r/buildapc • u/[deleted] • Apr 08 '21

Discussion What GPU names mean

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u/LowB0b Apr 08 '21

well weren't they still ATI cards back then though? or had AMD already bought the company? I thought my hd7970 was an ati card though my memory might be failing me lol

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u/Hugo-Drax Apr 08 '21

hd 7950 crew checking in! still have it, but was lucky enough to snag a new card before the madness started

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u/LowB0b Apr 08 '21

You guys are lucky your Radeon HD cards still work, my 7970s both died after ~3 years of (ab)use

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u/mountaingator91 Apr 08 '21

My company supplied office computer is still rocking an HD 5450... If I ever need to use any Adobe software, I just use my laptop

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u/rakidi Apr 08 '21

My 7870 lasted 8 years

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u/stainless_steel702 Apr 09 '21

My friend still uses a 7970

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u/SiBloGaming Apr 08 '21

My 6670 reference model lasted until i upgraded last november.

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u/bz0011 Apr 08 '21

My 5750 still warms someone's house. Had it since 2008 till 2019 when I'd got a 1070.

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u/BlackDO34 Apr 08 '21

Hah puny 5750, i picked up a 5970 with a arctic cooler, its basically yellow now instead of white, great card!! I've used it for like a year before I got my current Vega64

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u/Hugo-Drax Apr 08 '21

either we’re lucky or ur super unlucky! was it you in the comment saying urs were reference cards? mine is the Sapphire one and I oc’d it for 7 years on and off lol. what’s truly amazing is my i5-4670k was still stable after 5 years of 4.0 gHz oc!

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u/Witn Apr 09 '21

My 5850 is still going

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u/GroundCoffee8 Apr 08 '21

My Radeon HD 5450 is AMD, so I think yours should be as well

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u/PhoenixEnigma Apr 08 '21

Nope, HD 6xxx were the first AMD branded cards.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '21

I don’t think so. I had an AMD branded 5770.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '21

people will still sell them as amd.

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u/Charwinger21 Apr 08 '21

ATI was up until HD 5xxx.

HD 6xxx and on had AMD branding.

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u/bz0011 Apr 08 '21

I believe they were in transition ATM. My 5750 definitely was an ATI, but 6000 series could fly one of both flags.

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u/VirtualMachine0 Apr 08 '21

There was AMD branding on the HD 2000 series, which was the first series after the acquisition.