VIDEO CARD REVIEWS

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4870 X2 REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 review which also features the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 17% higher clock speed and 45% higher memory speed than the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 uses advanced GDDR5 memory while the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 uses the older GDDR3 memory."

ASUS GEFORCE GTS 250 REVIEW - "The Asus GeForce GTS 250 review also featuring the Pov GeForce GTX 260. The Asus GeForce GTS 250 has a 25% faster clock speed, 1% higher memory speed but the Asus GeForce GTS 250 has 64 less Pixel Shaders."

XFX RADEON HD 4770 REVIEW - "XFX Radeon HD 4770 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The XFX Radeon HD 4770 has a 17% higher clock speed, 38% higher memory speed but 20% less Pixel Shaders compared to the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The XFX Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage which is the 128Bit Memory Interface which is half that of the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. How will this effect the XFX Radeon HD 4770's performance?"

BFG GEFORCE GTX 275 OC - "BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC review also featuring the Gainward GeForce GTX 275. The BFG GeForce GTX 275 OC is a Factory Overclocked version of GeForce GTX 275 which means that it has a 3% faster clock speed, 2% higher memory speed and 240 Pixel Shaders."

GAINWARD GEFORCE GTX 275 - "Gainward GeForce GTX 275 review also featuring the XFX Radeon HD 4890. The Gainward GeForce GTX 275 has a 26% lower clock speed, 42% lower memory speed and 460 less Pixel Shaders compared to the XFX Radeon HD 4890. The Gainward GeForce GTX 275 is going to have to work hard!"

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4770 REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 review which also features the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 has 4% lower clock speed, 30% higher memory speed and an extra 320 Pixel Shaders compared to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage with the 128 Bit memory interface due to the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 having a 256 Bit interface. How will this effect performance?"

XFX RADEON HD 4850 REVIEW - "XFX Radeon HD 4850 review also featuring the EVGA GeForce GTS 250. The XFX Radeon HD 4850 has 15% lower clock speed, 5% lower memory speed, 800 Pixel Shaders and DirectX 10.1 Support. The XFX Radeon HD 4850 does not have any disadvantages just raw performance!"

INNO3D GEFORCE 9800 GT REVIEW - "Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT review also features the Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770. The Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT has a 20% lower clock speed, 44% lower memory speed and 528 less Pixel Shaders. The Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT does have an advantage and this is the 256Bit Memory Interface which is twice that of the Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 which uses a 128Bit Memory Interface."

GIGABYTE RADEON HD 4770 REVIEW - "Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 review also featuring the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. The Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 has a 24% higher clock speed, 44% higher memory speed and the same 640 Pixel Shaders as the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. The Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770 does have a disadvantage which is the 128Bit Memory Interface which is half that of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830. Will the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?"

XFX RADEON HD 4890 REVIEW - "XFX Radeon HD 4890 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The XFX Radeon HD 4890 has a 11% higher clock speed, 9% higher memory speed and the same 800 Pixel Shaders as the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. This means the XFX Radeon HD 4890 will be atleast 10% faster than the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. Another advantage for the XFX Radeon HD 4890 is the extra 512MB Memory which will definately increase game performance."

EVGA GEFORCE GTS 250 REVIEW - "EVGA GeForce GTS 250 review also featuring the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+. The EVGA GeForce GTS 250 has a 3% higher clock speed, the same 2200 Mhz memory speed and 128 Pixel Shaders as the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+. This means the only real advantage the EVGA GeForce GTS 250 has over the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ is an extra 512MB Memory."

ASUS GEFORCE 9600 GT REVIEW - "This is a Asus GeForce 9600 GT review also featuring the MSI Radeon HD 4670. The Asus GeForce 9600 GT has 14% lower clock speed, 10% lower memory speed and only 64 Pixel Shaders compared to 320 with the MSI Radeon HD 4670. The only advantage for the Asus GeForce 9600 GT is the 256 Bit Memory Interface which is twice that of the 128 Bit Memory Interface on the MSI Radeon HD 4670."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4850 X2 REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 review which also features the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 18% lower clock speed, 45% lower memory speed and is 18% more expensive than the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 is the little brother of the more expensive and powerful ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2."

MSI RADEON HD 4670 REVIEW - "MSI Radeon HD 4670 review which also features the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The MSI Radeon HD 4670 has 3% lower clock speed and 13% lower memory speed than the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. However the MSI Radeon HD 4670 does have 320 Pixel Shaders which is the same as the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 4830 REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 review which also features the MSI GeForce 9800 GT. The Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 has 15% lower clock speed and 6% lower memory speed than the MSI GeForce 9800 GT. However the Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 does have certain advantages over the MSI GeForce 9800 GT such as DirectX 10.1 and 528 extra Pixel Shaders."

