Sapphire HD4870 Toxic

As we know, Sapphire is one of the best manufacturers of the ATI graphics cards. ATI 4870 GPUs always get very hot under heavy load or overclocking ,but in this edition called Sapphire HD4870 Toxic , you can play you games and keep the temperature down thanks to the cooling system " Vapor X". This edition is an overclocked 4870 GPU which running at 780MHz for its core and 1000MHz 4.0Gbps for memory (1GB DDR5) . In real tests it keeps very close to NVIDIA GTX 280 and sometimes beats it specially at high resolutions.In 3D Mark06 Sapphire HD4870 Toxic got 3689 points at 1920x1200 ,but NVIDIA GTX 280 got 3647 points.In Crysis benchmark the Sapphire HD4870 Toxic got 26.8 points at 1920x1200 resolution ,4x Anti-Aliasing and high quality graphics,but NVIDIA GTX 280 got 38.4. Finally,you can see that Sapphire HD4870 Toxic is an exellent choice as it brings all the power needed for extreme gaming at reasonable price compared to Nvidia GTX 280 which is very expensive and gets hot quickly in addition to the great power required to run it.

VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro 512MB isn't bad

I found this graphics card " ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro 512MB ( AGP 8X )" on bestbuy site and noticed that  many of people have troubles with this card and give it a low ranking , but I decided to buy and test it. It's really a good card and it's too easy to install it and make it work. It gives a high performance and sharp images and can run nearly all games. You can download the driver for this card from the VisionTek web site and it will work easily. I know that it isn't the best graphics card but it will work well. Its core speed is 525Mhz and it has a 512MB DDR2 800Mhz memory and support DirectX 10 and it can be overclock but on your responsibility.It can work with two monitors and has a TV-out port and support ATI Avivo technology.  

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 vs GeForce9600, which one will win!

Some of us have a trouble when buying a new graphics card from nvidia ,which one they should buy 8800GT , 8800GTS ,8800GTX or 9600GT!
In fact , GeForce 8800GTS (512MB only) is the most powerful graphics card in them. It has the fastest GPU and shader clock and it's really fast. It's slightly better than 8800GTX ,but not better than 8800 Ultra.The only difference between 8800GTS and the 8800GTX is that 8800GTX has a 384-Bit memory interface that makes the data transfer  faster but its GPU is slower.
I can arrange these cards from the strongest to the weakest:

1. GeForce 8800GTS (512MB only)
2. GeForce 8800GTX
3. GeForce 9600GT
4. GeForce 8800GT

Get the most powerful ATI GPU HD 4870 with MSI R4870X2

MSI R4870X2  is of the most powerful graphics cards in the world and it's the most powerful MSI graphics card. It contain the latest ATI HD 4870 GPU that can deliver unexpected performance with the most new games and you will see the real power of games. This card has the most new DDR5 ram with 2 GB. It works with RV770 GPU that can work under direct X 10.1 to intoduce unbeleivable graphics. This card consistes of two ATI Radeon HD 4870 GPUs to performe a very fast performance in Direct X 10.1 games and the two GPUs makes a total 1600 processing streams. It has all what you will need from a graphics card and it has a good cooling system but it isn't very good really and I think that MSI MUST work on this problem very quickly.But, the result of testing this card without changing any settings or overclocking it ,was fantastic. It score 13320 points in 3DMark06 and this result may increase if a powerful computer is used.Also, its price is good and cheaper than some weaker cards from NVIDIA .
Ranking: 4.5/5

How to overclock your NVIDIA graphics card

Some of NVIDIA graphics cards can be overclocked to increase it speed and to get a higher performance level. I found a program called " EVGA Precision 1.3.2 " that can overclock nvidia graphics cards and monitor the temprature of it. You can download it here. But note that this will work for GeForce 6,7,8,9 and 280 GTX series only and overclocking increases the GPU temperature and sometimes destroy the hardware so you it on your resposibiltiy and I recommend using a very efficient cooling system before overclocking any hardware.

NVIDIA 280 GTX :powerful performance with some problems

Every one has heard about the power of the new nvidia graphics card - NVIDIA 280 GTX - which is the most expensive graphics card now. Yes, this is a very poweful card which contains 1.4 billion transistors and includes the nvidia PhysX and CUDA technologies, but it's really hard to use it. First, its price is very high and it gives out great heat and you shouldn't buy it if yiu haven't a very efficient cooling system and a big chassis for your computer and a water cooling system is recommended specially to overclock its speed and all that will cost too much in addition to its price. Also you need to use a very powerful processor with high speed and it's recommended to be 3.2Ghz for dual core processor and 3.0Ghz for a quad core one. This card delivers a very high performance but notice that it isn't the fastest one as NVIDIA 9800GTX is faster but 280GTX has more processing streams.But after all that I can say that the best things in this card is the nvidia PhysX and CUDA technologies,the overclocking ability and the high number of shader cores ,but there are big problems you must face if you buy this card.First its high price ,second the very high temperture ( can reach 80'C) ,third it doesn't support direct X 10.1 at all and it doesn't have a DDR5 ram. I see that ATI graphics cards can deliver high performance without these problems.  

