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Table of contents
- 1 – VGA Buyer's Guide 07/2003
- 2 – The Price Categories
- 3 – An Overview Of The Cards
- 4 – ATi's Current Product Family
- 5 – Radeon 9600
- 6 – Radeon 9800
- 7 – NVIDIA's Current Product Family
- 8 – GeForceFX 5600
- 9 – GeForceFX 5900
- 10 – Other Chip Companies
- 11 – Notes On Our Noise Level Tests
- 12 – Benchmarks
- 13 – UT2003
- 14 – UT2003 4xFSAA & 8x Aniso
- 15 – Quake 3 Team Arena
- 16 – Quake 3 Team Arena 4xFSAA & 8x Aniso
- 17 – Gunmetal 4xFSAA
- 18 – ABIT
- 19 – ABIT Siluro FX 5600 Ultra DT, Continued
- 20 – ASUS
- 21 – ASUS V9520/TD, Continued
- 22 – ASUS V9560 Video Suite
- 23 – ASUS V9560 Video Suite, Continued
- 24 – Performance
- 25 – ASUS V9950
- 26 – ASUS V9950, Continued
- 27 – BFG Technology
- 28 – BFG Asylum GeForceFX 5600 256 MB AGP, Continued
- 29 – Performance
- 30 – Gainward
- 31 – Gainward FX PowerPack! Pro/760XP 128 MB Golden Sample, Continued
- 32 – Performance
- 33 – Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/760XP 128 MB Golden Sample
- 34 – Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/760XP 128 MB Golden Sample, Continued
- 35 – Performance
- 36 – Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/1200XP 128 MB Golden Sample
- 37 – Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/1200XP 128 MB Golden Sample, Contined
- 38 – Performance
- 39 – Gigabyte
- 40 – Gigabyte Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB (GV-R98P128D), Continued
- 41 – Gigabyte Radeon 9800 PRO 256 MB (GV-R98P256D)
- 42 – Gigabyte Radeon 9800 PRO 256 MB (GV-R98P256D), Continued
- 43 – Inno3D
- 44 – Inno3D Tornado GeForceFX 5200, Continued
- 45 – Inno3D Tornado GeForceFX 5600
- 46 – Inno3D Tornado GeForceFX 5600, Continued
- 47 – Inno3D Tornado GeForceFX 5800
- 48 – Inno3D Tornado GeForceFX 5800, Continued
- 49 – Leadtek
- 50 – Leadtek WinFast A340 TDH, Continued
- 51 – Leadtek WinFast A340 Ultra TD MyVIVO
- 52 – Leadtek WinFast A340 Ultra TD MyVIVO, Continued
- 53 – Leadtek WinFast A310 Ultra TD MyVIVO
- 54 – Leadtek WinFast A310 Ultra TD MyVIVO, Continued
- 55 – Leadtek WinFast A300 TD MyVIVO
- 56 – Leadtek WinFast A300 TD MyVIVO, Continued
- 57 – Leadtek WinFast A300 TD MyVIVO, Continued
- 58 – Leadtek WinFast A300 Ultra TD MyVIVO
- 59 – Leadtek WinFast A300 Ultra TD MyVIVO, Continued
- 60 – Leadtek WinFast A300 Ultra TD MyVIVO, Continued
- 61 – Leadtek WinFast A350 TD MyVIVO
- 62 – Leadtek WinFast A350 TD MyVIVO, Continued
- 63 – Leadtek WinFast A350 TD MyVIVO, Continued
- 64 – MSI
- 65 – MSI FX5200-VTD128, Continued
- 66 – MSI FX5200-VTD128, Continued
- 67 – MSI FX5200-TDR128
- 68 – MSI FX5200-TDR128, Continued
- 69 – MSI FX5200U-TD128
- 70 – MSI FX5200U-TD128, Continued
- 71 – MSI FX5600-VTDR128 [Editor's Choice]
- 72 – MSI FX5600-VTDR128 [Editor's Choice], Continued
- 73 – MSI FX5600-VTDR128 [Editor's Choice], Continued
- 74 – MSI FX5900-TD128
- 75 – MSI FX5900-TD128, Continued
- 76 – MSI FX5900-TD128, Continued
- 77 – PixelView
- 78 – PixelView GeForceFX 5600, Continued
- 79 – Performance
- 80 – PowerColor
- 81 – PowerColor Radeon 9800 PRO, Continued
- 82 – Sparkle
- 83 – Sparkle GeForceFX 5600 (SP8831DV/ 128 MB DDR), Continued
- 84 – Tyan
- 85 – Tyan Tachyon G9600 PRO, Continued
- 86 – Conclusion
- 87 – More on this topic
Buying a new graphics card is a often matter of finding the right compromise, usually that of price versus performance. Of course everyone wants the fastest card available, but that longing for more speed is quickly cured by a look at the cards' price tags. With this reality check out of the way, the prospective buyer is suddenly (and not surprisingly) happy to settle for a less powerful and more budget-friendly card. As always, there's the famous exception to the rule, though. In our case, that would be the enthusiasts who don't think in terms of "bang for the buck" - they just wants as much bang as possible no matter what the price, and will therefore pick a high-end card, because they simply must have the fastest and/ or best components in their system. The trouble is that these enthusiasts will wake up in a cold sweat only a few months later to find that their top-of-the-line models are now entry-level cards, and all but obsolete.
This article aims to guide our readers through the maze of cryptic product names and marketing jargon to find the card that suits your expectations and needs as well as your budget. The most interesting question obviously pertains to the kind of performance boost a certain card will give your system. As a starting point, I would suggest you take a look at our Tom's Hardware VGA Charts II (Part 1 / Part 2 ), in which we compared the performance of the most common cards currently available. In case you find one of the more recent cards missing from this round-up, fear not. The update with cards released in the last six months is currently in the works. The benchmarks from the VGA Charts can be directly compared with the results in this article, as well, since all tests were run on the same Athlon XP 2700+.
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