing swell. XOXO

[@JCSWW]

I miss the days of dual GPU's on one PCB. I owned an AMD 3770 and 4770, which were great for their time. SLI/CrossFire on the card is so much more efficient than using dual PCI-E x16 slots.

[@0801436]

Your Mars review back in the day made me purchase another gtx760 to sli them haha what a time!

[@MrArrakis9]

That Asus Mars card sure is a blast from the past, it would make a nice trophy piece without the heat sink on it.

[@Al_Purton]

Still using my 970 in my current pc. Still going strong! 💪🏻

[@broza82]

That Control on GTX580 part was hilarious 😂

[@rangersmith4652]

Not a single ATI/Radeon/AMD card? I think it's sad there are so many gamers who either have never tried an AMD graphics card or seem not to appreciate how good they are. At least we got an acknowledgment that Nvidia graphics cards have and always have had a VRAM shortage compared to cards from AMD. The 1080Ti remains the best overall gaming GPU (for its time, of course) ever. It was super fast, not grossly overpriced, and, for a change, sufficiently supplied with VRAM. It still rocks at 1080p and holds its own 1440p today, more than eight years after its release.

[@TastyPC]

AMD has made some great cards, but the stars have never aligned for me to have the right AMD card at the right time for it to leave a lasting mark.

[@rangersmith4652]

@@TastyPC Fair enough. The first PC I ever built from scratch had an R9-270X, and it was so impressive over the integrated graphics in the i5 laptop I used to start gaming that -- well, I just got used to giving AMD cards a shot in my PCs. I've had great experiences with some Nvidia cards as well, but my currently active GPUs are mostly AMD. Plus, the only graphics cards failures I've ever suffered were a 980Ti and a 2080Ti.

[@NiHaoMike64]

AMD driver quality isn't as good as Nvidia's although it's improving. And no CUDA although there's a project that attempts to emulate it. About the only reasons to strongly prefer AMD GPUs is if you're an open source purist (since AMD GPU drivers are truly open source) or if you just want an APU for a budget build.

[@rangersmith4652]

@@NiHaoMike64 I don't "strongly prefer" AMD GPUs. I strongly prefer rasterization per dollar and not running out of VRAM. If that led me to buy Nvidia, I'd buy Nvidia. These days, it almost never does. And over many years of running both AMD and Nvidia, I've never had a driver issue with either brand.

[@LeKretch]

I started at a 660ti, No idea what the parts in my PC even did. Then spent a bit more and got a 1070x, last year I upgraded to the 7800xt. I still use the 1070x as a secondary PC, those graphics cards were amazing.

[@Robonoobatron]

I remember running the 580 in three way SLI. Thankfully I was in the army and didn't need to worry about the power bill.

[@rankcolour8780]

Watercooled HD5970 was my fave card ever, (paired with a watercooled 5870 in trifire). They all overclocked really well but the 5970 was the star of the show

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

what a time for TastyPC's bi annual upload

[@TastyPC]

Harsh but fair lol

[@kaislate]

There's always been specific handicapping of Nvidia cards with regard to vram. Sometimes it isn't noticed til later or as more recently with the re-skus of the 40 series with either less vram or slower vram then exactly the same models and no indication on the box of the change.

[@Kryptic1046]

The NV 7950GT was the card that got me hooked on PC. I had dabbled before that, but that card is the one that sealed the deal and turned me away from consoles for good. Blew my gd mind how fast it was in Oblivion back in the day. I'll never get rid of that thing, it's my OG.

[@ShooterFPS]

TastyPC is back guys ☺

[@matthewday7565]

The infamous SOTTR Fermi graphical glitch... I have a GTX 460 (£15 CEX) to go in an XP Retro. My nostalgic ones are.... CL5428, my first PC, 486 that was probably more expensive than anything I've had since, also spent extra on a multimedia kit (SB16 & CR563) CL5446, second PC, I built, then S3 Savage 4, my first 3D card..... Found it again when tinkering with some more retro, thought it had died but turned out it just didn't agree with the monitor I was using

[@JamesFox1]

A Tasty Round Up . 👍✌️🤙

[@steveaustin4118]

Putting Control on the 580 should be classed as a criminal offence 😁, the 4080 may not be the best but with the right lighting it looks so good

[@18T220]

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT for me, the only GPU that could run Crysis at max setting (20-30fps) back in the day.

[@_Nobody_Special]

GTX 295 was that card for me. First time I could ever run Crysis at a solid 60fps, got me hooked on PC hardware. Back in the good old days when 400gbp was a LOT to pay for a GPU. 😂

[@nao_tomori]

my favorite will always be the Ati Radeon 9600. i bought one for the first gaming pc i ever built in like 2004, and credit that card for starting my interest in pc gaming

[@thenextlevel123]

Most memorable for me is the 7950GX2, was so unique.

[@3zozalzhrane827]

I know it's not my business it is your channel and your videos but I believe if you put some backward music the video will look nicer. by the way i love you videos

[@burninator1983]

Still rocking a 1080Ti (Asus Strix) in my machine which is easily my favourite GPU of all the ones I have owned over the years. I don't play many newer games anymore so it's been more than adequate for the titles that I do play, but I might have to finally upgrade now that Space Marine 2 is out...

[@FN1980a]

I went from a Gainward 9600GT (2008) -> Asus GTX660 (2014/15, used $25) -> Asus GTX1080 (2016-). Might upgrade again when the 50-series comes out.

[@Air2Grave]

It's nice to know that I also own a RTX 2080 Ti founders edition☺

[@Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

The graphics vs gameplay topic, iirc, is about rising trend of devs prioritizing graphics over gameplay. So Wuicide Squad Will the Justice League is a good example, an amazing looking game with shallow gameplay.

[@Jagcycle]

PC master race!

[@kurtfrank5387]

I love gamers, earlier this year they "helped" me to replace my old GTX 960 with a second hand RTX 3070 for less than half the price that 3070s were still on sale for (roughly 3.5 times more performance). Still as I mainly play turn-based strategy games (hardly the most demanding) and I'm still using a Xeon E5-2697A on a ASUS X99-E WS mobo, there's not much point in splurging on anything better.

[@Cornholio]

You should be able to remove the sticky mess with rubbing alcohol. Never tried it myself but the internet says it works :)

[@tin2001]

My first ever GPU was a GeForce 256. It was an Asus card with LCD shutter 3D glasses (which synced with thr VGA outout, so only useful for CRTs).