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03-22-2006, 02:48 PM
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Nvidia & ATI Graphic Card Guide
Genome & Myself have taken the time to create a list of Graphic Cards that are all worth their weight in gold. Okay, I wouldn't go that far, but the list below will give you an idea what is on the market from low end to high end.
Note:
*NVIDIA SLI and ATI Crossfire setups would equal high end.
** HDCP is available on that version of the card but not all vendors ship them with HDCP
Low End:
GeForce MX 4000
GeForce FX 5500
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce 6200 LE
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6200PCI "Currently Best NVIDIA PCI Card"
GeForce 6200 TC
GeForce 7100
GeForce 7300 GS
GeForce 7300 LE
GeForce 7300 Go
Radeon 9600 XT
Radeon 9600 Pro
Radeon 9550
Radeon 9250
Radeon 9200
Radeon X300
Radeon X300 SE
Radeon Xpress200
Radeon X1300 Pro
Radeon X1300
Radeon X1300PCI "Currently Best ATI PCI Card"
Low/Mid Range:
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
GeForce FX 5800
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GeForce FX 5700 LE
GeForce FX 5600
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 7300 GT
GeForce 7400 Go
GeForce 8400 GS - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 8300 GS - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 8400M G - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 8400M GS - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 8400M GT - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
Radeon 9800 XT
Radeon 9800 Pro
Radeon 9800
Radeon 9700 Pro
Radeon X550
Radeon X600XT
Radeon X600 Pro
Radeon X550
Radeon X1400
Radeon X1450
Mobility Radeon HD 2300
Mobility Radeon HD 2400
Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
Radeon HD 2400
Radeon HD 3450
Radeon HD 3470
Radeon X1200 - IGP
Radeon X1250 - IGP
Radeon X1270 - IGP
Mid Range:
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
GeForce FX 5950
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900
GeForce FX 5900 XT
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 GS
GeForce 7600 Go
GeForce 7600 GS
GeForce 7700 Go
Geforce 8500 GT- DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 9500 GT - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 6800
Radeon X700XT
Radeon X700 Pro
Radeon X1550
Radeon X1600 Pro
Radeon X1600XT
Mobility Radeon HD 2600
Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
Mobility Radeon HD 3400 - DirectX 10.1
Radeon HD 2600 "Currently Best ATI AGP Card"
Radeon HD 3650 - DirectX 10.1
Mid/High End:
GeForce 6600 GT OC
GeForce 7600 GT
Geforce 8600 GT - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
Geforce 8600 GTS - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 8600M GS - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 8600M GT - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 8700M GT - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 9600 GT - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT OC
GeForce 7800 GT
GeForce 7800 Go
GeForce 7800 GS "Currently Best NVIDIA AGP Card"
GeForce 7900 GT
GeForce 7900 GS
GeForce 7900 Go
Radeon X800XT
Radeon X800XT AIW
Radeon X800 Pro
Radeon X800XL
Radeon X800GTO
Radeon X850XT PE
Radeon X850XT
Radeon X1650 XT
Radeon X1650 Pro
Radeon X1800XT
Radeon X1800XL AIW
Radeon X1800XL
Radeon X1800 GTO
Mobility Radeon HD 2700
Mobility Radeon HD 3600 - "Current Best ATI Mobile Card"
Radeon HD 2600 X2
High End:
GeForce 9800 GX2 - DirectX 10.1? - HDCP Ready - "Coming Feb 2008"
GeForce 8800 GT - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 8800 GS - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 8800 GTS - DirectX 10
GeForce 8800 GTX - DirectX 10
GeForce 8800 Ultra - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready - "Current Best NVIDIA PCI-e Card"
GeForce 8800M GTX - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready - "Current Best NVIDIA Mobile Card"
GeForce 8800M GTS - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 9600 GT - DirectX 10 - HDCP Ready
GeForce 7950 GX 2
GeForce 7950 GTX 2
GeForce 7950 GT
GeForce 7900 GTX
GeForce 7800 GTX
Radeon HD 3870 X2 "Currently Best ATI PCI-e Card"
Radeon HD 3870
Radeon HD 3850
Radeon HD 2900 XT
Radeon HD 2900 GT
Radeon HD 2900 Pro
Radeon X1950 PRO
Radeon X1950 XTX
Radeon X1950 XT
Radeon X1950 GT
Radeon X1900 GT
Radeon X1900 XTX
Radeon X1900 XT
Radeon X1900 PRO
Radeon X1900 AIW
If we are missing anything above the Low end cards please PM me so I can make sure we have it added to our list.
