A lot has happened in the world of 3D graphics over the past year, so it seems like a good time to update our VGA Charts for the third time since their introduction. This time, there were many changes in the world of graphics cards at which to look. ATi and NVIDIA completely replaced their previous product families. In addition to that, there are additional players looking to challenge ATI's and NVIDIA's strongholdas XGI and S3 prepare new graphics card launches.
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Here is the full list of our contenders:
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Card
Chip
DX Generation
Chipclock
Memoryclock
Buswidth
Pipes
GeForce FX 5950 U
NVIDIA NV38
DX 9
475
950
256-bit
8x1
GeForce FX 5900 U
NVIDIA NV35
DX 9
450
850
256-bit
8x1
GeForce FX 5900
NVIDIA NV35
DX 9
400
850
256-bit
8x1
GeForce FX 5900 XT
NVIDIA NV35
DX 9
300
700
256-bit
8x1
GeForce FX 5800 U
NVIDIA NV30
DX 9
500
1000
128-bit
8x1
GeForce FX 5800
NVIDIA NV30
DX 9
400
800
128-bit
8x1
GeForce FX 5700 U
NVIDIA NV36
DX 9
475
900
128-bit
4x1
GeForce FX 5700
NVIDIA NV36
DX 9
425
550
128-bit
4x1
GeForce FX 5600 U (FC)
NVIDIA NV31
DX 9
400
800
128-bit
4x1
GeForce FX 5600 U
NVIDIA NV31
DX 9
350
700
128-bit
4x1
GeForce FX 5600
NVIDIA NV31
DX 9
325
550
128-bit
4x1
GeForce FX 5200 U
NVIDIA NV34
DX 9
325
650
128-bit
4x1
GeForce FX 5200
NVIDIA NV34
DX 9
250
400
128-bit
4x1
GeForce4 Ti 4600-8x
NVIDIA NV25
DX 8.1
300
650
128-bit
4x2
GeForce4 Ti 4600
NVIDIA NV25
DX 8.1
300
650
128-bit
4x2
GeForce4 Ti 4400
NVIDIA NV25
DX 8.1
275
550
128-bit
4x2
GeForce4 Ti 4200-8x
NVIDIA NV28
DX 8.1
250
514
128-bit
4x2
GeForce4 Ti 4200 128
NVIDIA NV25
DX 8.1
250
444
128-bit
4x2
GeForce4 Ti 4200 64
NVIDIA NV25
DX 8.1
250
514
128-bit
4x2
GeForce4 MX 460
NVIDIA NV17
DX 7
300
550
128-bit
2x2
GeForce4 MX 440-8x
NVIDIA NV18
DX 7
275
512
128-bit
2x2
GeForce4 MX 440
NVIDIA NV17
DX 7
270
400
128-bit
2x2
Radeon 9800 XT
ATI R360
DX 9
412
730
256-bit
8x1
Radeon 9800 Pro 256
ATI R350
DX 9
380
700
256-bit
8x1
Radeon 9800 Pro
ATI R350
DX 9
380
680
256-bit
8x1
Radeon 9800
ATI R350
DX 9
325
580
256-bit
8x1
Radeon 9800 SE
ATI R350
DX 9
380
675
128-bit
4x1
Radeon 9700 Pro
ATI R300
DX 9
325
620
256-bit
8x1
Radeon 9700
ATI R300
DX 9
275
540
256-bit
8x1
Radeon 9600 XT
ATI RV360
DX 9
500
600
128-bit
4x1
Radeon 9600 Pro
ATI RV350
DX 9
400
600
128-bit
4x1
Radeon 9600
ATI RV350
DX 9
325
400
128-bit
4x1
Radeon 9600 SE
ATI RV350
DX 9
325
365
64-bit
4x1
Radeon 9500 Pro
ATI R300
DX 9
275
540
128-bit
8x1
Radeon 9500 128
ATI R300
DX 9
275
540
128-bit
4x1
Radeon 9500 64
ATI R300
DX 9
275
540
128-bit
4x1
Radeon 9200 128
ATI RV280
DX 8.1
250
400
128-bit
4x1
Radeon 9200 64
ATI RV280
DX 8.1
250
400
128-bit
4x1
Radeon 9000 Pro
ATI RV250
DX 8.1
275
550
128-bit
4x1
Radeon 8500 128
ATI R200
DX 8.1
250
500
128-bit
4x2
Radeon 8500 64
ATI R200
DX 8.1
275
550
128-bit
4x2
XGI V8 Duo
V8
DX 9
350
900
2x128-bit
2x 8x1
XGI V5 Ultra
V5
DX 9
350
700
128-bit
4x1
XGI V3
V3
DX 8.1
300
300
128-bit
2x2
S3 S8 256
S8
DX 9
300
300
128-bit
4x1
Parhelia 128
Parhelia 512
DX 8.1
220
500
256-bit
4x4
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