POV GEFORCE GTX 260 REVIEW - "Pov GeForce GTX 260 review also featuring the Gainward Radeon HD 4870. The Pov GeForce GTX 260 has a 25% lower clock speed than the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 and 45% lower memory speed. Another disadvantage the Pov GeForce GTX 260 has is that the Gainward Radeon HD 4870 has 73% more Pixel Shaders. However it's not all bad news for the Pov GeForce GTX 260 and it has 43% more memory than the Gainward Radeon HD 4870."

MSI GEFORCE 9800 GT REVIEW - "MSI GeForce 9800 GT review also featuring the XFX GeForce 8800 GT. The MSI GeForce 9800 GT has a 10% higher clock speed than the XFX GeForce 8800 GT and 6% higher memory speed. The MSI GeForce 9800 GT and XFX GeForce 8800 GT both have 112 Pixel Shaders."

INNO3D GEFORCE 9800 GTX+ REVIEW - "Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ review compared to the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ has 16% higher clock speed and 10% higher memory speed than the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The Gainward Radeon HD 4850 however has over six times the pixel shading advantage with 800 Pixel Shaders compared to the Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ 128 Shaders."

GAINWARD RADEON HD 4870 REVIEW - "Gainward Radeon HD 4870 review which we are comparing to the Gainward Radeon HD 4850. The Gainward Radeon HD 4870 is a pixel shading monster boasting 800 Shaders for amazing gaming performance. The Gainward Radeon HD 4870 also features advanced GDDR5 memory running at 3600 Mhz DDR which is 45% faster than the Gainward Radeon HD 4850."

GAINWARD RADEON HD 4850 REVIEW - "Gainward Radeon HD 4850 review vs Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The Gainward Radeon HD 4850 is a pixel shading powerhouse boasting 800 Unified Shaders compared to 320 with the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 which means that the Gainward Radeon HD 4850 has 60% more shading power. However the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is using powerful GDDR4 memory and the Gainward Radeon HD 4850 is using slower GDDR3 memory. Another advantage for the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is the 20% higher GPU speed compared to the Radeon HD 4850."

MSI GEFORCE 9600 GT OC REVIEW - "MSI GeForce 9600 GT OC review also featuring the XFX GeForce 8800 GT. The MSI GeForce 9600 GT OC has a 15% higher clock speed than the XFX GeForce 8800 GT and 6% higher memory speed. MSI GeForce 9600 GT OC has a Pixel Shading disadvantage with 43% less Pixel Shaders. How will the disadvantage of the 43% less pixel shaders effect performance?"

HIS RADEON HD 3870 REVIEW - "The HIS Radeon HD 3870 is compared to the XFX GeForce 8800 GT. The HIS Radeon HD 3870 RV670 GPU is clocked 26% faster, has 21% faster GDDR4 memory and 208 more Pixel Shaders compared to XFX GeForce 8800 GT. The HIS Radeon HD 3870 is able to deliver 72GB's of bandwidth compared to the XFX GeForce 8800 GT 57.6GB's."

XFX GEFORCE 8800 GT REVIEW - "XFX GeForce 8800 GT review also featuring the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870. The XFX GeForce 8800 GT has 23% lower clock speed than the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870, 20% less memory speed and the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is using fast GDDR4 memory while the XFX GeForce 8800 GT is using GDDR3 memory. The XFX GeForce 8800 GT also has a Pixel Shading disadvantage with 65% less Pixel Shaders."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3650 REVIEW - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 is compared to the Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT. The Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 is clocked 10% slower, 28% slower memory and GDDR3 memory compared to the Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT. The Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 and Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT both share the same amount of Pixel Shaders and 128Bit Memory Interface."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 3870 REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 review featuring the powerful Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 video card from ATI. The Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 is compared to Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT which the Sapphire 3870 replaces."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT REVIEW - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT is compared to the XFX GeForce 7900 GT. The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT RV630 GPU is clocked 32% faster, has 40% faster memory and 96 more Pixel Shaders compared to XFX GeForce 7900 GT. Another advantage the Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT has is GDDR4 memory but unfortunately it also has a major disadvantage which is the 128Bit Memory Interface, how will this effect performance?"

XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT REVIEW - "The XFX GeForce 7900 GT takes on the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro. The XFX GeForce 7900 GT GPU is clocked 5% slower, has 5% slower memory and 34% less Pixel Shaders compared to the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro 512MB review also featuring the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro, Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO and Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO. Benchmarked with 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, Prey, Doom3 and Quake4."

AMD ATHLON XP GAME PERFORMANCE - "AMD Athlon XP and Sempron gaming performance when used with Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro. Benchmarked with Supreme Commander, World in Conflict, Quake 4, Prey, Doom 3 and Gun Metal 2."

