PCI Express Interface: $350 To $400
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: best, graphics, card
PCI Express Interface: $350 To $400
Best PCI-E Card For $350:
| 2x Radeon 4850 in Crossfire Configuration | |
|---|---|
| Codename: | RV770 |
| Process: | 55nm |
| Universal Shaders: | 800 |
| Texture Units: | 40 |
| ROPs: | 16 |
| Memory Bus: | 256-bit |
| Core Speed MHz: | 625 |
| Memory Speed MHz: | 993 (1986 effective) |
| DirectX / Shader Model | DX 10.1 / SM 4.0 |
In the limited 4850 Crossfire benchmarks we’ve seen so far, AMD has really learned to squeeze the performance out of its new cards. While a single Radeon 4850 performs in the same realm as the GeForce 9800 GTX, it looks like two 4850s in Crossfire will completely decimate the dual-GPU GeForce 9800 GX2, and even put the hurt on the powerful new GeForce GTX 280. Remember, the GeForce GTX 280 costs about $80 more than two Radeon 4850 cards!
At this performance level and at this price, we have a hard time recommending anything more expensive than two Radeon 4850s. As more data surfaces as to how the 4870, GTX 260 and GTX 280 perform in multiple card configurations compared to two 4850s in Crossfire, we might add a higher price point to the list. But for now, the power of two 4850’s in Crossfire is our top recommendation for performance.
HONORABLE MENTION: $360
| 2x GeForce 9800 GTX in SLI Configuration | |
|---|---|
| Codename: | RV770 |
| Process: | 55nm |
| Universal Shaders: | 800 |
| Texture Units: | 40 |
| ROPs: | 16 |
| Memory Bus: | 256-bit |
| Core Speed MHz: | 625 |
| Memory Speed MHz: | 993 (1986 effective) |
| DirectX / Shader Model | DX 10.1 / SM 4.0 |
While two Radeon 4850s are really the way to go in terms of price/performance, those of you who have an SLI motherboard will probably find staying with Nvidia’s video cards a cost-effective choice. For you folks, two GeForce 9800 GTX cards are about as good as it gets, offering performance a bit less than two Radeon 4850 cards in Crossfire for only a little more money.
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is there anyway of fixing the chart at the end?
any way of fixing the chart at the end?
yay, more graphics card info!
btw, the posted info for the 2x9800GTX SLI "honourable mention" is the same as for the 2x4850..
slipped past quality control, that one!
Argh! Go back to the ATi, NVidia column structure, the list is completely impossible to decipher.
They did this with the last monthly cards round up also, the comparison list was badly formatted, but they fixed it sooner, to make a readable table, just highlight the table, copy into word and use replace all in word, "| |" with "| ^p |" (without quotes)
On second thoughts, just go to last months review table: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gami [...] 055-6.html
its the exact same as this one i think.
they really should re-read their reviews and get rid of contradiction, eg
The 8800 GT offers incredible GeForce 8800 GTX class performance, so why is it a lower class down than the 8800GTX in the table/list, and the 8800GTS 512 is quite a bit faster than the 8800GT so how comes this is ranked lower than the 8800GTX and ultras.
I used to believe TH to be a good source of info but recently Ive seen a drop in quality, please fix it guys.
I've registered just to say that (again!) an article purely about money is posted on the uk version of Tom's, priced in $$$$$'s!
If you can't be bothered to do the conversion work, why bother to have a UK domain site???
Just gone back and quickly checked - Tom's UK site apparently stopped caring sometime between March and June 08 - the March article is in £'s, the June and all since are in $'s.
I have a feeling that soon we will no longer be seeing the "Best video cards of.." as I had quite a difficult time finding this article. Doesn't seem to be a priority any more.
Another favorite from the "old" tom's site that is fading away..
>sob<