10 graphics cards that changed PC gaming forever | Club386
… ATi Radeon 9700 Pro Released: 2002 / Game changer: Shader Model 2.0 Fast forward around 18 months, and ATi grasped the shader revolution and ran off with it. The first gaming GPU to support Shader Model 2.0 in DirectX 9, ATi’s Radeon 9700 Pro also brought a massive increase in shader power with it. …