HIS RADEON HD 3850 REVIEW - "His Radeon HD 3850 review also featuring the Sapphire Redeon HD 2600 XT and MSI NX 8600 GT. The His Radeon HD 3850 is equipped with 320 Stream Processing Units, Unified Shader Architecture and advanced High-speed 128-bit HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 XT REVIEW - "This is a review of the Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT which uses the R580 Core made by ATI. The Sapphire Radeon x1950 XT will be compared to the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro, Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO, Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO and the Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro. We have selected a mixture of benchmarks including 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, ATI Double Cross, PowerVR Fable, Rightmark, Shadermark, Doom III, Prey and Quake 4."

XFX GEFORCE 8600 GTS PREVIEW - "Fight between the XFX GeForce 8600 GTS and the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro. XFX GeForce 8600 GTS appears to have the speed by offering 155Mhz faster core and 880Mhz faster memory. However there is one problem with the XFX GeForce 8600 GTS and that is it's 128bit memory interface which is half of the 256bit memory interface found on the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro."

HIS RADEON X1900 XT 512MB ICEQ REVIEW - "HIS Radeon x1900 XT 512MB ICEQ Avivo review also featuring the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro and Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO. HIS Radeon x1900 XT uses the powerful R580 GPU running at 625Mhz with 48 Pixel Shaders, 8 Vertex Shaders and 8 Geometry Pipelines."

CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO REVIEW - "Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro review also featuring the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO. The Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro is the latest mainstream video card from ATI featuring the powerful R570 GPU which has 36 pixel shaders and can deliver an impressive 44GB of bandwidth!"

ATI VIDEO CARD CHART - "ATI video card chart has useful information about the ATI range of video cards. The information which can be found contains the chip name, core memory clock, memory clock, memory interface, memory transfer rate, pixels per clock and directx support."

NVIDIA VIDEO CARD CHART - "Nvidia Video Card Chart contains useful information about the current Nvidia range of video cards. The information which can be found in this chart contains the chip name, core memory clock, memory clock, memory interface, memory transfer rate, pixels per clock and directx support."

S3 GRAPHICS REVIEWS - "Collection of S3 Graphics Chrome S27, Chrome S25, Chrome S18, Gammachrome, Deltachrome, Savage 2000, Savage4 and Savage3D reviews."

CRUCIAL RADEON X1300 PRO REVIEW - "Crucial Radeon x1300 Pro 256MB DDR2 tested against the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT. Step up to 3-D performance and high-definition image quality with the Crucial Radeon X1300 PRO 256MB PCI Express™ graphics card. Combines a radically new and efficient ultra-threaded core architecture with revolutionary Avivo video and visual display technology for enhanced graphics."

HIS RADEON X800 XL REVIEW - "The HIS Radeon X800 XL is against the XFX GeForce 7900 GT. The HIS Radeon X800 XL's R430 GPU is clocked 28% slower, has 25% slower memory and 34% less Pixel Shaders compared to XFX GeForce 7900 GT."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO review also featuring the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO and Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro. The Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO is equipped with 12 Pixel Shader Processors, 8 Vertex Shader Processors, a 256-bit memory interface and driven by the x1800 GTO core."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO REVIEW - "The powerful Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro with 256MB DDR3, Ringbus, Avivo and Crossfire is pitted against the MSI NX 6600 GT. The Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro is almost identical to the earlier x1600 XT apart from the Sapphire Radeon x1650's lower price tag and slightly faster memory/core speeds."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1300 XT REVIEW - "The lastest mainstream video card from ATI's Radeon x1000 family of video cards the Sapphire Radeon x1300 XT is reviewed against the MSI NX 7300 GT. The Sapphire Radeon x1300 XT is closer related to the x1600 Pro than the x1300 Pro which should make for a good battle with the MSI NX 7300 GT."

ATI CATALYST v6.8 DRIVER REVIEW - "In this ATI Catalyst v6.8 driver review we are investigating the performance claims by ATI for Doom 3, Quake 4 and Prey when used with a Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO video card. ATI claims that the Catalyst v6.8 delivers a performance increase of 6.5% with Doom 3, 18% with Quake 4 and 16% with Prey."