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03-22-2006, 05:15 PM
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Re: Nvidia & ATI Graphic Cards
I don't have anything to add to your list, though I do have a question regarding drivers.
Is it entirely necessary to keep updating to the latest video card drivers if you have an old card? One of my rigs has a GeForce FX 5200 in it.
I can understand updating for the newer cards, I just dunno if the latest drivers will have anything extra included to boost performance for the old ones.
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03-22-2006, 05:21 PM
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If your a gamer than yes you will need the new drivers. Not that the 5200 can support most new games, if you want them to run with minimal errors than get the latest and greatest. 90% of driver updates are to fix issues or add new functionality to older cards. The other 10% is game support. If you notice each time a major game or a new graphics card hits the market a new driver is released.
But over all if your 5200 isn't going to be running new games I think the 61.76 were the last drivers that had 5200 bug fixes in them. But if I were you I would just keep updating...
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03-22-2006, 07:26 PM
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Not all new drivers are good drivers. I'd say 60% of the Nvidia 70.XX drivers caused alot of problems with a few games that caused people to roll back to previous versions or use the optimized versions you can get from 3rd parties. If you are in doubt, check your games to see if they ask for certain versions or head over to their community forums and see what the developers say. Most game's forums if they have them will contain a post that tells you the optomized hardware/software that works best for the game.
I can remember plenty of times I've had to roll back to earlier drivers because of some small but irritating problem the most current driver caused. Half way through last year, Nvidia released a driver that caused some streaming video to get a nice white translucent sheen on it...and that was very irritating till it was fixed.
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04-03-2006, 05:45 PM
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04-03-2006, 05:58 PM
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I would keep updating drivers, but keep a copy of the previous, and proven to be stable versions in case things get wonky.
I used to have a GeForce 256 SDR, and over the two years I used it, it doubled 3dmarks through driver updates alone. Those updated drivers were designed for GeForce 2s and 3s, but something in there helped my old card too.
Edit: I thought I'd check my memory on the 3dmark thing. Turns out performance didn't "double," but it did increase 37%. Hey, that's not bad for just installing drivers. These two old 3dmark01 saved results are with no GPU overclocking. Check out the old Duron I was rocking
newer drivers http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=2459505
older drivers http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=2459413
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04-05-2006, 04:24 PM
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600 points is a big increase.... Its nice to see the guru's who work for Nvidia and ATI actually want to make drivers optimized to make there products run smoother and faster.
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04-19-2006, 02:43 PM
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7300 Go
7400 Go
7800 GTX Go
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04-24-2006, 04:26 PM
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Re: Nvidia & ATI Graphic Cards: List
Hi, I am obviously a "newb", but why is the ati x850xt pe in your high end category while some higher models like the x1300 and x1600 are in lower categories? doesn't higher mean newer and better or am i missing something?
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Hi, I am obviously a "newb", but why is the ati x850xt pe in your high end category while some higher models like the x1300 and x1600 are in lower categories? doesn't higher mean newer and better or am i missing something?
Although an older card, the X850 is more powerful than the X1300 and X1600 cards, which were designed to be mid-range cards. The X850 was designed as a high end card. It's like comparing a 1960's Mustang to a modern Honda Civic (or whatever) and a modern ferrari (or whatever). The Mustang (x850xt pe) can't keep up with the modern ferrari (X1900) but still outclasses the modern honda (X1300)
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In the ATI numbering system there were XXX, three digit cards. Bigger numbers are more powerful (more or less).
Then the newer cards are 1xxx four digit numbers. This is also a full product line. So these cards also range from entry level to top end.
There are dozens of exceptions to the order of the cards. I hate to give them the plug, but THG has a new video card list that is fairly complete. You select two cards and a benchmark (game, resolution and AA) and you can see how they compare.
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html
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Yeah I know of this chart and it is pretty handy if they would have all the new cards listed...
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09-08-2006, 03:51 PM
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Added:
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7900GS
7100
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A list of GFX cards and their 3D chipset specs is here.
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hey, sledge....how about the Radeon X1400 and X1450??? i don't think they are listed on your chart.... thanks
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Your also missing the X1650 XT and Pro. (Ati's 80nm X1600's that launched in august.)
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Add the ATI cards along with Nvidia's 7700 Go and the orginal 7950GTX 2
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Added the first DX10 cards to the list...
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Added a few new cards...
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Re: Nvidia & ATI Graphic Cards: List
i saw on the first post the GeForce Go 7600, is there only the 256mb available for this model?
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