What is your GPU history?

I was going through some old pictures and I was reminiscing the days when top-tier GPUs didn't cost an arm and a leg. Or when you could actually afford a decent mid-range GPU.
Then I got to thinking about my GPU history and while there's nothing particularly amazing about it, it's fun to think about.
I'll go first:
2009 - GTX 285
Now, this was my first PC and I remember that the person who built it didn't put a GTX 285 in initially. But I wanted to be able to see the gold camos in COD4 hence the upgrade. I cannot remember for the life of me the GPU I had previously. All around solid card though.
2011/12 - GTX 560Ti
Now this wasn't a needed upgrade per se. Birthday was coming up and I managed to set aside some money to get this card. I was in love with its design and I could always use a more powerful GPU.
2014 - R9 280
Look, I know this is the Nvidia sub, but this card was really solid. I got it because the 560Ti's fans crapped out and I was too much of a newbie to try and replace the fans myself. I was making my way through college at the time (animation) and I needed a new GPU for homework. Just homework, I swear! I went AMD because, well, it was cheap and available when I needed it. That last sentence holds so much potential btw. I did have some issues with the drivers and particularly, I remember sometimes the clocks would stay stuck at 300mhz and wouldn't budge. I had to restart my PC for the problem to go away. Still, this card managed to get me through The Witcher 3 on medium settings @1680x1050 resolution. Yeah I know, I desperately needed a monitor upgrade, that came later that year.
2016 - GTX 1070
To this day, maybe the best card I've ever had in terms of design, power and thermals combined. My gaming buddies were in awe when I told them I got this beast. I was initially planning on getting the RX 480 but I ended up getting the mighty 1070. What a card it was. Silent and powerful. For shits and giggles I fired up The Witcher 3 again (this time with a 1080p monitor) and I put nearly everything on Ultra. I couldn't believe how beautiful the game looked. Finally I could stop worrying about optimizing my settings and I could crank everything up to 11. To this day I regret selling this card.
2017 - RX 480
Now, in hindsight, this was such a stupid thing to do. I had gotten a Freesync monitor and wanting to take full advantage of it I sold my 1070 and got a 480. Don't get me wrong, this was a stupid idea, and the 1070 was a much more powerful card BUT the 480 is, to this day, the best VFM card I've ever owned. I remember playing DOOM on Vulkan API and the performance was so impressive I remember making a post on reddit because I wanted to talk about it with someone. I couldn't believe the framerates I was getting. You could argue that DOOM was just so damn well optimized but the 480 was a good all around card.
Still 2017 - RX Vega 56
Being fully commited to AMD, I was saving big for this card. I had really high expectations and I just couldn't wait to get my hands on it. All my enthusiasm was destroyed by tthe horrific drivers this card had at launch. I couldn't game for more than 10 minutes without games crashing. PC was randomly restarting. Games were freezing. I had this card for a week and I hadn't managed to play for more than an hour. I checked my wiring, PSU, re-installed Windows, plugged my PSU straight to the well outlet, but nothing could make this card work. I RMA'd it and asked for a refund. I was getting sick of AMD's drivers and issues (the stuck clocks bug was still around), and I decided to go back to the roots and get an Nvidia card (inb4 I am banned from ayymd).
STILL 2017 - GTX 1070Ti
The ol'reliable. This card was the final gift I got from my late father. After refunding the Vega, I was left with the option of a beefy 1070 or a budget 1070Ti. I had transitioned to a 1440p 144hz monitor so I picked the extra power. In hindsight, that was a mistake. See, the card was performing great and I even managed to OC it a little bit, managing to reach stock 1080 levels. The problem was it's shitty (oh so shitty) cooling system. Out of the box, without any OC the card would reach 85c in games. This was reference card territory. Still, the 1070Ti was my GPU up and until 2 1/2 weeks ago. I had swapped the stock cooler for an NZXT X63 /w G12 bracket solution. The core temps were roughly 40-50c in games but the rest of the card was probably getting really hot. After all, a single 90mm fan wasn't enough to cool down the VRMs and capacitors. I made a reddit post the day it died. T'was a sad day.

That brings us to now.

2022 - RTX 2070 Super
I bought it used. I had no other choice. The price was ok. The guy selling it wasn't trying to take advantage of the current GPU situation but he defintely wasn't letting the card go for cheap. I had to re-paste and re-apply thermal pads because the old ones were destroyed when I opened the card to re-paste. The card is actually pretty decent! DLSS is a godsent for games like Warzone. I even played God of War on High settings with 70-80 fps. The temps are under control with the new paste and it runs relatively silent. Let's hope this one lasts as long as the 1070Ti did!

If you made it this far, congrats! You survived my wall of text. What about your GPU history? Mine's pretty balanced between team Red and team Green.

edit: Well this blew up my inbox. So far I've learned two things.
1) There are way more 3090 owners than I thought.
2) I feel like an infant compared to some answers here. I'm seeing GPUs mentioned that I've never heard before.