MSI NX 7300 GT TD256EH DDR2 REVIEW - "MSI NX 7300 GT TD256EH DDR2 review featuring MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 and Leadtek PX6600 TD benchmarked using 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, Luna, Nalu, Rightmark, Shadermark, Farcry, Quake4, Scooter War3z, World Racing 2 and X3 Reunion."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO review featuring Sapphire Radeon x800, Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro and MSI NX 6600 GT. Software used:- ATI Dangerous Curves, ATI Double Cross, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, Rightmark, Shadermark, Farcry, GT Legends, Prey, Quake4, Scooter War3z, Trackmania Sunrise, Tribes Vengeance, World Racing 2 and Xpand Rally."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon x800 review featuring Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro, Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro and Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT. Software used:- 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, Fablemark, Rightmark, Shadermark, Templemark, Villagemark, 1944, Doom 3, Farcry, GT Legends, Quake 4, Scooter War3z, Scrapland, Trackmania Sunrise, Tribes Vengeance and World Racing 2."

ATI RADEON 9800 XT REVIEW - "ATI RADEON 9800 XT review also featuring the MSI NX 7300 GT and CRUCIAL RADEON X1300 PRO featuring a mixture of synthetic benchmarks and real game benchmarks. The game benchmarks include Doom 3, Farcry, GT Legends, Prey, Quake4, Scooter Warz and many more."

PREY DEMO BENCHMARKING - "Prey Demo benchmarking at 4 resolutions and 3 quality settings. We have also created a tweaking chart showing the performance hit of shadows, specular, bump maps, use glow, high partical count and other settings."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon x550 is a 256MB PCI Express video card and has been designed to offer good performance for a budget price. The Sapphire Radeon x550 will be reviewed against the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TurboCache using 3dmark 2001 SE - 3dmark 2006, Rightmark, Far Cry, GT Legends, Lego Star Wars, Quake 3, Scooter War3z, Scrapland, Serious Sam 2, Trackmania Sunrise, Tribes Vengeance, Unreal Tournament 2004, Warhammer Dawn of War, World Racing 2 and Xpand Rally."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro review featuring MSI NX 6600 GT, Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro and Leadtek Winfast PX6600. Software used:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, Rightmark, Shadermark, Aurora Watching, Earth 2160, Far Cry, GT Legends, Panzer Elite, Quake 4, Scooter War3z, Scrapland, Serious Sam II, Trackmania Sunrise, Toca Race Driver 3, Tribes Vengeance, World Racing 2, X3 Reunion and Xpand Rally."

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO REVIEW - "In this reader requested review we compare the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro against the Leadtek Winfast PX6600, Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT and Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900. We used a range of software including:- 3dmark 2001 SE - 3dmark 2006, Rightmark, Shadermark, Area 51, Aurora Watching, Earth 2160, Far Cry, GT Legends, Quake 4, Scooter War3z, Scrapland, Serious Sam II, Trackmania Sunrise, Tribes Vengeance, Unreal Tournament 2004 and Xpand Rally."

BFG GEFORCE 6600 GT OC REVIEW - "BFG GeForce 6600 GT OC review also featuring the XFX GeForce 6600 GT, MSI GeForce 6600 GT and Leadtek Winfast PX6600. Software used for benchmarking:- 3dmark 2001 SE - 3dmark 2006, Nvidia Dawn, Nvidia Dusk, Nvidia Luna, Nvidia Nalu, Shadermark, Fablemark, Templemark, Villagemark, Chronicles of Riddick, Doom III, Far Cry, Far Cry HDR, Scooter War3z, Scrapland, Serious Sam II, Trackmania Sunrise, Tribes Vengeance, X3 Reunion and Xpand Rally."

LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD REVIEW - "Leadtek Winfast PX6600TD GeForce 6600 verses Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 review benchmarked using Athlon64 3000 and Asrock 939 Dual Sata with:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, Nvidia Dawn, Nvidia Dusk, Nvidia Luna, Nvidia Nalu, Chronicles of Riddick, Earth 2160, Far Cry, GT Legends, Quake 4, Scooter Warz, Serious Sam 2, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War and World Racing 2."

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE REVIEW - "Inno3D GeForce 6200 TurboCache review of the budget GeForce6 GPU from Nvidia with SM3.0 and TurboCache Technology. The Inno3D GeForce 6200 TurboCache is reviewed against the XFX GeForce FX 5200. Software used during this review of the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TurboCache is as follows:- 3Dmark 2001 SE, 3Dmark 2003, 3Dmark 2005, 3Dmark 2006, Nvidia Dawn, Nvidia Dusk, Nvidia Luna, Nvidia Nalu and Rightmark. Games software used included Earth 2160, Far Cry, GT Legends, Quake 4, Scooter War3z, Serious Sam 2 and many others."

GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900 REVIEW - "Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 review featuring Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT and Gainward GeForce4 Ti4600. The Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 is powered by the Nvidia GeForce PCX 5900 GPU. Software used:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, Rightmark, Earth 2160, Far Cry, GT Legends, Quake 4, Scooter War3z, Scrapland, Serious Sam 2 and World Racing 2."