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100

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Language: English

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Highest rating

100

Lowest rating

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Graphics Cards

ASUS GeForce ENGTX280 - 1 Gb DDR3 - PCI-E 2.0

As you'd expect, the ASUS ENGTX280 doesn't perform quite as well as its overclocked sibling, the ASUS ENGTX280 TOP, but if you look at their price/performance ratios, though, the two are in a virtual dead heat. Unfortunately for ASUS, the Diamond Radeon H...

1GB of video memory.

Expensive. Trails the much cheaper Diamond Radeon HD 4870 in some game tests.

The ASUS ENGTX280 has a high-end price, but the Diamond Radeon HD 4870 might be a better card unless you need its larger frame buffer.

August, 2008

Rating

90

no alaScore

1 reviews

Diamond Radeon HD 4870

Diamond Radeon HD 4870

By Jason Cross

The Diamond Radeon HD 4870, which is driven by an ATI GPU, gives impressive performance for a sub-$300 graphics card.

9.5 inch length fits in most cases; good price/performance ratio and overall good performance.

Not the fastest card you can get. "Only" 512MB of video memory (albeit fast video memory.)

The Diamond Radeon HD 4870 is nearly as fast as competing graphics cards, yet more affordable.

August, 2008

Rating

90

no alaScore

3 reviews

ASUS ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G

ASUS ENGTX280 TOP

By Loyd Case

Right now, the ASUS EN280GTX TOP—the overclocked version of the ASUS ENGTX280 (the two cards look identical except for a sticker on the TOP version)—represents the fastest single-GPU card you can buy.

Fastest single GPU gaming card we've seen yet. 1GB of video memory.

Expensive. May be too long, at 10.5 inches, for some cases.

You want the fastest single GPU card you can get? This is it.

August, 2008

Rating

90

no alaScore

2 reviews

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Nvidia GeForce GTX 260

By Jason Cross

transistors. That's how big the GTX 200 GPU at the heart of Nvidia's new high-end graphics cards is. To put that in perspective, Intel's latest 45nm quad-core CPUs with 12MB of cache is about 820 million transistors-70% less.

Fastest card in its class by a mile, good power use for high-end graphics, no 8-pin PCIe power plug required.

Very Fastest card in its class by a mile, good power use for high-end graphics, no 8-pin PCIe power plug required.

Worth every penny, even with its single flaw, this case and power supply make a terrific enclosure for most general-purpose systems.

June, 2008

Rating

90

alaSCORE 96

4 reviews

nVidia GeForce GTX 280

Nvidia GeForce GTX 280

By Jason Cross

transistors. That's how big the GTX 200 GPU at the heart of Nvidia's new high-end graphics cards is. To put that in perspective, Intel's latest 45nm quad-core CPUs with 12MB of cache is about 820 million transistors-70% less.

Fastest card on the market, relatively low idle power use.

Very expensive, high power use under load, requires a 6-pin and 8-pin power connector.

Worth every penny, even with its single flaw, this case and power supply make a terrific enclosure for most general-purpose systems.

June, 2008

Rating

70

alaSCORE 92

10 reviews

PNY GeForce 9800 GTX+ - 512 Mb GDDR3 - PCI-E

PNY GeForce 9800 GTX

By Loyd Case

By our count, Nvidia and its add-in board partners offer no less than five designs based around the company's G92 GPU: the 8800 GS, 8800 GT, 8800 GTS 512MB, 9800 GX2, and 9800 GTX-and that's not even counting memory variants. That's a lot of seemingly dif...

Overclocked performance at a lower price.

Extended warranty requires product registration. No trade up program.

It's still got a high end price, but isn't quite as fast as the BFG card, but still faster than stock cards.

April, 2008

Rating

70

alaSCORE 92

15 reviews

BFG Geforce 9800 GTX

By our count, Nvidia and its add-in board partners offer no less than five designs based around the company's G92 GPU: the 8800 GS, 8800 GT, 8800 GTS 512MB, 9800 GX2, and 9800 GTX-and that's not even counting memory variants. That's a lot of seemingly dif...

Fastest single GPU gaming card you can get. Great warranty. Useful trade up program.

Expensive. Uses more power than stock cards.

You want the fastest single GPU card you can get? You want multiple displays? Then this is the card you want.

April, 2008

Rating

80

no alaScore

4 reviews

XFX Geforce 9800 GTX

XFX GeForce 9800 GTX

By Jason Cross

The price and performance of graphics cards based on the G92 GPU from Nvidia has been fantastic-from its debut in the GeForce 8800 GT to the ill-named replacement for G80-based 8800 GTS cards (also called the GeForce 8800 GTS), to the SLI-on-a-stick GeFor...

Maybe the fastest single-GPU card on the market?

But only barely faster than a less expensive model, and not nearly as fast as two cards of the same total price.

If you really want to do triple-SLI or use HybridPower on a high-end card, this is your only option. Otherwise, there are more economical or better-performing cards.

April, 2008

Rating

60

alaSCORE 87

6 reviews

SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD3650 512 MB GDDR2 PCI-E 2.0

Sapphire Radeon HD 3650

By Jason Cross

with every detail turned up. He or she may be thrifty or may spend a ton of money, but cards that fit this need typically costs at least $150.

Affordable, small, quiet, and power-efficient. Good video decoding features.

Not fast enough to run modern games the way they were meant to be played.

One of the better sub-$100 graphics cards, but it's still not good enough to make a cheap PC into a good gaming system. As a replacement for integrated graphics, it comes highly recommended.

March, 2008

Rating

80

alaSCORE 90

9 reviews

SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD3450 - 512 Mb DDR2 - PCI-E 2.0

Play the Vista way! Ignite your imagination with the technology that makes distant worlds erupt with vibrant textures rendered in High-Definition clarity a reality. The Sapphire HD3450 is Microsoft VISTA compatible with awesome power of 40 stream processi...

Not yet reviewed.

March, 2008

No rating

no alaScore

4 reviews

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