| Original article
found at A1 Electronics.net
Choosing a video
card, ATI Radeon, Nvidia GeForce.
Our rough guide to video cards.
There are also 128
& 256MB memory versions and ones with faster memory depending on what the
individual video card manufacturer is offering for a specific market.
128MB of memory is more than enough for 99% of usage unless you want the
maximum with the latest games. At high resolutions and full AF & FSAA
working which needs a 256-bit memory bus you are looking at only the
high-end & enthusiast cards.
We hope this has been of
help to you and given you and idea of what to look for and what sort of
performance you can expect.
Budget /
main stream |
. |
Pixel
pipelines
|
Pixel
fill rate
|
High-end /
Enthusiast |
. |
Pixel
pipelines
|
Pixel
fill rate
|
| AGP |
ATI Radeon 9600
|
4
|
.
|
AGP
|
ATI
Radeon 9800 XT |
8
|
3300
|
| AGP |
Nvidia GeForce FX 5700
|
4
|
.
|
AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce 6800 GT |
16
|
5600
|
| AGP |
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
|
4
|
1600
|
AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra |
8
|
1900
|
| AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce FX 5200U |
4
|
.
|
AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra |
16
|
3800
|
| AGP |
ATI
Radeon 9800 SE |
4
|
.
|
AGP
|
ATI
Radeon X800 Pro |
12
|
5700
|
| AGP |
ATI
Radeon 9600 XT |
4
|
2000
|
AGP |
ATI
Radeon X800 XT |
16
|
8320
|
| AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra |
4
|
1900
|
AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce 6800 Ultra |
16
|
6400
|
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X300 |
4
|
1300
|
AGP |
ATI
Radeon X800 XT PE |
16
|
8320
|
|
PCI-E
|
Nvidia
GeForce PCX 5750 |
4
|
.
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X800 |
12
|
4800
|
|
PCI-E
|
Nvidia
GeForce 6600 |
8
|
1600
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X800 Pro |
12
|
5700
|
|
PCI-E
|
Nvidia
GeForce 6600 GT |
8
|
2000
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X850 Pro |
12
|
6240
|
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X600 Pro |
8
|
1600
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X800 XL |
16
|
6400
|
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X600 XT |
8
|
2000
|
PCI-E
|
Nvidia
GeForce 6800 GT |
16
|
5600
|
| AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce 6600 |
8
|
1600
|
PCI-E
|
Nvidia
GeForce 6800 Ultra |
16
|
6400
|
| AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce 6600 GT |
8
|
2000
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X800 XT |
16
|
8000
|
| AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce FX 5900 SE/XT |
8
|
1600
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X800 XT PE |
16
|
8320
|
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X700 |
8
|
3200
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X850 XT |
16
|
8320
|
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X700 Pro |
8
|
3400
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X850 XT PE |
16
|
8640
|
|
PCI-E
|
ATI
Radeon X700 XT |
8
|
4000
|
.
|
. |
.
|
.
|
|
PCI-E
|
Nvidia
GeForce PCX 5900 |
8
|
1800
|
.
|
. |
.
|
.
|
| AGP |
ATI
Radeon 9800 Pro |
8
|
3000
|
.
|
. |
.
|
.
|
| AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce FX 5900 |
8
|
1800
|
.
|
. |
.
|
.
|
| AGP |
Nvidia
GeForce 6800 |
12
|
3900
|
.
|
. |
.
|
.
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