After almost a month being an active member here at HWF's i decided to make this thread. It covers the video cards listed below to give people a general idea on how today's video cards perform. Note these are a just a general guideline and are NOT 100% accurate. All information is courtesy of Tom's Hardware. The full AGP review can be viewed here > http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/index.html The full PCIe review can be viewed here > http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041222/index.html Graphics Card Buyer's Guide GeForce 6800 Ultra GeForce 6800 GT GeForce 6800 GeForce 6600 GT GeForce 6600 GeForce 6200 w/Turbo Cache GeForce 6200 GeForce FX 5950 U GeForce FX 5900 U GeForce FX 5900 GeForce FX 5900 XT GeForce FX 5800 U GeForce FX 5800 GeForce FX 5700 U GeForce FX 5700 GeForce FX 5600 U (FC) GeForce FX 5600 GeForce FX 5200 U GeForce FX 5200 GeForce4 Ti 4600-8x GeForce4 Ti 4200-8x Radeon X800 XT PE Radeon X800 Pro Radeon X700 XT Radeon X700 Pro Radeon X600 XT Radeon X600 Pro Radeon X300 Radeon 9800 XT Radeon 9800 Pro 256 Radeon 9800 Pro Radeon 9800 Radeon 9800 SE Radeon 9700 Pro Radeon 9700 Radeon 9600 XT Radeon 9600 Pro Radeon 9600 Radeon 9600 SE Radeon 9500 Pro Radeon 9500 128 XGI V8 Duo XGI V5 Ultra S3 S8 256 And here is just a small list of video card manufacturers: 3D Labs, ABIT, AOpen, ASUS, Gainward, Leadtek, MSI, PNY, Sapphire and Palit. EDIT: If there are any cards missing please tell me and i will try to add them!
Cruising for sticky material I see I say it deserves to be a sticky, good work. How far back are you planning on going? There are GeForce 2's, 3's, 3 TI's, 4MX's, 4800's (I think), Radeon 7000, 7200, 7500, 8000, 8500, 9000, 9000Pro, 9100, 9200, and 9200Pro. And that leaves plenty of cards floating around within my little list too, Like the Geforce 2MX. But who in the right mind would "upgrade" to any of these.
Toms hardware needs a little revision under their PCIe cards. Bolded ones were missing. GeForce 7800GTX GeForce 7800GT GeForce 6800 Ultra GeForce 6800 GT GeForce 6600 GT GeForce 6600 GeForce 6200 GeForce 6200TC GeForce PCX 5900 GeForce PCX 5750 GeForce PCX 5300 Radeon X850 XT PE Radeon X850 XT Radeon X800 XT PE Radeon X800 XT Radeon X850Pro Radeon X800 XL Radeon X700 XT (I've never seen one, I think it was canceled) Radeon X700 Pro Radeon X700 Radeon X600 XT Radeon X600 Pro 256 Radeon X600 Pro 128 Radeon X600 Radeon X550 Radeon X300 Radeon X300SE
My computer has been out of action for a day and a half so thats why there's no update yet! I will adding the older cards ASAP (ill prob go down to the GF2).
UPDATE: The 1st link below is the VGA chart including cards (GF 2 series, 3 series, GF4/GF4 Ti series, Radeon VE, Radeon DDR 32/64MB, Radeon 7500, 8500 and 8500LE). http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20020418/index.html Faster cards on slower machines > http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030120/index.html PCIe Update (not including 7800 series) > http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050524/index.html AGP Update > http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/index.html Cards like the Radeon X550 and the GeForce PCX 5300 are harder to find as they havent been out long are usually skipped in testing! Iv'e tried to make this list as complete as possible but again if there are any missing or you would like included i will be happy to add them!
Cool, good work. Actually the PCX 5300 was one of the first PCIe cards availiable, you can still get one on Newegg naturally.
After days of searching i can't find a worthy review on either the PCX5300 or the Radeon X550! Sorry! BTW: Who made this thread a sticky? Thanks
Best I could do: PCX5xxx's http://www.beyond3d.com/misc/cebit04/ X550 http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=828
UPDATE: ATi Crossfire Initial Launch Reference Board Review X800GT PICe Review X800GTO PCIe Review (short) GeForce 7800GTX Shootout X1300, X1600 and X1800 XT/XL Review GeForce 6100 Integrated First Look Can't find anything rock soild on the GeForce 6600LE, but i know it will be 400MHz core, 128MB 500MHz DDR memory and SLI. Same goes for the 6500. The GeForce 6500 is a unusual card since vendors can opt for TurboCache or standard memory configurations, even though it is based on an NV43 core. Will be 400MHz core and 128MB 700MHz DDR1. But seemes to have a slight edge over the 6600LE. Unfortunately, there are no SLI capabilities (yet) on these cards. So it would probably be safe to assume someone, somewhere, will be able to run a 6500 in SLI mode.
Might want to add the X800GT, GTO and GTO2, (and the X1300 and X1600 series) plus the 6600LE, the 6600XT (if it gets released), the 6100 (it's and intgrated thing), and the 6500. There may be more but I can't always keep up
UPDATE: With the recent release of the GeForce 6800GS a couple of weeks ago, i managed to find a review on the card and the results look promising. You can swing over to TechwareLabs to read the full review! Also, i found a review on the X800 GTO2 LE, and of course, you can read it over Here at AMD Zone :good: P.S - Keep your eyes open on this thread in the near future for the Review links to the upcoming nVidia 7000 series
No particular order, it's really when i found them i posted. As to what nVidia is comparible to ATi, that's a list too long for me to write
(I'm back!) Yeah the 6800GS is a sweet card for the money, overclocked a little and it's supposed to reach 6800Ultra speeds apparently, darn good for a $200 card!
UPDATE: If you want a serious read, you better grab some Coffee, Candy, Chips, Alcohol or whatever your heart desires, you can read the 25 page VGA Charts VIII: PCI Express Winter 2005 tests from Toms Hardware, and even comes complete with a small photo gallery!