NVIDIA 280 GTX specifications :

Processor Cores	240
Graphics Clock (MHz)	602 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz)	1296 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)	48.2
Memory Specs:
Memory Clock (MHz)	1107 MHz
Standard Memory Config	1GB GDDR3
Memory Interface Width	512-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)	141.7
Feature Support:
NVIDIA SLI®-ready1	2-/3-way
NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology2	HD
NVIDIA PhysX™-ready3
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology
NVIDIA HybridPower™ Technology4
GeForce Boost
Microsoft DirectX	10
OpenGL	2.1
Bus Support	PCI-E 2.0 x16
Certified for Windows Vista
Display Support:
Maximum Digital Resolution	2560 X 1600
Maximum VGA Resolution	2048 X 1536
Standard Display Connectors	2 dual-link DVI and 1 analog HDTV-out
Multi Monitor (# of displays)	2
HDCP5
HDMI6	Via Adapter
Audio Input for HDMI	SPDIF
Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:
Height	4.376 inches (111 mm)
Length	10.5 inches (267 mm)
Width	Dual-slot

The worst graphics card I have ever seen

I used deffirent kinds of graphics cards but I found that the worst video cards are always the Intel's ones. These cards are slower than the NVIDIA and ATI cards and they cause many troubles with games and also slow your computer. I tried the AGP cards and also the PCIe cards and found that the Intel graphics cards give bad images in games and the they deliver only 60-70% of the ATI graphics cards performance. Intel used to put its graphics cards on its chipset to force the user to use them but now Intel introduced new chipsets without its graphics cards but at high cost. I advise you NOT to use the Intel's graphics cards as they cause high temperature inside your PC and you will find that the motherboard temperature will reach over 45'C while playing games and you will notice that games run slower  than they should. So, the best solution is to use the ATI or NVIDIA graphics cards and disable the Intel one in your PC if it is on your motherboard.

6 powerful NVIDIA 9600 graphics cards (part 3)

MSI N9600GT T2D512

Manufacturing technology: 65 nm

Core speed:730 MHz

Memory capacity: 512 MB GDDR3
Memory frequency : 1825 MHz

Memory width band: 256 Bit

Ports: 2 DVI ,1S-Video, HDMI via DVI

Programs:CyberLink DVD Solution trial, PowerDVD 7 trial, MSI utilities.

Special: Provide HDCP.

Advantages: reasonable price with high performance graphics card.

Disadvantages: N/A

3D Mark06 test: 10532 points (at resolution 1280X1024) note:this result may differ according to the PC

Windows Vista points: 5.9 

Ranking: 4/5

Palit GeForce 9600GT Sonic

Manufacturing technology: 65 nm

Core speed:700 MHz

Memory capacity: 512 MB GDDR3
Memory frequency : 1750 MHz

Memory width band: 256 Bit

Ports: 2 DVI ,1S-Video, HDMI ,CRT

Programs: Tomb Raider Anniversary, VDO Tools.

Special: Provide HDMI port on its real panel.

Advantages: It has wonderful ability to overclock and increase its speed and performance .

Disadvantages: the performance isn't very high but it is really good.

3D Mark06 test: 10408 points (at resolution 1280X1024) note:this result may differ according to the PC

Windows Vista points: 5.9 

Ranking: 3.5/5

In the end, I can say that the best Geforce 9600GT graphics card is ASUS EN9600GT Top and the second is MSI N9600GT T2D512 (in part 3).

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You may also want to see great ATI HD 3870 graphics cards. 

6 powerful NVIDIA 9600 graphics cards (part 2)

Gigabyte GeForce9600GT

Manufacturing technology: 65 nm

Core speed:650 MHz

Memory capacity: 512 MB GDDR3
Memory frequency : 1625 MHz

Memory width band: 256 Bit

Ports: 2 DVI ,1S-Video, HDMI via DVI

Programs: N/A.

Special: Provide HDCP.

Advantages: N/A.

Disadvantages: its high price and low performance..

3D Mark06 test: 9737 points (at resolution 1280X1024) note:this result may differ according to the PC

Windows Vista points: 5.9 

Ranking: 3/5

Leadtek Winfast PX9600GT Extreme

Manufacturing technology: 65 nm

Core speed:720 MHz

Memory capacity: 512 MB GDDR3
Memory frequency : 1750 MHz

Memory width band: 256 Bit

Ports: 2 DVI ,1S-Video, HDMI via DVI

Programs: the "Overload" game.

Special: high quality solid capacitors .

Advantages:Good graphics card with high performance.

Disadvantages: N/A.

3D Mark06 test: 10297 points (at resolution 1280X1024) note:this result may differ according to the PC

Windows Vista points: 5.9 

Ranking: 3.5/5

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6 powerful NVIDIA 9600GT graphics cards (Part 1)

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 Series is good GPUs but it is the second level. It is a good solution for user who don't want to pay so much to get an amazing graphics card and I'm sure they won't need it now.

ASUS EN9600GT Top

Manufacturing technology: 65 nm

Core speed:720 MHz

Memory capacity: 512 MB GDDR3
Memory frequency : 1800 MHz

Memory width band: 256 Bit

Ports: 2 DVI ,1S-Video, HDMI via DVI

Programs: Asus Gamer OSD, Asus SmartDoctor, ASUS Video Security online.

Special: Can make 10% overclocking ,having a Glaciator fan .

Advantages: Excellent graphics card with very high performance and comes with useful programs.

Disadvantages: its high price.

3D Mark06 test: 10540 points (at resolution 1280X1024) note:this result may differ according to the PC

Windows Vista points: 5.9 

Ranking: 4/5

Foxconn GeForce 9600GT

Manufacturing technology: 65 nm

Core speed:700 MHz

Memory capacity: 512 MB GDDR3
Memory frequency : 1750 MHz

Memory width band: 256 Bit

Ports: 2 DVI ,1S-Video, HDMI via DVI

Programs: DriveClone 3, VirtualDrive11.5.

Special:  good cooling system.

Advantages: Its low cost and reasonable performance.

Disadvantages: its high price.

3D Mark06 test: 10413 points (at resolution 1280X1024) note:this result may differ according to the PC

Windows Vista points: 5.9 

Ranking: 3.5/5

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