The Timeline 

 

Thanks to Thomas Monk, from Accelenation.com for providing the original timeline which
I modified to include 1994 and 2003, and shows the CPU timeline, and Windows timeline as well.

This doesn't show all videocards ever announced, or boards that didn't make it to retail
but it gives a good idea of the 1994 to 2003 timeline. 

 

Please note that the image below is an image map. To go to a particular year or videocard
simply click on the link. For more variants (if present) simply scroll up or down on the linked page.