Gaming Graphics Card

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 is the newest video card from Nvidia. It is an amazing gpu and is currently the world’s fastest DirectX 11 card. If you want a computer that will rip through games, you definitely need to install this video card on your computer’s system. While we were quite impressed with its predecessor, the GTX 480, the GTX 580 is a slight boost up in performance. If you have the GTX 480, we probably wouldn’t recommend the upgrade. It’s too much money for the amount of graphic increase. however, anything short of the 480 would be worth upgrading.

Interesting Features: The Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 allows you to play games in 3d with Nvidia 3d vision technology. With 3d wireless glasses and special software you can play 3d games and watch 3d movies in 3d. Another incredible feature, is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580′s capability to render anti aliasing 32x. This really smoothes rough edges in games and gives it incredibly life like imagery.
Specs: The Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 contains powerful features including 512 CUDA cores, 1.5GB of DDR5 ultra fast memory, clock rate of 1544 MHz, and a display support for VGA, HDCP, HDMI, mini HDMI, and DVI.

Power Consumption: This graphics card does require quite a bit of power. Be sure that you have a computer capable of providing a minimum of 600 watts. We would recommend 900W to be safe.

Overall: All in all, this is the world’s fastest graphics card. It’s the best video card you can get right now on the market. It’s fairly expensive running around $525. We would recommend this card to the avid gamer or a professional who needs plenty of computing power with great graphics. Although we probably wouldn’t recommend buying this card if you have the GTX 480 or a card similar in power, as we don’t think the power increase is worth $500…. It is always nice though to boast that you have the world’s fastest graphics card! Other gamers will envy your ultimate gaming graphics card.

Overview: The Radeon HD 6970 Graphics Card from AMD is one of their finest product line of video cards. With the Radeon HD 6970 Graphics Card, you can experience gorgeous graphics and vivid colors all in full support with DirectX 11. Capable of powering up to 6 computer display screens, this gaming graphics card is the ultimate for gamers from AMD.

Specs: The Radeon HD 6970 is a very powerful, state of the art, graphics card. The engine clock speed is 880MHz, contains 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, 176 GB/s memory bandwidth, and a PCI Express 2.1 x16 bus interface. The video card also doesn’t take up that much power. The minimum requirement for this graphics card is only 550 watts. We would recommend a higher power supply if possible, around 750W.

Overall Performance: The Radeon HD 6970 is an amazing graphics card. Install this video card on your computer system and you will have stunning graphics that will blow you away. The high speed memory and bandwidth allow you to power through even the most newest games. Although not quite as fast as the GeForce 570 or 580 product line, this video card is a good step up when upgrading your system. The price is also not bad. Much cheaper than the GeForce 500 line, the Radeon HD 6970 sells around $370 which is not a bad price at all for the performance.

Other notes: The Radeon HD 6970 is a fairly big graphics card. Make sure you’re computer has plenty of space for the card to fit. Also it tends to heat up, so make sure you have a good cooling system in place as well.

Overall: In conclusion, the Radeon HD 6970 is great choice for a gaming graphics card. We would definitely recommend this card to a gaming enthusiast looking for great graphics at a budget of 350 to 400 dollars. Easy to install if you have extra space in your desktop, it’s a great gaming graphics card.

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The GeForce line of graphics card from Nvidia has released its next generation gaming graphics card, the GTX 480. The GTX 480 is an incredible graphics card providing the latest and greatest colors and visual performance in the graphics card computing industry. The GTX 480 is Nvidia’s flagship graphics card. It is their fastest performance card. Combined with the power of DirectX 11, CUDA, and Nvidia PhysX technologies, this card can easily plow through all your computer gaming needs. The GTX 480 also comes at a fairly decent price of around $550 at the time of this article. If this is still a bit above your budget, Nvidia also has the GTX 470, which is the smaller sister of the 480. The GTX 470 card costs around $320, but still contains a decent amount of visual performance.

I have a 250 watt power supply. I currently have a nvidia 6150se… I don’t want to upgrade the power supply. I was thinking of an nvidia 8400gs with 512 mb of ram. I will be doing gaming on the card (Crysis, Call Of Duty, etc) so I don’t want a card that will barely run on my computer.(It is an HP Pavilion.)

I’m looking to upgrade my dads computer which will be mine. I want a gaming graphics card. My dad has a Dell Dimension 2350 2.4 Ghz. And I’m looking to upgrade as much as possible. if any graphics card won’t work, does any know which one will?

i am going to upgrade to a 5770 after a few months just wondering how it will do on games like RIFT

I’ve been looking to get another laptop, but specifically for 3D gaming. But I want one that has both an integrated and upgradable dedicated graphics card.

Does anyone know of any laptops like this?
No Words: Yeah, I got two desktop computers, one of which I got to take home from work. They both can handle 3D gaming, but I just was interested in upgradable gaming laptops.

I may buy a laptop at Best Buy called the HP G60-235DX Laptop. The specs are as follows:

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Processor Brand
Intel®
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Processor
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core
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Processor Speed
2.0GHz
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Display Type
High-definition widescreen TFT-LCD with BrightView technology (1366 x 768)
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Screen Size
16"
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System Bus
800MHz
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Cache Memory
1MB on die Level 2
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System Memory (RAM)
3GB
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System Memory (RAM) Expandable To
4GB
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Type of Memory (RAM)
DDR2
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Hard Drive Type
Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
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Hard Drive Size
320GB
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Optical Drive
Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
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Optical Drive Speeds
Drive speeds not specified
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Direct-Disc Labeling
Yes
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Graphics
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M
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Video Memory
Up to 1309MB total available
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Personal Video Recorder (PVR)
No
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TV Tuner
No
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MPEG
Yes
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Built-in Webcam
Yes
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Networking
Built-in 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
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Wireless Networking
Wireless-B+G
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Bluetooth-Enabled
No
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S-Video Outputs
None
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Additional Audio/Video Connectors
1 HDMI
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Audio
Altec Lansing
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Speakers
Built-in stereo
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PCMCIA Slots
None
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USB 2.0 Ports
3

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Battery Type
Lithium-ion
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Battery Life
Up to 2 hours and 45 minutes
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Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1

What is a good, not to pricey, graphics card that I can buy for this computer to play games on?

Hello, I need a new graphics card and I was wondering if anyone has any opinions on a good one to get? I do a lot of gaming so I need something good. Someone recommended a Radeon® X1600 PRO 512MB AGP. Anyone else have an opinion on what the best buy for the buck is out there?
I am looking to spend no more than 0 max. I have a 400W power supply and extra slots for either

I’m looking for a graphics card with 3GB RAM for under £100 the most I might pay is £115.
The computer I have now has Intel(R) G45/G43 Express Chipset which i hear is pretty crap.
It needs to be compatible with my computer (Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5800 @ 3.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz) and can play modern games from 2006 to 2011.
Thanks

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/graphics-cards/asus-en9600gt-436576/review

Is this any good for gaming?