Best Video Cards for Your Money - Nov 08

Morning All

As some of you may be aware, "Tom's hardware" does this fantastic article each month on the best value graphics cards currently on the market. As great as this article is, I find their site to be a little laggy and I also find it annoying that the information is spread out between a few pages. So I have decieded to do a summary page. Note: These are all PCI-E cards.

• USD $40: Radeon 4350
  Good for video playback, passable performace for most games on 1024x768 with lowered detail
  
  
• USD $80: Radeon 4670 GDDR3 or Geforce 9600 GSO (aka Geforce 8800 GS)
  Good 1600x1200 performace in most games
  
  
• USD $100: Radeon HD 3870 or Geforce 9600GT
  Good 1600x1200 performace in most games; 1920x1200 in most titles with some lowered detail
  
  
• USD $125: Radeon HD 4830 or Geforce 9800 GT (aka 8800 GT)
  Good 1600x1200 performance in most games; 1920x1200 in most titles with some lowered detail
  
  
• USD $160: Radeon HD 4850
  Good 1920x1200 performance in most games, some with lowered detail
  
  
• USD $230: Redeon HD 4870 or Geforce GTX 260
  Good 1920x1200 performance
  
  
• USD $290: Geforce GTX 260+ (There are two versions of the 260, look for ones with the 216 shaders and 72 texture units)
  Good 1920x1200 performance.
  Note: Next one up is significantly better though it does require dual PCI-E slots
  
  
• USD $320: 2 x Radeon HD 4850
  Good 1920x1200 performance in most games, 2560x1600 in most titles with some lowered detail
  
  
• Over $350: Radeon HD 4870 X2
  Note: Not recommended unless you have large quantities of cash to burn

If you want the actual article or you want to know why these cards are being recommended here is the link: Best GFX for your Money

There is also a page at the end of the article that puts all the cards, going back a few years, in a hierarchy: GFX Hierarchy

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