The big shots in the market
There are two major players in the chipset market; ATI and NVIDIA and the Graphics card manufacturers build cards around these chipsets. In generic terms, most motherboards will accept cards built around either chipset.
Presently, NVIDIA is the dominant chipset producer. With the release of their 8800 series they have taken a firm grip on the lead.
The down side is that you gotta’ shell out BIG BUCKS for that performance! However at the mid-range prices, both offer comparable models.
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How to pick Good Graphic Cards: Part 2
August 1st, 2009 
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How to Select the Best Graphics Cards?
July 31st, 2009 admin There are many factors that are decisive in picking the right PCI Graphics Card. On one hand, you have video output incorporated into the motherboard itself, eliminating the need for a separate graphics card entirely.
On the other hand, you have companies trying to persuade you to use multiple cards on the same PC.
Graphics cards predominantly come in two flavors, PCI and the AGP and both the formats have plenty of variants.
PCI has a PCI-e (express) variant and AGP has an AGP 8X variant, but all will fit in their respective slots. The first thing you gotta’ do is to figure out what motherboard you have (it’s mentioned on motherboard itself, so don’t worry) and look up the specs on the manufacturer’s website to find out what format it uses.
The currently the PCI-e is the out performer, which is about four times as fast as AGP 8X, and since PCIe is so much faster than AGP, card makers must migrate there or lose the ability to be competitive. If you have an AGP motherboard, consider whether it is worth upgrading to a board with PCIe.
Now, when the discussion comes to purchasing PCI Graphics Card, the most important aspect is the purpose of usage.
Decisive factors
The graphic card, also called a video card, is primarily responsible for handling the calculations necessary to determine where and when pixels will fire and in what colour, which is critical in any high end graphics application like gaming.
So, the next question would obviously be that with so many different options out there, how do you choose the right card for you?
How to Understand the Classification of Graphic Cards
September 4th, 2010 admin There are different types of memories used on boards at the moment; GDDR3 and DDR, with the former being the faster of the two.
Nomenclature:
Both and ATI and NVIDIA have a range of products that cater to the modest user right through to the money-no-object kind. They don’t label them in a consistent way, though, so let’s quickly work out what’s what.
ATI uses SE to denote its cheaper cards, and SE boards have half of the memory bandwidth as a compromise, with the price lower as a result. The Pro is next up the line, followed by the XL, the XT and the XT PE at the top.
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